# Canonical recap data for 1948 U.S. Presidential Election (1948)
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slug: truman-dewey-election
canonicalUrl: "https://recap.at/1948/truman-dewey-election"
title: 1948 U.S. Presidential Election
subtitle: Truman's stunning upset victory over heavily favored Dewey defied polling and political expectation, reshaping American confidence in democratic resilience.
recapType: global_event
eventStatus: concluded
startDate: 1948-11-02
datePrecision: day
year: 1948
decade: 1940
country:
name: United States
slug: united-states
summaryShort: 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 St
summaryLong: 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.
heroImageUrl: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/ElectoralCollege1948.svg/1280px-ElectoralCollege1948.svg.png"
heroImageCredit: Wikipedia · "1948 United States presidential election"
importance: 84
sourceConfidence: 75
keyFacts: []
timeline: []
sources:
- url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1948_United_States_presidential_election"
  title: 1948 U.S. presidential election
  provider: Wikipedia
related: []
categories:
- election
metaDescription: Presidential elections were held in the United States on November 2, 1948. The Democratic ticket of incumbent President Harry S. Truman and Senator Alben Barkle
wikidataQid: Q568973
archiveSnapshots:
- url: "https://web.archive.org/web/20260617080657/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1948_United_States_presidential_election"
  capturedAt: 2026-06-17
  label: 1948 U.S. presidential election
  originalUrl: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1948_United_States_presidential_election"
taxonomy:
domain: political
eventTypes:
- referendum
canonicalClasses:
- governance
impactRadius: national
velocity: sudden
predictability: scheduled
intentionality: planned
domainCoupling: single_domain
