Harris Defeats Trump
But will it matter when it matters?
“Dewey Defeats Truman”, the front page of the Chicago Tribune declared in giant letters on the morning of November 3, 1948.
Thomas Dewey didn’t defeat Harry Truman, of course. Truman, defying the polls, came from behind to win the Presidency with 303 electoral college votes, to 189 for Dewey and 39 for “Dixiecrat” candidate Strom Thurmond. The Chicago Tr…
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