Tag: quincy howe

  • Electoral College Dropout, Part 5: Kefauver’s Southern Strategy

    Electoral College Dropout, Part 5: Kefauver’s Southern Strategy

    In 1948, disaffected Southerners tried to hijack the Electoral College because they felt that their region was getting ignored by the national parties. Kefauver sympathized with their complaints… but he felt there was a better way.

  • Lights, Camera, Action!

    Lights, Camera, Action!

    If you think the first presidential debate on TV was between Nixon and JFK, you’re off by four years. It was Adlai Stevenson and Estes Kefauver who first took their case to the airwaves. Find out what they discussed – and how it showed the real differences between the candidates.