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« on: August 14, 2008, 05:30:04 pm »
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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?
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« Reply #1 on: August 14, 2008, 05:32:10 pm »
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Most likely anger at the rich folk.
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« Reply #2 on: August 14, 2008, 05:42:34 pm »
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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.
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« Reply #3 on: August 14, 2008, 08:24:24 pm »
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Quote from: Sam Spade on August 14, 2008, 05:42:34 pm
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.
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« Reply #4 on: August 15, 2008, 10:21:02 am »
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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.
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« Reply #5 on: August 15, 2008, 09:41:44 pm »
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Quote from: Sam Spade on August 15, 2008, 10:21:02 am
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.
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