Meanings of conservative heartland in English

The Moore team is banking on voters in the Deep South's staunchly conservative heartland refusing to pick a Democrat.

He later apologised for the comment but, in the socially conservative heartland of middle-class Australia, it can be an issue.

The "Republic" protests of the past if anything increased his support, especially in the conservative heartland of central Anatolia.

Political analysts say Turnbull must win marginal seats in the state of Queensland, traditionally a conservative heartland, if he is to be re-elected.

It is also the conservative heartland of a key battleground state, settled centuries ago by religious Europeans, and Mr Bush needs all their votes.

The fact is that Ukip has done well out of an election based in Conservative heartlands, and it has done better than anyone predicted.

Will they tilt spending away from the traditional Conservative heartlands to concentrate support in the more economically insecure areas now represented by the Tories?

Many of the affected businesses are in Conservative heartlands and the pressure saw the chancellor Philip Hammond announce a £435m relief package in the budget.