The Election Of 1952: Dwight D. Eisenhower vs. Adlai Stevenson II
Intro: Hello and welcome back to another edition of the presidential election series as I'll be discussing the election of 1952; It's been 20 years since the Republicans took control of the White House and now their looking to get back in with the help of a decorated military war hero, but first his gotta go through the Governor of Illnois to make that happen..let's get into it. Truman's Time in Office As you may recall from the 1948 election article, we last left President Harry S. Truman pulling off one of the greatest upsets in election history in order to keep his job as the commander and chief, however things haven't been so easy for Truman following the election as it was discovered that his administration was involved in corruption along with other federal employees. Meanwhile, Truman's approval numbers were taking a tumble during his second term following the 1952 steel strike with Truman using executive action to handle the situation but these ac