Solid South

"Blue Dog" Democrats, those lovable centrist congresspeople who recently brought you such hits as no health care reform and no health care reform, get their name from the old Yellow Dog Democrats of the Solid South -- dyed-in-the-wool partisans from the 1920s who would sooner vote for a yellow dog than a Republican.

Bill Halter Vs. The Bill Halter 2010

"Blue Dog" Democrats, those lovable centrist congresspeople who recently brought you such hits as no health care reform and no health care reform, get their name from the old Yellow Dog Democrats of the Solid South -- dyed-in-the-wool partisans from the 1920s who would sooner vote for a yellow dog than a Republican.

Daniel Cluchey: Bill Halter Vs. The Bill Halter 2010

But he's far less likely to embark on stupid military escapades than LBJ was, while FDR couldn't have accomplished anything if he didn't have what was then the Solid South behind him.

Philip Slater: Time For the New Whine 2009

The Democratic Party's dirty public secret was that its political hegemony rested on the Solid South, still refusing to vote Republican out of hatred of Lincoln.

Larry Beinhart: The New Know Nothings 2008

As strong as the Republican party is there is one thing it cannot afford to do, and that is to encourage or tolerate the drawing of the race or color line in any efforts that may be made to break up and dissolve what now remains of the Solid South.

The Facts of Reconstruction John R. Lynch

The Solid South, so-called, has been a serious menace to the peace and prosperity of the country.

The Facts of Reconstruction John R. Lynch

"So taking the past and the present as indices for the future, it is plain to see that a dissolution of the Solid South will cut at the very roots of all these wrangles between the North and the South in which sectionalism is involved."

The Rise of Cotton Mills in the South 1921

But, as in spite of the tremendous advantage given to that Party by the united vote of the Solid South, the Presidential contest of 1884 was likely to be so close that, to give Democracy any chance to win, the few

The Great Conspiracy, Complete John Alexander Logan 1856

But, as in spite of the tremendous advantage given to that Party by the united vote of the Solid South, the Presidential contest of 1884 was likely to be so close that, to give Democracy any chance to win, the few

The Great Conspiracy, Volume 7 John Alexander Logan 1856

•The Democrats 'return to power: The pardoned ex - Confederates combined with other white Southerners to form a new bloc of Democratic voters known as the Solid South.

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