Hoover wanted the depression to be maintained without much regulation or intervention of the federal government since he was a Republican, and instead, he touted "Rugged Individualism." This meant that he thought the depression could be ameliorated if citizens improved industries themselves and if state and local governments set up charities and took the initiative to help society out. As a result, however, little was accomplished in solving the situation, which enabled for a leader like FDR to be elected thereafter and to implement such an ambitious and government-oriented program such as his New Deal.
