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The
Deep South is a descriptive category of cultural and geographic subregions in the
American South. Historically, it's differentiated from the "
Upper South" as being the states which were most dependent on plantation type agriculture during the
antebellum period. The Deep South was also commonly referred to as the Lower South or the "Cotton States".
Today, the Deep South is usually delineated as being those states and areas where things most often thought of as "Southern" exist in their most undiluted and concentrated form.
Usage of the term
The term "Deep South" is defined in a variety of ways:
- Most definitions include the states of Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, and South Carolina.
- The seven states that seceded from the United States before the firing on Fort Sumter and the start of the American Civil War, and originally formed the Confederate States of America. In order of secession they are: South Carolina,Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas. Due to the migration patterns of the last half-century, large areas of Florida and Texas are often no longer included under the term. However, there are certain parts of these states, such as East Texas, and the Florida Panhandle, that retain cultural characteristics of the Deep South. Some scholars apply the term 'Deep South' to the transAppalachian states of Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas. [Forinformation on this term, see the article 'Old South' in Wikipedia.]
Politics of the Deep South
For most of the
19th century and
20th century, the Deep South overwhelmingly supported the
Democratic Party, viewing the rival
Republican Party as a Northern organization responsible for the
American Civil War, which devastated the economy of the Old South. However, since the
1964 presidential election along with the
Civil Rights Movement, the Deep South has tended to vote for the Republican candidate in presidential elections, except in the
1976 election when Georgia native
Jimmy Carter received the Democratic nomination. Since the
1990s there has been a continued shift toward Republican candidates in most political venues; another Georgian, Republican
Newt Gingrich, was elected
Speaker of the House in 1995.
Presidential elections in which the region diverged noticeably from the Upper South occurred in
1928,
1948,
1964 and
1968, and, to a lesser extent, in
1952 and
1956.
Mike Huckabee did well in the Deep South in 2008 Republican primaries (losing only South Carolina and Mississippi), but he was unsuccessful in clinching the nomination.
Barack Obama did well in the Deep South during the
2008 Democratic Primaries, winning all contests there against rival
Hillary Clinton.
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