156:. The party also nominated some people for state house and senate elections. Ultimately, the LIP failed to convince African Americans to switch over from the Republican Party. In fact, the LIP only pulled 274 votes for the Louisville mayoral election compared to the Republican's 63,332. During the election black voters were beaten away from the polls by police and LIP officials weren't represented during the counting of votes. The LIP had around the same turnout for all the other offices they ran candidates and believed that the Republicans had dumped their votes in the
141:'s open hostility. The LIP was the manifestation of young African Americans' dissatisfaction with the status quo upheld by the Republican Party elite and the older and more conservative African-American leaders of Louisville. According to one of the several founders, Arthur D. Porter, African-Americans were "in the very unenviable of being owned by the Republican Party and hated by the Democrats." Issues for the LIP included continued segregation (despite a Republican victory), voting rights, political representation, corruption, and unequal economic opportunities.
149:, 26,549 of the 58,933 (45.05%) registered Republicans in Louisville were black. They accused the LIP of being supported by the Democrats and spent nearly $ 200,000 in its campaign to ensure an absolute defeat of the LIP. Another opposition to the LIP came in the form of older African-American leaders who feared that a sudden change in political allegiance would cause prominent whites to stop donating money to African-American issues.
168:, one of the founders of the LIP, spoke last and proclaimed that he did not have anything to say to a group that applauded "such a truckling, pussy-footing, and self-serving speeches." Warley demanded that changes would have to be made before he would rejoin the Republican Party.
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