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The thing I'm wondering is if FDR losing in 1932 would meaningfully impact his political career

What if FDR had lost at the 1932 Democratic National Convention. His support was pretty fragile, James Farley thought that it would quickly collapse if he hadn't been nominated by the fifth ballot. There were a few instances when Roosevelt came close to defeat, so what if this had actually come...

How different would Chicago be if Anton Cermak wasn't assassinated? Say he isn't caught in Zangara's crossfire and remains mayor?

What are some under-discussed PODs with regards to US politics? I'm thinking of trying my hand at writing a timeline and if I were to give it a shot that would definitely be the area I'd be most interested in.

Also Smith initially had no interest in running for president again. IIRC in 1929 he explicitly ruled out another bid but decided to give it another go out of resentment towards FDR. If we're going with FDR losing as the POD Smith almost certainly won't be running

How realistic is the US government picking a different location for the capital than OTL? Might be interesting to map out the alternate Georgetown-Alexandria Metropolitan Statistical Area.

How would McAdoo and Baker differ from OTL FDR if significantly at all? Also, any good sources, biographies, etc. on them would be great. IG the other option would be to go with the classic successful Zangara option and have President Garner

What about a McAdoo/Baker ticket?

This was a very interesting read, would be interested as to how McAdoo would differ from OTL FDR. Who are some potential VP picks?

That's also an idea that's interested me. The attempt on Roosevelt's life was February 15, 1933, and FDR wouldn't be inaugurated until March 4. However, both Roosevelt and Garner had already been formally elected by the Electoral College, so Garner would become president on March 4. My guess is...

Yeah one of the big hassles with trying to figure out how things would go is that no FDR completely changes the dynamics of the 1932 Democratic nomination and means that whoever is nominated will probably end up being someone who's completely unknown IOTL, and you then have to figure out how...

Yeah, that was something I was wondering about. I've been meaning to read the book Farewell to the Party of Lincoln for awhile, I started it awhile back but never finished it. It talks in-depth about how the New Deal converted African-Americans from a strongly Republican to a democratic-leaning...

IMO FDR's presidency was probably the most successful a progressive president realistically could have been barring a literal revolution. Obviously it all comes down to who is elected but my guess is that the person elected would have still have done substantial relief programs, but wouldn't...

Given that he had no interest in running for governor until being persuaded by state Democratic leaders who thought he was the only person who could win only to lose, I doubt he would be very interested in running for president, especially since he'd probably be facing a very crowded field and...

FDR's efforts as governor of New York to address the Depression were crucial in establishing him as the clear front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1932. But his first election to that office in 1928 was extremely narrow, he defeated the Republican nominee by just 25,000...

AFAIK that isn't really the main premise of the show so probably not

What if the Socialist movement in Milwaukee was less successful? It had one of the most successful Socialist movements anywhere in the US, elected 3 socialist mayors, one serving from 1948 to 1960! During the Red Scare!. As a Wisconsinite, I was wondering how the city could have turned out...

One thing I've always wondered about is how things could have turned out differently if the Soviet Union had never invaded Afghanistan. Any good TLs here or elsewhere that you folks would recommend? I'm still pretty new to alt-hist

Basically what it says on the tin. How would McKinley's second term have played out? More importantly, what's the political future of Teddy Roosevelt and the progressive movement? Is Roosevelt able to win the GOP nomination for 1904?