Comments - KKK: unite in calling it a hate organization. - Civil Discourse Now2024-03-19T13:42:12Zhttp://civildiscoursenow.com/profiles/comment/feed?attachedTo=6316350%3ABlogPost%3A37827&xn_auth=noIndiana was a competitive sta…tag:civildiscoursenow.com,2020-02-27:6316350:Comment:379242020-02-27T20:12:35.484Zpogden297http://civildiscoursenow.com/profile/pogden297
<p>Indiana was a competitive state politically in 1920s. Saying the KKK sided with Republicans because the GOP was in control is not 100% accurate. The KKK in Indiana affiliated with the GOP and not the Democratic Party because in the 1920s the chief focus of the Indiana Klan was being anti-immigrant and anti-Catholic. At the time, Indiana had a huge split in partisan affiliation of religious groups. Catholics were overwhelmingly Democrat. Protestants were almost all Republican. So the…</p>
<p>Indiana was a competitive state politically in 1920s. Saying the KKK sided with Republicans because the GOP was in control is not 100% accurate. The KKK in Indiana affiliated with the GOP and not the Democratic Party because in the 1920s the chief focus of the Indiana Klan was being anti-immigrant and anti-Catholic. At the time, Indiana had a huge split in partisan affiliation of religious groups. Catholics were overwhelmingly Democrat. Protestants were almost all Republican. So the 1920's Klan could not have affiliated with the Indiana Democratic Party. The GOP was its only choice. </p>