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Part I. The Setting
1. The Social and Historical Background: Elmira and the 1948 Election The Community The Period
2. The Political Background: Voting Trend and Political Interest Trend and Pattern of Party Preference Interest in the Election Summary
Part II. Social Processes
3. Social Institutions: The Political Role of Labor Unions and Other Organizations By John P. Dean and Edward Suchman The Political Activity of Labor Unions The Politics of Union Members Politics and Other Forman Organizations Summary
4. Social Differentiation: Socioeconomic and Ethnic Status Socioeconomic Status Minority Religious and Ethnic Status The Social Transmission of Political Choices Summary
5. Social Perception: Group Voting Norms Who Votes for Whom?
Political Perception and Social Distance Psychological and Social Functions Summary
6. Social Process: Small Groups and Political Discussion I. Political Homogeneity in Primary Groups The Family and Vote Personal Associations and Vote II. The Nature of Political Discussion The Social Group and the Political System Summary
7. Social Effects of the Campaign: Personal Influence and Political Polarization I. Voting Changes by Social Units II. Voting Changes by Time Units Summary
Part III. Political Processes
8. Political Institutions: Parties in the Local Community By John P. Dean and Edward Suchman Party Funds and Leadership Party Workers—Professional and Amateur Party Contact with the Citizenry The Role of the Party Summary
9. Political Differentiation: Issues in the Campaign Bases of Consensus Bases of Cleavage The Resolution of Differences Over Issues Summary
10. Political Perception: The Candidates' Stand on the Issues Perception and Voting Accuracy of Perception Inferences: Psychological and Political Summary
11. Political Processes: The Role of the Mass Media What the Candidates Did What the Local Newspapers Did What the Electorate Did The Effects of Political Exposure Summary
12. Political Effects: Leave-taking and Return Components of the Democratic Trend Demoralization of the New Deal Majority The Fair Deal Rally Psychological and Political Implications Summary
Part IV. Conclusion
13. The Social Psychology of the Voting Decision Implementation—a Forgotten Concern Process Analysis The Special Significance of Priority Variables Reactivation—an Example of a "Psychological Mechanism"
The Sociological Approach Conclusion
14. Democratic Practice and Democratic Theory Requirements for the Individual Requirements for the System Conclusion Appendixes A. Summary of Findings from Similar Election Studies B. Questionnaires and Indexes C. The Sample of the Study Index
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reviewed Voting on January 02, 2016 Voting
One of the great political stories of the century--Harry Truman's big upset win against Thomas Dewey, the man all the polls predicted would win the election. Certainly, at the beginning of 1948, Truman looked weak, even incompetent, struggling against the serious postwar problems in America. Compared to his predecessor Franklin Roosevelt, Truman looked like he was overwhelmed by the burdens of his office... And the Republicans swept Congress in 1946, which seemed to point to the Republicans winning the White House in 1948. As the election year progressed, the Democrats split--and split again. The left of the Democratic Party formed the Progressive Party in support of Henry Wallace while the white Southern segregationist "Dixiecrats" walked out of the Democratic Convention in protest against the Democratic Party support for civil rights for African-Americans.
But the tough little man from Missouri, a veteran of WWI, Truman, would not give up against all the odds. He fought a hard-hitting campaign against Dewey, who campaigned as if he had already won. Was that the most important reason that Truman pulled off his great upset? Irwin Ross points out the New Deal coalition-labor, liberals, the cities, the farmers, the South-held together strongly enough to give the Democrats yet another Presidential election victory. A lot of Henry Wallace's support faded away by Election Day and the Dixiecrats carried only four Southern states, most of the South remaining loyal to the Democratic Party. While Truman lost New York and most of the Northeast, he actually did better with the farm vote than FDR had done in 1944. Truman gained Ohio, Wisconsin, and Iowa, states that FDR had lost in '44. And it was not only a personal victory for Harry Truman, but the Democrats swept Congress. All in all a most surprising year in American politics, always to be remembered by the photo of Truman's holding up the Chicago Tribune edition with the headline--DEWEY DEFEATS TRUMAN.
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