"It was a political explosion of atomic proportions," said Senator Henry Cabot Lodge. "It's a revolution," burbled one hardened Republican professional. Both comparisons may have been somewhat extravagant. But no one could deny last week that in Massachusetts' presidential primary there was a resounding boom for Candidate Dwight David Eisenhower.
On the Republican end, it was 254,838 votes for Ike v. 110,406 for Taft, all write-ins on both sides. On Democratic ballots, Ike had another 16,107 write-ins, running second to Estes Kefauver's 29,-451. In all, Eisenhower got 62% of the record 433,890 votes cast by Republicans and Democrats—more than the...
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