‘We were wrong’: From Dewey to Trump, the polling misses hanging over the 2026 midterm forecasts

One of the most iconic images in 20th-century American political history shows a beaming President Harry Truman holding up a copy of the Chicago Daily Tribune emblazoned with the headline “DEWEY DEFEATS TRUMAN.” In fact, Truman had just resoundingly defeated his Republican challenger, New York Gov. Thomas Dewey, winning 303 electoral votes to Dewey’s 189. The Tribune had gone to press before the race was called, but its editors can be given a measure of grace: just about every major poll put Dewey ahead. That includes the one this magazine published.

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