Solid South
Proper noun
Meaning
the Solid South
(US politics, historical) The electoral support of the Southern United States for Democratic Party candidates for nearly a century from 1877, the end of the Reconstruction, to 1964.
Examples
1964 Presidential Election, Results by Congressional District The 1964 election was a major transition point for the South, and an important step in the process by which the Democrats' former " Solid South " became a Republican bastion.
Davis carried only the traditionally Democratic Solid South and Oklahoma; due to liberal Democrats voting for La Follette, Davis lost the popular vote to Coolidge by 25.2 percentage points.
In voting Republican, Missouri repositioned itself from being associated with the Solid South to being seen as a bellwether swing state throughout the 20th century.
Elections main State elections With the disfranchisement of African Americans in 1901, the state became part of the " Solid South ", a system in which the Democratic Party operated as effectively the only viable political party in every Southern state.
One paper even referred to McCarren as "the Standard Oil serpent of Brooklyn politics." citation Results "The Mysterious Stranger" – A political cartoon showing Missouri having left the Solid South by voting Republican.
Stevenson lost his second bid for the Presidency by a landslide, winning only 42% of the popular vote and 73 electoral votes from just seven states, all except Missouri in the Solid South.