tinman64
Jr. Member
Posts: 443
Political Matrix
E: -4.13, S: -1.57
|
 |
« on: August 14, 2004, 04:36:10 PM » |
|
Truman always said, in discussing his 1948 victory, that "labor did it." That is, in part, true. Many factors added up to his victory.
In addition to the ones mentioned above, the significance of the African-American vote to his victory cannot be underestimated. Many African-Americans migrated north and west during WWII in search of wartime jobs. Their votes in critical states such as California, Illinois, and Ohio helped provide the slim Truman margins.
|
