DBWI: Coolidge wins re-election in 1924

OOC: In this TL, he vetoed a tariff in 1924 which caused him to lose popularity among the GOP, but led modern regular people (unaware of his early presidency) to believe he was anti tariff instead of anti spending.

There was not--and was unlikely to be--any tariff bill for him to veto in 1924. The emergency tariff act of 1921 and --more important--the Fordney-McCumber Act of 1922 had satisfied protectionists for awhile. Moreover, the Democrats' gains in the 1922 elections would make it more difficult to raise tariffs further. The only way I could see Coolidge vetoing a tariff bill in 1924 is if the Democrats had done even better in 1922 and enacted a law lowering the tariff...
 
There was not--and was unlikely to be--any tariff bill for him to veto in 1924. The emergency tariff act of 1921 and --more important--the Fordney-McCumber Act of 1922 had satisfied protectionists for awhile. Moreover, the Democrats' gains in the 1922 elections would make it more difficult to raise tariffs further. The only way I could see Coolidge vetoing a tariff bill in 1924 is if the Democrats had done even better in 1922 and enacted a law lowering the tariff...

OOC: okay, but what’s supposed to have happened is some sort of compromise bill where some Dems agree to support tariffs in return for an increased spending package on the part of the GOP
 
OOC: okay, but what’s supposed to have happened is some sort of compromise bill where some Dems agree to support tariffs in return for an increased spending package on the part of the GOP


OOC: Look, getting the 1924 election thrown into the House with Coolidge as president and Davis as the Democratic candidate is extremely difficult but not quite impossible (though without faithless electors it requires Coolidge to lose at least one state that he carried by 19.32 points or more! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1924_United_States_presidential_election) But even if it happens it is most unlikely to involve Coolidge even appearing to take an anti-tariff stand in 1924!

BTW, in OTL the (very unlikely) possibility that the race cold go into the House probably helped Coolidge. As I noted in another post:

One of Coolidge's themes was "Coolidge or chaos." The idea was that if Coolidge didn't get a majority in the Electoral College, the race would go into the House where it might be deadlocked. If that happened, the vice-president chosen by the Senate would become president. According to horrified Republicans, that might be Davis's running mate Charles Bryan (portrayed as a half-witted radical) thanks to a Senate alliance of Democrats and "farm bloc" Republicans! Hence the GOP slogan (one of the most bizarre in US political history): "A vote for Davis is a vote for Bryan, a vote for La Follette is a vote for Bryan. A vote for Coolidge is a vote for Coolidge." https://books.google.com/books?id=ltusveXdODUC&pg=PA212
 
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