How They Printed the Wrong Winner #election #fail

Added: 2026-05-05

[00:00:00]On election night, the Chicago Daily Tribune, so confident of the outcome that it went to press before the votes were counted, ran one of the most famous incorrect headlines in newspaper history.

[00:00:14]Dwey defeats Truman.

[00:00:18]The final tally told a very different story. Truman won 303 electoral votes to Dwiey's 189 and carried the popular vote by more than 2 million.

[00:00:32]Two days later, standing at St. Lewis Union Station.