SteppingRazor
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Tue Nov-04-08 12:50 PM
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3. Dewey "defeats" Truman, 1948. |
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In that race, Truman's victory was, in my opinion, even more of an upset than a McCain victory over Obama would be. The Democratic Party had fractured into three pieces (the Democrats, the Progressives and the Southern Democrats), Truman was fairly unpopular, and the Democrats had already won four presidential elections in a row under the leadership of FDR. The fact that he won still boggles the mind.
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