The New Deal coalition was severely strained and ultimately broken apart by the

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The Vietnam War and the issue of civil rights caused significant division and turmoil within the New Deal coalition. Supporters of the war and opponents of civil rights reforms broke away from the Democratic Party, leading to the decline of the coalition's influence in national politics. Ronald Reagan's political views and the end of the Great Depression were not major factors in the coalition's dissolution, and Dwight Eisenhower's popularity was not a direct cause of its demise.

The New Deal Coalition Was Severely Strained and Ultimately Broken