ill ind
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« on: January 28, 2008, 03:37:55 PM » |
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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%
Ill Ind
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