Dwight Eisenhower was worried on Election Day in 1956, but not about winning the presidency for the second time. “I don’t give a darn about the election,” he said that day. Eisenhower was busy trying ...

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This year’s election is shaping up to be the first presidential rematch since President Dwight D. Eisenhower faced Adlai Stevenson in 1956. And that’s not the only thing the two races have in common.

"Ike sweeps U.S." reads a banner headline on the front of the Nov. 5, 1952 Rapid City Journal. Dwight Eisenhower, a U.S. Army general who served as Supreme Allied Commander in Europe, was elected the ...

It was the first real television campaign. It was the first modern personality campaign. It was the first campaign to target women and black voters. It was the first time modern Republicans saw big ...