US Presidential Election of 1940 (We Want Willkie)

Republican Party
After a bitter fight between Thomas Dewey a "Gangbuster" and isolationist Senator Robert Taft, darkhorse Buissnessman Wendell L. Willkie would win the nomination and would have Charles McNary become his VP nominee.

Democratic Party
After token resistance, Franklin D. Roosevelt was renominated for an run at an unprecedented third term of office the the President. Agriculture Secretary Henry Wallace would be nominated

Democratic Vote at Convention
 * Franklin Roosevelt (nominee) - 946'''
 * James Farley - 72
 * John Garner - 61
 * Millard Tydings - 9
 * Cordell Hull - 5

Electoral College Result:
Willkie/McNary: 344

Roosevelt/Wallace: 187

Popular Result
Willkie/McNary: 54%

Roosevelt/Wallace: 45%