▁government ▁exp end it ures ▁and ▁re venue ▁and ▁more ▁liberal ▁voting ▁patterns ▁for ▁federal ▁represent atives . ▁ ▁Pro hib ition ▁ ▁In ▁most ▁of ▁the ▁country ▁prohib ition ▁was ▁of ▁central ▁importance ▁in ▁progress ive ▁politics ▁before ▁World ▁War ▁I , ▁with ▁a ▁strong ▁religious ▁and ▁eth nic ▁dimension . ▁Most ▁p iet istic ▁Protest ants ▁were ▁" d ries " ▁who ▁advoc ated ▁prohib ition ▁as ▁a ▁solution ▁to ▁social ▁problems ; ▁they ▁included ▁Method ists , ▁Cong reg ational ists , ▁Dis ci ples , ▁Bapt ists , ▁Pres by ter ians , ▁Qu akers , ▁and ▁Sc and in av ian ▁Luther ans . ▁On ▁the ▁" w et " ▁side , ▁Epis cop ali ans , ▁Irish ▁C athol ics , ▁German ▁Luther ans ▁and ▁German ▁C athol ics ▁attacked ▁prohib ition ▁as ▁a ▁men ace ▁to ▁their ▁social ▁custom s ▁and ▁personal ▁liberty . ▁Pro hib ition ists ▁supported ▁direct ▁dem ocracy ▁to ▁enable ▁vot ers ▁to ▁by pass ▁the ▁state ▁legisl ature ▁in ▁law making . ▁In ▁the ▁North , ▁the ▁Republican ▁Party ▁champion ed ▁the ▁interests ▁of ▁the ▁prohib ition ists , ▁while ▁the ▁Democratic ▁Party ▁represented ▁eth nic ▁group ▁interests . ▁In ▁the ▁South , ▁the ▁Bapt ist ▁and ▁Method ist ▁churches ▁played ▁a ▁major ▁role ▁in ▁forcing ▁the ▁Democratic ▁party ▁to ▁support ▁prohib ition . ▁After ▁ 1 9 1 4 ▁the ▁issue ▁shift ed ▁to ▁the ▁Germ ans ' ▁opposition ▁to ▁Wood row ▁Wilson ' s ▁foreign ▁policy . ▁In ▁the