yellow dog Democrat
Meanings
noun
- Alternative letter-case form of Yellow Dog Democrat.
noun
- A Democrat, especially a Southern one, who votes a straight party ticket; one who invariably votes for Democratic candidates.
Word forms
Etymology
From the claim that such Democrats would sooner vote for a yellow dog, if it ran on the Democratic ticket, than a Republican.
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