In the end, Obama flipped Ohio into the Democratic column.

Supporters were excited by the entrance of Goldwater, and predicted that he would take the south from the Democratic column.

That may help keep those states in the Democratic column in 2004.

The Clinton years, some longtime residents said, seemed to have tweaked the village of 18,000 closer to the Democratic column.

The rural state of West Virginia remained narrowly in the Democratic column.

In presidential years, we're consigned to the Democratic column before the conventions and ignored for the duration.

So far, those swing voters seem to be headed back to the Democratic column.

Mr. Mitchell's seat, once considered safe, could easily slip from the Democratic column.

Labor's efforts in Pennsylvania were cited as critical to winning the state for the Democratic column.

Florida is also critical because Clinton moved it to the Democratic column in 1996.