‘The Great Fiasco’ of the 1948 presidential election polls: status recognition and norms conflict in social science.

All three ‘scientific’ pollsters (Crossley, Gallup and Roper) wrongly predicted incumbent President Harry Truman’s defeat in the 1948 presidential election, and thus faced a potentially serious legitimacy crisis. This ‘fiasco’ occurred at a most inopportune time. Social science was embroiled in a po...

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Publicado en:	Annals of Science Vol. 75; no. 2; pp. 120 - 145
Autor principal:	Lusinchi, Dominic
Formato:	Artículo
Publicado:	Taylor & Francis Ltd Apr2018
Materias:	United States presidential election, 1948 Social sciences Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972 Legitimacy of governments Social science research
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