Against whom did Wendell Willkie lose in the 1940 election?
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Harry S. Truman
Lyndon B. Johnson
Answer
Wendell Willkie lost in the 1940 election against Franklin D. Roosevelt. Roosevelt was the incumbent President and had a strong record of leading the country through the Great Depression. Willkie was a businessman and a political novice, and he struggled to gain traction against Roosevelt's popularity. Roosevelt won the election in a landslide, and Willkie returned to his business career.
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