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Despite the 1948 Presidential election being an upset in terms of the popular vote, the election was indeed incredibly close in terms of the Electoral College. A change of 29,294 votes (0.06% of national total) from Truman to Dewey in three states would have resulted in a victory for Dewey. Ohio - 3,554 votes (0.12%); California - 8,933 votes (0.22%); Illinois - 16,807 votes (0.42%) giving Dewey a majority in the Electoral College. However, Truman would still have won the popular vote by over 2 million votes, or more than 4% of the national total, a much larger failure of First Past the Post than, say, 2000. Might this have led to calls for a fairer system of electing Presidents?
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