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eagleone: "I see again you've moved the narrative from you saying the "economy was doing just fine in 1940" to now the American people believed it was doing "just fine"."

Is there a difference?
If so, which is more important in elections, the true reality, or what people perceive it to be?

You seem to have a big, big problem with my statement that in 1940 (as opposed to say, 1937), the US economy was doing "just fine".
The fact is that economy got FDR reelected for a THIRD term, so however you wish to define "just fine" it was in fact GOOD ENOUGH for most US VOTERS.

Please explain why that is so hard for you to "get".

eagleone: "You had the wrong numbers on unemployment recall."

Nonsense, because ANY unemployment numbers for that era are correct, at some point.
The question is, exactly when did one number become incorrect and a different number correct?
The answer is different sources give us slightly different time periods, and then there is the question of public perceptions -- how did VOTERS feel about the numbers they were hearing?

So you have desperately tried to "prove" I misstated numbers, when in fact it's just your comprehension that's all balled up, FRiend.

eagleone: " We had more than enough draftable men for WWII. "

The unemployment numbers you yourself posted show that there were barely enough Americans to meet ALL the wartime requirements for both troops and production.
This matters because had Stalin made a separate peace with Hitler, requiring, let's say, another 100 US Army divisions to defeat Hitler, we didn't have them.
And that helps explain why FDR made such nicely-nicely with Stalin.

What exactly is your problem with this?

You seem to have a big, big problem with my statement that in 1940 (as opposed to say, 1937), the US economy was doing "just fine".

Because it wasn't doing "just fine"...unless you're a democrat.

Now you've had to bring in the election to attempt to justify your position.

Hence one of the reasons I keep saying you continue to move the goalposts.

>>eagleone: "I see again you've moved the narrative from you saying the "economy was doing just fine in 1940" to now the American people believed it was doing "just fine"."<<

Is there a difference? If so, which is more important in elections, the true reality, or what people perceive it to be?

In the context of the original discussion...yes.

The original assertion was YOUR opinion of how the economy was performing....not how the public perceived the economy.

When I pointed out your incorrect unemployment numbers you began the shift to how the population perceived the results and began to throw in the election of 1940.

Hence the moving of the goalposts.

>>eagleone: "You had the wrong numbers on unemployment recall."<<

Nonsense, because ANY unemployment numbers for that era are correct, at some point.

No. The numbers were posted and yours were wrong as demonstrated.