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A major reason that Republican leaders supported Dwight Eisenhower for President in 1952 was that they believed the frontrunner, Senator Robert Taft, was unelectable. Taft was widely seen as an isolationist arch-conservative who opposed the New Deal, positions that were very unpopular at the time. After the disappointment of 1948, the GOP was desperate to win and the moderate Eisenhower prevailed at the convention.

But was Taft really doomed to failure in 1952? Could he have possibly won the general election?
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