Word: deweyitis
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...searched in a drawer for an envelope he had sealed before election day. He looked up, laughing-perhaps it would be necessary to search everyone in the room. Finally, paper in hand, he guessed that he had been a little too conservative. He had given himself 335 votes, Governor Dewey 196. (Final vote: 432 to 99.) The short conference ended with another roar of laughter after the Baltimore Sun's Paul Ward threw a quick curve...
...FORTUNE Survey, conducted by Elmo Roper, divided the popular civilian vote: Roosevelt, 53.6%; Dewey...
...Crossley poll included an estimate of the soldier vote, its prediction: Roosevelt, 52.2%; Dewey...
...Gallup poll, after hanging squarely on the fence for days, made no final prediction, but totted up its election-eve total: Roosevelt, 51.5%; Dewey, 48.5%. In electoral votes, Gallup gave F.D.R. 18 sure states with 165 votes, Dewey ten sure states with 85 votes; and left 20 states with 281 votes in the balance...
...FORTUNE'S secret ballot, marked while the interviewer was not looking, varied 1% in Dewey's favor: Roosevelt, 52.5%; Dewey...