1948 Presidential Election

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1948 Presidential Election: Harry S. Truman Won✓

The 1948 United States presidential election was held on November 2, 1948. The election was a contest between Democratic nominee Harry S. Truman, who was the incumbent President, Republican nominee Thomas E. Dewey, who was the Governor of New York, and Dixiecrat Strom Thurmond, who was the Governor of South Carolina. Truman secured 303 electoral votes to Dewey's 189 and Thurmond’s 39. Truman won the popular vote by over 2 million votes.

303
Harry S. Truman ✓

24,105,810 votes (49.50%)

39
Strom Thurmond

1,169,114 votes (2.40%)

189
Thomas E. Dewey

21,970,064 votes (45.10%)

270 needed to win

Key race alerts

Ohio Results

✓ Harry S. Truman (D) won the state Ohio.

California Results

✓ Harry S. Truman (D) won the state of California.

South Carolina Results

✓ Strom Thurmond (Dixiecrat) won the state of South Carolina

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Full state results

State	Harry S. Truman votes	Harry S. Truman %	Thomas E. Dewey votes	Thomas E. Dewey %	Strom Thurmond votes	Strom Thurmond %	Total votes
Alabama	0	0.00%	40,930	19.00%	171,443	79.70%	214,980
Arizona	95,251	53.80%	77,597	43.80%	0	0.00%	177,065
Arkansas	149,659	61.70%	50,959	21.00%	40,068	16.50%	242,475
California	1,913,134	47.60%	1,895,269	47.10%	1,228	0.00%	4,021,538
Colorado	267,288	51.90%	239,714	46.50%	0	0.00%	515,237
Connecticut	423,297	47.90%	437,754	49.50%	0	0.00%	883,518
Delaware	67,813	48.80%	69,588	50.00%	0	0.00%	139,073
Florida	281,988	48.80%	194,280	33.60%	89,755	15.50%	577,643
Georgia	254,646	60.80%	76,691	18.30%	85,135	20.30%	418,844
Idaho	107,370	50.00%	101,514	47.30%	0	0.00%	214,816
Illinois	1,994,715	50.10%	1,961,103	49.20%	0	0.00%	3,984,046
Indiana	807,831	48.80%	821,079	49.60%	0	0.00%	1,656,212
Iowa	522,380	50.30%	494,018	47.60%	0	0.00%	1,038,264
Kansas	351,902	44.60%	423,039	53.60%	0	0.00%	788,819
Kentucky	466,756	56.70%	341,210	41.50%	10,411	1.30%	822,658
Louisiana	136,344	32.70%	72,657	17.50%	204,290	49.10%	416,336
Maine	111,916	42.30%	150,234	56.70%	0	0.00%	264,787
Maryland	286,521	48.00%	294,814	49.40%	2,489	0.40%	596,748
Massachusetts	1,151,788	54.70%	909,370	43.20%	0	0.00%	2,107,146
Michigan	1,003,448	47.60%	1,038,595	49.20%	0	0.00%	2,109,609
Minnesota	692,966	57.20%	483,617	39.90%	0	0.00%	1,212,226
Mississippi	19,384	10.10%	5,043	2.60%	167,538	87.20%	192,190
Missouri	917,315	58.10%	655,039	41.50%	0	0.00%	1,578,628
Montana	119,071	53.10%	96,770	43.10%	0	0.00%	224,278
Nebraska	224,165	45.80%	264,774	54.20%	0	0.00%	488,940
Nevada	31,291	50.40%	29,357	47.30%	0	0.00%	62,117
New Hampshire	107,995	46.70%	121,299	52.40%	7	0.00%	231,440
New Jersey	895,455	45.90%	981,124	50.30%	0	0.00%	1,949,555
New Mexico	105,464	56.40%	80,303	42.90%	0	0.00%	187,063
New York	2,780,204	45.00%	2,841,163	46.00%	0	0.00%	6,177,337
North Carolina	459,070	58.00%	258,572	32.70%	69,652	8.80%	791,209
North Dakota	95,812	43.40%	115,139	52.20%	374	0.20%	220,716
Ohio	1,452,791	49.50%	1,445,684	49.20%	0	0.00%	2,936,071
Oklahoma	452,782	62.70%	268,817	37.30%	0	0.00%	721,599
Oregon	243,147	46.40%	260,904	49.80%	0	0.00%	524,080
Pennsylvania	1,752,426	46.90%	1,902,197	50.90%	0	0.00%	3,735,348
Rhode Island	188,736	57.60%	135,787	41.40%	0	0.00%	327,702
South Carolina	34,423	24.10%	5,386	3.80%	102,607	72.00%	142,571
South Dakota	117,653	47.00%	129,651	51.80%	0	0.00%	250,105
Tennessee	270,402	49.10%	202,914	36.90%	73,815	13.40%	550,283
Texas	750,700	65.40%	282,240	24.60%	106,909	9.30%	1,147,245
Utah	149,151	54.00%	124,402	45.00%	0	0.00%	276,306
Vermont	45,557	36.90%	75,926	61.50%	0	0.00%	123,382
Virginia	200,786	47.90%	172,070	41.00%	43,393	10.40%	419,256
Washington	476,165	52.60%	386,314	42.70%	0	0.00%	905,058
West Virginia	429,188	57.30%	316,251	42.20%	0	0.00%	748,750
Wisconsin	647,310	50.70%	590,959	46.30%	0	0.00%	1,276,800
Wyoming	52,354	51.60%	47,947	47.30%	0	0.00%	101,425