During the period 1928-1948, the United States experienced the Roaring 20 's, the Great Depression, the New Deal, World War II, and the beginning of the Cold War. Each of these phases presented Presidential candidates with opportunities to share their positions on the issues. There was a major shift in political party loyalties different from the traditional Republican and big business in the North versus Democrats in the South.
There were six Presidential elections from 1928-1948; however, only three different presidents were elected during this period. Republican Herbert Hoover, and Democrats Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman shifted party loyalties based on their stances on the issues of civil rights and the economy. While the issue of civil rights and the prosperous economy caused loyalties to shift in the election of Republican Hoover (1928), the issues of civil rights and the Great Depression helped Democrats dominate politics for years after as party loyalties kept shifting. The election of 1928 saw the Secretary of Commerce, Republican Herbert Hoover, running …show more content…
The United States was in the third year of the Great Depression, and people were suffering. Hoover had miscalculated the effectiveness of the federal response to the Depression, and seemed to be out of touch with how bad the situation was for his constituents. He ran for re-election on a platform of maintaining the gold standard, and balancing the budget. This was hard for the 13 million unemployed Americans to support, and he lost to the Democratic nominee, Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt, from New York. Roosevelt’s platform was geared toward repealing Prohibition, and reducing federal spending. These platforms were both opposite from the traditional approaches that the Democrats and Republicans had stood for in the past. The election ended in a landslide victory for Roosevelt and the Democrats in both houses of
There were six Presidential elections from 1928-1948; however, only three different presidents were elected during this period. Republican Herbert Hoover, and Democrats Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman shifted party loyalties based on their stances on the issues of civil rights and the economy. While the issue of civil rights and the prosperous economy caused loyalties to shift in the election of Republican Hoover (1928), the issues of civil rights and the Great Depression helped Democrats dominate politics for years after as party loyalties kept shifting. The election of 1928 saw the Secretary of Commerce, Republican Herbert Hoover, running …show more content…
The United States was in the third year of the Great Depression, and people were suffering. Hoover had miscalculated the effectiveness of the federal response to the Depression, and seemed to be out of touch with how bad the situation was for his constituents. He ran for re-election on a platform of maintaining the gold standard, and balancing the budget. This was hard for the 13 million unemployed Americans to support, and he lost to the Democratic nominee, Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt, from New York. Roosevelt’s platform was geared toward repealing Prohibition, and reducing federal spending. These platforms were both opposite from the traditional approaches that the Democrats and Republicans had stood for in the past. The election ended in a landslide victory for Roosevelt and the Democrats in both houses of