A 1930s Progressive Party

Huey Long attempted to start a party in 1936 - the Union Party. The ticket in 1936 ran William Lemke for President, though he didn't get far.

Could a progressive party have formed in the 1930s?

I'm thinking the Nonpartisan League of North Dakota, Minnesota Farmer-Labor Party, Wisconsin Progressives, and Huey Long's Louisiana Machine all come together to form a single Southern-Midwestern Progressive entity.

William Borah, Robert LaFollette, Burton K Wheeler, Floyd B Olson, and William Lemke seem like folks who could come along for the ride.
 
The trick for this would be to have conservative Democrats in power when the Depression hits (hard to do but with the right POD it's possible). That could kill off the party for good and then leave the door open for a Progressive-type party to emerge in its place as the opposition to the Republicans.
 
I based an exploratory thread with such a premise, for a potential TL titled "The Century of the Common Man" (after a speech of Wallace) :
https://www.alternatehistory.com/fo...america-the-century-of-the-common-man.412096/ .
Basically, as a consequence of the absence of USSR (replaced by a SR democratic authoritarian regime on friendly terms with the West), US politics are less polarized against left wing, La Follette performs better in 1924, the progressives groups' efforts in politics are more successful so their presence don't vanish on national stage and heavily factors in during the 1932 election to help Long build a national coalition and win in 1936.
 
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