gorkay
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« on: November 04, 2006, 01:18:41 PM » |
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One reason Truman ran better than FDR in many midwestern states is because FDR's farm policies had become very unpopular there, and even though Truman didn't change them much, he wasn't as identified with them as Roosevelt. There was also the fact that the "do-nothing" Republican Congress had made lots of promises to change things in 1946 and didn't live up to their promises, a fact Truman underlined by calling Congress into special session at the beginning of the election campaign and challenging them to live up to their campaign promises.
Don't forget that Truman's percentage would have been even higher if not for Thurmond and Wallace, also.
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