Be aware- if you don't get the US up to 40% surrender level by November, that bonus will turn into a substantial malus. In addition, you'll have a Fired Up national spirit that gives you massive bonuses against the US for 6 months. When the Civil War kicks off, you'll likely have ended up with Minnesota, Iowa, New Jersey, NYC, and possibly even Missouri and Upstate New York (although I think that event might be bugged, I had it fire but it never ended up in my control) in addition to the core Syndicalist states. Hold the Philadelphia meeting, expel Jack Reed and the SPA, and make a deal with Huey Long. When the election rolls around, elect John Nance Garner, and go with the Austerity Bill rather than Iron Fist. The Garner-Wagner bill is partially subject to RNG if it fails, take the foci for War Plan White through MacArthur's Plan, and in each focus choose to suppress the AFP in the South. There will be periodic event dilemmas, and if you hover over the choices the tooltip will tell you which choice boosts the SPA or the AFP. Take every choice that gives the Socialist Party a boost.

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