They didn’t tell people in 1917 that they were going to enslave them either; as in “Animal Farm” it just happens in increments.
Yeah, that 1916 election was a real hoot, and it is the right lesson.
Charles Hughes was nominated. Wilson won in a very, very tight election 277-254, over California that Hughes lost by 3,700 votes. Not as close as in 2000, (which was 500 votes), but still very, very close.
If people think that this is going to be an EASY task, Hughes was both Governor of New York AND a supreme court justice, and he still lost.