The+Sussex+Pledge

THE GAY PLEDGE OF THE SUSSEX!!! The Sussex Pledge, as it was called, met the foreign-policy goals of both Germany and President Wilson by keeping the United States out of the war a little longer. Wilson’s efforts to keep American soldiers at home played an important part in his reelection bid in 1916. Campaigning as the “peace” candidate, his Campaign slogan, “He kept us out of the war,” helped him win a narrow victory over Charles Evans Hughes.