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Solid South

The Solid South was the electoral voting bloc for the Democratic Party in the Southern United States between the end of the Reconstruction era in 1877 and the Civil Rights Act of 1964. In the aftermath of the Compromise of 1877 and the failure of the Lodge Bill of 1890, Southern Democrats disenfranchised nearly all black people in all the former states…

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Founded
1876
Dissolved
1964
Ideology
Reactionism Conservatism Segregation White supremacy Southerner interests States' rights Neo-Confederatism
National affiliation
Democratic Party
Preceded by
Redeemers
Succeeded by
Southern Republicans Conservative Democrat

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Border states

Presidential voting

Southern strategy

Solid South in gubernatorial elections

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related to 1965 to 1980 · 47
Solid South → According, Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, As, Border State Strategy, David Greenberg, Deep South, Delaware, Democratic, Florida, George Wallace, Goldwater's, Harry Dent, Hart, Hubert Humphrey, In, Kentucky, Liberal Northern Democrats, Maryland
related to 2010 to present · 45
Solid South → Alabama, Although Republicans, Arkansas, Arkansas State Legislature, Blanche Lincoln, Democratic, Democratic-held, Democrats, Even, Florida, Georgia, GOP, House, However, In, John Boozman, Joseph Cao, Kentucky, Kentucky House, Louisiana
related to Presidential voting · 35
Solid South → African Americans, Alabama, Arkansas, By, Closing, Confederate, Dawson, Delaware, Democrat Alton Parker, Democratic, Florida, Georgia, In, Kentucky, Louisiana, Marion, Maryland, Missouri, More, North American Review
related to West Virginia · 30
Solid South → Allen, Border South, Caperton, Charles James Faulkner, Confederacy, Confederate, Confederates, Democrat, Democratic, Democrats, For, For West Virginia, However, In, It, Jacob, John, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Moreover
related to 1920s onward · 29
Solid South → Al Smith, Alabama, Arkansas, Bible, By, Catholic, Civil War, Confederate, Deep South, For, However, In, Joseph, North Carolina, President, Protestant, Protestant South, Reconstruction, Representative, Representatives
related to Compromise of 1877 · 28
Solid South → Army, Black, Both Republicans, Bradley, Chamberlain, Civil War, Compromise, Democratic, Democratic Party, Governor, Hayes, House, In, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Colored Volunteer Cavalry, Most Southern, North, Panic, Public, Reconstruction
related to Redeemers · 28
Solid South → African American, African Americans, By, Deep South, Democratic, Democrats, Despite White Southerners, Disfranchisement, East Tennessee, Eight Box Law, From, However, In Georgia, In South Carolina, Lost Cause, Most, Reconstruction, Redeemer, Representatives, Republican
related to Kentucky · 27
Solid South → Before, Civil War, Confederacy, Confederate, Confederate States, CSA, December, Delegates, Democratic, Democratic Party, East Tennessee, However, In, Jefferson Davis, Jim Crow, Kentucky, McKinley, McKinley's, Midwest, Ohio River
related to Redemption · 27
Solid South → An, April, Battle, Black, Bradley, Colfax, Confederate, Electoral Commission, Grant, In, Joseph, Kellogg's Republican, Ku Klux Klan, Liberty Place, Louisiana, New Orleans, Reconstruction, Republican, Republican William Pitt Kellogg, Republicans
related to Maryland · 24
Solid South → African American, African Americans, Before, Civil War, Confederate, Democrat Woodrow Wilson, Democratic Party, Democrats, During, Eastern Shore, Federal, Habeas Corpus, In, Jr, Literacy, Lloyd Lowndes, Maryland, Northern, Republican, Republican Party

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republican south democratic states state virginia southern presidential party republicans democrats election carolina won elections confederate kentucky former maryland black

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Solid SouthDissolved19641.00infobox
Solid SouthFounded18761.00infobox
Solid SouthIdeologyReactionism Conservatism Segregation White supremacy Southerner interests States' rights Neo-Confederatism1.00infobox
Solid SouthNational affiliationDemocratic Party1.00infobox
Solid SouthPreceded byRedeemers1.00infobox
Solid SouthSucceeded bySouthern Republicans Conservative Democrat1.00infobox
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