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Dust Bowl Dichotomy: Voting trends in Morton and Osborne County during the Great Depression
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Author
Bitner
,
Jodanna
Title
Dust
Bowl
Dichotomy
:
Voting
trends
in
Morton
and
Osborne
County
during
the
Great
Depression
Degree Program
History
Subject keywords
Great
Depression
;
Franklin
Roosevelt
;
Herbert
Hoover
;
Alfred
Landon
;
Morton
County
;
Osborne
County
Abstract
Morton
County
and
Osborne
County
consistently
held
strong
political
affiliations
with the
Republican
Party
prior
to the
1930s
. This
changed
in the
1932
and
1936
presidential
elections
when
Morton
County
changed
political
affiliation
by
voting
for the
Democratic
candidate
.
Osborne
County
,
however
,
did
not
switch
political
parties
and
instead
voted
once
again
for the
Republican
nominee
. This
thesis
will
examine
why
Morton
County
changed
political
affiliation
during
this
time
,
whereas
Osborne
County
stayed
the
same
. In the
1932
presidential
campaign
,
President
Herbert
Hoover
was
re-nominated
on the
Republican
ticket
and
Franklin
Roosevelt
ran
on the
democratic
ticket
.
When
the
Great
Depression
hit
in
1929
,
Morton
County
residents
suffered
a
tremendous
downfall
in their
economy
,
which
continued
on into the
1932
presidential
campaign
. This
economic
downfall
weighed
heavily
on the
minds
of
Morton
County
citizens
and
ultimately
led
them to
switch
from their
Republican
affiliation
to a
Democratic
vote
in this
campaign
.
Osborne
County
had not
suffered
the
same
drastic
economic
decline
that
Morton
County
had, and
therefore
their
citizens
felt
confident
in
holding
true
to their
party
, and
voted
once
again
for the
Republican
nominee
.
Following
his
election
in
1932
,
Roosevelt
began
initiating
his
New
Deal
legislation
.
Morton
County
remained
heavily
reliant
during
this
time
on
federal
relief
money
.
Osborne
County
also
accepted
relief
money
, but not as
readily
as
Morton
County
.
Osborne
County
also had
trouble
with
corruption
among
their
New
Deal
workers
.
During
the
1936
campaign
,
Morton
County
voted
for the
Democratic
ticket
in
hopes
for the
continuance
of
federal
aid
and
New
Deal
legislation
.
Osborne
County
,
however
, was not
impressed
with the
New
Deal
programs
and their
economy
had
started
to
show
signs
of
improvement
. Their
citizens
chose
to
vote
once
again
for the
Republican
ticket
. The
economic
conditions
in
each
county
determined
how their
citizens
would
vote
in the
1932
and
1936
presidential
elections
.
Date Original
2010
Publisher
Fort Hays State University
Relation
Digital reproduction of the Fort Hays State University Theses Collection.
Type
Text
Format
application/pdf
Identifier
BitnerJodanna_2010_web.pdf
Source
LD2652 .T5 H5 B586 2010
Language
eng
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