After a massive Republican wave in the 1946 Senate and House elections, the Republicans were heavily favored going into the 1948 elections for President, Senate, and the House. Dwight D. Eisenhower was an initial favorite for the nomination due to a grassroots movement to draft him for the Republican nomination (there was a similar effort to draft him for the Democratic nomination), but he declined the nomination of both parties. Another effort was made to draft Douglas MacArthur (who said he would resign the Army and his role in the Japanese Occupation if he secured the nomination), who went up against mainstream politicians Thomas E. Dewey, Harold Stassen, Robert A. Taft, Earl Warren, and Arthur H. Vandenberg. Stassen was considered the most liberal Republican candidate for the Presidential nomination and won several primaries, including a surprise win in Wisconsin that knocked MacArthur out of the race, but Dewey was able win the Oregon primary and help secure his favored status heading into the nomination. At Dewey's insistence the Republican National Convention adopted a liberal platform calling for an expansion of Social Security and greater government involvement in public housing, healthcare, and education, going over the objections of conservatives within his own party. President Truman was able to use this to his advantage when he called the Republican dominated Congress back into session and challenged them to pass the initiatives that were in their own platform, which they ultimately failed to do. Despite this setback, Dewey was heavily favored going into November, only for Truman to win his famous upset victory. While the Republicans suffered heavy losses in the Senate, House, and popular vote, Truman's margin in the Electoral College was fairly close. A swing of only 0.24% in Ohio (25 electoral votes) and 0.44% in California (25 electoral votes) would have been enough to deadlock the Electoral College and send the Election to Congress due to Dixiecrat Strom Thurmond winning many states in the Deep South. The outcome would have been Truman 253, Dewey 239, and Thurmond 39. With a historical outcome, the House would have 20 Republican states, 25 Democratic states, and 3 split states: Idaho (1 Republican, 1 Democrat), Montana (1 Republican, 1 Democrat), and Connecticut (3 Republican, 3 Democrat). However, 4 of the Democratic states (Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, and South Carolina) were won by the Dixiecrats, and their delegations (as well as other Southern states) would be in a position where they could choose the winner, although they would be choosing between two pro-civil rights candidates (the Republican Party was pro-civil rights, and Truman alienated the Dixiecrats by including a pro-civil rights plank). If Illinois (28 electoral votes) had swung by 0.84% Dewey would have managed to win the Electoral College by only two votes (266 electoral votes were required to win): Dewey 267, Truman 225, Thurmond 39. The 1948 presidential election has a lot of interesting opportunities due to the number of personalities involved in the Republican primary and the close nature of the outcome. How might the election have gone if someone other than Dewey had managed to secure the Republican nomination? What if Dewey (or another Republican) had managed to deadlock the Electoral College or win a narrow victory?