Presidential Campaign Slogans II Quiz

Answer: Ike

Dwight Eisenhower defeated Democrat Adlai Stevenson in the elections of 1952 and 1956. The short, catchy slogan has proved very enduring, and Michael Dukakis attempt to coopt it as "I like Mike" in his 1988 campaign for president.

Answer: Jesse Jackson

Jesse Jackson ran in the 1984 and 1988 Democratic primaries and developed a reputation as the liberal conscience of the Democratic Party.

Answer: Wendell Wilkie

All of these Republicans ran against FDR, but it was Wilkie's 1940 campaign that challenged Roosevelt's third term. Hoover was defeated by FDR in 1932, Landon in 1936 and Dewey in 1944. Another Wilkie slogan: "We don't want Eleanor either."

Answer: Jimmy Carter & Walter Mondale

Carter, hailing from Georgia, was Grits, while Mondale's nickname was Fritz.

Answer: Warren Harding

This slogan came from the 1920 election. His cry of "normalcy" was meant to distinguish his campaign from the previous four years, which had seen World War I, a serious post-war recession, a red scare and massive labor unrest.

Answer: George Wallace

Wallace was the American Independent Party candidate for president in 1968, and ran on a platform that favored racial segregation and tough anti-crime measures.

Answer: Herbert Hoover

This statement is attributed to Hoover's 1928 presidential campaign. The actual quote, from a Republican Bussinessmen's organization publication promised "a chicken in every pot . . . and a car in every backyard, to boot." Hoover won, but four years later, in the midst of the Great Depression, Democrats asked what happened to the prosperity promised by the chicken/car slogan.

Answer: 1972

It was Nixon's third run for the presidency in which he used the slogan. His 1968 slogan was "Nixon's the one." In 1960, he used a variety of slogans, including "I'm for Nixon", "Win with Nixon" and my personal favorite, "Click with Dick."

Answer: Eugene McCarthy

In 1968, student supporters of anti-Vietnam candidate McCarthy got "clean" by shaving their beards, cutting their hair and dressing more formally so they could appeal to middle-America to vote for "Gene". McCarthy made a strong enough showing in the New Hampshire primary to force President Lyndon Johnson out of the race and won several subsequent primaries, but did not have the political clout to win the nomination.

Answer: Andrew Jackson

In 1824, Jackson won more popular votes than any candidate in a four way race, but no candidate won the majority of electoral votes and the House of Representatives gave the presidency to John Quincy Adams. Four years later this slogan helped catapult Jackson to victory by referencing both the previous election and Jackson's general popular democratic appeal to the common man.