Why would almost 1 million Americans support a Socialist Party candidate in 1932?

They were in a depression and a socialist candidate who made promises of economic equality most likely sounded appealing to those Americans.

Explanation:

john maynard keynes developed new economic theories in response to the : b) great depression of the 1930s. his theories are so important that they are known as "keynesianism". in his works he supports the idea of a government with deeper involvement and intervention to end the great depression.