Gillespie and Comal Counties, Texas (1924)

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LaFolette won those two counties in Texas.



Looking at other results in the 20s, those two counties seemed solidly Republican.

Anybody care to shed light on why LaFolette won them and why that general regional was more Republican than the state as a whole?

[Хahar 🤔]

Most likely anger at the rich folk.

[Sam Spade]

Well, both these counties are highly German, were anti-slavery, meaning notoriously Republican and tend to be made up more of farmers than ranchers.  Comal is a bit more exurban-like now than it used to be (still highly German), Gillespie is unchanged.

Additionally, remember LaFollette's strong opposition to WWI.

[War on Want]

Well, both these counties are highly German, were anti-slavery, meaning notoriously Republican and tend to be made up more of farmers than ranchers.  Comal is a bit more exurban-like now than it used to be (still highly German), Gillespie is unchanged.

Additionally, remember LaFollette's strong opposition to WWI.

Took the words out of my mouth.

[Sam Spade]

I just know Gillespie very well because my parents have a place up there.  The old timers (of whom there are very few around because they'd be past 70, but would have been children during the 1920s) still spoke with a strong German accent.  Imagine what accent their parents (who voted in 1924) spoke with, if they even spoke English.

Their children still have a slight German accent, but the young kids (30-35 and younger) have no accent.

[jimrtex]

I just know Gillespie very well because my parents have a place up there.  The old timers (of whom there are very few around because they'd be past 70, but would have been children during the 1920s) still spoke with a strong German accent.  Imagine what accent their parents (who voted in 1924) spoke with, if they even spoke English.

Their children still have a slight German accent, but the young kids (30-35 and younger) have no accent.

The New Braunfels Herald-Zeitung dropped their German language section in 1957.