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It refers to Southern Democratic voters who, because of the bitterness caused by the post Civil War Reconstruction period would never vote for anything the Republicans put forward or one of their candidates. It means that they would rather vote for and elect a "yellow dog" then a Republican".

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A Blue Dog Democrat is a Democrat who is more conservative than a typical Democrat. The Blue Dog Coalition, where the name comes from, formed in 1995.

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