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How did the Great Depression influence people to search for new leadership in their respective countries?

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The Depression affected politics by shaking confidence in unfettered capitalism. That type of laissez-faire economics is what President Herbert Hoover advocated, and it had failed. As a result, people voted for President Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR).

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