Editing New Deal coalition (section)

===Third Parties===
Roosevelt wanted a coalition that was broader than just the Democratic Party. He admired old Progressives now in the GOP, such as [[George W. Norris]] of Nebraska and Senator [[Robert M. La Follette Jr.]] of Wisconsin.<ref>{{cite book|first1=Richard|last1=Lowitt|chapter=Roosevelt and Progressive Republicans: Friends and Foes|title=Franklin D. Roosevelt and Congress|publisher=Routledge|year=2019|pages=7–13}}</ref> He disliked the conservatism of Wisconsin Democrats and preferred to work with the Progressive Party there.<ref>{{cite book|first1=Paul|last1=Glad|title=History of Wisconsin: Volume V: War, a New Era, and Depression, 1914–1940|year=1990|pages=404, 443}}</ref> The Farmer-Labor Party of Minnesota made an informal alliance with FDR and supported him in 1936; the Minnesota Democrats were a weak third party.<ref>{{cite book|editor-first1=James S. |editor-last1=Olson|title=Historical Dictionary of the New Deal|year=1985|pages=164–165}}</ref> The White House supported the Farmer-Labor Party (FLP) in Minnesota. Roosevelt had an informal deal with Governor [[Floyd B. Olson]] whereby the FLP would get some of the patronage, and in turn the FLP would work to block a third-party ticket against Roosevelt in 1936.<ref>{{cite book|editor-first1=Clifford Edward|editor-last1=Clark|title=Minnesota in a Century of Change: The State and its People since 1900|year=1989|pages=375–379}}</ref> The radical third parties declined rapidly after 1936 and no longer played a part in the New Deal coalition.<ref>{{cite journal|first1=Hugh T. |last1=Lovin|title=The Fall of Farmer-Labor Parties, 1936–1938|journal=Pacific Northwest Quarterly|year=1971|pages=16–26|jstor=40488875}}</ref>