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Had Wilson lost in 1916 and Republicans got the blame for US in WW1 Could Democrats have run a conservative economic policy like happened in otl under Coolidge etc.

Might Republicans have proposed similar things to FDR. Big difference such a President would not get votes of SOUTHERN WHITES anyway.

How hard would free elections in Mississippi and South Carolina be to pull off?
 
I have toyed with a TL along these lines.. I do think if Hughes wins in 16 the Democrats sweep in 20 and I also suspect that the conservative wing would have dominated.. leading potentially to a Hoover vs FDR electiion in 1932 except Hoover is the big winner.
 
I have toyed with a TL along these lines.. I do think if Hughes wins in 16 the Democrats sweep in 20 and I also suspect that the conservative wing would have dominated.. leading potentially to a Hoover vs FDR electiion in 1932 except Hoover is the big winner.

In order to keep Hoover's political career long enough for him to be a presidential contender is '32 you'd need to have him get elected to something else. Like Governor of California for example. And of course there's no guarantee he wouldn't run for President as a Democrat in 1920, which he actually considered doing in OTL.
 
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