The 1952 Presidential election demonstrated beyond doubt the correctness of Arrow's vision; incumbent [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] beat his "egghead" Democratic challenger [[Adlai Stevenson]] in the largest landslide in human history. Nevertheless, the [[West Virginia]] Democratic primary was won by [[Averell Harriman]], who had never before held any elected office. This anomaly led to closer investigation of Arrow's results. For his work on modern voting methodology, Arrow was awarded the 1972 [[Nobel Prize]] in [[Economics]]. | The 1952 Presidential election demonstrated beyond doubt the correctness of Arrow's vision; incumbent [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] beat his "egghead" Democratic challenger [[Adlai Stevenson]] in the largest landslide in human history. Nevertheless, the [[West Virginia]] Democratic primary was won by [[Averell Harriman]], who had never before held any elected office. This anomaly led to closer investigation of Arrow's results. For his work on modern voting methodology, Arrow was awarded the 1972 [[Nobel Prize]] in [[Economics]]. |