I actually think that Bush would be of his father's party even if some of the of the former's views could be out of the mainstream of his party.
the Bushs are politically smart, I doubt they'd be so right-wing in this TL
I actually think that Bush would be of his father's party even if some of the of the former's views could be out of the mainstream of his party.
I actually think that Bush would be of his father's party even if some of the of the former's views could be out of the mainstream of his party.
I think SA won the thread. Maple syrup shipment for you.
Especially if George H.W. Bush does not move to Texas.
Perhaps if the Republicans abandoned Hoover and nominated FDR...though that would predate the PoD. (Hey, Henry Agard Wallace was a Republican for a time...and his father was a Republican Cabinet Secretary!)
Most plausible POD is the Great Depression. Prior to that, both parties had progressive and conservative wings. Several leading New Dealers, including Henry Wallace and Harold Ickes, were Republicans, for example. Al Smith and Hoover were virtually indistinguishable ideologically, except for prohibition, and in 1924, John W. Davis was arguably to Calvin Coolidge's right.
You need a POD that ensures Democratic rule during the 1920s, to ensure that a Democrat is in charge if/when the '29 Crash occurs. Then have that person lose to a progressive Republican in 1932.
Maybe Harding doesn't die. Instead, his administration gets embroiled in the Teapot Dome scandal, and he loses in 1924 to a stronger Democratic nominee like William Gibbs McAdoo. McAdoo runs a very conservative administration, wins reelection in 1928, but is then hit by the Depression. A progressive Republican - Alf Landon, William Borah, Robert LaFollette, Jr. - wins in 1932 and implements something fairly similar to the New Deal.
By the Postwar period, the Republicans have grown relatively friendly to unions and are firmly on the reformist, progressive, mainstream left, with Democrats a primarily Southern, conservative party.
Most plausible POD is the Great Depression. Prior to that, both parties had progressive and conservative wings. Several leading New Dealers, including Henry Wallace and Harold Ickes, were Republicans, for example. Al Smith and Hoover were virtually indistinguishable ideologically, except for prohibition, and in 1924, John W. Davis was arguably to Calvin Coolidge's right.
You need a POD that ensures Democratic rule during the 1920s, to ensure that a Democrat is in charge if/when the '29 Crash occurs. Then have that person lose to a progressive Republican in 1932.
Maybe Harding doesn't die. Instead, his administration gets embroiled in the Teapot Dome scandal, and he loses in 1924 to a stronger Democratic nominee like William Gibbs McAdoo. McAdoo runs a very conservative administration, wins reelection in 1928, but is then hit by the Depression. A progressive Republican - Alf Landon, William Borah, Robert LaFollette, Jr. - wins in 1932 and implements something fairly similar to the New Deal.
By the Postwar period, the Republicans have grown relatively friendly to unions and are firmly on the reformist, progressive, mainstream left, with Democrats a primarily Southern, conservative party.
the Bushs are politically smart, I doubt they'd be so right-wing in this TL
Nixon wins in 1960, Dick pushes for civil rights, the Dems fall back to their southern base and fight Nixon's Civil rights bills, runs a southern Conservative in 1964 and 1968, Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. becomes President beating George Wallace, northern Progressives largely leave the party for the GOP over the 60s and 70s, Reagan never became a Republican and runs and wins in 1976, in 1984 long time Republican Senator Edward Brooke becomes the first Black President
Reagan became a Republican much earlier though, IIRC.
Interesting! So say LaFollette wins in 1932 and is POTUS until 1941, at which time his VP Charles McNary becomes POTUS and sees the country through the Second World War until his sudden death in early 1944. Vice President Alf Landon is able to win his the White House in his own right using the sympathy card (maybe Stassen as his VP) but loses in the election in 1948 to Richard Russell whose conservative administration is largely viewed as a disaster and in spite of winning reelection in 1952, he is ran out of DC in favor of say Earl Warren....