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Your FDR 1932 Comparison to 2008

Submitted September 17, 2008 - 3:07 pm by RiverRed (not verified)

Al:

A few months back you wrote about the dynamics of the 1932 FDR campaign and compared it to potentially the 2008 Obama campaign. You didn't elaborate further but just said that the same pieces may come together.  Can you elaborate in more detail on how you see this year in comparison to 1932?

Based on my research and study, traditional Republican urban strongholds like Indianapolis flipped for FDR for the first time.  To quote from "the Lean Years" written by Irving Bernstein, FDR won on the basis of urban workers and coal miners.  Maybe this years vote instead of coal miners will be the urban Hispanics.

Looking at Obama's primary victories, Obama obviously has the urban vote organized for GOTV activity for the general election.

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