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)

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.

State	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Alabama	O	−19.0%	0	40,930	214,980
Arkansas	D	+40.7%	149,659	50,959	242,475
Arizona	D	+10.0%	95,251	77,597	177,065
California	D	+0.4%	1,913,134	1,895,269	4,021,538
Colorado	D	+5.4%	267,288	239,714	515,237
Connecticut	R	−1.6%	423,287	437,743	883,495
Delaware	R	−1.3%	67,813	69,588	139,073
Florida	D	+15.2%	281,988	194,280	577,643
Georgia	D	+42.5%	254,646	76,691	418,844
Iowa	D	+2.7%	522,380	494,018	1,038,264
Idaho	D	+2.7%	107,370	101,514	214,816
Illinois	D	+0.8%	1,994,715	1,961,103	3,984,046
Indiana	R	−0.8%	807,831	821,079	1,656,212
Kansas	R	−9.0%	351,902	423,039	788,819
Kentucky	D	+15.3%	466,756	341,210	822,658
Louisiana	O	+15.3%	136,344	72,657	416,336
Massachusetts	D	+11.5%	1,151,788	909,370	2,107,146
Maryland	R	−1.4%	286,521	294,814	594,259
Maine	R	−14.5%	111,916	150,234	264,789
Michigan	R	−1.7%	1,003,448	1,038,595	2,109,609
Minnesota	D	+17.3%	692,966	483,617	1,212,226
Missouri	D	+16.6%	917,315	655,039	1,578,574
Mississippi	O	+7.5%	19,384	5,043	192,190
Montana	D	+9.9%	119,071	96,770	224,278
North Carolina	D	+25.3%	459,070	258,572	791,209
North Dakota	R	−8.8%	95,812	115,139	220,716
Nebraska	R	−8.3%	224,165	264,774	488,939
New Hampshire	R	−5.7%	107,995	121,299	231,440
New Jersey	R	−4.4%	895,455	981,124	1,949,555
New Mexico	D	+13.5%	105,464	80,303	187,063
Nevada	D	+3.1%	31,291	29,357	62,117
New York	R	−1.0%	2,780,204	2,841,163	6,178,502
Ohio	D	+0.2%	1,452,791	1,445,684	2,936,071
Oklahoma	D	+25.5%	452,782	268,817	721,599
Oregon	R	−3.4%	243,147	260,904	524,080
Pennsylvania	R	−4.0%	1,752,426	1,902,197	3,735,348
Rhode Island	D	+16.2%	188,736	135,787	327,702
South Carolina	O	+20.4%	34,423	5,386	142,571
South Dakota	R	−4.8%	117,653	129,651	250,105
Tennessee	D	+12.3%	270,402	202,914	550,283
Texas	D	+41.7%	824,235	303,467	1,249,432
Utah	D	+9.0%	149,151	124,402	276,306
Virginia	D	+6.8%	200,786	172,070	419,256
Vermont	R	−24.6%	45,557	75,926	123,382
Washington	D	+9.8%	475,165	386,314	904,058
Wisconsin	D	+4.4%	647,310	590,959	1,276,800
West Virginia	D	+15.1%	429,188	316,251	748,750
Wyoming	D	+4.3%	52,354	47,947	101,425