During the Democratic primary, Biden promised to beat Donald Trump ... he’ll fall into yet another Dewey parallel. In the days before the election, Harry Truman accused his opponent of ...
1948 - Truman runs against Thomas E. Dewey, the Republican nominee in the 1948 presidential election. The scientific pollsters, including George Gallup, all predicted that Dewey would beat Truman.
Truman's quandary 76 years ago in 1948 against New York Gov. Thomas Dewey. The comparisons are undeniable and offer lessons for both today's president and the apparent Republican nominee ...
In their respective polls, Gallup and Crossley projected Dewey’s victory by 5 percentage points. Truman carried the popular vote by 4.5 points and won 303 electoral votes to Dewey’s 189.