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1948 versus 2024: Insights from Truman beats Dewey for a November Biden-Trump rematch
Here are five takeaways from the 1948 election year, in which Truman won and Dewey lost, that offer insights into 2024. In 1948, the U.S. economy was struggling with the dislocations from World ...
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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
Mondale lost in a 49-state landslide ... In their respective polls, Gallup and Crossley projected Dewey’s victory by 5 percentage points. Truman carried the popular vote by 4.5 points and ...
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The 1948 Presidential Election
1948 - Truman runs against Thomas E. Dewey, the Republican nominee in the 1948 presidential election. The scientific pollsters, including George Gallup, all predicted that Dewey would beat Truman.
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Not just Trump – Congress also gives Biden a golden State of the Union opportunity
At the time, most people thought that Truman would lose to New York governor Thomas Dewey, hence the famous image of the Missourian holding a newspaper that says “Dewey Defeats Truman”.
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1948 Election
WASHINGTON, Nov. 3, 1948 (UPI) --Governor Thomas E. Dewey conceded today that President Truman had been elected in the closest presidential race in 32 years. Truman with big electoral lead ...
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1948 Election
WASHINGTON, Nov. 3, 1948 (UPI) --Governor Thomas E. Dewey conceded today that President Truman had been elected in the closest presidential race in 32 years. Truman with big electoral lead ...