MarkDel
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« on: March 09, 2004, 11:11:58 PM » |
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Zachman,
Hoover got the nomination because the primary system was not yet a major factor. The nominee was determined almost exclusively at the National Convention, and in this case, Hoover was the sitting President from a party which had DOMINATED the political fortunes in the 1920's, so they were a bit over-confident. Polling data was almost non-existent at that point, and Republicans had little idea how much trouble they were in..though in hindsight, they clearly could have seen the handwriting on the wall.
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