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When the election of 1936 came about, some of President [[Frankin Roosevelt]]'s programs remained popular.  Although the depression dragged on unemployment had been lowered and banks were far more secure. <ref> [[Encyclopedia of Presidents, Franklin D. Roosevelt]], by Alice Osinski, Children's Press, 1987, p. 58.  </ref> [[Father Coughlin]], who had extolled Roosevelt in the first term as a great leader, now denounced him as a liar.  
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When the election of 1936 came about, some of President [[Frankin Roosevelt]]'s programs remained popular.  Although the depression dragged on unemployment had been lowered and banks were far more secure.  [[Father Coughlin]], who had extolled Roosevelt in the first term as a great leader, now denounced him as a liar.  
  
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The Republicans adopted a platform which did not differ much from the Democratic platform of 1932. When accused of stealing the Democratic platform of 1932, the Republicans replied "Why not? The Democrats have no more use for it. Moreover it is in perfectly good condition,­ it was never used." Their chief reliance was upon the charge that the President had usurped the powers of Congress, attacked the integrity of the courts, invaded the constitutional prerogatives of the states, attempted to substitute [[corporatism]] and [[economic planning]] for free enterprise, forced through Congress [[unconstitutional]] laws, filled a [[New Deal agencies|vast array of bureaus]] with swarms of bureaucrats to harass the people and breed fear in commerce and industry, discourage new enterprises and thus prolong the depression, had used relief to corrupt and intimidate the voters and made appeals to [[class warfare]] to inflame the people and create dangerous divisions. One contemporary observer recorded, "the President was supported loyally by many men who, far from melting under his charm, hated him."<ref>''The Roosevelt Myth'', John T. Flynn, Fox and Wilkes, 1948, Book 1, Ch. 8.</ref>
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The Republicans adopted a platform which did not differ much from the Democratic platform of 1932. When accused of stealing the Democratic platform of 1932, the Republicans replied "Why not? The Democrats have no more use for it. Moreover it is in perfectly good condition,­ it was never used." Their chief reliance was upon the charge that the President had usurped the powers of Congress, attacked the integrity of the courts, invaded the constitutional prerogatives of the states, attempted to substitute [economic planning for free enterprise, forced through Congress unconstitutional laws, filled a [[New Deal|vast array of bureaus]] with swarms of bureaucrats to harass the people and breed fear in commerce and industry, discourage new enterprises and thus prolong the depression, had used relief to corrupt and intimidate the voters and made appeals to [[class warfare]] to inflame the people and create dangerous divisions. One contemporary observer recorded, "the President was supported loyally by many men who, far from melting under his charm, hated him."<ref>''The Roosevelt Myth'', John T. Flynn, Fox and Wilkes, 1948, Book 1, Ch. 8.</ref>  
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Democrats said Roosevel had restored prosperity to agriculture and business, and provided hope and relief for people business refused to hire.
  
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Chief [[Comintern]] agent<ref>''Men Without Faces, The Communist Conspiracy in the U. S. A.''', By Louis Budenz, New York  Harper & Brothers, 1950, [http://americandeception.com/index.php?action=downloadpdf&photo=//PDFsml_AD/Men_Without_Faces-Louis_Francis_Budenz-1950-315pgs-POL.sml.pdf&id=238&PHPSESSID=03d3557b41f249f71349e6d730cc8498 pg. 4] pdf.</ref> [[Gerhart Eisler]]'s<ref>[http://foia.fbi.gov/foiaindex/eisler.htm Hanns Eisler], FBI file.</ref> strategy in regard to FDR, given to him by Moscow, was the key to the permanent Communist plan for [[infiltration]] of American government agencies. Support for FDR was to be given by assailing the [[Liberty League]] - "the Morgan-du Pont group" - as the greater evil, as men determined "to shift the burdens of the crisis ever further onto the backs of the toiling masses."  Thus the [[CPUSA]] would be able to align themselves to many people in key positions in the government. Accordingly the platform and resolutions  adopted at the June 1936 Communist Party USA National Convention urged the necessity of "defeating Landon and his stooge Lemke." The resolutions emphasized that the fundamental aim was "a Soviet government and [[Socialism]]." Again they declared that the Communists were fighting for "a Soviet America... the Communists must systematically educate the masses to the [[Marxist-Leninist]] position on [[war]] as embodied in the thesis of the Sixth World Congress of the [[Communist International]]and in the resolution  of its Seventh Congress."<ref>''Men Without Faces'', Budenz, pg. 72.</ref>
 
  
 
==General election==
 
==General election==
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Roosevelt scored a tremendous landslide, carrying all but two small states and pulling the entre Democratic ticket to victory in most states.
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Roosevelt's victory was due to government spending. During his first term Congress abrograted its power by granting Roosevelt a blank check amounting to nearly 20 billion dollars with which he was able spend at his discretion to gratify the appetites of vast groups of people in every county in America,­ not merely the poor and disconsolate victims of the depression, but the long deferred ambitions of every town, county, city and state for expensive and even grandiose projects otherwise hopelessly out of their reach. Private campaign funds spent on past elections were minuscule compared with the billions of dollars in government funds President Roosevelt could dispense over the course of a single year.  Spending enabled Roosevelt to engage in a succession of social and economic experiments, which had the appearance of great daring and captivated the imagination of many young people.  
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<ref> [[A Pictoral History of the U.S. Presidents]], by Clare Gibson, Gramercy Books, 2001, p. 124.  </ref>   
 
<ref> [[A Pictoral History of the U.S. Presidents]], by Clare Gibson, Gramercy Books, 2001, p. 124.  </ref>   
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==See also==
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* [[Fifth Party System]]
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* [[Alf Landon]]
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* [[New Deal]]
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* [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]]
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==Further reading==
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* Allswang, John M. ''New Deal and American Politics'' (1978), statistical analysis of votes
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* Jensen, Richard. "The Last Party System: Decay of Consensus, 1932-1980," in ''The Evolution of American Electoral Systems'' (Paul Kleppner et al. eds.) (1981)  pp 219-225,
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* Ladd Jr., Everett Carll with Charles D. Hadley. ''Transformations of the American Party System: Political Coalitions from the New Deal to the 1970s'' (2nd ed. 1978).
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* McCoy, Donald. ''Landon of Kansas'' (1966)
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* Sundquist, James L. [http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=29223022  ''Dynamics of the Party System: Alignment and Realignment of Political Parties in the United States''],  (1983)
  
 
==References==
 
==References==

Revision as of 01:26, May 1, 2009

When the election of 1936 came about, some of President Frankin Roosevelt's programs remained popular. Although the depression dragged on unemployment had been lowered and banks were far more secure. Father Coughlin, who had extolled Roosevelt in the first term as a great leader, now denounced him as a liar.

The Republicans adopted a platform which did not differ much from the Democratic platform of 1932. When accused of stealing the Democratic platform of 1932, the Republicans replied "Why not? The Democrats have no more use for it. Moreover it is in perfectly good condition,­ it was never used." Their chief reliance was upon the charge that the President had usurped the powers of Congress, attacked the integrity of the courts, invaded the constitutional prerogatives of the states, attempted to substitute [economic planning for free enterprise, forced through Congress unconstitutional laws, filled a vast array of bureaus with swarms of bureaucrats to harass the people and breed fear in commerce and industry, discourage new enterprises and thus prolong the depression, had used relief to corrupt and intimidate the voters and made appeals to class warfare to inflame the people and create dangerous divisions. One contemporary observer recorded, "the President was supported loyally by many men who, far from melting under his charm, hated him."[1]

Democrats said Roosevel had restored prosperity to agriculture and business, and provided hope and relief for people business refused to hire.


General election

Roosevelt scored a tremendous landslide, carrying all but two small states and pulling the entre Democratic ticket to victory in most states.

candidates popular vote electoral vote
Franklin D. Roosevelt 27, 752, 869 523
Alfred M. Landon 16, 674, 665 8
William Lemke 882, 479 0
Norman Thomas 187, 720 0
Earl Browder 80, 159
D. Leigh Colvin 37, 847 0

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See also

Further reading

  • Allswang, John M. New Deal and American Politics (1978), statistical analysis of votes
  • Jensen, Richard. "The Last Party System: Decay of Consensus, 1932-1980," in The Evolution of American Electoral Systems (Paul Kleppner et al. eds.) (1981) pp 219-225,
  • Ladd Jr., Everett Carll with Charles D. Hadley. Transformations of the American Party System: Political Coalitions from the New Deal to the 1970s (2nd ed. 1978).
  • McCoy, Donald. Landon of Kansas (1966)
  • Sundquist, James L. Dynamics of the Party System: Alignment and Realignment of Political Parties in the United States, (1983)

References

  1. ↑ The Roosevelt Myth, John T. Flynn, Fox and Wilkes, 1948, Book 1, Ch. 8.
  2. ↑ A Pictoral History of the U.S. Presidents, by Clare Gibson, Gramercy Books, 2001, p. 124.
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