Great Deal by FDR
“I pledge you, I pledge myself, to a new deal for the American people” Franklin Delano Roosevelt Following the example of his fifth cousin, President Theodore Roosevelt, whom he greatly admired, Franklin D. Roosevelt entered public service through politics; He was elected President in November 1932, to the first of four terms. This quote was spoken by FDR in his captivating, mellifluous voice, to a nation that had suffered three years of devastating depression, the words new deal sounded very good. The Republican candidate, Herbert Hoover, didn’t have a chance. In this case of presidential election, FDR was an incumbent candidate. The incumbent candidate in politics is the existing holder of a political office. This term is usually used in reference to elections, in which races can often be defined as being between an incumbent and non-incumbent. Roosevelt campaigned hard, but he didn’t have to. People wanted a change the election was a landslide. Forty-two of forty ei