The Eastern Establishment is a term often used to refer to the powerful interests that generally controlled the National Party during the mid-20th century, in particular following the aligning 1928 Presidential election. The Eastern Establishment was typified by its alliance with the financial industry, its relationships with wealthy middle and upper class people in New England, New York and the Atlantic states, and its struggles with the other three wings of the party - the conservative, isolationist and working-class Midwest, the libertarian West and its relationships with the Cosmopolitans in the South.