Why was Utah so close in 1928?
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« on: February 10, 2011, 07:10:02 PM »
It was Al Smith's fourth-strongest state outside the South.  Why were so many Mormons willing to vote for "Wet Al?"
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« Reply #1 on: February 10, 2011, 08:23:02 PM »
The mormons were in there swing voter phase.
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« Reply #2 on: February 11, 2011, 05:22:15 AM »
Feeling of solidarity toward a fellow religious minority ? These things appear to  have been important at the time.
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