Question

The 1948 presidential race:

a. was the last to occur before television forever changed campaigning.
b. was a three-way race.
c. highlighted gender as a campaign issue for the Republican Party.
d. had Strom Thurmond as a close second to Harry Truman.
e. ended the movement of southern Democrats into the Republican Party.

Answer 1

Letter A is the correct answer.

The 1948 presidential race was the last to occur before television changed campaigning forever. It was considered to be one of the biggest elections upset in the history of the United States. The 1948 presidential race was held on November, 2nd, in which the Democratic candidate Harry S. Truman defeated the Republican Thomas E. Dewey.