Keys to the White House: 1948 a different America (1960 election)

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Name: Michael Smith
Age: 26
Party: Republican Party
Occupation: Soldier (1941-1945), university student (1945-present)

Smith was born in 1922 to a middle class to upper middle class family in Westchester County, New York. He attended schooling, however he never managed to get a higher education. While his family weathered the Depression better than most, he was unable to attend a university, and following the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, he decided to enlist in the military at the age of 19. He spent about three to four years in the Army in Europe and returned home in 1945. He then decided to pursue a study of law at Columbia University. During this time, he became increasingly active in politics, as well. He decided to register with the Republican Party in late 1945 and voted for them in the 1946 Midterm Elections. For the 1948 Republican Primary, he is undecided between Harold Stassen and Earl Warren. He has become active in the Westchester County chapter of the GOP and he supports a hardline against communism, he supports the Taft-Hartley Act, however he also supports greater involvement in healthcare by the federal government, he is opposed to rolling back Social Security, he supports the allocation of federal funds for low income housing, and he also supports federal funding for education