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Sto caricando le informazioni... Electing FDR: The New Deal Campaign of 1932 (2007)di Donald A. Ritchie
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. 5526. Electing FDR The New Deal Campaign of 1932, by Donald A. Ritchie (read 14 Jan 2018) This book by the Historian of the United States Senate, was published in 2007 and while the main focus is on what happened in 1932 it covers events leading up to that election year and also events since then. It is carefully done and is full of fascinating details. It does pretty convincingly indicate that if FDR had not won the needed two-thirds vote on the fourth ballot at the 1932 Democratic Convention he might not have been nominated, though in hindsight it is hard to see who could have beaten him since he had a healthy majority of the delegate vote on the third ballot. The book shows that Hoover came to realize that he would not be re-elected as the election date drew near but he never realized how badly he would lose. The book is a great read and I enjoyed it thoroughly. . ( ) nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
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George Pendleton Prize With the landmark election of Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 1932, decades of Republican ascendancy gave way to a half century of Democratic dominance. It was nothing less than a major political realignment, as the direction of federal policy shifted from conservative to liberal--and liberalism itself was redefined in the process. Electing FDR is the first book in seventy years to examine in its entirety the 1932 presidential election that ushered in the New Deal. Award-winning historian Donald Ritchie looks at how candidates responded to the nation's economic crisis and how voters evaluated their performance. More important, he explains how the Democratic Party rebuilt itself after three successive Republican landslides: where the major shifts in party affiliation took place, what contingencies contributed to FDR's victory, and why the new coalition persisted as long as it did. Ritchie challenges prevailing assumptions that the Depression made Roosevelt's election inevitable. He shows that FDR came close to losing the nomination to contenders who might have run to the right of Hoover, and discusses the role of newspapers and radio in presenting the candidates to voters. He also analyzes Roosevelt's campaign strategies, recounting his attempts to appeal to disaffected voters of all ideological stripes, often by altering his positions to broaden his popularity. With the advent of the New Deal, Americans came to enjoy a wide federal safety net that provided everything from old age pensions to rural electricity-government innovations so embraced by voters that even later conservative presidents recognized their importance. Ritchie traces this legacy through the Reagan and Bush years, but he relates how FDR in 1932 was often vague about the specifics of his program and questions whether voters really knew what they were in for with the New Deal. As pundits, politicians, and citizens eye the upcoming 2008 campaign, Electing FDR reminds incumbents not to take their party support for granted or to underestimate their opponents-and reminds students of history that understanding the New Deal begins with the 1932's transformative election. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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Google Books — Sto caricando le informazioni... GeneriSistema Decimale Melvil (DDC)973.917092History and Geography North America United States 1901- Roosevelt Through Truman Administrations F.D. Roosevelt F.D. RooseveltClassificazione LCVotoMedia:
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