Flopper
Diamond Member
The South strongly supports Republicans in federal elections not necessary state elections. The animosity of the old South was directed at the federal government not the state government. As a consequence the South votes for Republican Presidential candidate over 75% of the time. Southern Republicans out number Southern Democrats in the House. In the Senate, Southern Republicans out number their Democrat counterparts 2 to 1.The following states have Democrat majorities in both houses their state legislatures:
Alabama
Arkansas
Louisiana
Mississippi
North Carolina
States with split houses split houses:
Kentucky
These states have Republican majorities in both houses:
Florida
Georgia
South Carolina
Tennessee
Source
Tell me again how the south is solidly Republican?