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Sumner 1868
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« on: August 24, 2020, 06:06:15 PM »
Quote from: Alcibiades on August 24, 2020, 03:47:56 PM
His 3 best counties were all in NYC (Bronx, Kings, NY). However, the next best four were all populist prairie counties in ND and MT which had voted for LaFollette in 1924.

Scandinavian ancestry has a pretty good correlation with rural Wallace voters.
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Sumner 1868
tara gilesbie
Junior Chimp
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« Reply #1 on: August 25, 2020, 05:19:36 PM »
Quote from: Orwell on August 25, 2020, 03:59:08 PM
Quote from: Cath on August 25, 2020, 02:14:18 PM
Quote from: Does the title even matter? on August 24, 2020, 06:06:15 PM
Quote from: Alcibiades on August 24, 2020, 03:47:56 PM
His 3 best counties were all in NYC (Bronx, Kings, NY). However, the next best four were all populist prairie counties in ND and MT which had voted for LaFollette in 1924.

Scandinavian ancestry has a pretty good correlation with rural Wallace voters.

While there's a long-standing stereotype for this sort of thing, I've never really seen an explanation for the left-wing orientation of Scandinavian (and also Finnish) immigrants other than some vague cultural descriptors. Would you happen to know what specifically set this group apart?

AFAIK These Scandinavian groups were heavily associated with mining and lumber industries and through those organized labor.

Basically this. Although should also be noted that Scandinavians in Washington also took jobs as shipbuilders in towns like Seattle, Kirkland or (especially) Bremerton. Shipbuilders were a major force in the 1919 strike.
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