Not by 1940/ And Byrant had been dead for 15 years.When compared to the republican braintrust of his time, FDR was superhuman
Republicans mouthed the same nonsense they do today..
Let things take care of themselves, poor people are poor because they deserve it
Isolate the US from the rest of the world, their war will not affect us
Thankfully, we had FDR to lead us through the depression and WWII
The Republicans were right about letting the economy correct itself. FDR's meddling extended the Great Depression by years. As for isolationism, that was hardly a "Republican vs Democrat" issue. The vast majority of the American public wanted nothing to do with another European war. Isolationism was a position advocated by a broad spectrum of public figures, including William Jennings Bryan, one of the more famous Democrats in 20th century American history.
FDR "led us through the Depression" only in the sense that he led us deeper into it.
By 1940 , a good many Americans thought it was necessary to help defeat the Axis.
Republicans were the great isolationists, by and large.
And how, pray tell, did you arbitrarily decide that the only year that mattered to this discussion was 1940? Because I certainly don't recall agreeing to that parameter.