Remember this story about Adlai Stevenson?

The Political Brain:
The Role of Emotion in Deciding the Fate of the Nation
By Drew Westen
New York, NY: Public Affairs
2007

Pg. 25:

When the eloquent Adlai Stevenson was running for president against Dwight Eisenhower, a woman gushed to the Democratic candidate after a rally, “Every thinking person will be voting for you.” Stevenson supposedly replied: “Madam, that is not enough. I need a majority.”

Back in those days, one could be a Democrat or Republican and regardless of political differences, we were Americans which strived for the common good of wanting a better life for ourselves and our children.

Suppose coming out of WWII where common blood was spilled had a lot to do with it.