1948 United States presidential election

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/1948_United_States_presidential_election
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:politics
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:date November 2, 1948
gptkbp:debatedBy No televised debates
gptkbp:electoralVotesFourthPlace 0
gptkbp:fourthPlace gptkb:Henry_A._Wallace
gptkb:Progressive_Party
gptkbp:historicalSignificance Considered one of the greatest election upsets in American history
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 1948 United States presidential election
gptkbp:incumbent gptkb:Democratic_Party
gptkb:Harry_S._Truman
gptkbp:location gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:mainCandidate gptkb:Harry_S._Truman
gptkb:Henry_A._Wallace
gptkb:Thomas_E._Dewey
gptkb:Strom_Thurmond
gptkbp:mapType Presidential election results map. Blue denotes states won by Truman, red by Dewey, orange by Thurmond.
gptkbp:nextEdition gptkb:1952_United_States_presidential_election
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Dewey_Defeats_Truman_headline
gptkbp:numberOfIssues Civil rights
Postwar economy
gptkbp:numberOfStatesCarriedByFourthPlace 0
gptkbp:numberOfStatesCarriedByRunnerUp 16
gptkbp:numberOfStatesCarriedByThirdPlace 4
gptkbp:numberOfStatesCarriedByWinner 28
gptkbp:popularVoteFourthPlace gptkb:Henry_A._Wallace
gptkbp:previousEdition gptkb:1944_United_States_presidential_election
gptkbp:runnerUp gptkb:Republican_Party
gptkb:Thomas_E._Dewey
189
gptkbp:slogan gptkb:Give_'em_Hell,_Harry!
gptkbp:thirdPlace gptkb:Strom_Thurmond
gptkb:States'_Rights_Democratic_Party
39
gptkbp:totalElectoralVotes 531
gptkbp:vicePresident gptkb:Alben_W._Barkley
gptkb:Earl_Warren
gptkbp:vicePresidentialCandidateFourthPlace gptkb:Glen_H._Taylor
gptkbp:vicePresidentialCandidateThirdPlace gptkb:Fielding_L._Wright
gptkbp:voterTurnout 52.2%
gptkbp:votesForWinner gptkb:Harry_S._Truman
303
gptkbp:winner gptkb:Democratic_Party
gptkb:Harry_S._Truman
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Dewey_Defeats_Truman_headline
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5