1932 without the Great Depression

[MR DARK BRANDON]

What would 1932 look like if the Great Depression never happened? Please speculate below!

[MR DARK BRANDON]

Would not appear the first two times...

[The Govanah Jake]

Democratic win but smaller landslide. Republican fatigue i think would be too big at that point

[mianfei]

I cannot see how the Democrats could have won in 1932 without the Great Depression.

The highly sectional "System of 1896", whilst best-known for eliminating the Republicans in the secessionist South, also eliminated the Democratic Party almost completely from:

• Upper New England
• most of Pennsylvania and Illinois
• the Upper Midwestern states of Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Iowa
• the Pacific states of California, Oregon and Washington

In those states during the "System of 1896", the Democratic Party had almost no representation in state legislatures and very little ability (outside Presidential elections) to organise. In my view, it is highly plausible that without the Depression the sectionalism of the "System of 1896" could have intensified indefinitely.

[GregTheGreat657]

Hoover would have won big

[Kahane's Grave Is A Gender-Neutral Bathroom]

[Vice President Christian Man]

[OSR stands with Israel]

I cannot see how the Democrats could have won in 1932 without the Great Depression.

The highly sectional "System of 1896", whilst best-known for eliminating the Republicans in the secessionist South, also eliminated the Democratic Party almost completely from:

• Upper New England
• most of Pennsylvania and Illinois
• the Upper Midwestern states of Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Iowa
• the Pacific states of California, Oregon and Washington

In those states during the "System of 1896", the Democratic Party had almost no representation in state legislatures and very little ability (outside Presidential elections) to organise. In my view, it is highly plausible that without the Depression the sectionalism of the "System of 1896" could have intensified indefinitely.

keep in mind the Republicans were making inroads into the Democratic Solid South throughout the 1920s(just not in 1928). Its very possible that in this scenario the Democrats go the way of the Whigs and the Republicans become too big of a tent that causes them to split into two and you get your new party system

[MR DARK BRANDON]

Y’all really went back to my first post here

[Person Man]

I cannot see how the Democrats could have won in 1932 without the Great Depression.

The highly sectional "System of 1896", whilst best-known for eliminating the Republicans in the secessionist South, also eliminated the Democratic Party almost completely from:

• Upper New England
• most of Pennsylvania and Illinois
• the Upper Midwestern states of Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Iowa
• the Pacific states of California, Oregon and Washington

In those states during the "System of 1896", the Democratic Party had almost no representation in state legislatures and very little ability (outside Presidential elections) to organise. In my view, it is highly plausible that without the Depression the sectionalism of the "System of 1896" could have intensified indefinitely.

keep in mind the Republicans were making inroads into the Democratic Solid South throughout the 1920s(just not in 1928). Its very possible that in this scenario the Democrats go the way of the Whigs and the Republicans become too big of a tent that causes them to split into two and you get your new party system

That would be a great idea for a TL where the Depression doesn't start until 1935 or 1936, Roosevelt loses in 1932, Democrats don't even nominate anyone in 1936, and a Third Party president wins in 1940.

[Agonized-Statism]

President Herbert Hoover (R-CA) / Vice President Charles Curtis (R-KS) ✓
Governor Franklin Roosevelt (D-NY) / Congressman John Garner (D-TX)

Roosevelt expands the map because of the Farm Crisis, but it's not enough without the New Deal Coalition.