1904 Presidential Election

[ElectionsGuy]

1804: 85.7% Thomas Jefferson
1808: 50.0% George Clinton
1816: 69.2% James Monroe
1820: 60.0% James Monroe
1828: 48.0% John Q. Adams
1844: 50.0% James Birney
1864: 71.4% Abraham Lincoln
1872: 65.4% Ulysses Grant
1896: 32.5% John Palmer
1944: 56.8% Franklin Roosevelt
1952: 63.9% Dwight Eisenhower
1964: 49.2% Lyndon Johnson
1968: 44.4% Hubert Humphrey
1980: 26.2% Ronald Reagan

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election,_1904

Alton Parker

[ElectionsGuy]

By the way, what's the difference between Socialist and Socialist Labor?

[ElectionsGuy]

Why the leftist love for TR? Parker ran to his left.

Parker was a Bourbon Democrat, Roosevelt was a Progressive. Sure, Parker opposed imperialism but he was for cutting government expenditures and opposing tariffs.

[ElectionsGuy]

Why the leftist love for TR? Parker ran to his left.

Parker was a Bourbon Democrat, Roosevelt was a Progressive. Sure, Parker opposed imperialism but he was for cutting government expenditures and opposing tariffs.

Opposing a high tariff would, at the time, be a more populist position than favoring a high protective tariff.  It was a policy that benefited big corporations a ton, hence the GOP's loyal support for them.

Why the leftist love for TR? Parker ran to his left.

Parker was a Bourbon Democrat, Roosevelt was a Progressive. Sure, Parker opposed imperialism but he was for cutting government expenditures and opposing tariffs.

You do know that "free trade" was generally seen as a very liberal position until about the mid 20th century don't you?  Hell, Bryan (the King of the American Populists) ran a very heated campaign against McKinley's heavy tariff plan by arguing that it was outright business favoritism and Wall Street cronyism.

It wasn't until the post New Deal era or so when free trade magically became "conservative" due to issues like outsourcing and globalization becoming bigger.

Ok, ok, I'm sorry. I was wrong.