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Progressive Party (United States, 1948)
The
United States Progressive Party of 1948
was a
left-wing
political party
that ran former Vice President
Henry A. Wallace
of
Iowa
for president and U.S. Senator
Glen H. Taylor
of
Idaho
for vice president in 1948. While sharing the name of the parties that
Theodore Roosevelt
and
Robert La Follette
ran on as
third party
candidates in the presidential elections of 1912 and 1924, respectively, it was not related to either. Unlike the 1912 and 1924 Progressive Parties, whose candidates both made strong showings and racked up
Electoral College
votes, the 1948 Progressive Party failed to win a single state, coming in fourth in the
November election
behind
Strom Thurmond
's
Dixiecrat Party
.
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