S8 Ep338: A LANDSLIDE VICTORY AND POLITICAL REALIGNMENT Colleague David Pietrusza. On election night, early returns from Connecticut signal a massive victory for Roosevelt, contradicting expectations of a close race. FDR sweeps the nation, winning 46 states and sec
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🗓️ 19 January 2026
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A LANDSLIDE VICTORY AND POLITICAL REALIGNMENT Colleague David Pietrusza. On election night, early returns from Connecticut signal a massive victory for Roosevelt, contradicting expectations of a close race. FDRsweeps the nation, winning 46 states and securing 334 House seats, while Landon carries only two states. This landslide marks a permanent realignment of American politics, solidifying the Democratic Party's strength in urban areas. Roosevelt carries 104 of the nation's 106 major cities, supported overwhelmingly by the children of immigrants who came of age during the 1930s. The result validates the "liberal ideal" and leaves the Republican opposition in complete disarray. NUMBER 8
1936 JAVELIN WINNERS
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| 1:06.8 | The world of the United States at this time was watching Europe tumble into the catastrophe we know as the Second War, still with us, still scarring mankind. |
| 1:12.6 | But at this moment, we come to election night, and David celebrates election night by taking us to a scene in the Hyde Park scene, the one where Roosevelt always returned to Hyde Park. It was |
| 1:19.1 | like he recharged his batteries there. Eleanor is in a white chiffon gown with an immense red rose. |
| 1:25.8 | I'm following in her belt. I'm following David's reporting. |
| 1:29.0 | The reporters are gathered outside. The teletype machines are chattering away. David, they still |
| 1:34.7 | expected for it to be close that late in the night. Is that correct? Well, they didn't know. |
| 1:41.6 | And politics is a time of surprises um jim farley was always very confident |
| 1:48.8 | he had predicted that roosevelt would take uh 46 out of 48 states uh franklin roosevelt was predicting a win |
| 1:56.3 | and had been the whole time but not not a massive, massive landslide. |
| 2:02.4 | The literary digest was still, which had a sample. |
| 2:06.9 | It was a straw poll. |
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