1944: Harry S. Truman versus Bob Taft

[Sir Mohamed]

FDR decides to retire and the Democratic Convention is deadlocked between Henry Wallace, James Byrnes and Alben Barkley. Harry S. Truman is nominated as a dark horse compromise candidate and faces Bob Taft in the general election. How does that election turn out?

[President Johnson]

Senator Harry S. Truman (D-MO)/Supreme Court Justice Robert H. Jackson (D-PA): 394 EV. (53.04%)
Senator Robert A. Taft (R-OH)/Governor Thomas E. Dewey (R-NY): 137 EV. (46.30%)

[Kingpoleon]

409: Senator Harry S Truman/Governor Coke Stevenson
122: Senator Bob Taft/Senator Arthur Vandenburg

[The Last Northerner]

DEM - Senator Harry Truman (MO) / Senator Richard Russell (GA) 417
GOP - Senator Robert Taft (OH) / Former Govenor Harold Strassen (MN) 114

[Sir Mohamed]

I think that Truman would have chosen a northern running mate. In 1944, he was selected as VP to appease the southerners who had reservations with FDR. Back then, was more seen as moderate and not as a liberal. He turned out to be more of a liberal after he got into the Oval Office.