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President [[Truman]] had decided not to run for the Presidency again. General [[Eisenhower]] was popular as a candidate for which the Republicans were desperate. He got nominated easily on the Republican party ticket,<ref>A popular slogan for Eisenhower was 'I like Ike.'</ref> while [[Adlai Stevenson]] won the Democratic nomination. The Republicans who had not won a presidential election since 1928 decisively won the 1952 election.<ref>Encyclopedia of Presidents, Dwight D. Eisenhower, by Jim Hargrove, Chilren's Press, 1987, pp. 61-55.</ref>  Eisenhower competed with the more conservative [[Ohio]] senator [[Robert A. Taft]] for the GOP nomination. As correctly predicted by Tennessee congressman [[Carroll Reece]],<ref>December 17, 1951. [https://www.nytimes.com/1951/12/17/archives/gop-in-south-solid-for-taft-says-reece.html G.O.P. IN SOUTH SOLID FOR TAFT, SAYS REECE]. ''The New York Times''. Retrieved October 15, 2021.</ref> Taft gained the strong support of Southern states, whose delegations at the time were "black and tan" factions representing the party's pro-civil rights roots.<ref>Rothbard, Murray N. (June 21, 2011). [https://mises.org/library/swan-song-old-right Swan Song of the Old Right]. ''Mises Institute''. Retrieved October 15, 2021.</ref> ==General election results==

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