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A Dewey-Beats-Truman Moment in the Offing? In 1948 Americans had a similar choice and they rejected the staid, nostalgia path. Hunter DeRensis . Aug 24, 2020 12:01 AM.

Truman survived a walkout by the Dixiecrat faction of the Democrats at the convention and successfully used the “do-nothing” Congress as a weapon against the favored Republican candidate, Dewey.

In 1948, pollsters - and headline writers - were left red-faced when Harry Truman defied expectations to beat Thomas Dewey to the White House.

Here are five takeaways from the 1948 election year, in which Truman won and Dewey lost, that offer insights into 2024. 1. Bidenomics versus MAGAnomics and a world on fire ...

We know which one is the movie star. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is an icon to millions. His opponent, state Treasurer Phil Angelides, winner of a Democratic primary both brutal and feckless, is ...

1948 versus 2024: Insights from Truman beats Dewey for a November Biden-Trump rematch Comparing 1948 and 2024 offers lessons and warnings for Biden and Trump this Presidents Day weekend as they ...

Truman beat Dewey and the race wasn't even that close (Truman won by 3.5 percentage points). What had gone wrong? The pollsters had stopped polling a week before the election.

It couldn't have been taken in Columbus, where the Evening Dispatch correctly called the race for Democrat Truman over Republican New York Gov. Thomas E. Dewey on its front page of Nov. 3, 1948.

President-elect Harry S. Truman laughs heartily as he holds an early edition of the Chicago Tribune for November 4, 1948, with the headline “Dewey Defeats Truman.” ...

In the legacy of presidential history, Harry Truman may be best remembered by one photograph. So how did the 33rd president wind up holding a newspaper that showed him losing an election he had ...