1940 with JNG the nominee

[BigVic]

FDR honours a two-term pledge and steps down in 1940. VP John Nance Garner easily wins the Democratic nomination.

Who would win?

[Agonized-Statism]

Cordell Hull would be the one to get nominated easily with Roosevelt's endorsement, if anything. Garner had little appeal outside the South. Assuming some kind of split that allows Garner to eke it out (say, Hull vs. Farley vs. Wallace):


Businessman Wendell Willkie (R-NY) / Senator Charles McNary (R-OR) ✓
Vice President John Garner (D-TX) / Senator Scott Lucas (D-IL)
Secretary of Agriculture Henry Wallace (I-IA) / Fmr. Governor Philip La Follette (I-WI)

[TransfemmeGoreVidal]

In this scenario Willkie would wrap himself in the legacy of the New Deal and win easily. It’d be a return to a 1920 or 24 style electoral map tbh.