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Roosevelt's "Second New Deal," which had begun in 1935, had rhetorically declared something of a war on large and powerful corporations. As part of their strategy, Democrats spent much time and energy attacking the conservative American Liberty League and the ideology of business Republicanism. Roosevelt asserted that his New Deal policies had saved capitalism though public-works programs, regulatory reforms, and the Social Security Act. This attack had enhanced the president's standing with the New Deal coalition of voters.
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