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mianfei
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« on: September 11, 2019, 10:23:48 AM »

I know Hoover was doomed anyway, but did the Dust Bowl strengthen FDR's landslide more
Most certainly it did. FDR’s sweep of the counties west of the Mississippi was quite remarkable in 1932, especially given that apart from “Solid South” Louisiana and Arkansas Al Smith did not win a single state in the region in 1928. He won the following counties that have voted for no other Democrat for President:

  • Cass, IA
  • Page, IA
  • Chautauqua, KS
  • Major, OK (by 65—35)
  • Campbell, SD
  • Hutchinson, SD (by 69—29; though this county backed La Follette in 1924 and voted more D than the nation in 1928 and 1972)
  • Sully, SD
  • Turner, SD

FDR in 1932 also:

  • won Lyon County, Iowa by 67—31
  • won Kendall County, Texas (a traditionally GOP Texas German County) by 73—23
  • won the state of North Dakota by 70—28 (though it voted more D than the nation in 1928 due to being heavily Catholic)
  • won the state of Nebraska by 63—35

All these are extraordinary given present voting patterns, and even given voting patterns before 1932. Major County voted 80 percent for Hoover in 1928, and many western Nebraska counties were equally Republican in 1928 but won easily by FDR in 1932. Lyon County has since the Civil War voted for no Democrat other than FDR in 1932 and 1936.
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