United States presidential election, 1948

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President Truman was not thought to be very popular when he announced his candidacy for 1968. The Democrats nominated him, but many other candidates ran and seemed to hold most of the Democratic support. The Republicans nominated New York Governor, Thomas E. Dewey. Dewey had ran against Roosevelt on the Republican ticket in the last election and the polls claimed he would have victory. The election seemed to be firmly in Dewey's favor. But the election polls suprised America. ^[1]

candidates	popular vote	electoral vote
Harry S Truman	24, 105, 812	303
Thomas E. Dewey	21, 970, 065	189
J. Strom Thurmond	1, 169, 063	39
Henry A. Wallace	1, 157, 172	0
Norman Thomas	139, 414	0
Claude A. Watson	103, 224	0
Edward A. Teichert	29, 244	0

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References

1. ↑ Encyclopedia of Presidents, Harry S. Truman, by Jim Hargrove, Children's Press, 1987, p. 72.
2. ↑ A Pictoral History of the U.S. Presidents, by Clare Gibson, Gramercy Books, 2001, p. 124.