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This is the scenario:

Let's say that the Marshall report recommends a greater level of American support for the Kuomintang. Thanks to American advisors and support along with some KMT progress on domestic reform and some luck, the KMT troops hold the line slightly better.

But soon, bodybags start making their way home and Truman loses the election to a Dewey-Taft ticket running on a platform of troop withdrawal, a moderate domestic policy and an isolationist foreign policy.

This leads to Nanking being overrun by mid 1951 and Eisenhower, disgusted by Dewey's isolationism decides to allow himself to be drafted for the Democratic party nomination.

The party bosses support him overwhelmingly - leading to a Eisenhower-Stevenson ticket.

In November 1952 - the battle lines are drawn.
Eisenhower runs the campaign on a mixture of "I LIKE IKE" - punctuated by occasional critiques of Dewey's 'appeasement' of communism.

President Dewey runs a pugnacious campaign - accusing Eisenhower of 'warmongering for votes' and campaigning on a strong economy.

How does the map look?
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