FND Opposition

• Opposition to the First New Deal

  Those who rejected government intervention and those who didn't think they had gone far enough
• Midterm election of November 1934 - Democrats have huge success, gaining 9 seats in the Senate (majority of 45), in the House, the majority rose to 219. Huge endorsement of the First New Deal.
• Political spectrum


  Every political view can be placed on the scale, with some being more 'left-wing' and some more 'right-wing'. In America, both political parties are relatively central - the Democrats were slightly left-wing, the Republicans were slightly right-wing, neither of them were extreme though.
• Opposition to the First New Deal


  • No longer serious opposition
  • Huey Long
  • Francis Townsend
  • Father Charles Coughlin
  • Remains opposition
  • American Liberty League
  • US Supreme Court