Describe a Henry Wallace 1948/ Dwight Eisenhower 1952 voter

[LabourJersey]

Was just wondering about these elections, and was curious what people think about this hypothetical voter.

[LAKISYLVANIA]

Me?

[Podgy the Bear]

Probably Wallace himself.  He endorsed Eisenhower in the 1956 election.  Wallace was of a peculiar breed--and was all over the political spectrum throughout his life.

[Calthrina950]

Likely a voter in New York State. If I am not mistaken, it was Wallace's best state in 1948, and the substantial vote share which he drew in New York City hurt Truman, allowing for Dewey to narrowly carry the state. Eisenhower won the votes of many New Deal Democrats and Northeastern progressives in both 1952 and 1956, explaining his strong results throughout much of the Northeast and Midwest in those two elections. In particular, New York was to give him more than 60% of the vote in 1956; he was the last Republican presidential nominee to receive so high a percentage of the vote in the state.

[LabourJersey]

Probably Wallace himself.  He endorsed Eisenhower in the 1956 election.  Wallace was of a peculiar breed--and was all over the political spectrum throughout his life.

Really? I had no idea--would have assumed he would have reluctantly backed Stevenson or didn't bother with that election.

[KaiserDave]

Me?

Although I probably would've been a swing voter for every candidate in 48

[Sumner 1868]

Given Eisenhower's call to negotiate ceasefire in Korea this isn't far-fetched at all.

[King of Kensington]

Likely a voter in New York State. If I am not mistaken, it was Wallace's best state in 1948, and the substantial vote share which he drew in New York City hurt Truman, allowing for Dewey to narrowly carry the state. Eisenhower won the votes of many New Deal Democrats and Northeastern progressives in both 1952 and 1956, explaining his strong results throughout much of the Northeast and Midwest in those two elections. In particular, New York was to give him more than 60% of the vote in 1956; he was the last Republican presidential nominee to receive so high a percentage of the vote in the state.

Most of Henry Wallace's votes came from Jews in the Bronx, Brooklyn and Lower East Side.

Maybe a Jewish socialist turned capitalist who moved from the Bronx to Scarsdale? 

[darklordoftech]

Someone who saw Henry Wallace as the best candidate for civil rights in 1948 and disapproved of Sparkman’s presence on the Stevenson ticket.

[538Electoral]

Someone who saw Henry Wallace as the best candidate for civil rights in 1948 and disapproved of Sparkman’s presence on the Stevenson ticket.

[coolface1572]

Wallace voted for Ike and left the progressive party because many thought he was a communist.

[Orser67]

About 1/3 of Wallace's total national popular vote came from Brooklyn, Manhattan, or the Bronx. In each county, Wallace won at least 10% of the vote, and Eisenhower improved on Dewey's total by about 5-10%. So I imagine that there were a decent number of Wallace/Eisenhower voters from those areas. Not really sure what type of voter they'd be, though. Perhaps some were anti-war voters motivated by Eisenhower's promise to end the Korean War, and others were liberal Republicans who liked Wallace enough to vote for him over Dewey.

[King of Kensington]

Dewey was pretty much your standard WASP Yankee Republican.  Eisenhower had a much wider appeal - I believe he won the white Catholic vote and did respectably (around 40%) with Jewish voters (though it was affluent, suburban Jews that were more GOP in the 1950s - the affluent liberal vs. outer borough conservative phenomenon took off in the late 1960s I believe).