American Presidential Election of 1940

American Presidential Election of 1940
Map Key	Red Denotes states won by Dewey, Blue Denotes states won by Hopkins
Electoral Votes needed to win	266 Electoral Votes Needed to Win
Canidates
Canidate Name	Thomas E. Dewey
Political party	Republican
Electoral Votes	280
Total Votes	24,064,107
Percentage of Votes	50.2%
Canidate name	Harry L. Hopkins
Political Party	Democratic
Electoral Votes	251
Total Votes	23,866,850
Percentage of Votes	49.8%
Results
Winner	Thomas Dewey
President before Election	Franklin D. Roosevelt
President After election	Thomas Dewey

Background

In his second Term as President of the United States of America Franklin D. Roosevelt faced a growing conservative backlash over his new deal programs. He decided to not run for a third term

Nominations

Franklin D. Roosevelt convinced party leaders to nominate his close friend, and one time head of the Food Works Progress Administration, Harry L. Hopkins for Democratic nominee for president of the United States. In the Republican party, Thomas E. Dewey, a charismatic but inexperienced Manhattan District Attorney, who had run a campaign intending to unite the republican party and made concessions to the Isolationists. Was Endorsed by Conservative Republicans, including Ohio Senator Robert A. Taft. Whilst they would have Preferred to Nominate a real isolationist, Dewey was nominated overwhelmingly mainly as he was seen as most likely to win the election and didn't really upset anyone in the party too much.