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In 1948, election night polls showed that ________ would win the presidential election

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Harry Truman would win the presidential election.

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Truman won the election with 303 electoral votes to Dewey's 189. Truman also won 49.6% of the popular vote compared to Dewey's 45.1% Truman's surprise victory was the fifth consecutive win for the Democratic Party in a presidential election. Hope this helped :)

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