Download This PaperCan the New Deal's Three R's Be Rehabilitated? A Program-by-Program, County-by-County Analysis
60 Pages Posted: 27 Mar 2003 Last revised: 1 May 2022
Date Written: April 2002
Abstract
We examine the importance of Roosevelt's 'relief, recovery, and reform' motives to the distribution of New Deal funds across over 3,000 U.S. counties, program by program. The major relief programs most closely followed Roosevelt's three R's. Other programs were tilted more in favor of areas with higher incomes. For all programs spending for political advantage in upcoming elections was a significant factor. Roosevelt's successful reelections were based on developing specific programs for a broad range of constituents, delivering on his stated goals, but also spending more at the margin for political purposes.
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