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Who was the most influential political candidate proposing communist idealism in America during the progressive era?

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Answer: Eugene V. Debs

Explanation:

The Progressive era of 1896 – 1916 saw Eugene Debs become the leader of the Socialist movement in the United States when he founded the Socialist Party of America in 1901.

He ran for President as a candidate of this party five different times with the highest percentage of votes he ever got being 6% in 1912. Mr. Debs was in and out of prison for perceived actions against the government with the last being when he spoke against the U.S. joining WW1.