Stevenson, Adlai

Stevenson, Adlai E. Putting First Things First A Democratic View. Foreign Affairs 38(1) (January i960), pp. 191-208. 

The 1952 U.S. presidential election was the first time that a computer was used to predict an outcome. The CBS News computer predicted that Dwight Eisenhower would defeat Adlai Stevenson, even though a number of polls predicted Stevenson s victory. Because of this discrepancy, the projection was not announced for some time. 

Despite their rising concern about radiation after the 1954 Pacific bomb tests, the American people accepted the Eisenhower administration s contention that the risks of fallout were less disturbing than the dangers of falling behind the Soviets in the nuclear-arms race. In the 1956 presidential election. Democratic candidate Adlai Stevenson questioned the administration s position on fallout and advocated a nudear-test ban but failed to win broad support or discernibly undermine public confidence in Eisenhower s polides. ... 

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