Question

During the presidential election of 1936:

A. African Americans voted overwhelmingly Republican for the first time since Reconstruction.
B. Socialist and Communist candidates together received more than 2 million votes.
C. Roosevelt's illness put vice-presidential candidate Harry Truman in the spotlight.
D. Republicans won most of the western farm vote and almost upset Roosevelt.
E. Republicans hoped that third-party candidates might split the Democratic vote and throw the election to them.

Answer 1

E. Republicans hoped that third-party candidates might split the Democratic vote and throw the election to them.

Step-by-step explanation:

FDR received the firm support of farmers, laborers and the poor. Black Americans did not like the Democratic Party for its racist and exclusion policies in the South, but in 1936 FDR got more black votes than usual for a Democrat; many African Americans were enticed by his social policies and benefits. A former FDR ally had plans to run for the presidency, Republicans thought he can take votes from the Democrats, but that person died before November 1936.