Clyde Weed argues that Republicans futility opposed the New Deal until the 1930s. He analyses the several aspects of the Republican political platform in the 1920s, especially their unwillingness towards Franklin Roosevelt's economic legislations, while also citing the consequences these create. Weed essentially cites blame on “four factors: the dizzying challenge and change of the early Depression,” “the. . .split in party ranks. . .,” “demands of "interest groups" and voters, and the short-sighted ignorance of party officials” (Gordon 1).Towards the last paragraphs, Weed focuses on voting patterns, noting sectionalism arising in the wake of Congress gaining western support. However, Weed fails to recognize the several aspects of partisan
