Adem 45
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« on: October 17, 2020, 12:46:27 AM » |
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The Texas Regulars' unpledged electors managed to win Washington county with 52% of the vote. Washington I think is one of those "German" counties in Texas, as the county seat of Brenham holds German heritage festivals. I wonder that that has something to do with it?
Washington actually went for Wilkie in 1940, after overwhelmingly backing Roosevelt in 1932 and 1936, and then it went Republican in every race from 1948 onwards, aside from 1964.
Interestingly it was one of Smith's best counties in Texas in 1928, giving him 90% of the vote despite Hoover making huge inroads in Texas (Catholic Germans?). Though it went for Davis in 1924 by nearly as much, and went for Ferguson's third party in 1920 for whatever reason, and prior to then went for Hughes in 1916. Seems kind of odd. Not quite sure what was going on there.
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