Probably everyone familiar with the term “alternate history” knows that in the 1944 presidential election, Roosevelt was persuaded to dump his unabashedly left-wing Vice President, Henry Wallace, in favor of the more moderate Harry Truman — which meant that it was Truman who became President after FDR’s death, and not Wallace.
Wallace was dumped partly for his left-wing views not sitting well with the party bosses, and partly because of his interest in non-traditional religions and hypnosis, which Republicans would’ve had a field day with.
So my question to you is this — who are some viable left-wing VPs that could replace Wallace in ‘44? Somebody farther left than Truman, even if they’re not exactly Wallace.