Word: deweyism
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...Election-eve survey in Newsweek: "Dewey-375 to 390 electoral votes, Truman-100 to 125 electoral votes ... a Republican Senate ... a G.O.P. House...
...David Lawrence's U.S. News & World Report, Nov. 5: "Dewey offers something new for the White House...
Never had the U.S. press been so wrong on the outcome of a national election. Partisanship was not the answer, though 65% of the press had supported Tom Dewey (see below). Many of the newspapers, columnists and newsmen who had supported President Truman had been just as wrong. The press had compiled an anthology of error that it should not forget. Some of the dreadful examples...
...Caption on a full-page picture of Torn Dewey in LIFE, Nov. 1: THE NEXT PRESIDENT TRAVELS BY FERRY BOAT OVER THE BROAD WATERS OF SAN FRANCISCO...
...Kiplinger Washington Letter for Oct. 30: "Dewey will be in for eight years, until '57 ... 32-page special report on 'What Dewey Will Do' has been prepared and will be mailed to you within a week, embodied in Kiplinger Magazine" This was followed by a full-page ad in TIME, after the election: "What will DEWEY do? Find out in the November issue of Kiplinger Magazine ... It will help you dispel the campaign...