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Well, okay it didn't really reject the New Deal, but look:In 1936, the only two states that voted for the GOP were Vermont and Maine. But why? We look today, and Vermont has elected a quasi-socialist. In 1940: Shift 5 points Wilkie's way, and every Northeastern State (even NY) except MA switches to the GOP. Throughout the 1950' s it voted for Eisenhower who was anything but a New Dealer.

So why was the strongest opposition to the New Deal from the Northeast, the region where liberalism is most confined today?
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