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Junior Chimp
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« on: May 22, 2005, 02:11:58 PM » |
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Politically, it was very different back then. New York City had been solidly Democratic until 1896, when McKinley carried it over the agrarian Bryan. After that, it returned to the Democratic fold, but not overwhelmingly.
The GOP was strong across the board in cities, and New York was no different. Anti-Wilson Democrats joined with the sizable GOP base to give Harding the victory. It then voted barely for Coolidge over Davis, but returned to the Democrats for good when Al Smith ran in 1928.
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