What if Dwight Eisenhower decides not to seek the Republican nomination in 1952 and runs as an Independent against Democratic nominee Adlai Stevenson and the Republican nominee Robert Taft? How would a likely election with no candidate receiving the needed 266 electoral votes end?
Gov. Adlai Stevenson/Sen. John Sparkman - 213 electoral votes
Sen. Robert Taft/Sen. Richard Nixon - 115 electoral votes
Gen. Dwight Eisenhower/Gov. Harold Stassen - 203 electoral votes
(266 electoral votes needed to win)
Gov. Adlai Stevenson/Sen. John Sparkman - 213 electoral votes
Sen. Robert Taft/Sen. Richard Nixon - 115 electoral votes
Gen. Dwight Eisenhower/Gov. Harold Stassen - 203 electoral votes
(266 electoral votes needed to win)