have certain catholics been voting republican for longer than we think?

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

I've read up on the 1896 election as part of a paper I was doing, and McKinley attracted large numbers of Catholics thanks to his pro-urban stances as well as Bryan's pro-rural and evangelical rhetoric. Estimates have him winning 40-45% of the Catholic vote. McKinley played very well with Mid-Western Catholics, especially Germans, and along with Lutherans, those two made up very large parts of Wisconsin, Ohio, Michigan, etc. I suppose with increasing Republican margins of victory in 1900 and 1904, the trend increased.

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

I believe that the Republican strength in the 1920's is pretty self-explanatory if one knows the history of Woodrow Wilson's second term and of James Cox's self destructive and blatantly idiotic presidential campaign.

Also, some insight into Calvin Coolidge:

http://www.calvin-coolidge.org/html/coolidge_and_the_northampton_i.html
http://www.city-journal.org/2012/bc0316cj.html

Which explains why a certain group didn't return to the home base in 1924.

1928 was a MASSIVE reversal of the previous two elections (at least in regards to the Catholic vote).

Thanks for providing these. Makes one of my favorite Presidents seem even greater.