The parties were very different than they are today. This was before the Republican Southern Strategy of appealing to racism
In fact, in the election map above, the South was won by the Democratic candidate; the Republican candidate won the North and the election
Condo (the creator of the strip) was born in Illinois and later worked in Ohio

[–] tallricefarmer@sopuli.xyz 12 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Everett's opinions align well with the Progressives of the early 20th century. Both Republicans and Democrats had progressives amongst themselves at that time, so I bet his vote varied based on the candidates rather than being hardstuck one party.

[–] MossyFeathers@pawb.social 3 points 11 months ago

Man, imagine voting based on policies and not party. Were they crazy or something?

[–] verity_kindle@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

Started his own party, called it Bald Moose, Roosevelt sued for copyright infringement, Everett ignored it.