How would Calvin Coolidge Have Performed in 1924 minus LaFollette?
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« on: December 28, 2015, 02:07:31 AM »

If you had to guess, what would have been Calvin Coolidge's approximate share of the popular vote in 1924 against Democrat John Davis in a two man race without the presence of third party candidate Bob LaFollette?  My guess is between 60 to 63 percent of the popular vote for Coolidge and about the same performance in the electoral college as Warren Harding minus Oklahoma.
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« Reply #1 on: December 28, 2015, 03:17:20 AM »

I think he would have been slightly below 60%, because several progressive voters would have turned to the Democrats instead.
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President Calvin Coolidge (R-MA)/Former Budget Burea Director Charles G. Dawes (R-IL): 405 EV. (59.7%)
Former Ambassador John W. Davis (D-WV)/Governor Charles W. Bryan (D-NE): 126 EV. (39.1%)
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« Reply #2 on: December 28, 2015, 03:24:27 AM »

A lot of La Follette's voters weren't going to vote for the 2 right-wingers nominated by the major parties.
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