[GOPcapitalist]

Franklin Roosevelt won reelection in 1944 with only 53.4% of the popular vote. Does that mean that almost half the people didn't support that war either?

Correct me if I am wrong, but I don't believe that Tom Dewey ever advocated a ceasefire with Hitler as part of his campaign. Thus your analogy is flawed.

[Non-Sequitur]

Correct me if I am wrong, but I don't believe that Tom Dewey ever advocated a ceasefire with Hitler as part of his campaign. Thus your analogy is flawed.

No it's not. McClellan made it clear that his acceptance of the Democratic nomination also included his total rejection of the Valandigham peace plank. The most fundimental difference between the two candidates was the fact that President Lincoln had two conditions for peace: reunification of North and south, and abolition of slavery. McClellan had only one: reunification of the North and south. So regardless of who had won in 1864 then war would have continued.

[Grand Old Partisan]

Neither did the 1864 Democrat presidential candidate, George McClellan, advocate a cease-fire, though the party platfor, which he repudiated, did.