In 1932, the presidential
elections in the USA were taking place. Hoover and Roosevelt were the two main
candidates, Hoover representing the Republican Party and Roosevelt the
Democratic Party. The winner of the elections was Roosevelt. However, what are
the causes of his success?
To start with, the Republican
Party had their own policies which had a big consequence in the future. First,
they believed that the government shouldn't interfere in the life of people,
this was called 'laissez-faire'. Secondly, Republicans placed import tariffs to
protect their industries from foreign competition and allowing American
industries to grow. Finally they kept taxation low, since they thought that if
people kept their money, they would buy American goods. In 1932, Hoover paid
the price for being unable t solve the problems of the depression. In 1930 and
1931, he tried to restart the economy by tax cuts, he stopped some banks on
going bankrupt and he tried to protect the US industries by introducing
tariffs, however this made things worse. By this point, the reputation of
Hoover was very damaged. Republicans did not interfere much on the economic
prices by saying that it was not a major problem.
On the other hand we have
Roosevelt, he believed in an 'active government', he planned to put people back
to work, among other characteristics that he had. The campaign was a very
important factor for the success in the elections. He made a tour through the
USA weeks before the elections, he realized that people wanted action and he
promised a 'New Deal'. Finally Roosevelt won by 7 million vote and democrats
won a majority of seats in Congress.
To conclude, we can say that
the main reason of Roosevelt's success in the 1932's presidential elections was
that his main opponent, Hoover, had a very damaged reputation because of the
lack of the Wall Street Crash in 1929, the lack of confidence he had and that
Americans wanted a change.
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