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{{cquote|I have campaigned for fighting a hard war—not a soft war. Therefore this election proves how the American people want to fight this war. They want to fight it efficiently and without bungling. They want to fight it in an honorable, all-out, plain-spoken partnership with our Allies.}}
 
{{cquote|I have campaigned for fighting a hard war—not a soft war. Therefore this election proves how the American people want to fight this war. They want to fight it efficiently and without bungling. They want to fight it in an honorable, all-out, plain-spoken partnership with our Allies.}}
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Luce was re-elected by only one percentage point in the following 1944 races, once again benefiting from a Socialist Party candidate drawing support away from her Democrat opponent.<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=253194 CT District 4 Race - Nov 07, 1944]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved September 25, 2021.</ref>
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Luce was re-elected by only one percentage point in the following 1944 races, once again benefiting from a Socialist Party candidate drawing support away from her Democrat opponent.<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=253194 CT District 4 Race - Nov 07, 1944]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved September 25, 2021.</ref> Although she supported the "general outlines" of FDR's foreign policy, she sharply criticized his single-person decision making, asserting that the U.S. was becoming:<ref name=history.house.gov/>
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{{cquote|...a dictatorial bumbledom.}}
    
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