bedstuy
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« on: July 17, 2014, 07:43:22 AM » |
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There's a recent book on the 1944 campaign, I think it's called Final Victory. Having read that on a plane a year or so ago...
-Dewey was a more polished candidate than Willkie.
-FDR was dying of heart failure and until early in 1944, he had a horrible, incompetent doctor who wasn't treating his heart disease in any way. He was only able to campaign because of his new doctor's treatment.
-FDR may have lost even more ground among civilians, but he won a huge majority of military votes, a pretty big group back then. This was actually a huge issue because the GOP wanted to deprive active duty military of their vote and FDR's campaign really counted on their turnout.
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