In the 1952 election General Eisenhower was portrayed in radio and television commercials as a victorious general who could"clean up the mess in In campaign his image as a good family man was constantly reinforced by his references to his wife, Mamie. His Democratic opponent Adlai Stevenson was divorced and lacked the enhancement of image that a successful marriage can contribute. At one period he trie somewhat pathetically to acquire this image anyway by appearing on television with his son, his daughter-in-law in a setting that was depicted as their"happy home." As far as the majority of voters was concerned, it appeared that General Eisenhower won the battle of images in the 1952 campaign.