Franklin Roosevelt & Thomas E. Dewey
Franklin D.Roosevelt/Harry S.Truman Thomas Dewey/John W.Bricker
each party nominated presidential and vice-presidential candidates
Do the voters elect electors not the presidential candidates
Richard M.Nixon/Spiro Agnew George McGovern/R.Sargent Shriver
national conventions for nominating presidential candidates.
There was no Presidential election in 1950.
In reality, states have no position in the nomination of presidential candidates other than holding legal elections. The parties determine the candidates.
During the national convention
presidential primary
The platforms of Presidential candidates vary. Some candidates platforms include lower taxes for the middle class, increase jobs and access to better healthcare.
Democrats permit candidates receiving 15 percent or more of the vote to proportionally divide delegates.
The Democratic Party candidates in the 1944 presidential election were Incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt for President and Harry S. Truman for Vice President. Incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt won reelection in the 1944 presidential election defeating Thomas Dewey. Franklin D. Roosevelt died April 12, 1945. He was succeeded by Harry S. Truman.