Harry S. Truman’s stunning, come-from-behind victory in the 1948 presidential election has encouraged frissons of optimism for long-shot candidates ever since. Walter Mondale invoked the 1948 election ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An unpopular Democratic president campaigns for re-election, dogged by inflation, domestic supply shortages and fears of World War ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) - The Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum in Independence opened a brand new exhibit this week. It’s called, “Upset! Harry Truman and the 1948 election.” And, it ...

My late mother used to tell me the story of the 1948 election for president. It wasn’t told from the statistics perspective or how the media (newspapers) of the day miscalculated Thomas Dewey’s ...

The Independence Democrat faced not only Thomas E. Dewey, but two other challengers. And polls said he was in trouble. The Harry S. Truman Presidential Library & Museum Every day or so another report ...

INDEPENDENCE, Mo. (KCTV) - On Nov. 3, 1948 — 75 years ago — President Harry Truman was celebrating a victory in what was the Election Day upset of the century. The erroneous Chicago Daily Tribune ...

Americans were angry with Truman because of high prices in the aftermath of World War II, even as other economic signals looked promising. By Nate Cohn In the era of modern consumer confidence data, ...

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Jul. 28—July 28, 1948, in The Star: Put into rhythm by music played over a $400 public address system, Oxanna residents and visitors danced by the light of the moon last night in Ezell Park, under the ...