Cika wannan jumla:
An gudanar da Babban Taron Republican na 1948 a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Shi ne taron shugaban kasa na farko da aka nuna a gidan talabijin na ƙasa. A wannan lokacin, akwai tashoshin talabijin guda 27 da suke aiki sosai a Amirka kuma an kiyasta cewa akwai telibijin guda 350,000 a dukan ƙasar. Yayin da aka bude taron, an yi imanin cewa Dewey yana da babban jagoranci a cikin wakilai. Manajojin yakin neman zabensa, kamar Herbert Brownell Jr., Edwin Jaeckle, da J. Russell Sprague, sun kasance "ƙwararrun rukuni na masu aiki kamar yadda suka taɓa yin amfani da taron... an ce a taron cewa sojojin Dewey "za su iya cin nasara har ma da Taft" a matsayin dan takarar su. " Babban abokin hamayyarsa, Sanata Taft, ya kasance mai rauni ta hanyar ƙungiyar kamfen mara tasiri wanda wani marubuci ya kira "masu rauni", kuma wani masanin tarihi ya lura cewa manajan kamfen na Taft, dan majalisa na Ohio Clarence J. Brown, "ya zama kamar bai dace da Herbert Brownell ba...yayin da sojojin Dewey ke aiki da kwarkwasa wakilai da kuma nuna alkawuran tallafi, Brown har yanzu yana damuwa game da irin waɗannan al'amuran yau da kullun kamar ɗakunan otal da kujeru a cikin gallery ga abokansa. "