Adlai Stevenson

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Stevenson was nominated again in 1956 as a sacrificail lamb. Both parties knew that Eisenhower was going to win in 1956, so the Democrats chose an old New Dealer like Stevenson over more "modern" liberals like Averell Harriman or Lyndon Johnson.

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Stevenson's biggest problem was the "Egghead" factor. He was seen as a Utopian Intelectual and that gave Vice President Nixon the chance to say that he was like a Communist Professor.

In 1956 Stevenson was just unlucky and he ran an underfunded and dismal campaign. At one point a photo came out that showed Stevenson with a hole in his shoe, then the Eisenhower people made leaflets that showed the picture and a caption that read, "Don't let this happen to you, vote for Eisenhower."