Ironically, The South was strongest for him, and New England was the weakest. Everything has flipped.
That is not true
Anyone can look at the 1932-44 electoral maps and see it
Blue blue and blue
In 40/44FDR slipped in plains states and a couple northeastern
The South has been what it is reflected from its settlement even till today opposed culturally to the puritan northeast mostly
The big shift was Goldwater where he did well in the Deep South and its continued mostly
Now we are overrun with political and some economic as a result of politics refugees from states that are less homogenous in the white community and boast leftist woke politics
How that turns out beyond making housing unaffordable remains to be scene
It should dilute congress seats in our favor
Not that that’s so wonderful considering how republicans often are since their inception
The stakes are very high now
Just look at these clowns over the Save Act
One thing Franklin did was pull the remaining blacks away from whatever reconstruction affections that remained from the GOP
The new deal rightly or wrongly was popular