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The 1948 United States presidential election was the 41st quadrennial presidential election.It was held on Tuesday, November 2, 1948. In one of the greatest election upsets in American history, [2] [3] [4] incumbent Democratic President Harry S. Truman defeated heavily favored Republican New York Governor Thomas E. Dewey, and third-party candidates, becoming the third president to succeed to ...
Wallace was the popular candidate and favored by the convention delegates. As the convention began, Wallace had more than half the votes necessary to secure his re-nomination. [2] By contrast, the Gallup poll said that 2% of those surveyed wanted then-Senator Truman to become vice president. [3]
Truman also energized segments of the Democratic base by ending segregation in the military and recognizing Israel. [10] Gallup and other polling organizations stopped polling in mid-October, believing that Dewey would win the election, and failed to predict Truman's comeback or his subsequent victory. [2]
Why Truman’s 1948 upset is no template for the 2024 U.S. presidential election, according to the expert who wrote the book on polling failure W. Joseph Campbell April 5, 2024 at 10:27 AM
President Harry S. Truman displays an issue of the Chicago Daily Tribune with the headline, "Dewey Defeats Truman." Credit - Bettmann Archive/Getty Images Polls are a centerpiece of our political ...
Updated October 18, 2024 at 7:44 PM. WASHINGTON - Allan Lichtman, the historian who correctly predicted nine of the ten most recent presidential elections, said in an interview that any October ...
The 1944 United States presidential election was the 40th quadrennial presidential election. It was held on Tuesday, November 7, 1944. The election took place during World War II, which ended the following year. Incumbent Democratic President Franklin D. Roosevelt defeated Republican Thomas E. Dewey to win an unprecedented fourth term.
2024 election update: Polls, news, presidential candidates today | Oct. 8. Fox local. Alex Meier. October 8, 2024 at 3:14 PM. Voters cast their ballots at a polling station during early voting at ...