1948 United States presidential election

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United States presidential election

The 1948 United States presidential election was a closely watched contest in which incumbent President Harry S. Truman won an upset victory over Republican Thomas E. Dewey amid a fractured Democratic Party and significant third-party challenges.

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1948 United States presidential election canonical 12
1948 United States elections 2
Dewey Defeats Truman headline 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States presidential election ⓘ
associatedEvent 1948 United States presidential election self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Dewey Defeats Truman headline
campaignSlogan Give 'Em Hell, Harry! ⓘ
campaignStrategy whistle-stop train tour by Harry S. Truman ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
democraticNominee President Harry S. Truman ⓘ
surface form: Harry S. Truman
dixiecratNominee Strom Thurmond ⓘ
electoralSystem Electoral College ⓘ
electoralVotesRunnerUp 189 ⓘ
electoralVotesStromThurmond 39 ⓘ
electoralVotesWinner 303 ⓘ
followedBy 1952 United States presidential election ⓘ
follows 1944 United States presidential election ⓘ
hasEndDate 1948-11-02 ⓘ
hasStartDate 1948-11-02 ⓘ
incumbentParty Democratic Party ⓘ
surface form: Democratic Party (United States)
incumbentPresident President Harry S. Truman ⓘ
surface form: Harry S. Truman
language English ⓘ
location United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
loser Thomas E. Dewey ⓘ
mainIssue Cold War foreign policy ⓘ
civil rights policy ⓘ
post–World War II economic adjustment ⓘ
notableFor upset victory of Harry S. Truman over Thomas E. Dewey ⓘ
widespread but incorrect predictions of a Dewey victory ⓘ
partOf United States presidential election ⓘ
surface form: United States presidential elections
popularVoteShareRunnerUp 45.1% ⓘ
popularVoteShareWinner 49.6% ⓘ
popularVotesRunnerUp 21969963 ⓘ
popularVotesWinner 24105529 ⓘ
popularVoteType first-past-the-post ⓘ
progressiveNominee Henry A. Wallace ⓘ
republicanNominee Thomas E. Dewey ⓘ
resultedIn election of Harry S. Truman to a full term as president ⓘ
runnerUp Thomas E. Dewey ⓘ
runnerUpParty Republican Party ⓘ
surface form: Republican Party (United States)
thirdParty Progressive Party (United States, 1948) ⓘ
States' Rights Democratic Party ⓘ
thirdPartyCandidate Henry A. Wallace ⓘ
Strom Thurmond ⓘ
tookPlaceDuring early Cold War ⓘ
post–World War II era ⓘ
vicePresidentialRunningMate Alben W. Barkley ⓘ
Earl Warren ⓘ
Fielding L. Wright ⓘ
Glen H. Taylor ⓘ
voterTurnout 52.2% ⓘ
voterTurnoutChange +2.6 percentage points ⓘ
winner President Harry S. Truman ⓘ
surface form: Harry S. Truman
winningParty Democratic Party ⓘ
surface form: Democratic Party (United States)

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Henry A. Wallace → candidateInElection → 1948 United States presidential election ⓘ
Fifth Party System in United States politics → notableElection → 1948 United States presidential election ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States presidential election, 1948
Do-Nothing Congress → politicalContext → 1948 United States presidential election ⓘ
Do-Nothing Congress → associatedWithSpeech → 1948 United States presidential election ⓘ
this entity surface form: Harry S. Truman 1948 campaign speeches
Earl Warren → candidateInElection → 1948 United States presidential election ⓘ
Strom Thurmond → electionParticipatedIn → 1948 United States presidential election ⓘ
1948 United States presidential election → associatedEvent → 1948 United States presidential election self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dewey Defeats Truman headline
Norman Thomas → candidateInElection → 1948 United States presidential election ⓘ
Agard → electionParticipatedIn → 1948 United States presidential election ⓘ
subject surface form: Henry Agard Wallace
New Deal coalition → significantEvent → 1948 United States presidential election ⓘ
United States Senate (Massachusetts Democratic primary, 1948) → isSubeventOf → 1948 United States presidential election ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1948 United States elections
Thomas E. Dewey → presidentialCandidateIn → 1948 United States presidential election ⓘ
Thomas E. Dewey → partyPresidentialNomineeIn → 1948 United States presidential election ⓘ
Strom → wasCandidateIn → 1948 United States presidential election ⓘ
subject surface form: Strom Thurmond
1952 United States presidential election → follows → 1948 United States presidential election ⓘ
1944 United States presidential election → followedBy → 1948 United States presidential election ⓘ
1950 United States elections → follows → 1948 United States presidential election ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1948 United States elections