The New Deal Coalition

Question 1

What was the New Deal Coalition?

Answer 1

. Was a coalition between more conservative southerners and more liberal northerners in order to pass New Deal legislation.
. Was the equivalent of the Solid South for the Democrats.

Question 2

Does the New Deal Coalition still exist?

Answer 2

. Events such as Civil Rights, Vietnam and affirmative action split the Coalition in the 1960’s.
. The decline of the New Deal Coalition can be suggested as the primary reason to the decline of the Solid South.
. It can also be suggested that the collapse of the Coalition drove Blue collar workers to support the Republicans during the 1972 and 84 elections.