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Pototan

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13. Yes, we would have

Reply to Kaleva (Reply #1)

Tue Jun 10, 2025, 05:42 PM

Jun 10

The election of 1876 would not have stopped the Great Depression and FDR would have won that election because of the economy.

And, besides that, if we stamped out the racists in the South, there would have been a greater number of African American votes, as there would have been less of a migration to the North.

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Anyone else pissed at the election of 1876? [View all] unblock Jun 10 OP

Would we have had the New Deal without the Southern, racist vote? Kaleva Jun 10 #1

Yes, we would have Pototan Jun 10 #13

The New Deal had to be passed by Congress Kaleva Jun 10 #15

They wouldn't have been there Pototan Jun 11 #16

Who would have been Republicans Kaleva Jun 11 #17

It was a stolen election for sure Polybius Jun 10 #2

really the "compromise" which followed the election ... eppur_se_muova Jun 10 #3

Reconstruction was ending either way ITAL Jun 10 #4

Finish the job! flamingdem Jun 10 #5

Sufficient unto today are the troubles thereof struggle4progress Jun 10 #6

I get it, but as long as people are gonna go back and blame nader and others in the past, unblock Jun 10 #7

Amen. nt Wednesdays Jun 10 #8

Stamping out thought... GiqueCee Jun 10 #9

Anyone else pissed at 1776? IronLionZion Jun 10 #10

They even managed to ban slavery before us, which is pretty embarrassing, really, unblock Jun 10 #11

1833 for UK IronLionZion Jun 10 #14

One of my great-grandfathers was born that year BumRushDaShow Jun 10 #12