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  2. 1948 United States presidential election - Wikipedia

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    The 1948 presidential election contrasted with other elections across the world during this period, for Truman was a war leader who managed to win election (Churchill and De Gaulle both left office shortly after the end of the war).

  3. Dewey Defeats Truman - Wikipedia

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    "Dewey Defeats Truman" was an erroneous banner headline on the front page of the early editions of the Chicago Daily Tribune (later Chicago Tribune) on November 3, 1948, the day after incumbent United States president Harry S. Truman won an upset victory over his opponent, Governor Thomas E. Dewey of New York, in the 1948 presidential election.

  4. 1948 United States elections - Wikipedia

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    In the presidential election, President Truman ran for reelection despite being widely seen, even by fellow Democrats, as a vulnerable incumbent who was too risky for the party to nominate, but he ultimately won his party's nomination. In the fight for the Republican nomination, Thomas E. Dewey, who lost the previous presidential election, was ...

  5. Why Truman’s 1948 upset is no template for the 2024 U.S ...

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    Walter Mondale invoked the 1948 election in his race against President Ronald Reagan in 1984, insisting the polls signaling his overwhelming defeat weren’t picking up the popular support flowing ...

  6. Harry S. Truman 1948 presidential campaign - Wikipedia

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    Stevenson lost the 1952 presidential election to the Republican nominee – Dwight D. Eisenhower – in a landslide. [193] Truman's 1948 campaign and the election are most remembered for the failure of polls, which predicted an easy win for Governor Dewey. [194]

  7. 1948 United States presidential election in New York

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    All contemporary 48 states were part of the 1948 United States presidential election. Voters chose 47 electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president. New York was won by local Republican Governor Thomas E. Dewey, who was running against incumbent Democratic President Harry S. Truman.

  8. 1948 United States presidential election in Florida - Wikipedia

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    The 1948 United States presidential election in Florida was held on November 2, 1948. Voters chose eight electors, or representatives to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Harry S. Truman won by 87,708 votes or 15.19 percentage points over his Republican opponent Thomas E. Dewey.

  9. 1948 United States presidential election in Minnesota

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    Voters chose 11 electors, or representatives to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Minnesota was won by the Democratic candidate, incumbent President Harry S. Truman, who had assumed the presidency following the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1945, won the state over New York governor Thomas E. Dewey by a ...