During the elections of 1948, the United States was quite afraid of the inflation and food recession that was present at the time, in addition to the fear of communism and the Soviet Union, which were becoming stronger because of all these factors of the fear of the American people. Harry S. Truman was re-elected for a second presidential term.
Although the policy was very divided, the Democrats were divided into three groups, one of them supporting the president and the Republicans another candidate
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