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Winfield
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« on: June 27, 2010, 06:02:51 PM »
In 1956, Eisenhower struggled whether to keep Nixon on the ticket, but decided, due to Nixon's very convincing arguments, to keep him.

Say Nixon was not so convincing, and Eisenhower does as FDR did in 1940, drops his VP and picks his Secretary of Agriculture, Ezra Taft Benson of Utah for VP.

(Of course FDR dropped Garner because he had had him for two terms, whereas in this scenario Ike drops Nixon due to allegations of Nixon's impropriety)

Does Ike dropping Nixon and picking Benson have any effect on the 1956 election?

Please discuss.
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« Reply #1 on: June 27, 2010, 10:43:31 PM »
Quote from: Henry "Scoop" Jackson on June 27, 2010, 08:44:47 PM
Ike still wins in a slightly smaller landslide. And wrong thread for this.

Yes, I have moved it to Election what-ifs.
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