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The Socialists and the Red Special
In 19 12, eugene debbs and the socialist party ran their biggest breakthrough campaign for presidency. The socialists won more votes in 19 o eight, when debs ran again. And they even had success at the local level. They won mayoral races and city council seats across the country. Their ideas were slowly being adopted by main stream politicians. In fact, teddy roosevelt declared thatdebbs was one of the most undesirable citizens in america.