The New Deal coalition was one of the most transformative political alliances in American history. Forged by Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR) during the Great Depression, it fundamentally realigned the Democratic Party and made it the dominant force in national politics for decades. Starting with FDR’s landslide victory in 1932 (and solidified in his even bigger 1936 reelection), this coalition brought together diverse, often unlikely groups united by economic hardship and support for bold federal go