Solid South

noun

1. the states of the southern U.S. that traditionally supported the Democratic Party after the Civil War.

Example Sentences

Now, the Memphis congressman is one of only a handful of white Southerners in his caucus and the once Solid South is deep red.

From The Daily Beast

The payback was swift and the re-alignment was total: a Solid South, but this time, Republican.

From The Daily Beast

To win in 1960, the Democrats needed to regain Texas, once a solid-South state that had defected to Eisenhower in 1952 and 1956.

From The Daily Beast

The once-Republican Solid South is starting to look like a blue-and-red checkerboard, writes Lloyd Green.

From The Daily Beast

"This is a white man's government," exclaims the solid south to-day, as in65 1860.

From Project Gutenberg

With a solid South and a divided North, he could have compelled a favorable compromise, or prevented any legislation at all.

From Project Gutenberg

Brothers and sisters of the north, you should learn why there is a solid south.

From Project Gutenberg

Woodrow Wilson was born to the rather sophisticated culture of the too, too solid South.

From Project Gutenberg

In this new-fangled idea about breaking the solid South—did you ever hear such stuff and nonsense?

From Project Gutenberg