You don't think that WWII had an effect on the 1940 election? We were not directly fighting but we were involved in the war before 1941.
Fall, 1940 - Battle of Britain. Germany tries to get Britain to surrender before direct US involvement Sept 1940 - US enacts draft bill Sept 1940 - Destroyer for Bases deal. U.S. transfers 50 old destroyers to Britain in exchange for use of eight British Atlantic bases. Sept 1940 - U.S. transfers 50 old destroyers to Britain in exchange for use of eight British Atlantic bases. Nov 1940 - Land-Lease plan If you read up on the 1940 election you will see that WWII played heavily in that campaign. The Germans knew that our direct involvement in WWII was looming and, I'm sure, that the US voters had the same idea. Howie --- On Tuesday, August 02, 2005 12:11 PM, Larry C. Lyons scribed: --- > > But of all of FDR's reelections, only one, 1944, was a war time > election. The others all happened during peacetime. > > larry > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:167582 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
