Floyd B. Olson

Floyd Bjørnstjerne Olson, shortened to Floyd B. Olson, is a Socialist Party candidate for the 1932 United States Presidential election who has served as Governor of Minnesota since 1931. Originally a member of the Democratic Party, Olson joined the SPA following its rise during the growing influence of the German Socialist Republic. Now, Olson is a strong contender for the nomination for the 1932 election, given his experience as Governor, and with his lax socialist policies in comparison to the others.

Floyd B. Olson has been described as 'the Populist Progressivist' of the candidates, with influence in the previous Progressive Party and with liberal-socialist views. With the rising economic problems, Olson believes that only the Socialist Party can fix America now, lest we see a doomed alternative under Alphonse Capone. The biggest speculation is a potential ticket including Floyd Olson and fellow democratic socialist Norman Thomas, to maintain American socialism rather than dip into the realms of Communism under either Jay Lovestone or William Z. Foster.