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1956 Dwight Eisenhower Presidential Election
Dwight D. Eisenhower was a famous commander of the Allied forces during the World War II. He had headed a lot of Allied invasions, the first being the invasion called Operation Torch in 1942. He eventually became the Chief of Staff and worked for demobilization of the army and unified them under a central command. He later retired in 1948 and became the President of Columbia University. |
He eventually was nominated by the Republicans for candidacy of President and won the elections in 1953 while stating that he would personally go to Korea and stop the war there. His campaign was against “Korea, Communism and Corruption” that was the policy of the Truman administration.
Eisenhower later campaigned for re-election after the 1956 election. The election campaign was a re-run of the last election as both the nominees of the two parties -- Dwight Eisenhower (Republican) and Adlai Stevenson (Democrat) were the same.
While Eisenhower had defeated Stevenson to become the President in 1953, Eisenhower still faced some problems due to his own ill-health and heart problems along with the constant popularity of the Democrat nominee.
But, Eisenhower had successfully curbed the war in Korea, and America was prospering economically. So, he still had the upper hand against Stevenson who had never help any Office.
Nonetheless, Stevenson campaigned very hard against Eisenhower, both sides using television as a medium to the maximum. While he promised increase in government spending and treaties with Soviet Union, Eisenhower maintained the lead due to his World War II popularity.
Eisenhower also supported the Supreme Court ruling against legal separation in the education system that earned him 40 percent of the black votes. Eventually, Eisenhower emerged victorious with a 57 percent vote and won 41 of 48 states.
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