In the 1948 contest in which Democratic candidate Harry Truman came from far behind to defeat the Republican Thomas Dewey, voter turnout
a. was about 53 percent.
b. was less than 50 percent.
c. reached a record-high of nearly 70 percent.
d. was extraordinarily high and continued to remain so for the next decade.
e. was high, but only for members of the middle and lower classes.
ANS: A
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