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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;johnmilton, post: 6344369, member: 101855&quot;]It has been rare for a WINNING candidate to lose his own state, but it&#039;s happened quite frequently for a loser to also lose his home state. Yes, after electing Dewey governor, it&#039;s hard to believe that the New York voters would not have voted for him for president, but here is the raw vote:</p><p><br /></p><p>Dewey 2,841,163&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 46.3 %</p><p>Truman 2,780,204&nbsp; &nbsp; 45.4 %</p><p>Wallace 509,559&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 8.3 %</p><p><br /></p><p>Truman lost by just 60,595 votes. </p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s always dangerous to do hypothetical calculations, but if Truman had gotten 56% of the Wallace vote, he would have won the state. Since the Wallace people had to be on the more liberal side, one can argue that most of those voters were Democrats and not Republicans.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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