1944 United States presidential election in Alabama candidates only managed to pick up 0.53 percent of the vote. 1944 United States presidential election in Alabama The 1944 United States presidential election in Alabama took place on November 7, 1944, as part of the 1944 United States presidential election. Alabama voters chose 11 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Alabama was won in a landslide by incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt (D–New York), running with Senator Harry S. Truman, with 81.28 percent of the popular vote, against Governor Thomas Dewey (R–New York), running with Governor John W. Bricker, with 18.20
Criticism of Franklin D. Roosevelt not reached a consensus as to the best policy for freeing their European counterparts from Nazi persecution. Criticism of Franklin D. Roosevelt Both during and after his presidential terms and continuing today, there has been much criticism of Franklin D. Roosevelt. Critics have questioned not only his policies and positions, but also charged him with centralizing power in his own hands by controlling both the government and the Democratic Party. Many denounced his breaking the no-third-term tradition in 1940. By the middle of his second term, much criticism of Roosevelt centered on fears that he was heading toward a dictatorship