David Frum

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David Frum @davidfrum

Before the Civil War, immigrant voting had typically favored Republicans. In the hyper-competitive 1880s, the immigrant vote shifted to the Democrats - and became perceived by Republicans as a threat. 5/x — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Nov. 23, 2021

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What happened? The reading suggests 2 main factors: 1) Between the economic depressions of 1873 and 1893, the US entered a period of intensely close political competition. EG the presidential election of 1884 turned on fewer than 600 votes in the state of New York. 4/x — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Nov. 23, 2021

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2) The second factor was that as the immigrant vote concentrated in cities after 1880, it became associated with the drunkenness and rowdyism that many non-urban people attributed to urban elections. 6/x — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Nov. 23, 2021