1936 newspapers FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT Elected PRESIDENT

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Please visit our EBAY STORE at the link directly below for HUNDREDS of HISTORICAL NEWSPAPERS on sale or at auction: /Steve-Goldman-HISTORICAL-NEWSPAPERS_W0QQsspagenameZL2222QQtZkm SEE PHOTO----- Two (2) COMPLETE ORIGINAL newspapers, the Bennington Banner (VERMONT) dated Nov 4 and 5, 1936. The Nov 4 issue has a bold banner headline and large photo on the re-election of Franklin D Roosevelt as President of the US . The United States presidential election of 1936 was the most lopsided presidential election in the history of the United States (in terms of electoral votes; in terms of popular vote, it was the third-most). The election took place as the Great Depression entered its eighth year. Incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt was still working to push the provisions of his New Deal economic policy through Congress and the courts. However, the New Deal policies he had already enacted, such as Social Security and unemployment benefits , had proven to be highly popular with most Americans. Roosevelt's Republican opponent was Governor Alf Landon of Kansas , a political moderate. Although some political pundits predicted a close race, Roosevelt would win the greatest electoral landslide since the beginning of the current U.S. two-party system in the 1850s, carrying all but 8 electoral votes. Roosevelt won 60.8% of the national popular read more