Election 1944: Gallup Polls

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November 28
Roosevelt administration 

Interviewing Date 11/11-16/43
Survey #306-K
Question #3

Those voters in New York, New Jersey, and Kentucky who shifted to the Republican Party at the last election were asked: What do you like least about the way the Roosevelt administration is handling things?

The following reasons are listed in order of frequency of mention:

  • Incompetent and dictatorial management of home affairs
  • Coddling of labor
  • Government extravagance
  • Failure to keep prices down
  • Bad job of rationing
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December 10
Republican presidential candidates 

Interviewing Date 11/25 – 12/1/43
Survey #307-K
Question #6

Pennsylvania Republicans were asked: Which one of the following would you like to see nominated for President by the Republican Party next year?
Dewey 36%
Willkie 29%
MacArthur 19%
Taft 6%
Bricker 5%
Stassen 5%
Others <1%
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December 11
Republican presidential candidates 

Interviewing Date 11/25 – 12/1/43
Survey #307-K
Question #6a

New Jersey Republicans were asked: Which one of the following would you like to see nominated for President by the Republican Party next year?
Dewey 39%
Willkie 30%
MacArthur 17%
Taft 7%
Bricker 4%
Stassen 3%
Others <1%
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December 17
Republican presidential candidates 

Interviewing Date 11/25 – 12/1/43
Survey #307-K
Question #6b

Massachusetts Republicans were asked: Which one of the following would you like to see nominated for President by the Republican Party next year?
Willkie 40%
Dewey 30%
Saltonstall 15%
MacArthur 9%
Bricker 4%
Stassen 2%
Others <1%
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December 18
Republican presidential candidates 

Interviewing Date 11/25 – 12/1/43
Survey #307-K
Question #6c

Kentucky Republicans were asked: Which one of the following would you like to see nominated for President by the Republican Party next year?
Willkie 31%
Dewey 26%
MacArthur 20%
Taft 13%
Bricker 8%
Warren 1%
Stassen 1%
Others <1%
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December 19
Republican presidential candidates 

Interviewing Date 11/25 – 12/1/43
Survey #307-K
Question #7

Republicans were asked: Which one of the following would you like to see nominated for President by the Republican Party next year?
Dewey 36%
Willkie 25%
MacArthur 15%
Bricker 10%
Stassen 6%
Taft 5%
Saltonstall 1%
Warren 1%
Eric Johnston 1%

By region

Dewey Willkie MacArthur Bricker Others
New England 35% 39% 9% 5% 12%
Mid-Atlantic 42% 27% 14% 7% 10%
East Central 37% 13% 15% 21% 14%
West Central 34% 22% 16% 6% 22%
South 25% 34% 21% 9% 11%
Mountain 32% 28% 20% 5% 15%
Pacific 29% 28% 10% 6% 22%
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Do not change the horse.

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I wonder what would have happened if the Dewey-MacArthur ticket ran and won in 1944 :thinking:

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46

Anything is better than Frankie Part IV in my view. :smile:

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47

Who knows, maybe Dewey/MacArthur would have defeated Truman in 1948.

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48

I can’t see MacArthur stepping down from his active command role and I don’t think it would have been legal for him to run while still in uniform.

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49

If Dewey had won in 1944, I don’t think Truman would have been the Democratic nominee in 1948.

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50

Agreed, MacArthur was busy in the Philippines Campaign and there was no chance he would give that up to campaign for the vice presidency. I just thought it was an interesting (although extremely unrealistic) scenario

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December 24
Democratic presidential candidates 

Interviewing Date 11/25 – 12/1/43
Survey #307-K
Question #6

Democrats were asked: Will you look over these possible candidates (on card) and tell me which one you would like to see as the next President of the United States?
Roosevelt 85%
Wallace 6%
Farley 3%
Byrd 2%
McNutt 1%
Marshall 1%
Byrnes 1%
Douglas 1%

By region

Roosevelt Wallace Farley Byrd Others
New England/Mid-Atlantic 88% 5% 3% 2% 2%
East Central 83% 7% 3% 1% 6%
West Central 82% 9% 3% 1% 5%
South 81% 4% 3% 5% 7%
West 89% 5% 2% 1% 3%
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December 26
Roosevelt administration 

Interviewing Date 11/25 – 12/1/43
Survey #307-K
Question #2b

Farmers were asked: What do you dislike most about the way the Roosevelt administration is handling things?
Government extravagance 20%
Incompetent and dictatorial management of home affairs, especially with farm problems 15%
Coddling of labor 13%
Farm programs not effective 11%
Bad job of rationing 6%
Failure to keep prices down 2%
Miscellaneous 13%
No complaint 20%
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53

To bad my grandpa wasn’t still alive. I could ask him if he and his dad were happy with Roosevelt’s program for farmers.

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54

The article I’ve linked might be of good help.

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December 29
Two-term amendment 

Interviewing Date 11/25 – 12/1/43
Survey #307-K
Question #3a

Would you favor adding a law to the Constitution that would prevent any President of the United States from being reelected in the future if he has already served two terms?
Yes 54%
No 46%
No opinion 7% 
Interviewing Date 11/25 – 12/1/43
Survey #307-T
Question #3b

Would you favor changing the term of office of the President hereafter to one six-year term with no reelection?
Yes 34%
No 66%
No opinion 10%
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1944

January 2
Bipartisan foreign policy 

Interviewing Date 11/25-30/43
Survey #307-K
Question #12a

Asked of Republicans: Do you think that both the Republicans and the Democrats should take exactly the same stand for an active part in world affairs in their party platforms in 1944?
Yes 58%
No 21%
Undecided 21% 
Interviewing Date 11/25-30/43
Survey #307-T
Question #12a

Asked of Republicans: Would you approve or disapprove if both the Republican and Democratic parties agreed to name Cordell Hull Secretary of State again after the next election?
Approve 52%
Disapprove 22%
Undecided 26%
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January 6
Republican presidential candidates 

Special Survey

Asked of Republicans: Whom would you like to see the Republican Party nominate for President?

Midwest only
Dewey 35%
Willkie 22%
MacArthur 13%
Bricker 13%
Taft 11%
Stassen 4%
Eric Johnston 2%
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