History Question?

Question

If I were a farmer "out west" in 1935 when the dust bowl hit who would I vote for in the election?

Answer 1

FDR, it would seem

Roosevelt ran for reelection in 1936 with the firm support of farmers, labourers, and the poor. He faced the equally firm opposition of conservatives, but the epithets hurled at him from the right merely helped to unify his following


"FDR’s landslide victory in the 1936 election confirmed his and his party’s success in becoming the representatives of the downtrodden and disadvantaged. Farmers appreciated FDR’s consistent efforts to forge an effective agricultural plan. Urban voters and organized labor, great sources of funding for FDR’s 1936 campaign, valued his support of union rights and his efforts to cope with rampant unemployment. Many women recognized that FDR’s programs attacked the concept of inequality and appreciated that he had appointed the first female cabinet member, Frances Perkins, as Secretary of Labor. Black Americans, as the group most devastated by unemployment, had benefited extensively from New Deal measures. Black support gradually shifted toward FDR and the Democratic Party away from Republican Party, which had consistently won the black vote since the late 1800s (remember that Lincoln and those in Congress favoring emancipation had been Republican).
The election of 1936 saw the rise of a new Democratic coalition, including farmers, urban workers, women, and blacks. This coalition helped FDR win the 1936 election by a landslide.
FDR’s presidency and the New Deal thus brought about a realignment of the Democratic and Republican parties. As Democrats won the support of blacks, urban workers, and farmers, they lost the support of the white South, a traditional Democratic stronghold. The Republican Party, meanwhile, lost its long-held black vote."

Answer 2

FDR great President.