Just wondered if anyone knew. I couldn’t trust Wikipedia and I focused more on the Great War history than what happened in politics at the time or the Spanish flu outbreak.
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Just wondered if anyone knew. I couldn’t trust Wikipedia and I focused more on the Great War history than what happened in politics at the time or the Spanish flu outbreak.
Adding comment with link i found https://www.ohiomagazine.com/ohio-life/article/the-election-of-1920 > Harding’s campaign slogan of “a return to normalcy” resonated with voters, who had seen the United States get involved in a World War (and for voters of Irish or German origin, on the wrong side). Weary of war, Americans also faced a recession and the Spanish Flu epidemic, which made more than a quarter of all Americans ill and killed an estimated 675,000 people in the United States during 1918 and 1919.
On Nov. 2, 1920, Harding won the election in a landslide, garnering more than 60 percent of the popular vote and carrying 37 states including Ohio. Cox didn’t even win his home county.
honeslty doesn't even seem like it affected the voting