Election Sunday: Adlai and The Always-Rans (1952) w/ Harry Enten

This Day in Esoteric Political History

Jody Avirgan & Radiotopia

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🗓️ 16 August 2020

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

It’s August 16th. On this day in 1956, Adlai Stevenson accepted the nomination for Democratic candidate for president. It was the second election in a row that he would go up against Eisenhower — and Stevenson was almost nominated again the following cycle.

Jody and Niki are joined by Harry Enten of CNN to talk about Stevenson and other figures who keep popping up in American politics.

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to this day in esoteric political history from Radiotopia.
0:07.6	My name is Jody Avergan.
0:09.2	This day, Augustth, 1956 at the Democratic National Convention, John F. Kennedy introduced
0:18.2	Adly E. Stevenson as the Democratic nominee for President Stevenson, the former Governor of Illinois had been
0:24.4	nominee in 1952 was now the nominee in 56 and he would actually make a last
0:29.3	minute attempt to be the nominee in 1960. If you don't know that much about Stevenson
0:34.4	despite him being the nominee for president twice and almost a third time it's
0:37.6	because well he never actually won but he is a lasting figure in
0:41.4	Democratic politics and we are here to talk about that influence.
0:45.2	So I'm joined as always by Nicole Hemmer of Columbia.
0:47.7	Hello Nicky.
0:48.7	Hey Jody.
0:50.1	And since this is our Sunday election special, we can stretch out a little bit.
0:54.6	So we thought we'd talk not just about Stevenson, but also stretch out and talk about other
0:57.9	perennial candidates in American political history.
1:00.8	And who better to join us in a discussion of people who just keep coming back
1:04.0	than our first repeat guest on this show. He's Harry Inton of CNN, my former 538 compatriot.
1:10.0	And yeah, welcome back to the show, Harry, first time I get to say that to a guest.
1:13.6	Oh, I feel so, so honored.
1:15.6	It's like a two-bob miracle, you know, that's the Jewish Valentine's Day.
1:20.8	Yeah, Adlai, a podcast guest.
1:23.8	So how rare is it, Harry, for someone to be nominated twice in a row,
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