That's The Ticket:
A Parade of Presidential Elections
Democratic Ticket | |
Presidential candidate: | FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, President |
VP candidate: | HARRY TRUMAN, Missouri Senator |
Popular votes: | 25,612,610 (53.4%) |
Electoral votes: | 432 |
Republican Ticket | |
Presidential candidate: | Thomas Dewey, New York Governor |
VP candidate: | John Bricker, Ohio Governor |
Popular votes: | 22,021,053 (45.9%) |
Electoral votes: | 99 |
Election Facts
- World War II dominated the course of this election.
- Allied victories gave people hope. Many voters did not want to risk changing leaders until the war was over.
- War had brought the nation out of the Great Depression. Democrats took credit, urging voters not to steer the country back to Hoover's time.
- Dewey found it difficult to counter voters' desire to stay the course.
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