Editing Unpledged elector (section)

====1944====
The first modern slates of unpledged electors were fielded in the [[U.S. presidential election, 1944|1944 election]] as a protest against certain aspects of President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]]’s [[New Deal]] and support for [[Desegregation in the United States|desegregation]].

In [[Texas]], a splinter group of Democrats known as the [[Texas Regulars]] fielded a slate of electors not pledged to any candidate; similar slates were on the ballot in [[South Carolina]] and [[Mississippi]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=f7a5KxIcznAC&q=unpledged+electors+1944+south+carolina&pg=PA72|title=Class, Race, and the Civil Rights Movement|last=Bloom|first=Jack M.|date=1987|publisher=Indiana University Press|isbn=0253204070|pages=72|language=en}}</ref> While they won or placed second in several counties, none of the groups met much success.