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Interestingly, not all Roman Catholics were turned against Blaine or Burchard as a result of this.<ref name="HC 11/3/84">[https://search.proquest.com/docview/554219295?accountid=46995 Hartford Daily Courant (1840-1887) ; Hartford, Conn. <nowiki>[Hartford, Conn]</nowiki> 03 Nov 1884: 3.]</ref> Nonetheless, this "three Rs" speech was widely publicized with the incorrect meaning, and was often directly attributed to Blaine. As an apparent result, the state's vote was turned in favor of Cleveland. The Democratic plurality in New York was 1,047 at the time, so less than six hundred votes would have changed the result.  Cleveland won in New York, and that state's electoral vote ended up being the deciding factor in this election.  With New York turned in favor of the democrats, the democratic candidate Grover Cleveland won the presidential election.<ref name="DAB">Dictionary of American Biography Volume 3, edited by Johnson, Allen, page 271</ref>

Interestingly, not all Roman Catholics were turned against Blaine or Burchard as a result of this.<ref name="HC 11/3/84">[https://search.proquest.com/docview/554219295?accountid=46995 Hartford Daily Courant (1840-1887) ; Hartford, Conn. <nowiki>[Hartford, Conn]</nowiki> 03 Nov 1884: 3.]</ref> Nonetheless, this "three Rs" speech was widely publicized with the incorrect meaning, and was often directly attributed to Blaine. As an apparent result, the state's vote was turned in favor of Cleveland. The Democratic plurality in New York was 1,047 at the time, so less than six hundred votes would have changed the result.  Cleveland won in New York, and that state's electoral vote ended up being the deciding factor in this election.  With New York turned in favor of the democrats, the democratic candidate Grover Cleveland won the presidential election.<ref name="DAB">Dictionary of American Biography Volume 3, edited by Johnson, Allen, page 271</ref>

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