Morgankingsley

1948 United States presidential election

November 2, 1948
682 members of the Electoral College 342 electoral votes needed to win
Turnout	53.0% 2.9 pp
Nominee Harry S. Truman Thomas E. Dewey Party Democratic Republican Home state Missouri New York Running mate Alben W. Barkley Earl Warren Electoral vote 369 236 States carried 26 16 Popular vote 23,477,707 21,561,863 Percentage 48.12% 44.19%   Nominee Strom Thurmond Henry A. Wallace Party Dixiecrat Progressive Home state South Carolina Iowa Running mate Fielding Wright Glen H. Taylor Electoral vote 77 0 States carried 6 0 Popular vote 1,664,632 1,941,982 Percentage 3.41% 3.98%
Presidential election results map. Blue denotes states won by Truman/Barkley, red denotes those won by Dewey/Warren, light blue denotes those won by Thurmond/Wright, including a Tennessee faithless elector. Numbers indicate the number of electoral votes allotted to each state.
President before election Harry S. Truman Democratic Elected President Harry S. Truman Democratic

1988 United States presidential election

November 8, 1988
All 982 electoral votes of the Electoral College 492 electoral votes needed to win
Nominee George H. W. Bush Michael Dukakis Todd Robinson Party Republican Democratic Independent (United States) Home state Texas Massachusetts Minnesota Running mate Dan Quayle Lloyd Bentsen Buddy Roemer Electoral vote 672 237 90 States carried 33 11 + DC 6 Popular vote 33,065,681 30,959,003 27,020,432 Percentage 36.1% 33.8% 29.5%
President before election Ronald Reagan Republican Elected President George H. W. Bush Republican

This accounts for all the details on all the elections for my story, Longest Novel

Popular vote 1948 Truman   47.85% Dewey   44.19% Wallace   3.98% Thurmond   3.37% Others   0.61%

Thurmond gains 0.96 in PV from real life

Wallace gains 1.61 in PV from real life

In this universe, Wallace DOES beat Thurmond, in the PV

Electoral vote 1948 Truman   54.11% Dewey   34.60% Thurmond   11.29%

369 Truman, 236 Dewey, 77 Thurmond (Thurmond picks up AR, and GA from real life due to picking up the democratic nominations there as well as LA, AL, MS, and SC)

Popular vote 1988 Bush   36.1% Dukakis   33.8% Robinson   29.5%

Electoral vote 1988 Bush   68.43% Dukakis   24.13% Robinson   9.16%

Bush loses AZ, LA, CO, MS, IL, AL and MT from real life

Dukakis Gains AZ, IL and CO from real life, loses MN and WI

Robinson wins MN, LA, MT, MS, WI, and AL

1988 represents the last time to date that Arizona has voted for the Democratic candidate, although Clinton got close in 92 and 96, as well as Biden in 20