Question

What was the outcome of the 1948 U.S presidential election?

Answer 1

The president won without getting majority of the votes

Answer 2

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%, while the third-party candidacies of Thurmond and Wallace each won less than 3% of the popular vote, with Thurmond carrying four southern states.