United States Presidential Election, 1940 (Neville Stays)

Democratic Nomination
Many had expected Roosevelt to make a bid for an unprecedented 3rd term in office, and indeed it seemed likely to many americans that he would easily be renominated and reelected. However there were several factors that Roosevelt hadnt banked on, the sheer strength of the opposition he faced. Vice President Garner, James Farley - Roosevelt's "Kingmaker", political bosses in Chicago and New York, Southern Conservatives and those Democrats who opposed the New Deal. But despite this Roosevelt seemed sure of renomination, the three main realistic candidates against him (Garner, Farley and Secretary of State Cordell Hull) were uncharismatic and lacked the political support to defeat him.