HIST 2112 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Black Cabinet, Blue-Collar Worker, Eleanor Roosevelt
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How the new deal transformed national polics and the democratic party. Realignment, phase one: 1932: (political realignment a permanent shift in voting behavior among a major portion of the population) (2 in new deal) Election of 1932: reaction against the party in power (republicans, who were blamed for the depression) dramatic infusion of white working class (blue collar worker) votes into the democratic party. Roosevelt mobilized white working class to tromp the republican party (cid:1) (cid:1) Election of 1936: basically no way to beat roosevelt. African american voters shift from republicans to democrats. Isn"t easy because democrats have been hostile enemy for a long time, takes place in your heart (?) because in the south most black are disfranchised. Took place in the north: (pittsburgh 1932 41% to 1936 75% and 1940 82%, originally high because newspaper editor that said that down there). (cleveland low 17% rises to.
