re: #526 itellu3times

So, which party, and which candidates, rode on these issues?

A quick Google to Wikipedia doesn’t seem to show any political involvement. I’m sure there may have been some, especially local, but I did specify “national”.

Well, I’m not totally sure what would meet your criteria—but you might check out the history of the Know-Nothing movement. (A well-named crowd if there ever was one.)