page_title: Solid North
hierarchical_section_title: Solid North
context_page_description: The term "Solid North" refers to the strong electoral support of northern Philippine provinces, particularly those of Ilocandia, to the family of President Ferdinand Marcos specifically, and other politicians of Ilocano descent and economic issues of affecting the Ilocanos in general, such as the tobacco industry. After the ouster of Marcos as a result of the People Power Revolution, electoral support for the Marcoses has waned but there is still significant support for them in the area.
  The inclusion of some of the provinces in the Cordillera Administrative Region in the Solid North has been questioned. While the lingua franca of the CAR is the Ilokano language, most of its residents are not Ilocanos and are referred to as the " Igorot" by Ilocanos and other lowlanders. These provinces all voted for Marcos while he was in power but have now mostly deviated from the regional voting patterns of the rest of northern Luzon.
context_section_description: The term "Solid North" refers to the strong electoral support of northern Philippine provinces, particularly those of Ilocandia, to the family of President Ferdinand Marcos specifically, and other politicians of Ilocano descent and economic issues of affecting the Ilocanos in general, such as the tobacco industry. After the ouster of Marcos as a result of the People Power Revolution, electoral support for the Marcoses has waned but there is still significant support for them in the area.
  The inclusion of some of the provinces in the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) in the Solid North has been questioned. While the lingua franca of the CAR is the Ilokano language, most of its residents are not Ilocanos and are referred to as the " Igorot" by Ilocanos and other lowlanders. These provinces all voted for Marcos while he was in power but have now mostly deviated from the regional voting patterns of the rest of northern Luzon.
caption: The provinces with at least a plurality of its population being Ilocano people are denoted by green on the map.