When did the Korean War start ITTL?
Around mid-1950.
President Taft’s greatest challenge during these four years arrived in 1950 with the situation in Korea. Within a few weeks after the North Korean People’s Army invaded South Korea and started a civil war, calls for American involvement amplified. Under significant public pressure, Taft declared his approval for naval and air forces in Korea, and they were brought over after an official declaration of war by Congress. Taft refused to commit boots on the ground, however, for fear of escalating the war and bringing the Soviets along in the conflict. Fighting remained in a stalemate for the next two years and Taft grew pessimistic about American involvement while his approval ratings experienced a great hit over time.
Is not a vote for Taft effectively a vote for Eisenhower, given Taft's life expectancy?
I pretty much already admitted so in an earlier post here