National party platforms, 1840–1964 (1965) online 1840–1956 ==External links== Newsreel on Eisenhower campaign 1952 popular vote by counties 1952 State-by-state Popular vote The Decision Not to Run in 1952, an excerpt from a Truman biography from a University of Virginia How close was the 1952 election? — Michael Sheppard, Massachusetts Institute of Technology The Living Room Candidate: Presidential Campaign Commercials: 1952 Eisenhower's 1952 presidential campaign, Dwight D.
Soldier, General of the Army, President Elect 1890–1952 (New York: Simon and Schuster, 1983), pp 550–572. Blake, David Haven.
The moderates tended to be interventionists, who felt that America needed to fight the Cold War overseas and confront the Soviet Union in Eurasia; they were also willing to accept most aspects of the social welfare state created by the New Deal in the 1930s.
Eisenhower won a landslide victory over Democrat Adlai Stevenson, ending a string of Democratic Party wins that stretched back to 1932. Stevenson emerged victorious on the third presidential ballot of the 1952 Democratic National Convention, defeating Kefauver, Senator Richard Russell Jr.
Taft had unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination in the 1940 and 1948 presidential elections, losing both times to moderate candidates from New York (Wilkie and Dewey).
Dewey, the party's presidential nominee in 1944 and 1948.
Dewey, the party's presidential nominee in 1944 and 1948.
Taft had unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination in the 1940 and 1948 presidential elections, losing both times to moderate candidates from New York (Wilkie and Dewey).
Reeves had initially proposed a series of radio spots to Thomas Dewey in the 1948 campaign, but Dewey considered them undignified, and Reeves maintained that Dewey might have won the election had he been slightly more open-minded. Studying Douglas MacArthur's keynote speech at the Republican convention in July, Reeves believed that the general's words were "powerful", but "unfocused" and "all over the map".
Bush. Truman's main opponent was populist Tennessee Senator Estes Kefauver, who had chaired a nationally televised investigation of organized crime in 1951 and was known as a crusader against crime and corruption.
The 1952 United States presidential election was the 42nd quadrennial presidential election.
It was held on Tuesday, November 4, 1952.
Eisenhower won a landslide victory over Democrat Adlai Stevenson, ending a string of Democratic Party wins that stretched back to 1932. Stevenson emerged victorious on the third presidential ballot of the 1952 Democratic National Convention, defeating Kefauver, Senator Richard Russell Jr.
Dewey and other party leaders, Eisenhower narrowly prevailed over Taft at the 1952 Republican National Convention with Richard Nixon, a young senator from California, as his running mate.
General Douglas MacArthur also got ten delegates from various states (mostly Oregon), but had made it clear from early in the race that he had no interest in being nominated. ====Republican Convention==== When the 1952 Republican National Convention opened in Chicago, most political experts rated Taft and Eisenhower as neck-and-neck in the delegate vote totals.
In September 1952 Taft and Eisenhower met again at Morningside Heights in New York City, where Taft promised to support Eisenhower actively in exchange for Eisenhower agreeing to a number of requests.
But Truman entered 1952 with his popularity plummeting, according to polls.
In the spring of 1952, Truman tried to convince Stevenson to take the presidential nomination, but Stevenson refused, stating that he wanted to run for re-election as Governor of Illinois.
Yet Stevenson never completely took himself out of the race, and as the convention approached, many party bosses, as well as normally apolitical citizens, hoped that he could be "drafted" to run. ====Democratic Convention==== The 1952 Democratic National Convention was held in Chicago in the same coliseum the Republicans had gathered in several weeks earlier.
Stevenson was ridiculed in some quarters as too effeminate to be president, the staunchly conservative New York Daily News called him "Adelaide" Stevenson, even though he had a reputation as a ladies' man and several mistresses. A notable event of the 1952 campaign concerned a scandal that emerged when Richard Nixon, Eisenhower's running mate, was accused by several newspapers of receiving $18,000 in undeclared "gifts" from wealthy donors.
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The American Voter (1964) the classic political science study of voters in 1952 and 1956 5 vol of details on each region Davies, Gareth, and Julian E.
"Charisma in the 1952 Campaign." American Political Science Review 48#4 (1954): 1083–102.
When America Liked Ike: How Moderates Won the 1952 Presidential Election and Reshaped American Politics (2016) 137pp. Grant, Philip A.
"Eisenhower and the 1952 Republican Invasion of the South: The Case of Virginia." Presidential Studies Quarterly 20#2 (1990): 285–93.
I Like Ike: The Presidential Election of 1952 (2017) excerpt Halberstam, David.
"Text and Context in the 1952 Presidential Campaign: Eisenhower's 'I Shall Go to Korea' Speech." Presidential Studies Quarterly 30.3 (2000): 464–484.
"Civic republicanism in the modern age: Adlai Stevenson in the 1952 presidential campaign." Quarterly Journal of Speech (1994) 80#3 pp 313–328. Parmet, Herbert S.
"The presidential election in the South, 1952." Journal of Politics 17.3 (1955): 343–389.
National party platforms, 1840–1964 (1965) online 1840–1956 ==External links== Newsreel on Eisenhower campaign 1952 popular vote by counties 1952 State-by-state Popular vote The Decision Not to Run in 1952, an excerpt from a Truman biography from a University of Virginia How close was the 1952 election? — Michael Sheppard, Massachusetts Institute of Technology The Living Room Candidate: Presidential Campaign Commercials: 1952 Eisenhower's 1952 presidential campaign, Dwight D.
Eisenhower Presidential Library Election of 1952 in Counting the Votes "Project X" episode 5 of The Last Archive by Jill Lepore (premiered 11 June 2020) Articles containing video clips Presidency of Dwight D.
Eisenhower Richard Nixon November 1952 events
The American Voter (1964) the classic political science study of voters in 1952 and 1956 5 vol of details on each region Davies, Gareth, and Julian E.
Instead it energized the conservative Republicans, leading finally to the Barry Goldwater campaign of 1964.
This was the last time the Republicans won Missouri until 1968.
He was chosen because of his Southern identity and conservative record; party leaders hoped this factor would create a balanced ticket. Sparkman remained in the Senate until his retirement in 1978. ==General election== ===Campaign issues=== The Eisenhower campaign was one of the first presidential campaigns to make a major, concerted effort to win the female vote.
Soldier, General of the Army, President Elect 1890–1952 (New York: Simon and Schuster, 1983), pp 550–572. Blake, David Haven.
(New York: Fawcett Columbine, 1993) online Hyman, Herbert H.
1952 is also, however, the last time a Republican won Yolo County, California, or Native American Rolette County, North Dakota, and the last until Donald Trump in 2016 that the Republicans won Pacific County, Washington, or Swift County, Minnesota.
Liking Ike: Eisenhower, Advertising, and the Rise of Celebrity Politics (Oxford UP, 2016).
Eisenhower Presidential Library Election of 1952 in Counting the Votes "Project X" episode 5 of The Last Archive by Jill Lepore (premiered 11 June 2020) Articles containing video clips Presidency of Dwight D.
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