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Alben Barkley
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« on: October 24, 2023, 04:18:29 PM »
The states of Ohio, Wisconsin, Iowa, Colorado, and Wyoming.

Also a whole bunch in other states like Indiana, Missouri, and Oklahoma.
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« Reply #1 on: October 30, 2023, 08:56:26 PM »
Quote from: Pres Mike on October 30, 2023, 08:51:01 PM
Better question, why did the mighty FDR lose so much support in the Midwest in 1944?

Isolationist and in some cases even pro-German sentiment.
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Alben Barkley
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« Reply #2 on: October 30, 2023, 09:20:04 PM »
Quote from: Pres Mike on October 30, 2023, 09:11:23 PM
Quote from: Alben Barkley on October 30, 2023, 08:56:26 PM
Quote from: Pres Mike on October 30, 2023, 08:51:01 PM
Better question, why did the mighty FDR lose so much support in the Midwest in 1944?

Isolationist and in some cases even pro-German sentiment.
Interesting you never hear about that when reading about the American home front. You would think it was 100% support for the war after Pearl Harbor

Here's an NYTimes article from 1944 about how isolationism in Wisconsin could lead to FDR losing the state, which indeed he did:

https://www.nytimes.com/1944/10/22/archives/isolationism-dims-wisconsin-picture-labor-backers-of-roosevelt-have.html
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