Yellow Dog Democrat/Definition

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A definition or brief description of Yellow Dog Democrat.

A staunch Democrat who might say "I'd vote for an old yeller dog before I'd vote for a Republican"; the phrase was used a lot in the South during the 100 years after the American Civil War.