Truman Election results:
Today I will tell you about Truman’s election results. Harry Truman was once a president of the US. He was the 33rd president of the United States. Truman was at first FDR’s vice president, but became president when Roosevelt died. Truman’s Presidential term went from April 12, 1942-January 20, 1953.
Harry Truman ran for president in 1948. He was a democrat. Truman had Alben Barkley as his vice president candidate. Truman ran against Thomas Dewey, J. Strom Thurmond, Henry Wallace, and Norman Thomas. Truman had 56.38% of the vote in the US. His popular vote was 105,464. Truman had an electoral vote of 4.
The election came down between Harry Truman and Thomas Dewey. Thomas Dewey was running as the republican candidate. Truman had an anti-Soviet stance that was very unpopular with the Democrats. This made some the Democrats leave the party and support Henry Wallace in the Progressive party. Winning the election didn’t look so good at this point for Harry Truman.
Democrats that were still supporting Truman worried that he wouldn’t win the election. Some members went to Eisenhower and wanted him to run as the Democratic candidate. Even though they thought they would lose with Truman the Democratic Party still nominated him. Truman’s chances looked even worse when the Southern delegates nominated Strom Thurmond for the president’s spot in the State’s rights party.
Early polls showed that Thomas Dewey was ahead with no competition. Dewey then began to run a very conservative campaign. Truman saw his opening and began campaigning like it was his job! Over 6 million people came to listen to Truman’s campaigning. Truman had an early lead during the election. A radio announcer said that there was no way that Truman would win though. The Chicago Tribune headline said, “Dewey defeats Truman.” Really Truman defeated Dewey though.
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/specials/elections/1948/
http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/national.php?year=1948
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