# SDMB Retrospective US Presidential Elections 1952 **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [June 10, 2014, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-retrospective-us-presidential-elections-1952/690452 "2014-06-10T02:55:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f04885/32.png) [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2014, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-retrospective-us-presidential-elections-1952/690452/1 "2014-06-10T02:55:23Z")
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1952\_US\_Presidential\_Election](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1952_US_Presidential_Election) I’d probably have voted for Stevenson especially with hindsight about the CIA coup against Mossadegh and Arbenz. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2014, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-retrospective-us-presidential-elections-1952/690452/2 "2014-06-10T04:44:54Z")
> [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](#): > > [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1952\_US\_Presidential\_Election](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1952_US_Presidential_Election) > > I’d probably have voted for Stevenson especially with hindsight about the CIA coup against Mossadegh and Arbenz. And about the Geneva Accords, I should hope. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2014, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-retrospective-us-presidential-elections-1952/690452/3 "2014-06-10T20:16:12Z")
Stevenson, by a hair, but only because I’m a loyal Democrat. I like Ike, and the Dems are looking pretty tired after holding the White House for twenty years. ---
**Author:** ![LawMonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2014, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-retrospective-us-presidential-elections-1952/690452/4 "2014-06-10T21:52:06Z")
I’d have a hard time voting against Ike. My main hesitation is more about his running mate. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2014, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-retrospective-us-presidential-elections-1952/690452/5 "2014-06-10T23:44:46Z")
Like John Sparkman is much better? ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2014, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-retrospective-us-presidential-elections-1952/690452/6 "2014-06-11T00:49:19Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Stevenson, by a hair, but only because I’m a loyal Democrat. I like Ike, and the Dems are looking pretty tired after holding the White House for twenty years. This. Hell, I still like Ike and he was probably the better choice, but Dems will be Dems. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2014, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-retrospective-us-presidential-elections-1952/690452/7 "2014-06-11T03:15:48Z")
> [@Captain\_Amazing](#): > > Like John Sparkman is much better? Well, as a human being, yes, I think so. Sure. Although the Alabaman did sign the Southern Manifesto and vote against the Civil Rights Act of 1957, those lay in the future as we cast our 1952 ballots: [John Sparkman - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Sparkman) ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2014, 9:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-retrospective-us-presidential-elections-1952/690452/8 "2014-06-12T09:37:18Z")
Progressive, because I like Charlotta. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2014, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-retrospective-us-presidential-elections-1952/690452/9 "2014-06-12T11:17:04Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Well, as a human being, yes, I think so. Sure. Although the Alabaman did sign the Southern Manifesto and vote against the Civil Rights Act of 1957, those lay in the future as we cast our 1952 ballots: [John Sparkman - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Sparkman) Sure, but so are most of Nixon’s misdeeds. Right now, all he’s really done disreputably is Redbait Helen Gahagan Douglas and accepted a puppy from some businessmen.