Nixon, in his 1978 memoir, stated that the central issue in the 1946 campaign was "the quality of life in postwar America", and he won because voters "had 'had enough,' and they decided to do something about it".
尼克松在1978年的回忆录中表示，1946年选举的核心问题就是“战后美国的生活质量”，他能取胜就是因为选民们“受够了，他们已经得出结论，自己必须得做点什么”。