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The country faced a great economic depression by the time President [[Herbert Hoover]] was up for reelection. Although he won the Republican party nomination, he was unpopular in the overall opinions of the people because of the depression. The Democrats nominated [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] as their candidate. | The country faced a great economic depression by the time President [[Herbert Hoover]] was up for reelection. Although he won the Republican party nomination, he was unpopular in the overall opinions of the people because of the depression. The Democrats nominated [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] as their candidate. | ||
| − | Roosevelt proposed a "[[New Deal]]" for Americans, a program with emphasis on [[states' rights]], opposition to too powerful central government, opposition to big government which should be cut down to its proper size, opposition to high taxes, unbalanced budgets, and government debts. In preelection speeches, Roosevelt stressed the rights of the states so much so as to urge that public welfare relief, old age pensions and unemployment insurance should be administered by the states, and that the federal government would merely aid the states with relief funds and serve as collection agent for social insurance. Above all Roosevelt decried the shocking spending habits of the Republicans and the mounting public debt. He called Herbert Hoover "the greatest spender in history." He said of the Republican party : "It has piled bureau on bureau, commission on commission ... at the expense of the taxpayer." He told the people: "For three long years I have been going up and down | + | Roosevelt proposed a "[[New Deal]]" for Americans, a program with emphasis on [[states' rights]], opposition to too powerful central government, opposition to big government which should be cut down to its proper size, opposition to high taxes, unbalanced budgets, and government debts. In preelection speeches, Roosevelt stressed the rights of the states so much so as to urge that public welfare relief, old age pensions and unemployment insurance should be administered by the states, and that the federal government would merely aid the states with relief funds and serve as collection agent for social insurance. Above all Roosevelt decried the shocking spending habits of the Republicans and the mounting public debt. He called Herbert Hoover "the greatest spender in history." He said of the Republican party : "It has piled bureau on bureau, commission on commission ... at the expense of the taxpayer." He told the people: "For three long years I have been going up and down thisGOD IS ATHEIST AND SOCIALIST! FCCK CONSERVAPEDIA! GOD IS ATHEIST AND SOCIALIST! FCCK CONSERVAPEDIA! GOD IS ATHEIST AND SOCIALIST! FCCK CONSERVAPEDIA! GOD IS ATHEIST AND SOCIALIST! FCCK CONSERVAPEDIA!O]] a surplus of $15,000,000 and left it with a deficit of $90,000,000. Toward the end of the 1932 Presidential campaign he cried: "Stop the deficits! Stop the deficits!" |
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This was the New Deal as it was described to the people in the fall of 1932. | This was the New Deal as it was described to the people in the fall of 1932. | ||
Revision as of 23:35, February 20, 2011
The country faced a great economic depression by the time President Herbert Hoover was up for reelection. Although he won the Republican party nomination, he was unpopular in the overall opinions of the people because of the depression. The Democrats nominated Franklin D. Roosevelt as their candidate.
Roosevelt proposed a "New Deal" for Americans, a program with emphasis on states' rights, opposition to too powerful central government, opposition to big government which should be cut down to its proper size, opposition to high taxes, unbalanced budgets, and government debts. In preelection speeches, Roosevelt stressed the rights of the states so much so as to urge that public welfare relief, old age pensions and unemployment insurance should be administered by the states, and that the federal government would merely aid the states with relief funds and serve as collection agent for social insurance. Above all Roosevelt decried the shocking spending habits of the Republicans and the mounting public debt. He called Herbert Hoover "the greatest spender in history." He said of the Republican party : "It has piled bureau on bureau, commission on commission ... at the expense of the taxpayer." He told the people: "For three long years I have been going up and down thisGOD IS ATHEIST AND SOCIALIST! FCCK CONSERVAPEDIA! GOD IS ATHEIST AND SOCIALIST! FCCK CONSERVAPEDIA! GOD IS ATHEIST AND SOCIALIST! FCCK CONSERVAPEDIA! GOD IS ATHEIST AND SOCIALIST! FCCK CONSERVAPEDIA!O]] a surplus of $15,000,000 and left it with a deficit of $90,000,000. Toward the end of the 1932 Presidential campaign he cried: "Stop the deficits! Stop the deficits!"
This was the New Deal as it was described to the people in the fall of 1932.
Another thing that smeared Hoover's campaign was when a group of Veterans made a public march. Hoover ordered General Douglas MacArthur to gently disperse them. However McArthur was far from gentle and several people were badly injured. Hoover bore the blame for it. The voters clearly decided in favor of Roosevelt on election day.
| candidates | popular vote | electoral vote |
|---|---|---|
| Franklin Roosevelt | 22, 809, 638 | 472 |
| Herbert Hoover | 15, 758, 901 | 59 |
| Norman Thomas | 881, 951 | 0 |
| William Z. Foster | 102, 785 | 0 |
| William D. Upshaw | 81, 869 | 0 |
| Verne L. Reynolds | 33, 276 | 0 |
| William H. Harvey | 53, 425 | 0 |
References
- ↑ A Pictoral History of the U.S. Presidents, by Clare Gibson, Gramercy Books, 2001, p. 124.
