(Completely) Messed up US Political Parties

What happened? You failed to spend even 5 minutes off wikipedia doing research for this.

You can have the parties shift ideologically, but not fast enough that LBJ becomes a Republican, not due to Huey Long being racially divisive, not with making Strom Thurmond a nationally viable Democratic candidate.

Look at this Charles look at it and master it.
 
Elections:

1936: John N. Garner (D-TX) / Harry F. Byrd (D-VA)
def: William Borah (R-ID) / Styles Bridges (R-NH)

1940: Huey Long (D-LA) / Cordell Hull (D-TN)
def: Robert Taft (R-OH) / Charles L. McNary (R-OR)

1944: Huey Long (D-LA) / Cordell Hull (D-TN)
def: Thomas E. Dewey (R-NY) / Everett Dirksen (R-IL)

More to come...
 
WTF Just Happened to the Political Parties?

How a single Italian bricklayer can completely alter the course of history...

32. Franklin D. Roosevelt (D-NY) 1933
33. John N. Garner (D-TX) 1933-1941
34. Huey Long (D-LA) 1941-1949
35. Thomas E. Dewey (R-NY) 1949-1957
36. Lyndon B. Johnson (R-TX) 1957-1961
37. Strom Thurmond (D-SC) 1961-1965
38. Richard Nixon (R-CA) 1965-1973
39. John F. Kennedy (R-MA) 1973-1977
40. Mo Udall (D-AZ) 1977-1981
41. Henry M. Jackson (R-WA) 1981-1983
42. Ted Kennedy (R-MA) 1983-1989
43. Bill Clinton (D-AR) 1989-1997
44. Al Gore (D-TN) 1997-2001
45. Mitt Romney (R-MA) 2001-2009
46. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) 2009-2013
47. Barack Obama (R-IL) 2013-present

VPs, defeated tickets and more details to come!

What do you think so far?

Good list, Charlie, even if with a few small flaws.

@Japhy, though I agree that Strom Thurmond probably wouldn't be a viable Dem POTUS candidate, and that it isn't likely that Huey Long would shift too far away from Civil Rights(it was correctly pointed out that he was rather good about that IOTL!)with a POD in '33, it's not impossible to make LBJ a Gopper by 1957.
 
Elections:

1936: John N. Garner (D-TX) / Harry F. Byrd (D-VA)
def: William Borah (R-ID) / Styles Bridges (R-NH)

1940: Huey Long (D-LA) / Cordell Hull (D-TN)
def: Robert Taft (R-OH) / Charles L. McNary (R-OR)

1944: Huey Long (D-LA) / Cordell Hull (D-TN)
def: Thomas E. Dewey (R-NY) / Everett Dirksen (R-IL)

More to come...

Not one, but two two-Southerner tickets in the 30s and 40s?

No, no.

You should listen to the overwhelming feedback here, and start over.
 

katchen

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Indeed. "Cactus Jack" John Nance Garner was a Texas Dixiecrat conservative that FDR put on his ticket to balance the ticket. Not a new dealer at all. Maybe you'd get farm supports from Garner. Or a road and railroad to Alaska for the Okies who were losing their land to the dust bowl. But definitely not support for labor unions. And if Garner was thrown out by the Democrats for someone further Left in 1936 and that person was elected, it would be the first time that ever happened in our nation's history. It would be a real revolution.
 
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