1930's Political Dealignment

When the United States was first created, the Democratic party was typically liberal, pushing for more states rights, more gun rights, and more rights overall. The Republican party was more conservative. They pushed for more government regulations and government interference. The 1930's brought When

the Confederate States split from the rest of the country, many of their states had a high democratic population. A lot of the confederate states wanted more rights and less government interference. The majority of poorer communities, however, voted Republican. This resulted in the union becoming mostly Republican.

After the Civil War, this trend continued, the former Confederate States had a high democratic population, and the former union states had a high Republican population.

FDR and The New Deal

In the 1930's the Great Depression was in

full swing, the Democratic party was loosing support since more people wanted government regulations in order to bring themselves out of poverty. FDR represented the Democratic party, and he knew that if the Democratic party didn't switch their policies, the Democratic party would not be nearly as popular.

FDR promised to initiate "The New Deal" if he was elected. The New Deal was a set of policies and organizations that would be made to help end the Great Depression. In other words, he would start supporting government regulations. This was a complete success, many people voted for FDR and the Democratic party.

With this trend, the Republicans were unable to compete with FDR's new policies, so they began to become more liberal, the complete opposite of what they once were. This trend is still continuing today.

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