At least Stevenson was pro-American. Of course Eisenhower carried Wisconsin because Fonzie liked Ike, and his bike liked Ike. Ayyyyy...
My grandfather was an old-school Democrat, pretty well-connected in the local party. He quit and voted for Reagan in 1980.
One of the things he left me was a book he kept of the Collected Wit and Wisdom of Adalai Stevenson. He was widely regarded as the major Progressive “Pink” of his time.
I swear today this thing reads like it was written by some middle-of-the-road Republican. The spectrum has shifted THAT far Left.