Was Al Smith's strength with Catholics overstated? (user search)
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RINO Tom
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« on: December 07, 2018, 01:37:31 PM »

He didn't do well in Detroit, Chicago, Philadelphia, or Cincinnati. Doesn't matter if it was Republican machines that brought Hoover to the top in those places, FDR still outperformed him in those places in 1932 and 1936.

Are we sure Catholics were a >50%, legitimate majority in enough of those counties to carry them for Smith in 1928?
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