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Elections / 1948 · President

Harry S. Truman defeated Thomas E. Dewey.

Harry S. Truman (D) vs Thomas E. Dewey (R), with Strom Thurmond (States' Rights Democratic) carrying counties. Every state below links to its full contest page with county-level results.

Nominees: Harry S. Truman (D) · Thomas E. Dewey (R) · Strom Thurmond (States' Rights Democratic)

1948 presidential election
TrumanD+4.5
1948 presidential margin by stateA map of the United States with each state filled by its 1948 result — deep red (Republican) through neutral to deep blue (Democratic), and gold where an independent or third-party candidate carried the state.Alabama · O+61.9 · 11 electoral votesAlaska · —Arizona · D+10.0 · 4 electoral votesColorado · D+5.4 · 6 electoral votesFlorida · D+15.2 · 8 electoral votesGeorgia · D+42.5 · 12 electoral votesIndiana · R+0.8 · 13 electoral votesKansas · R+9.0 · 8 electoral votesMaine · R+14.5 · 5 electoral votesMassachusetts · D+11.5 · 16 electoral votesMinnesota · D+17.3 · 11 electoral votesNew Jersey · R+4.4 · 16 electoral votesNorth Carolina · D+25.3 · 14 electoral votesNorth Dakota · R+8.8 · 4 electoral votesOklahoma · D+25.5 · 10 electoral votesPennsylvania · R+4.0 · 35 electoral votesSouth Dakota · R+4.8 · 4 electoral votesTexas · D+41.7 · 23 electoral votesWyoming · D+4.3 · 3 electoral votesConnecticut · R+1.6 · 8 electoral votesMissouri · D+16.6 · 15 electoral votesWest Virginia · D+15.1 · 8 electoral votesIllinois · D+0.8 · 28 electoral votesNew Mexico · D+13.5 · 4 electoral votesArkansas · D+40.7 · 9 electoral votesCalifornia · D+0.4 · 25 electoral votesDelaware · R+1.3 · 3 electoral votesDistrict of Columbia · —Hawaii · —Iowa · D+2.7 · 10 electoral votesKentucky · D+15.3 · 11 electoral votesMaryland · R+1.4 · 8 electoral votesMichigan · R+1.7 · 19 electoral votesMississippi · O+77.2 · 9 electoral votesMontana · D+9.9 · 4 electoral votesNew Hampshire · R+5.7 · 4 electoral votesNew York · R+1.0 · 47 electoral votesOhio · D+0.2 · 25 electoral votesOregon · R+3.4 · 6 electoral votesTennessee · D+12.3 · 12 electoral votesUtah · D+9.0 · 4 electoral votesVirginia · D+6.8 · 11 electoral votesWashington · D+9.8 · 8 electoral votesWisconsin · D+4.4 · 12 electoral votesNebraska · R+8.3 · 6 electoral votesSouth Carolina · O+47.9 · 8 electoral votesIdaho · D+2.7 · 4 electoral votesNevada · D+3.1 · 3 electoral votesVermont · R+24.6 · 3 electoral votesLouisiana · O+17.1 · 10 electoral votesRhode Island · D+16.2 · 4 electoral votes
1948presidential margin
D+60
R+60
Fifty states and DC, each filled by its 1948 result. Hover any state for the detail and its electoral votes.
Gold marks a state an independent or third-party candidate carried — the blue/red ramp is the Democratic-vs-Republican margin only where a major party won.
Smaller states, enlarged
VTR+24.63 EVNHR+5.74 EVMAD+11.516 EVRID+16.24 EVCTR+1.68 EVNJR+4.416 EVDER+1.33 EVMDR+1.48 EV
Blue and red show the Democratic-vs-Republican margin; gold marks a state an independent or third-party candidate carried.
Electoral college
531 electors · 266 for a majority

Truman won 303 of 531 electoral votes.

Truman303Dewey189Thurmond39
Strom Thurmond (States' Rights) carried 39 electors across the Deep South.
National popular vote
48,791,281 votes counted
Truman (D)
24,178,335
49.6%
Dewey (R)
21,991,280
45.1%
Thurmond + others
2,621,667
5.4%
Margin
D+4.5
The county map
3,090 county-level results on record for 1948

Democrats carried 1,630 counties, Republicans 1,192, third-party candidates 268. 640 counties flipped parties from the previous cycle.

Biggest county swings: Montgomery County, AL (R+102.8 swing) · Chambers County, AL (R+101.5 swing) · Lee County, AL (R+100.1 swing) · Hale County, AL (R+98.9 swing) · Henry County, AL (R+98.7 swing) · Tallapoosa County, AL (R+98.3 swing)

Results by state
Every row links to the state's contest page with its county map.
StateWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
AlabamaO
−19.0%
040,930214,980
ArkansasD
+40.7%
149,65950,959242,475
ArizonaD
+10.0%
95,25177,597177,065
CaliforniaD
+0.4%
1,913,1341,895,2694,021,538
ColoradoD
+5.4%
267,288239,714515,237
ConnecticutR
−1.6%
423,287437,743883,495
DelawareR
−1.3%
67,81369,588139,073
FloridaD
+15.2%
281,988194,280577,643
GeorgiaD
+42.5%
254,64676,691418,844
IowaD
+2.7%
522,380494,0181,038,264
IdahoD
+2.7%
107,370101,514214,816
IllinoisD
+0.8%
1,994,7151,961,1033,984,046
IndianaR
−0.8%
807,831821,0791,656,212
KansasR
−9.0%
351,902423,039788,819
KentuckyD
+15.3%
466,756341,210822,658
LouisianaO
+15.3%
136,34472,657416,336
MassachusettsD
+11.5%
1,151,788909,3702,107,146
MarylandR
−1.4%
286,521294,814594,259
MaineR
−14.5%
111,916150,234264,789
MichiganR
−1.7%
1,003,4481,038,5952,109,609
MinnesotaD
+17.3%
692,966483,6171,212,226
MissouriD
+16.6%
917,315655,0391,578,574
MississippiO
+7.5%
19,3845,043192,190
MontanaD
+9.9%
119,07196,770224,278
North CarolinaD
+25.3%
459,070258,572791,209
North DakotaR
−8.8%
95,812115,139220,716
NebraskaR
−8.3%
224,165264,774488,939
New HampshireR
−5.7%
107,995121,299231,440
New JerseyR
−4.4%
895,455981,1241,949,555
New MexicoD
+13.5%
105,46480,303187,063
NevadaD
+3.1%
31,29129,35762,117
New YorkR
−1.0%
2,780,2042,841,1636,178,502
OhioD
+0.2%
1,452,7911,445,6842,936,071
OklahomaD
+25.5%
452,782268,817721,599
OregonR
−3.4%
243,147260,904524,080
PennsylvaniaR
−4.0%
1,752,4261,902,1973,735,348
Rhode IslandD
+16.2%
188,736135,787327,702
South CarolinaO
+20.4%
34,4235,386142,571
South DakotaR
−4.8%
117,653129,651250,105
TennesseeD
+12.3%
270,402202,914550,283
TexasD
+41.7%
824,235303,4671,249,432
UtahD
+9.0%
149,151124,402276,306
VirginiaD
+6.8%
200,786172,070419,256
VermontR
−24.6%
45,55775,926123,382
WashingtonD
+9.8%
475,165386,314904,058
WisconsinD
+4.4%
647,310590,9591,276,800
West VirginiaD
+15.1%
429,188316,251748,750
WyomingD
+4.3%
52,35447,947101,425