VOTES DURING WARTIME: THE 1942 MIDTERMS

VOTES DURING WARTIME: THE 1942 MIDTERMS

Author: Bruce Carlson May 11, 2026 Duration: 29:52
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The island-hopping and Second-front hoping after Pearl Harbor did not bring FDR a reverse of the traditional midterm curse or a victory for his party. The GOP and anti FDR Democratic winners of this midterm would ensure there would be scrutiny of the war effort and that New Deal programs domestically would be ended. They would lay the seeds for Truman's difficult Presidency and the eventual GOP recapture of Congress and the White House. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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