claim: Grease was not a film.
evidence: Prior to the 1960s , the Democratic party had control of South Carolina at all levels .. South Carolina. South Carolina. South Carolina was a part of the Solid South and voted entirely Democrat from the late 1870s to the Civil Rights Movement .. South Carolina. South Carolina. Solid South. Solid South. Compared to the rest of the South , the Southern Democrats ' disenfranchisement of blacks , poor whites , and any other voter who might vote Republican was particularly harsh ; Democrats carried the state in every presidential election from 1880 to 1944 with over 90 % of the vote every time , even in 1928 , when Republican Herbert Hoover took many formerly Solid South states .. Solid South. Solid South. United States presidential election, 1880. United States presidential election, 1944. United States presidential election, 1928. Most voters in South Carolina were Yellow dog Democrats , but Governor Strom Thurmond 's run for president as a States ' Rights Democratic Party in 1948 opened up the possibility of voting for a party other than the national Democratic Party .. South Carolina. South Carolina. Governor. Governor of South Carolina. Strom Thurmond. Strom Thurmond. Democratic Party. Democratic Party ( United States ). The Republican Party did not gain relevance in the state until Strom Thurmond , as a United States Senator , switched parties in 1964 from Democrat to Republican .. Strom Thurmond. Strom Thurmond. United States Senator. United States Senate. From 1964 to present , the Republican Party has gradually gained strength and by the 1990s it became the dominant party of the state .. Like the states with the longest Republican streaks , South Carolina has voted Republican in 13 of the last 14 elections , even in 1968 , when George Wallace was running and took six Southern states .. South Carolina. South Carolina. However , in 1976 , the state went for Jimmy Carter , and Ford only managed to carry just three counties .