southern democrats were upset he supported civil rights
He was unpopular throughout much of his first term, and the mid-term elections in 1946 were a disaster. The fringe of the Democratic Party, led by Henry Wallace, split, as they angry over Truman's foreign policy and Wallace launched his own campaign. Then during the Democratic National Convention, the large number of (racist) Southern Democratics, nicknamed the "Dixiecrats", walked out after Northern Democrats successfully managed to get the party to support Civil Rights. Their leader, Sen. Strom Thurmond, also launched a campaign, hoping to take away votes from the solidly Democratic South. Together, Thurmond and Wallace took 5% of the vote, while Truman won 5% more of the votes than Dewey.
All polls and pundits had predicted that Truman would lose; the economy and domestic politics had been in a mess throughout his presidency. By the time election day came, it seemed no-one believed Truman could win apart from Truman himself. Even his wife thought he would lose, yet he continue to tell everyone he met he knew he could win.
Truman was not elected president, but was chosen by FDR to be his running mate. He was only president because FDR died in office. Until the campaign, most people considered him only a caretaker president. The Republicans had not won the White House since 1928 but they thought they had a strong nominee in Thomas Dewey from New York.
Southern Democrats were upset he supported civil rights -Apex
the economy and labor
the economy and labor
what are the main key events in 1948?
Key to the Missing - 1948 was released on: USA: 4 July 1948
A key issue is a problem that is very important to what it is relating to.
Uel Key died in 1948.
The cast of Key to the Missing - 1948 includes: Archdale Jones as Himself - Host
Key to the Missing was created on 1948-07-04.
Key Largo - film - was created on 1948-07-16.
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Key control is an important security issue because it involves the safety and privacy of the hotel guests.
key doesn't means the key of a door or something it means important, on a root of something.
The key issue in the Lincoln-Douglas debates was slavery. Lincoln and Douglas were viewed as contenders for the 1860 presidential election.