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Stevenson campaigned hard against Eisenhower, with television ads for the first time being the dominant medium for both sides. Eisenhower's 1952 election victory had been due in large part to winning the female vote; hence, during this campaign there was a plethora of "housewife"-focused ads.
When the 1952 Republican National Convention opened in Chicago, most political experts rated Taft and Eisenhower as about equal in delegate vote totals. Eisenhower's managers, led by both Dewey and Massachusetts Senator Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., accused Taft of "stealing" delegate votes in Southern states such as Texas and Georgia, and claimed that Taft's leaders in those states had unfairly ...
Despite some campaigners writing the state off for the GOP, [23] Tennessee was won by Eisenhower with 49.21 percent of the popular vote, against Stevenson’s 48.60 percent. This was a slight increase upon Eisenhower’s 1952 margin, due entirely to large gains from 1952 amongst the substantial black electorate of Memphis.
Eisenhower received 61.19% of the vote to Stevenson's 38.78%, a margin of 22.41%. Eisenhower won 4,340,340 votes, the most ever received by a Republican presidential candidate in the state's history. New York weighed in for this election as eight percentage points more Republican than the national average.
Eisenhower vs. Stevenson may refer to one of two United States presidential elections won by Dwight D. Eisenhower against Adlai Stevenson II: 1952 United States presidential election , won by Dwight D. Eisenhower against Adlai Stevenson II
Dwight D. Eisenhower's tenure as the 34th president of the United States began with his first inauguration on January 20, 1953, and ended on January 20, 1961. Eisenhower, a Republican from Kansas, took office following his landslide victory over Democratic nominee Adlai Stevenson in the 1952 presidential election.
The Stevenson campaign created the "I Love the Gov" advertisement in response to "Ike for President". [43] Eisenhower won the election with 55.2% of the popular vote, defeating Stevenson by a margin of 353 electoral votes. [44]
Eisenhower ran with California Senator Richard Nixon as Vice President, and Stevenson ran with Alabama Senator John Sparkman. Eisenhower carried New York with 55.45% of the vote to Stevenson's 43.55%, a victory margin of 11.90%. New York weighed in for this election as 1% more Republican than the national average. [3]