1.   The area is a Republican stronghold.

2.   Although Cincinnati is historically a Republican stronghold, it may not be an easy win for Dole.

3.   Although Nebraska began the election season with two Democratic senators, it is a conservative state and proved to be a Republican stronghold this time around.

4.   Appearing in what is in good part a Republican stronghold, President and Mrs. Clinton seemed to make us all feel good.

5.   Approval rates were high even in republican strongholds in the South.

6.   Berley suggested that the village, a longtime Republican stronghold, might have been the butt of a political agenda by a Democratic administration in Washington.

7.   A president who embraced a welfare proposal several times more conservative than his own for political reasons can just as easily glide through a Republican stronghold like Alabama.

8.   A Southern Democratic stronghold for decades after the Civil War, Virginia today is a Republican stronghold.

9.   All he had to do, the reasoning went, was run well elsewhere, particularly in Republican strongholds in the South and the Midwest.

10.   Bush picked up most of his extra votes from Sioux County, a Republican stronghold in the northwest corner of Iowa.