Describe a Wilkie 1940/Stevenson 1956 voter

[Blow by blow, the passion dies]

Perhaps a few thousand Missouri Republicans?

[wnwnwn]

Some voters of german origin in South Dakota.

[Vosem]

Someone from MO or SD, the only two states to swing less than 10% towards the Republicans. (America as a whole swung 28%, or the R>80% coloring on this map). No state outright swung towards Democrats between 1940-->1956.

[TransfemmeGoreVidal]

anti-war Irish Catholic and German American Democrats.

[TDAS04]

This one is a bit tougher than a lot these other “describe a x/x voter” threads, but apparently this is how reservations in my state voted…but I’m not really sure why.

[Schiff for Senate]

Someone from MO or SD, the only two states to swing less than 10% towards the Republicans. (America as a whole swung 28%, or the R>80% coloring on this map). No state outright swung towards Democrats between 1940-->1956.

Might be a stupid question, but is there a reason these two states in particular had a relatively small swing?

I can figure why a state like South Dakota - with its German/Scandinavian population - might be particularly pro-Willkie, but what's up with Missouri?

[Republican Party Stalwart]

Likely a non-negligible number of black voters.