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1948 U.S. Presidential Election

Truman's stunning upset victory over heavily favored Dewey defied polling and political expectation, reshaping American confidence in democratic resilience.

WhenNovember 2, 1948

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Presidential elections were held in the United States on November 2, 1948. The Democratic ticket of incumbent President Harry S. Truman and Senator Alben Barkley defeated the Republican ticket of New York Governor Thomas E. Dewey and California Governor Earl Warren and the Dixiecrat ticket of South Carolina Governor Strom Thurmond and Mississippi Governor Fielding Wright in one of the greatest election upsets in American history.

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TypeReferendum
ClassGovernance
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