In 1840 the race for the presidency the then-President, Martin van Buren was up for re-election against William Henry Harrison, who was strongly backed by the Whig party. Harrison had a very popular campaign song called “Tippecanoe and Tyler Too “, which helped him win the election.
Question: How did the Whig candidate William Henry Harrison win the election of 1840?
Answer: by promoting his childhood on a Virginia plantation