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

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Name: Helen Nolan Tobin
Age: 37
Party: Democratic Party
Occupation: Housewife (1935-1940) State Representative (1940-)

Helen Nolan was born to a middle class family in Boston and she was very smart, often getting top marks in her grades and going to college to become a teacher, as she loved teaching. During her college years, she met State Representative Edward Tobin, who she worked for and fell in love with, and was 10 years her senior, and she expected to be a political housewife until her husband's retirement or death or her death. But World War 2 happened and her husband died in a bombing raid in United Kingdom while meeting Ambassador Kennedy. After her husband's death, she became a State Representative and was often called the most Progressive state representative in the State House, often supporting radical causes, but she has good relations with the Boston Irish Machine and she was one of the only Democrats to endorse Henry Wallace in 1948, but she is a anti-communist and a Progressive and Social Democrat.

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Name: Howard Smith
Age: 46
Political Party: Democratic Party, Liberal Party of New York
History:
New York Assemblyman 1959-
New York City Councilman 1955-1958
Union Chapter Leader 1952-1955
Plumber 1945-1954
Solider 1941-1945
Plumber 1932-1941
Biography: Born in New York City to a "working class" family, Howard was inspired by some of his relatives more radical ideas, with one being a Communist Party USA member and another being a Socialist, Howard was a somewhat well-educated man that you could talk to about philosophy, or political theory or anything in general, Howard became a plumber following his graduation from high-school and became devoted for securing more rights for his fellow workers, and in became the head of his local chapter of his union after the death of the previous leader. Following meetings with various leaders within the New York Liberal Party, he ran in a Special Election to the New York City Council and won as a Liberal, defeating a Democrat and a Republican in a three way race, and as elected to the New York Assembly in 1958 with the endorsements of the Democrats and the Republicans. As a Assemblyman, Howard Smith is considered to be one of the most left wing Assemblymen, with rumors that he is a Socialist or a sympathizer of the ideology due to his friendships with prominent socialists, rumors he vehemently dismisses, having campaigned for the Democrats and Liberal candidates in the 1956/1960 elections.

Voting History (Secret):
1932: Norman Thomas
1936: Norman Thomas
1940: Norman Thomas
1944: Franklin Roosevelt due to the war
1948: Henry Wallace
1952: Darlington Hoopes
1956: Dwight Eisenhower due to ballot access
1960: William Douglas