The Emancipation Proclamation gained votes for Republicans in rural New England and the upper Midwest, but cost votes in the Irish and German strongholds and in the lower Midwest, where many Southerners had lived for generations.
ðɪ ɪmˌænsɪpˈeɪʃən pɹˌɑːklɐmˈeɪʃən ɡˈeɪnd vˈoʊts fɔːɹ ɹᵻpˈʌblɪkənz ɪn ɹˈʊɹɹəl nˈuː ˈɪŋɡlənd ænd ðɪ ˌʌpɚ mɪdwˈɛst, bˌʌt kˈɔst vˈoʊts ɪnðɪ ˈaɪɹɪʃ ænd dʒˈɜːmən stɹˈɔŋhoʊldz ænd ɪnðə lˈoʊɚ mɪdwˈɛst, wˌɛɹ mˈɛni sˈʌðɚnɚz hæd lˈɪvd fɔːɹ dʒˌɛnɚɹˈeɪʃənz.