Podgy the Bear
mollybecky
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« on: September 20, 2021, 02:09:01 PM » |
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Undoubtedly Hoover carried a substantial amount of the Catholic vote in 1928. With a sizable Catholic population, Smith was barely able to win RI and MA--indicating that a lot of Catholics in those states stayed Republican. Of course, the Republican machine, particularly in the Northeast and big states, was exceptionally powerful in 1928. In states like PA and OH (with large percentages of Catholics), the Democrats got only about 35% of the vote.
Historically, we look at the 1928 election as a precursor to what happened in the 1930s and beyond with the New Deal coalition. But at the time it was looked as another crushing defeat for the Democrats. And it wasn't really unexpected. With losses in the Outer South states, Hoover ran the highest electoral vote margin to that time.
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