Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Dewey Defeats Truman" in English language version.
Yes, Harry S Truman, incumbent president from Independence, Missouri, son of a mule-trader turned farmer, had whipped the arrogant, press-courting governor from New York, Thomas E. Dewey. He won by over two million (that's 2,000,000) votes, despite the fact that only 15 percent of the nation's newspapers supported his campaign. Prior to the election, the Chicago Tribune referred to President Truman as a "nincompoop," and The New York Times wrote, "The [Democratic] Party might as well immediately concede the election to Dewey and save the wear-and-tear of campaigning." Magazines were just as bad. Time Magazine proclaimed, "Barring a political miracle, it was the kind of ticket that could not fail to sweep the Republican Party back into power." Newsweek published election opinions from fifty highly respected political reporters; all fifty predicted Truman would lose. Life Magazine even ran a cover of Dewey with the caption "The Next President of the United States." As for the topsy-turvy results reported by the Chicago Tribune, it became the most famous mistaken headline in our nation's history!
Yes, Harry S Truman, incumbent president from Independence, Missouri, son of a mule-trader turned farmer, had whipped the arrogant, press-courting governor from New York, Thomas E. Dewey. He won by over two million (that's 2,000,000) votes, despite the fact that only 15 percent of the nation's newspapers supported his campaign. Prior to the election, the Chicago Tribune referred to President Truman as a "nincompoop," and The New York Times wrote, "The [Democratic] Party might as well immediately concede the election to Dewey and save the wear-and-tear of campaigning." Magazines were just as bad. Time Magazine proclaimed, "Barring a political miracle, it was the kind of ticket that could not fail to sweep the Republican Party back into power." Newsweek published election opinions from fifty highly respected political reporters; all fifty predicted Truman would lose. Life Magazine even ran a cover of Dewey with the caption "The Next President of the United States." As for the topsy-turvy results reported by the Chicago Tribune, it became the most famous mistaken headline in our nation's history!
