An interesting POD that doesn't pop up much is one that probably would have gone through had Theodore Roosevelt not died in 1919. From what I can gather, T.R. was the presumptive Republican nominee going into the 1920 Presidential election, having made his peace with the Republican establishment and looking to fill the power vacuum within the GOP and take control back from the Democrats after eight years in the opposition.
So let's assume that Teddy doesn't succumb to the malaria that killed him IOTL.
1. Assuming that Roosevelt wins the Republican nomination, who is his running mate? I would assume a conservative Republican, owing to Roosevelt's out-and-out progressivism.
2. Who do the Democrats nominate to run against T.R.?
3. What does a Roosevelt presidency in the twenties look like? Does he stick with the progressivism of his first two terms, and push for child labor laws, regulation of business, etc.? If so, do we see a depression anywhere near as bad as we did IOTL?
4. How does this effect key political players of years to come? Does F.D.R. switch parties and join the more progressive GOP? Do the Democrats move right, the Republicans left? Or does Roosevelt cool on progressivism and stick with the Republican conservatism that was standard of OTL's twenties?
5. Who succeeds Roosevelt in the White House?
So let's assume that Teddy doesn't succumb to the malaria that killed him IOTL.
1. Assuming that Roosevelt wins the Republican nomination, who is his running mate? I would assume a conservative Republican, owing to Roosevelt's out-and-out progressivism.
2. Who do the Democrats nominate to run against T.R.?
3. What does a Roosevelt presidency in the twenties look like? Does he stick with the progressivism of his first two terms, and push for child labor laws, regulation of business, etc.? If so, do we see a depression anywhere near as bad as we did IOTL?
4. How does this effect key political players of years to come? Does F.D.R. switch parties and join the more progressive GOP? Do the Democrats move right, the Republicans left? Or does Roosevelt cool on progressivism and stick with the Republican conservatism that was standard of OTL's twenties?
5. Who succeeds Roosevelt in the White House?