As students in 1948 we were afraid Dewey was going to have us attend school on Saturdays. So was the rumor that was going around in grade school. Had Dewey won, I don’t think the IKE years would have been as memorable as they were. They were truly our happy days growing up.
Right before the Kennedy/Nixon elections; rumours started the defense plants (General Dynamics; etc) were going to be closed if you voted for Nixon.