THE ELECTION OF 1916 - Part One: Everything is Different Now

My History Can Beat Up Your Politics

Bruce Carlson

News, Politics, History

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🗓️ 15 April 2024

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

America decides whether or not to re-elect a President and it's close. Bruce does his best 1916 version of Steve Kornacki going through the returns as they come in and as the nation awaits a verdict. A President that hadn't been elected with a majority, a re-election that happens while Europe is at war. Early results show that America will get a new President. But those pesky precincts. Why can't they count the vote faster? We talk about the factors behind the election and Wilson's Presidency. We are part of Airwave Media Network Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to an airwave media podcast.
0:05.0	You can sense the glory.
0:07.0	Is this distorted something?
0:09.0	Feel it in your bones.
0:10.0	Wow!
0:11.0	The quarterfinals.
0:12.0	Unstoppable.
0:13.0	Full of vivid nerve-wracking moments where every decision costs more, means more, and makes
0:19.9	history.
0:21.7	This is where the season is defined.
0:24.0	Oh, it's marching.
0:25.0	Every game.
0:27.0	Total.
0:28.0	The U-A-For Champions League, Europa League and Conference League
0:32.0	Quarterfinals, only on TNT sports.
0:34.8	November 7, 1916 was a beautiful day for most of the country as it began to elect a president.
0:41.6	That doesn't, said the Republican Party National Chairman. This is Republican
0:46.4	weather. It is all over but the shouting.
0:49.6	It was a joke, but it sort of reflected the thinking of the Republican Party on that day. So, One voter who begged to differ, Democratic President Woodrow Wilson was driven in his automobile.
1:22.1	Through that Republican sunshine.
1:27.0	From his house, Shadow Lawn in Elbaron, New Jersey.
1:30.0	Impressive home near the Jersey coast, and drove out to Princeton University where he cast his vote.
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