Harding's conciliatory campaigning style aided him; one Harding friend deemed the candidate's stump speech during the 1914 fall campaign as 'a rambling, high-sounding mixture of platitudes, patriotism, and pure nonsense'. Dean notes, 'Harding used his oratory to good effect; it got him elected, making as few enemies as possible in the process.' Harding won by over 100,000 votes in a landslide that also swept into office a Republican governor, Frank B. Willis.
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