# SDMB Retrospective US Presidential Elections 1948

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-retrospective-us-presidential-elections-1948/687690>\
**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [May 5, 2014, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-retrospective-us-presidential-elections-1948/687690 "2014-05-05T03:53:58Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2014, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-retrospective-us-presidential-elections-1948/687690/21 "2014-06-02T22:55:35Z")

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Looking at that polling data I’d say Dewey’s clearly got it in the bag.

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2014, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-retrospective-us-presidential-elections-1948/687690/22 "2014-06-03T03:28:20Z")

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Well, duh: [http://newshour.s3.amazonaws.com/photos/2012/08/06/Dewey\_Defeats\_Truman\_extra\_big.JPG](http://newshour.s3.amazonaws.com/photos/2012/08/06/Dewey_Defeats_Truman_extra_big.JPG)

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**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2014, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-retrospective-us-presidential-elections-1948/687690/23 "2014-06-03T06:18:11Z")

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I forget who said it of Dewey, but it might have hurt his chances if it was said, and truly it might have been said, that he looked “like the little man on the wedding cake.”

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**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2014, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-retrospective-us-presidential-elections-1948/687690/24 "2014-06-03T11:00:15Z")

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That was Alice Roosevelt Longworth.

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