1944: Wendell Wilkie vs. Henry Wallace

[Dancing with Myself]

Wendell Wilkie is elected in 1940, and basically the same events that happens to Roosevelt happens to him.  For his VP, he chooses Thomas Dewey.

The Democrats nominate 1940 VP Nominee Henry Wallace with FDR's endorsement. He picks Harry Truman as VP choice. Explain with Maps.

[Bo]

Now could you please respond to my 1940 scenario?

[Dancing with Myself]

Now could you please respond to my 1940 scenario?

Explain your answer first

[Bo]

Now could you please respond to my 1940 scenario?

Explain your answer first

All right.

Wilkie receives enormous popularity due to the success of WWII, thus guaranteeing him victories in the North and West. Wallace's pro-civil rights positions causes the South to vote for either a third party or unpledged electors, and many voters throughout the country are also alienated by Wallace being very pro-Soviet and by Wallace's "Dear Guru" eltters. Thus Wallace fails to win even a single state.

[Dancing with Myself]

Now could you please respond to my 1940 scenario?

Explain your answer first

All right.

Wilkie receives enormous popularity due to the success of WWII, thus guaranteeing him victories in the North and West. Wallace's pro-civil rights positions causes the South to vote for either a third party or unpledged electors, and many voters throughout the country are also alienated by Wallace being very pro-Soviet and by Wallace's "Dear Guru" eltters. Thus Wallace fails to win even a single state.

who would the third party candidate be?

[Bo]

Now could you please respond to my 1940 scenario?

Explain your answer first

All right.

Wilkie receives enormous popularity due to the success of WWII, thus guaranteeing him victories in the North and West. Wallace's pro-civil rights positions causes the South to vote for either a third party or unpledged electors, and many voters throughout the country are also alienated by Wallace being very pro-Soviet and by Wallace's "Dear Guru" eltters. Thus Wallace fails to win even a single state.

who would the third party candidate be?

Some Southerner (Strom Thurmond, maybe). Also, the Southern states could just vote for unpledged electors and then those electors could decide for whom to vote for later.

[Dancing with Myself]

A Nomination of Wallace would be a disaster for the dems.

[Bo]

A Nomination of Wallace would be a disaster for the dems.

Exactly. That's why FDR dropped him from the ticket in 1944.

[Cassius Dio]

I will post this map just for fun..this scenario is more than unlickly (Wilkie died before Election Day, and the Democrats would never ever give the normination to someone like Wallace)

[Dancing with Myself]

I forgot to mention that in this TL Wilie is still alive.

[Lahbas]

A Nomination of Wallace would be a disaster for the dems.

Exactly. That's why FDR dropped him from the ticket in 1944.

That statement is false. FDR wanted to keep Wallace on the ticket, but was forced to drop him by more moderate Democrats, who were worried about FDR's ever declining health, in favor of Harry Truman, in order to "preserve the Democratic Party's unity."