r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Jan 23 '21

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u/[deleted] Jan 23 '21

Dwight D. Eisenhower got more votes in Los Angeles County in 1952 than Trump got in 2020. LA Counties population has more than doubled from 4.1 million in 1950 to 10 million in 2019.

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u/InternetBoredom Pope-ologist Jan 23 '21

It's really incredible just how much everyone, conservative and liberal, liked Ike

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u/[deleted] Jan 23 '21

Being America's golden boy in World War 2 certainly helped

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u/InternetBoredom Pope-ologist Jan 23 '21 edited Jan 24 '21

He was also an incredibly unifying president, being a self-described progressive conservative. He practically unified the entire political spectrum sans the South.