Truman Beats the Oddsmakers.

Presentiments of Southern Realignment.

Sources:

Robert J. Donovan, Conflict and Crisis: The Presidency of Harry S Truman, 1945-1948 (New York: Norton, 1977);

Alonzo L. Hamby, Beyond the New Deal: Harry S Truman and American Liberalism (New York: Columbia University Press, 1973);

Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., The Age of Roosevelt, 3 volumes (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1956-1960);

Schlesinger, ed., The History of American Presidential Elections, 1789— 1968 (New York: Chelsea House, 1971);

Schlesinger, ed., History of U.S. Political Parties (New York: Chelsea House, 1973).