I had always thought it was the religious right that drove prohibition but it crossed party lines and the split was more urban vs. rural.
Interesting to note the origins of "Teetotaler", "Skid Row" and "Bootlegger"!
A salient lesson that when democracies legislate morality, the cure is usually worse than the disease.
Personal sidebar; In 1946 my Mother was living and working at the Toronto chapter of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union when she met the man who would become my Father just out of the RCAF and working as a bartender. They married that year and were together until his passing.
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