Modern Era · North America · Politics
1948
Truman beats Dewey
November 2, 1948
Every poll and every major newspaper predicted a Republican landslide under Thomas Dewey. The Chicago Tribune printed its early edition with the headline Dewey Defeats Truman. Truman, who had campaigned by train across America, won and posed the next morning holding the headline, grinning. American polling took a long time to live it down.
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