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As the title says. Let's say Hubert Humphrey does not give the speech, either by a non-fatal car accident or anything. Could Truman have won the 1948 Presidential Elections without the Dems adopting a pro- Civil Rights platform at the time? Could the South have compensated for any lost vote in other states?

After all, the vote was close, and this was in the aftermath of Hubert Humphrey's speech: there 651 1/2 yeas and 581 1/2 nays.

What would have happened?
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