Deep South Democrats Seek Path Back To Relevance

Deep South Democrats Seek Path Back To Relevance

It can be lonely being a Democrat in the Deep South. Just ask Steve Wilson.

The young lawyer was a first-time delegate at the Democratic National Convention, but it’s not something he brags about back home in Meridian, Miss.

“I don’t talk about it,” he says. “It’s the elephant in the room, so to speak. Most of my friends are Republican, I think, but I just don’t bring it up.”

That climate can make it hard to recruit viable Democratic candidates in the Deep South — once a solidly Democratic region that is now reliably Republican.

NPR
9/19/12