Word: izenour
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Dates: during 1952-1952
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When clerks began to tabulate the vote, they discovered what the voters had written: Dwight D. Eisenhower, Eisonhauer, Eausonhower, Isenhower, Eneshower, Izenour, Ikenhoner, Ike. As the returns came in, politicians across the U.S. listened in amazement. This week the unofficial count gave Ike 106,946 write-in votes to 128,605 for Favorite Son Stassen, whose name was printed on the ballot* and listed on the voting machines. While Stassen got more votes than any other candidate, the total write-in vote was greater than his. This blow in his home state, after he ran a poor third...