Why did republican supporters favor richard nixon as dwight eisenhower's vice-presidential candidate for the 1952 election apex?

Nixon had a strong anti-Communist image

Mr. Nixon begun his political career as an ardent anti-Communist. He was hostile towards socialists and communists who he regarded as archenemies. He entered politics largely by branding his opponent for a House seat as an ally of Communists.

the berlin blockade was an international crisis that arose from an attempt by the soviet union, in 1948–49, to force the western allied powers (the united states, the united kingdom, and france) to abandon their post-world war ii jurisdictions in west berlin. in march 1948 the allied powers decided to unite their different occupation zones of germany into a single economic unit. in protest, the soviet representative withdrew from the allied control council. coincident with the introduction of a new deutsche mark in west berlin (as throughout west germany), which the soviets regarded as a violation of agreements with the allies, the soviet occupation forces in eastern germany began a blockade of all rail, road, and water communications between berlin and the west. on june 24 the soviets announced that the four-power administration of berlin had ceased and that the allies no longer had any rights there.