For 10 points, name this American Presidential election in which Dewey did not defeat Truman.
After the result of this election, the winner was angry with Claude Peppers, who was accused of "being a shameless extrovert" and who "before his marriage, habitually practiced celibacy" as part of the "Redneck speech" hoax. Due to the incumbent's rapidly sinking popularity, the challenger ran a low-risk campaign that used vague quotes such as "You know that your future is still ahead of you." A challenger in this election was future Supreme Court justice Earl Warren. One party replaced the Democratic Party on the ballot in the south and had walked out of the Democratic convention because of the civil rights plank; in this election, that Dixiecrat party won four states. An erroneous Chicago Tribune headline led to a great photo-op after this election. For 10 points, name this American Presidential election in which Dewey did not defeat Truman.
After the result of this election, the winner was angry with Claude Peppers, who was accused of "being a shameless extrovert" and who "before his marriage, habitually practiced celibacy" as part of the "Redneck speech" hoax.
United States Presidential election of 1948