Phase in U.S. electoral politics (1932–1980) - The Fifth Party System, also known as the [[New Deal]] Party System, is the era of [[Politics of the United States | American]] national politics that began with the election of [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] to [[President of the United States]] in [[1932 United States presidential election | 1932]]. Roosevelt's implementation of his popular New Deal expanded the size and power of the [[Federal government of the United States | federal government]] to an extent unprecedented in American history, and marked the beginning of political dominance by the [[Democratic Party (United States) | Democratic Party]] that would remain largely unbroken until [[1952 United States elections | 1952]]. This period also began the ideological swapping of Democrats and Republicans into their modern versions. This was largely due to traditionally [[Republican Party (United States) | Republican]] Black voters switching to the Democratic Party, while conservative, White, and southern Democrats shifted to the Republican Party. This occurred as Democrats began increasingly prioritizing [[Civil rights movement | civil rights]], a process that accelerated into the 1960s. The Fifth Party System followed the [[Fourth Party System]], also known as the [[Progressive Era]], and was succeeded by the [[Sixth Party System]]. ## Sources - [wikipedia_page](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifth_Party_System)