Wikipedia:Today's featured article/March 11, 2022

The Draft Eisenhower movement was a widespread political movement to persuade Dwight D. Eisenhower to contest the presidency of the United States. Due to his popularity as Army chief of staff, he was widely expected to run in the 1948 election. Polls ranked him ahead of other candidates; he was approached by various politicians. James Roosevelt invited all the Democratic delegates to a caucus attempting to make a joint appeal, but Eisenhower refused to enter politics. In 1951, the draft movement re-emerged, while Eisenhower had not announced his political affiliation. Republican senator Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. managed his party's efforts to draft Eisenhower. On March 11, 1952, Eisenhower won the Republican primary in New Hampshire, and later agreed to run. Nominated by the Republicans, he won the 1952 election by a huge margin. The slogan "I like Ike" is associated with this movement (advertisement shown). The Draft Eisenhower movement has been referenced in various later draft movements.