Coolidge won a plurality of the vote in New York City. He had a relatively strong appeal with Catholics, and La Follette won a lot of the immigrant community vote, leaving less for the Democrats.
The only other times the GOP won NYC were 1896 and 1920.
Republicans did not win NYC between 1860 and 1896? I thought for sure they would have. I know that the democratic NYC machine was very very well known and strong (Tammany Hall), but still. I guess I have somewhat of a wrong view of what type of people voted republican back then.
