Dewey Defeats Truman
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Oct 22, 2026
Emma VigelandHOST
Yeah.
Matt LechPANELIST
That was famously the election ahead of the election that Truman, the Dewey defeats Truman headline came from because everyone expected it to go the opposite way.
Emma VigelandHOST
Right.
Emma VigelandHOST
It's it's the polling.
Scott JohnsonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
He was a big local story in August of 2016 when she defeated a 22-term incumbent feminist heroine, state legislator named Phyllis Kahn in a Democratic primary.
Scott JohnsonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
The Star Tribune, the local newspaper, greeted her victory with a kind of Dewey defeats Truman headline.
Scott JohnsonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
It was a huge story because of the woman she had defeated and her status as the first Somali, I think, to serve in the Minnesota state legislature.
Scott JohnsonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
But she was essentially nobody rising to a small state position in the minority of the state legislature.
Scott JohnsonGUEST
heroine named Phyllis Kahn.
Scott JohnsonGUEST
I hadn't heard the name Ilhan Omar until she won that primary, but the Star Tribune featured its report on that primary result, like a Dewey defeats Truman kind of a thing.
Scott JohnsonGUEST
And I thought it reflected the demographic changes in that West Bank part of Minneapolis.
Scott JohnsonGUEST
Cedar Riverside, Little Mogadishu, and the University of Minnesota are over there.
Scott JohnsonGUEST
heroine named Phyllis Kahn.
Scott JohnsonGUEST
I hadn't heard the name Ilhan Omar until she won that primary, but the Star Tribune featured its report on that primary result, like a Dewey defeats Truman kind of a thing.
Scott JohnsonGUEST
And I thought it reflected the demographic changes in that West Bank part of Minneapolis.
Scott JohnsonGUEST
Cedar Riverside, Little Mogadishu, and the University of Minnesota are over there.
Andrew WalshHOST
You're punching way above your weight, as a matter of fact.
Andrew WalshHOST
You know, I honestly thought that that was some sort of a Dewey defeats Truman of the punk rock world.
Andrew WalshHOST
Johnny Rotten found dead.
Andrew WalshHOST
Johnny Rotten's holding up the paper.
Patrick CourrielcheHOST
The GOP was expecting a landslide victory.
Patrick CourrielcheHOST
The Chicago Daily Tribune even went to print with the headline, Dewey defeats Truman.
Patrick CourrielcheHOST
But when the final tally came in, President Truman won a stunning upset.
speaker_27SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
One dramatic moment, Republican dreams were swept away as the pivotal states of Ohio, California, and Illinois entered the Truman camp.
Matt JonesHOST
Yeah.
Matt JonesHOST
I honestly think that's like Dewey defeats Truman level of terrible prediction.
Matt JonesHOST
Yeah.
Matt JonesHOST
I mean, have you ever had a worse prediction?
Mike RodenGUEST
Everybody, c- because it, it was, they basically were, were, were splits from the Democratic Party, and everybody thought that was gonna hurt Truman.
Mike RodenGUEST
And of course, the famous headline of, uh, "Dewey Defeats Truman" was inaccurate.
Ron HartHOST
I read that.
Del KennedyHOST
Yep, yep.
Bob CrawfordHOST
The next morning though, Harry Truman is still president.
Bob CrawfordHOST
And there's a famous photograph of him holding up the newspaper of the Chicago Tribune that reads, Dewey defeats Truman.
Bob CrawfordHOST
The Democrats also won back both houses of Congress so much for the permanent Republican majority.
Bob CrawfordHOST
I don't think they're going to win the House back, if I'm not mistaken.
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