Harry Truman was our 33rd president and a Democrat. He was in office from 1945-1953. The 1948 election was known as one of the best come backs in history. Truman's public approval was at 36%. He ran against Tomas E. Dewey (Republican) and Strom Thurmand (Dixiecrat). The election was mainly between Truman and Dewey. Truman went on a Whistle top campaign, travled more than 21,000 miles, visited more that 250 cities, and gave more that 300 speeches. The Newspapers were a mojor role in his winning too because they were saying how he doesn't sound like a man who is running for president, he sounds like a man who is the president.
Truman Dewey Thurmand
| Electoral vote | 303 | 189 | 39 |
|---|---|---|---|
| States carried | 28 | 16 | 4 |
| Popular vote | 24,179,347 | 21,991,292 | 1,175,930 |
Percentage | 49.6% | 45.1% | 2.4% |
As the election date was coming around there was no sign of relief for the Truman campaign. The Democratic party had started to begin to loose faith and stopped putting all of their money into the campaign. When election day got closer, Truman ended is whistle top campaign and went back to Independence to await the election results. Truman won with 24,179,347 votes, 303 electoral votes, and 28 states carried. Dewey came in 2nd with 21,991,292 votes, 189 electoral votes, and 16 states carried. Truman had a pretty good jump over Dewey in the end.
I never knew that Truman had to go through that much just to become president. I don't think i could be president because i couldn't handle being on the road that long and being away from my family for a long time.
http://www.trumanlibrary.org/teacher/campaign.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election,_1948
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