UNIVAC predicts an Eisenhower landslide and people disbelieving it think some mistake occurred and then tried to make it be more reasonable. Starts about 1:35 picks up again around 11:35
The 1952 election is probably the most interesting one I know about. Truman attempted a 3rd term but then quickly backed out after Iowa, Estes Kefauver who was investigating crime bosses almost won the nomination but party bosses were friends with crime bosses and so a dark horse Stevenson came forth. There was talk of Eisenhower running on both parties ticket, a computer predicted the results, got it right but then everyone thought they had just made a mistake... There's so much there
Example: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5vjD0d8D9Ec
UNIVAC predicts an Eisenhower landslide and people disbelieving it think some mistake occurred and then tried to make it be more reasonable. Starts about 1:35 picks up again around 11:35
Background https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nHov1Atrjzk
The 1952 election is probably the most interesting one I know about. Truman attempted a 3rd term but then quickly backed out after Iowa, Estes Kefauver who was investigating crime bosses almost won the nomination but party bosses were friends with crime bosses and so a dark horse Stevenson came forth. There was talk of Eisenhower running on both parties ticket, a computer predicted the results, got it right but then everyone thought they had just made a mistake... There's so much there