War information with the results of the 1944 president ial election, when fdr won an unprecedented fourth term. The United States goes to the polls to cast ballots in the first wartime election in 80 years. Nearly 50 million turned out to choose between the democratic candidate, president Franklin Roosevelt, and the republican candidate, governor thomas dewey, through the medium of a free and secret ballot. Votes in cities and rural areas. Members of the american rmed forces on battle lines around the world cast their ballots. Nearly 4 million servicemen and women voted. music governor and miss dewey vote in new york city. At the town hall in hyde park, new york, president roosevelt casts his ballot. The counting of the National Vote begins. Swiftly, bipartisan election boards tabulate the figures. Radio stations and networks rush the election returns throughout the nation, and by shortwave the voice of america informs the world. In times square in new york, 500,000 people gathered to follow election results. At Republican National headquarters, Party Officials closely follow countrywide statistics president roosevelts early lead is maintained throughout the night. At 3 15 in the morning, governor dewey concedes the election. It is clear mr. Roosevelt has been reelected for a fourth term, and every Good American will wholeheartedly accept the will of the people. I extend to president roosevelt my hearty congratulations and my earnest hope that his next term will see speedy victory in the war, the establishment of lasting peace, and the restoration of tranquility among our people. At his family home in hyde park, president roosevelt receives the congratulations of his fellow townsmen. The election of 1944 is over. By vote of the majority of citizens of the United States, Franklin Roosevelt is elected president for a fourth successive term. music thomas julie was nominated for president a second time, in 1948. Now, on American History tv, a film from the Republican National committee, telling the story of his political life