Question

The presidential elections of 1932 and 1936 can best be characterized as:

a.Landslide victories for FDR

b.Closely contested races that FDR won because he dominated urban areas

c.Elections that may have turned out differently had it not been for a strong third party candidate

d.Closely contested races that FDR won because Republicans lost the support of farmers

Answer 1

The correct option is a.Landslide victories for FDR

In the 1932 election, Roosevelt received 23 million popular votes (57.3 percent) to Hoover’s nearly 16 million (39.6 percent); the electoral vote was 472 to 59. In 1936, FDR broke this record when he was elected by 523 electoral votes.Therefore, Americans overwhelmingly voted for FDR