1952: Truman/Eisenhower vs. Taft/Nixon
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« on: August 06, 2016, 04:44:01 AM »
Could Harry Truman have won reelection with Ike as his running mate and Taft as GOP nominee, who was very conservative and isolationist for his time?
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« Reply #1 on: August 06, 2016, 02:27:07 PM »

269: President Harry Truman/General Dwight Eisenhower - 44.9%
213: Senator Robert Taft/Senator Richard Nixon - 42.0%
49: Senator Strom Thurmond/Senator John Sparkman - 13.0%
Others - 0.1%
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« Reply #2 on: August 12, 2016, 09:15:58 AM »
I understand that Kansas is a GOP stronghold, but how does a Truman-Eisenhower ticket lose there in this scenario?
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« Reply #3 on: August 27, 2016, 01:46:51 PM »
Eisenhower was a lifelong Republican though.
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« Reply #4 on: August 28, 2016, 04:57:00 AM »

I think he was an independent/not affiliated before 1952.
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