1924: Wisconsin 54% for LaFollette, Michigan 75% for Coolidge?
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  1924: Wisconsin 54% for LaFollette, Michigan 75% for Coolidge?
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Joe Republic
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« on: January 13, 2008, 08:17:57 PM »

One thing I've noticed about the 1924 election map is the marked difference in results between Wisconsin and Michigan.  I realize that Wisconsin was LaFollette's home state, which explains why he managed to win it by a 17 point margin.  But just next door in Michigan, he was beaten into third place with a dismal 10.5%, while Coolidge won three quarters of the vote and made this his second best result in the nation; his best result anywhere in the Midwest by a long way.

Could anybody shed some light on this?
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« Reply #1 on: January 16, 2008, 06:48:23 PM »

I guess not then.  Sad
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« Reply #2 on: January 16, 2008, 06:51:04 PM »

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« Reply #3 on: January 18, 2008, 06:21:48 AM »

I'm no expert but I think LaFolette was getting his support from farmers and Michigan was more industrialized. Michigan was also, I think, more of a Republican state in those days.
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« Reply #4 on: January 18, 2008, 07:42:39 AM »

Both Michigan and Wisconsin were arch-Republican machine states. With some exceptions, they basically didn't have elections up there between 1855 and 1930, they had primaries instead - the Democrats didn't stand much more chance of winning anything than the Republicans did in the Upper South (as opposed to the Deep South). The reason for either result, then, is machine support.
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« Reply #5 on: January 20, 2008, 02:25:11 PM »

I think Lewis hit the nail on the head here. It was kind of a reverse solid south situation, except LaFollette got the party support in his home state.

Also I believe ballots were still printed by the parties at that time weren't they? That may have had an effect depending on how LaFollette was listed in the two states.

Also don't forget that LaFollette likely didn't get much media coverage in Michigan, the news didn't travel like it does today. His support seemed to come largely from farming and mining areas rather than industrial as well so Michigan wasn't as good a fit for him; unionization was far from what it would become later.
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« Reply #6 on: January 28, 2008, 02:37:22 PM »

No, I would imagine that the parties weren't printing the ballots back in the 1920s.

Plus, Michigan really wasn't geographically close to La Follette's base
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« Reply #7 on: January 28, 2008, 03:37:55 PM »

  Having grown up in Wisconsin, I'll add in my own $.02.  Wisconsin like Michigan was totally Republican in terms of its politics.  Between 1892 and 1932--40 years, the Democrats won exacty 2 --count them 2 statewide races.  One was Woodrow Wilson in the 1912 presidential and the other was Paul O. Husting winning a Senatorial race in 1914.   Indeed in 1922, the entire state Democratic ticket failed to qualify for the ballot and had to run as independents.
  The Michigan Republican Party seems to have been 1 united organization.  The Wisconsin Republican Party was quite different with constant feuding between the Progressive LaFollette Branch of the party and the Conservative Stalwart faction.   

  The 1924 Presidential result suprisingly mirrors the state's 1924 gubenetorial result:

President

La Follette: 54%  Coolidge: 37%, and Davis 8%

Governor

Blaine--LaFollette faction GOP candidate 50%

Lueck--Dem candidate and backed by Stalwart GOP faction 40%

Socialist--10%

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