What major political change happened in the US as a result of the Great Depression?

Answer 1

The New Deal programs of FDR also created a liberal political alliance made up of labor unions, Blacks and other ethnic and religious minorities, intellectuals, the poor, and some farmers. These groups became the backbone of the Democratic Party for decades following the Depression. The South became known as "the Solid South" because it always voted for the democratic candidate. In some areas of the South, the Republican Party did not even register voters who were Republican and there was no Republican organization. This situation lasted until 1964 when Barry Goldwater was nominated as the Republican candidate for president. He received much support in the South.