As much as I doubt this, it's worth throwing the theory that Charles Curtis had particular appeal to Native Americans into the discussion.
Maybe, but oddly enough, the big reservations in my state flipped for Smith, after having gone overwhelmingly for Coolidge four years prior.
Was it a different tribe? I can imagine different tribes might have differing political leanings at times.
Yes, I didn't mean to imply a connection to Oklahoma, just found it interesting.
I do as well, would be interesting to look at the possible political divides, like maybe the Kansas tribes were more hostile to prohibition.
