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Preferred term
presidential election of 1940
Definition
- THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION of 1940 took place as Europe was in the midst of World War II. The Democrats nominated Franklin Delano Roosevelt for a third term, breaking the two-term tradition established by George Washington in 1796. [Source: Encyclopedia of U.S. Campaigns, Elections, and Electoral Behavior; Presidential Election of 1940]
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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/presidential_election_of_1940
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