Question

Many factors led to Franklin Roosevelt victory over Herbert Hoover in the 1932 presidential election but the most important factor was

Answer 1

The most important factor which led to Franklin D. Roosevelt’s victory over Herbert Hoover, was his ‘New Deal Policies’. It was a slew of public work projects, financial reforms and regulations and other programs, aimed at tackling the negative effects of the Great Depression.

Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882 – 1945) was a Democrat who won the presidential election, a record four times.  

Herbert Clark Hoover (1874 – 1964) was the 31st President of the United States, during the ‘Great Depression’, who was defeated by Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1933. He was a staunch Republican.