re: #614 Dark_Falcon

Not entirely. That dip wasn’t that small and it was in some ways caused by FDR’s attempting too much influence in the economy. It’s true that between the recession and the Supreme Court striking down some of his programs he got the message, but had it not been for the outbreak of World War 2 that dip would likely have gotten FDR the gate in 1940. As it was, the public did see that FDR had the experience to handle the international political and miltary situation and (correctly, IMO) reelected him.

I’m just saying that with the steady growth shown throughout, the narrative that we just languished through the 30’s is quite false. Even before the outbreak of war, FDR had gotten the country into a vastly better shape than it was when he found it.