Why The 1920 Election Matters Today

There are three big and negative events that occur in 1918/1919, and the nation is faced with the Wilson administration leaving.

The Democratic Party choice?  James Cox, governor of Ohio, and the VP was FDR (yes, shocking that you don't hear much about this).

The three events that put Cox into a difficult spot?  First, the war....which Wilson had promised that it would never occur.  Second, the Spanish Flu situation had terrified the nation.  Third, a recession had started up in 1919, and lingered on into 1920.

The Cox/FDR team could not sway the public, and the GOP choice.....Harding and Coolidge easily won (37 states, 404 EC votes).  Cox/FDR were only able to take 11 states and 34-percent of the national vote.

In this present situation, it's hard to see anyone giving economic balance to the Democratic Party and bringing people out of the virus period.  For this reason, I think Trump will go the route of Coolidge.