Then that was the fault of a lack of a challenger within the Democratic nomination. And if they really wanted to, more delegates should have voted for Harry Byr

Then that was the fault of a lack of a challenger within the Democratic nomination. And if they really wanted to, more delegates should have voted for Harry Byrd: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1944_Democratic_National_Convention https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1944_Democratic_National_Conve... Given that Americans tend to reelect presidents during wartime, that makes the claim that FDR was somehow unpopularly "just ok" to be even more dubious.