Which of the following did not occur in the 1948 presidential election?
A) Southern segregationists bolted the Democratic party.
B) Leftwing Democrats joined with communists to launch a new Progressive Party.
C) Truman blasted the "no-good, do-nothing" Republicans as "gluttons of privilege." Pollsters predicted a Dewey victory.
D) Governor Thomas Dewey of New York defeated President Truman for reelection.
E) The radicalism of the Progressives and Dixiecrats kept most moderates safely in the Democratic fold.

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In the 1948 presidential election, Governor Thomas Dewey of New York did not defeat President Truman for reelection. Instead, Truman won in an upset victory, famously photographed holding a newspaper headline that erroneously declared Dewey the winner.

Which of the Following Did Not Occur in the 1948