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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
Harry S. Truman’s stunning, come-from-behind victory in the 1948 presidential election has encouraged frissons of optimism for long-shot candidates ever since. Walter Mondale invoked the 1948 ...
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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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1948 Election
Nov. 3, 1948 (UP) - Humble and greatly excited ... Dewey had conceded the election. ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 22, 1950 (UP) - President Truman today warned world Communism that this country will ...
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1948 Election
Nov. 3, 1948 (UP) - Humble and greatly excited ... Dewey had conceded the election. ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 22, 1950 (UP) - President Truman today warned world Communism that this country will ...