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In 1948, Harry Truman was willing to step aside if Eisenhower wanted the Democratic nomination. I think the idea was for an Eisenhower-Truman ticket, but I could be wrong. Eisenhower, meanwhile, would only have done it if the Republicans in 1948 had nominated Robert Taft (a not implausible prospect).

What if Eisenhower had been elected as a Democrat in 1948 and served until 1957, thus giving the Democrats 24 years in the White House?


Eisenhower was pretty much a Dewey Republican - thoroughly internationalist, budget-minded, but otherwise a very moderate liberal Republican. He'd likely fit in okay with the more moderate New Dealers in the Democratic fold. Odds are, if Dewey is the 1956 nominee for the GOP, Ike would back him.
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