It has been exactly a century - 25 elections - since the last time neither major candidate was a state governor, sitting president or vice-president. In 1908 Secretary of War Taft defeated Democratic party luminary (not sure what else to call him, at that point in his career) William Jennings Bryan) by eight percent in the popular vote, or an electoral margin of 321-162. In those days, of course, the Democrats were still the party of the south and the Republicans (especially southerners) were still considered the party of Lincoln.
The Wikipedia article.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment