Truman vs. Taft 1948

[Bo]

Truman wins, in my opinion.

Discuss with maps.

[Bo]

Taft wins.

Why? If Truman could beat Dewey (who was much more moderate on economic and foreign policy), then why would Taft beat Truman when Truman could have a much easier time tying him to Hoover's failed economic policy (which caused the Great Depression) and to the failed policy of isolationism? To me, it seems that this factor would make Truamn's victory even larger than it was in RL.

[Bo]

Taft would do a good deal worse:

I agree with Ben's map. Taft would get humiliated much worse than Dewey.

[Bo]

Wow, someone who actually thinks that war criminal Truman made a better president than Robert A. Taft would?

Seeing as Taft was a labor hating, isolationist bastard, yes, Truman made a better President than Taft ever would have.

Ben, how do you think taft would have handled the USSR? Would he have just ignored the Soviets and allow them to take over Western Europe? Or would he eventually come to his senses and follow an internationalist foreign policy? By the way, how was Truman strongly pro-labor? He didn't get Taft-Hartley repealed when he won in 1948 and when the Democrats recaptured both houses of Congress, even though he promised to.