The outstanding General who led the Allies to victory in Europe in WWII, promised to get the USA and other nations out of the quagmire in Korea and bring peace and prosperity back to the nation. For the most part he succeeded, unfortunately he was not very good at bringing civil rights and equality to a divided country; segregation was all too frequent in the USA until the mid 1960's when LBJ became president.
younger voters
The south
Eisenhowers running mate was Richard Nixon
People were reassured both by his charm and the leadership qualities he had shown in World War II.
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Working class voters
Bill Clinton
Working-class voters
Ike was Eisenhower's nickname. A campaign slogan in the 1952 election was "I like Ike."
Because they used his picture for paper money so he was and still is a 10.
Ike
He promised to look out for the common people and votes would be majority rule.