How Would Roosevelt's Views Hold Up in Today's Modern Day Political Climate?

In my opinion, Franklin D. Roosevelt would definitely hold his ground if he were to run in the 2016 presidential election. His platform of relief and remedy for those in need I feel would really resonate with millennials. We can look at the popularity of Sen. Sanders in among this presidential election's new voters, and it's clear that ideas like free education and greater income taxes of the rich are trademarks of a large percentage of young voters. While members of Congress may have called Roosevelt a communist or socialist based on his belief in government intervention in the economy, the moral implications behind the economic intervention is what would make Roosevelt so successful in a modern day campaign. Besides just his ideology, Roosevelt possesses many characteristics of what makes a successful politician. He's affable and charismatic, something that we've seen can go a long way with voters, like in the case of Martin O' Malley. His speeches have been described as riveting and moving, and Roosevelt truly has a way with publicity. To publicize his New Deal plan, his marketing team produced cartoons, musicals, all in attempts to characterize Roosevelt as this savior of the American economy during the Great Depression, and it worked. While the Democratic and Republican traditional locations have switched, with the South being predominantly Republican now, I do feel that Roosevelt would still run with the Democratic Party. I think in some ways, Roosevelt has the appeal that Hillary Rodham Clinton does in the sense that he is a liberal, but not too radical of a liberal so he still appeals to moderates. Especially after adding in the pathos of Roosevelt directly providing financial relief for starving and struggling families by using traditionally liberal strategies, Roosevelt would have a large audience of people who he appeals too as well as a large possibility for swing votes from the Republican Party.

One aspect that I do feel would be different if FDR were to run modern day is the importance of social issues, like LGBT+ rights, Planned Parenthood Funding, Syrian Refugees, police brutality. It's difficult to know exactly what Roosevelt would have thought on these issues, but based on the quote, "The liberal party insists that the Government has the definite duty to use all of its power and resources to meet new social problems with new social controls- to ensure the average person eh right to his own economic and political liberty, life, and pursuit of happiness". Based on that, I would hope and say that FDR would be a champion for modern day social justice.