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Election of 1948

Who were the candidates? → What were the issues? → Vote! → Who won? → What happened?

The polls have closed

The present-day exhibit voting results are as follows:

 

1948

 Candidates Count %
Democratic Party
President: Harry S Truman
Vice-President: Alben Barkley
47
59 %
Republican Party
President: Thomas Dewey
Vice-President: Earl Warren
16
20 %
Dixiecrat Party
President: Strom Thurmond
Vice-President: Fielding Wright
8
10 %
Progressive Party
President: Henry Wallace
Vice-President: Glen Taylor
9
11 %

Who won the real election?

 

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