Hail, Columbia! (The Election of 1932 RUNOFF)

[Unconditional Surrender Truman]

No candidate received a majority on the first ballot, precipitating a runoff between President Theodore Roosevelt III and Congressman Georg Regenbogen.


Congressman Georg Howard Regenbogen of Dakota [I.W.L.]
After their strong finish in the first round of the 1928 elections, the I.W.L. hopes to capitalize on persistent unemployment, stagnated wages, and dissatisfaction with the strategy of the U.S.P. and other mainline socialists to establish themselves as the primary leftist party in the national government. Their nominee is Dakota Congressman Charles Regenbogen, a fierce ally of organized labor and hero of the German-American community that once formed the backbone of the A.S.W.I. and the Democratic Party before it. He has called for the rapid nationalization of all major industries, a large increase of income and property taxes to facilitate the redistribution of wealth to the working classes, the abolition of the Commonwealth Reserve coupled with the immediate nationalization of the banks, and a total moratorium on home foreclosures. With regards to the world abroad, he opposes entering an alliance with any country, stating point-blank that he will not send the working men of America to die in a European war.


President Theodore Roosevelt III of New York [National Liberal-CDP]
Unanimously renominated by the 1932 Liberal Caucus, Roosevelt has promised to continue and expand his Square Deal program in his second term. Rather than proposing a hefty policy agenda for the next for years, Roosevelt has instead chosen to campaign on his proudest accomplishments - the Agricultural Investment Act, the Civil Corps of Engineers, the National Finance Administration, and the Wallace-Marshall Act - trusting a strong majority of farmers and rural voters to propel him to the second round, where he believes he can build a successful coalition and win reelection. He warns that victory for either of his major opponents - the Concordites on the right and the I.W.L. on the left - would spell disaster, stating that both camps want to "rob the working people of this country in the name of an idea," and vowing to continue the policies that have put "our farmers, our factory hands, and shopkeepers" back to work. On foreign policy, he proposes to stay the course: close ties to Germany and the expansion of the naval fleet in the Caribbean.

[Intell]

 Regenbogen!

Let the revolution be true.

[Lumine]

Roosevelt it is, we must take a stand against nationalization and socialism!

[rpryor03]

Holding my nose for Roosevelt.

[Mr. Smith]

Protest Vote for Roosevelt after what happened to Morrison.

[Intell]

Protest Vote for Roosevelt after what happened to Morrison.

He didn't qualify to the 2nd round.

[Unconditional Surrender Truman]

Bump. A few hours left of this.

[Unconditional Surrender Truman]

Election of 1932
 

Theodore Roosevelt III [National Liberal-New York]—38.7% General, 60.6% Runoff
Georg Howard Regenbogen [I.W.L.-Dakota]—29.0% General, 39.4% Runoff
Henry Franklin Morrison [U.S.P.-Sacramento]—16.1% General
Warren Cameron Breckinridge [Concordite-South Carolina]—16.1% General

Although some had predicted a close race, the 1932 presidential campaign instead ended in one of the largest electoral landslides in modern history, seeing incumbent President Theodore Roosevelt III elected to a second term with more than three fifths of the vote. Roosevelt's Square Deal programs had proved popular in the years following his initial election, allowing him to finish well ahead of his challengers on the first ballot before besting Congressman Georg Regenbogen three-to-two in the runoff. While Warren Cameron Breckinridge improved on his party's showing from previous elections, the United Socialist Party led by Henry Morrison failed utterly to regain the position once held by the ASWI as the IWL cemented its position as the largest national opposition party.