Why did Roosevelt win the 1932 election?
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- Created on: 09-05-13 14:27
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- Why did Roosevelt win the 1932 election?
- Hoovers "lame duck" presidency
- Hoover expected to lose so hardly tried
- The Republican Party were stuck with Hoover
- Many socialists felt it was important that Hoover was no re-elected
- Too wrapped up in fighting the Depression to campaign effectively
- Bonus Army badly affected Hoovers reputation
- "too little, too late"
- Bad press relations
- Blamed for the depressions problems
- Roosevelts campaign
- Effective use of the radio
- Loved by the press
- Confidence & good humour
- Determined to win
- "Roosevelt" name a legend
- Confidence & good humour
- Governor of NY - proactive in dealing with the Depression
- Appealed to a diverse group of voters
- End to prohibition
- Varied his promises on who he was speaking to
- Advised by the "Brains Trust"
- Lack of party challenge
- Socialists lost alot of support by opposing WWI
- Socialists felt it was more important to get rid of Hoover than to vote socialist
- Communists spent most of their time sniping at the socialists
- Threat from the right almost non-existent
- Hoovers "lame duck" presidency
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