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"'''Tantamount to election'''" is a phrase describing the situation in which one [[political party]] dominates the [[demographics]] of a voting district to such a degree that the candidate winning the nomination of that party for a race (whether by [[primary election|primary]] or another method) will be virtually assured of winning the [[general election]]. The phrase "[[safe seat]]" (referring to the general election) is commonly used to describe such a district. |
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The phrase is most commonly used in the [[United States]], often describing the [[Solid South]], where for decades the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]] was so weak or nonexistent that the [[general elections]] were mere formalities, the election having effectively been decided within the [[History of the Democratic Party (United States)#Civil War, Reconstruction, and the Gilded Age: 1854–1896|Democratic Party]].<ref>Jackson Baker, [http://www.memphisflyer.com/TheDailyBuzz/archives/2003/11/06/jamieson-only-gop-hopeful-out-of-race-for-89 Jamieson, Only GOP Hopeful, Out of Race for 89], ''Memphis Flyer Newsweekly'' (Contemporary Media, Inc.), 2003 November 6 (accessed 2009 December 28).</ref> For example, the state of [[Alabama]], which was formerly heavily Democratic, did not have a Republican governor or lieutenant governor between 1874 and 1987. Conversely, no Democrat served as governor of [[Vermont]] between 1854 and 1963. However, after the Republicans began pursuing the [[Southern Strategy]] in the 1970s, most Southern states have become overwhelmingly Republican at both the federal and state levels. In almost all rural, white-majority congressional districts in the South, winning the Republican primary is now considered tantamount to election.{{cn|date=August 2020}} For Democrats, the same can be said of many urban districts around the country, particularly those with a large minority population.{{cn|date=February 2020}} |
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==See also== |
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* [[Dominant-party system]] |
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