FDR CRITICAL OF HARDING'S FRONT PORCH CAMPAIGN
Washington, D.C.* (JFK+50) On July 21, 1920, Democratic vice-presidential candidate Franklin D. Roosevelt criticized Republican presidential candidate Warren G. Harding's "front-porch" campaign**.
Mr. Roosevelt said...
"It is just as important for the candidate to get in touch with the United States as it is for voters to have a chance to see and hear them.
No man having the viewpoint of Ohio, or Massachusetts, or New York is fitted to be president or vice-president. He must know the nation."
*My source does not specify where FDR was located when he spoke about Harding's campaign & I was unable to locate that information elsewhere.
**Front-porch campaign is a low key effort to get votes by having people come to or close to your home to see & hear the candidate who does not "stump" or campaign from place to place in the traditional manner.
James A. Garfield, Benjamin Harrison, William McKinley and Warren Harding, all Republicans, used the front porch campaign.
SOURCE
"Today-100: July 21, 1920" He must know the nation," Whatever It Is I'm Against It," www.whateveritisimagainstit.com/
Washington, D.C.* (JFK+50) On July 21, 1920, Democratic vice-presidential candidate Franklin D. Roosevelt criticized Republican presidential candidate Warren G. Harding's "front-porch" campaign**.
Mr. Roosevelt said...
"It is just as important for the candidate to get in touch with the United States as it is for voters to have a chance to see and hear them.
No man having the viewpoint of Ohio, or Massachusetts, or New York is fitted to be president or vice-president. He must know the nation."
*My source does not specify where FDR was located when he spoke about Harding's campaign & I was unable to locate that information elsewhere.
**Front-porch campaign is a low key effort to get votes by having people come to or close to your home to see & hear the candidate who does not "stump" or campaign from place to place in the traditional manner.
James A. Garfield, Benjamin Harrison, William McKinley and Warren Harding, all Republicans, used the front porch campaign.
SOURCE
"Today-100: July 21, 1920" He must know the nation," Whatever It Is I'm Against It," www.whateveritisimagainstit.com/
Front Porch Campaign
William McKinley
Canton, Ohio (1896)
Photo by Luke C. Dillon
McKinley Presidential Library Image
