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My APUSH textbook said Adlai Stevenson "had a reputation as an honest politician in a state (Illinois) where Democrats were often corrupt." What made Illinois Democrats especially corrupt around the time of the 1952 Election? How did Stevenson interacted with said corrupt Democrats?

by /u/Casiphoner in /r/AskHistorians

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