Harry S. Truman carried Georgia D+42.5.

Harry S. Truman (D) vs Thomas E. Dewey (R) in Georgia, 1948. The state ran 38.0 points more Democratic than the nation (D+4.5 nationally).

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

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Georgia result

418,844 votes counted

Truman (D)

254,646

60.8%

Dewey (R)

76,691

18.3%

Thurmond + others

87,507

20.9%

Margin

D+42.5

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1948 presidential election

Georgia, 1948

TrumanD+42.5

How it voted

Share of the 1948 vote

Harry S. Truman ✓Democratic	60.8%	254,646
Strom ThurmondStates' Rights	20.9%	87,507
Thomas E. DeweyRepublican	18.3%	76,691

D+60

R+60

159 counties, each filled by 1948 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.

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Georgia's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1948 contest in context

Georgia's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	+36.3%
1896	+21.0%
1900	+38.7%
1904	+45.9%
1908	+23.4%
1912	+72.4%
1916	+72.9%
1920	+42.3%
1924	+55.9%
1928	+12.0%
1932	+83.8%
1936	+74.5%
1940	+69.9%
1944	+63.5%
1948	+42.5%
1952	+39.3%
1956	+34.1%
1960	+25.1%
1964	−8.3%
1968	−3.7%
1972	−50.6%
1976	+33.9%
1980	+14.8%
1984	−20.4%
1988	−20.3%
1992	+0.6%
1996	−1.2%
2000	−11.7%
2004	−16.6%
2008	−5.2%
2012	−7.8%
2016	−5.1%
2020	+0.3%
2024	−2.2%

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County results — 1948

159 counties; every row links to the county's full page.

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Appling County	D	+61.7%	2,268	289	3,207
Atkinson County	D	+77.9%	938	66	1,120
Bacon County	D	+55.1%	785	104	1,235
Baker County	D	+74.6%	218	7	283
Baldwin County	D	+27.4%	1,132	559	2,095
Banks County	D	+82.8%	533	38	598
Barrow County	D	+68.1%	1,554	155	2,053
Bartow County	D	+63.4%	2,384	440	3,068
Ben Hill County	D	+64.1%	1,438	223	1,896
Berrien County	D	+78.3%	1,772	107	2,127
Bibb County	D	+28.2%	7,011	3,043	14,077
Bleckley County	D	+55.5%	536	71	838
Brantley County	D	+50.1%	463	79	766
Brooks County	D	+46.9%	975	188	1,677
Bryan County	D	+57.5%	1,147	135	1,759
Bulloch County	D	+59.6%	2,036	276	2,953
Burke County	O	+16.7%	357	107	1,496
Butts County	D	+79.3%	987	61	1,168
Calhoun County	D	+70.6%	399	36	514
Camden County	D	+31.7%	552	208	1,085
Candler County	D	+46.1%	589	125	1,007
Carroll County	D	+58.4%	2,671	526	3,671
Catoosa County	D	+50.9%	1,051	268	1,538
Charlton County	D	+47.4%	339	70	568
Chatham County	D	+20.5%	10,864	5,966	23,897
Chattahoochee County	O	+38.8%	46	1	116
Chattooga County	D	+76.8%	3,396	362	3,950
Cherokee County	D	+29.5%	1,267	631	2,153
Clarke County	D	+55.3%	3,095	707	4,317
Clay County	D	+69.8%	295	39	367
Clayton County	D	+56.2%	2,192	339	3,296
Clinch County	D	+63.9%	1,283	168	1,744
Cobb County	D	+45.7%	4,766	1,524	7,098
Coffee County	D	+69.0%	3,168	309	4,144
Colquitt County	D	+49.6%	2,255	537	3,465
Columbia County	O	+9.9%	164	59	1,060
Cook County	D	+67.9%	1,192	123	1,574
Coweta County	D	+75.3%	2,214	219	2,649
Crawford County	D	+45.8%	389	64	710
Crisp County	D	+50.9%	1,225	221	1,973
Dade County	D	+56.8%	1,488	338	2,026
Dawson County	R	−8.5%	660	786	1,488
Decatur County	D	+40.2%	1,209	296	2,272
DeKalb County	D	+26.0%	10,826	5,758	19,521
Dodge County	D	+61.3%	1,725	210	2,473
Dooly County	D	+85.1%	577	22	652
Dougherty County	D	+48.5%	2,517	614	3,921
Douglas County	D	+9.5%	1,336	1,019	3,346
Early County	D	+75.1%	1,110	94	1,353
Echols County	D	+48.2%	332	32	623
Effingham County	O	+14.5%	347	160	1,293
Elbert County	D	+69.0%	1,617	152	2,123
Emanuel County	D	+49.8%	1,436	241	2,398
Evans County	D	+59.6%	953	118	1,402
Fannin County	R	−16.2%	1,998	2,789	4,870
Fayette County	D	+67.4%	825	54	1,144
Floyd County	D	+46.7%	5,247	1,689	7,611
Forsyth County	D	+46.6%	1,813	573	2,662
Franklin County	D	+67.6%	1,036	138	1,329
Fulton County	D	+28.1%	29,318	14,976	51,054
Gilmer County	D	+2.8%	1,275	1,203	2,540
Glascock County	O	+21.8%	123	13	504
Glynn County	D	+29.6%	2,444	1,090	4,580
Gordon County	D	+55.5%	1,523	377	2,065
Grady County	D	+58.3%	1,516	244	2,180
Greene County	D	+70.5%	1,213	92	1,590
Gwinnett County	D	+64.9%	2,832	413	3,727
Habersham County	D	+53.5%	1,477	368	2,071
Hall County	D	+59.8%	3,093	606	4,159
Hancock County	D	+42.7%	441	111	772
Haralson County	D	+40.2%	2,263	831	3,563
Harris County	D	+54.6%	759	138	1,137
Hart County	D	+84.0%	1,363	78	1,530
Heard County	D	+74.1%	670	77	800
Henry County	D	+63.4%	1,400	229	1,846
Houston County	D	+59.5%	1,437	204	2,072
Irwin County	D	+59.0%	946	146	1,355
Jackson County	D	+77.5%	1,866	145	2,222
Jasper County	D	+54.9%	562	87	865
Jeff Davis County	D	+59.8%	611	70	905
Jefferson County	O	+23.7%	544	137	1,716
Jenkins County	D	+51.3%	595	98	969
Johnson County	D	+49.2%	685	67	1,256
Jones County	D	+43.5%	588	103	1,114
Lamar County	D	+58.7%	909	164	1,269
Lanier County	D	+57.9%	486	92	680
Laurens County	D	+54.1%	2,325	268	3,804
Lee County	O	+38.2%	215	36	468
Liberty County	D	+57.7%	820	121	1,212
Lincoln County	O	+9.2%	99	32	729
Long County	D	+60.8%	337	25	513
Lowndes County	D	+31.2%	1,867	634	3,958
Lumpkin County	D	+54.8%	547	142	739
Macon County	D	+46.4%	675	127	1,182
Madison County	D	+76.3%	1,160	62	1,439
Marion County	D	+44.0%	283	45	541
McDuffie County	O	+8.7%	182	51	1,500
McIntosh County	D	+22.1%	425	233	870
Meriwether County	D	+73.2%	1,967	204	2,409
Miller County	D	+80.3%	723	32	861
Mitchell County	D	+62.9%	1,453	152	2,067
Monroe County	D	+50.1%	881	169	1,420
Montgomery County	D	+55.0%	1,048	117	1,693
Morgan County	D	+73.4%	1,147	115	1,406
Murray County	D	+42.8%	1,653	616	2,424
Muscogee County	D	+34.1%	5,920	2,443	10,203
Newton County	D	+74.8%	2,113	243	2,500
Oconee County	D	+51.9%	579	94	935
Oglethorpe County	D	+67.7%	819	62	1,118
Paulding County	D	+44.5%	981	333	1,456
Peach County	D	+39.9%	642	166	1,193
Pickens County	R	−0.6%	1,239	1,255	2,722
Pierce County	D	+52.8%	908	108	1,514
Pike County	D	+39.0%	256	72	472
Polk County	D	+65.5%	2,918	491	3,706
Pulaski County	D	+63.4%	567	64	794
Putnam County	D	+58.4%	609	110	854
Quitman County	D	+62.9%	246	19	361
Rabun County	D	+60.1%	747	165	969
Randolph County	D	+45.5%	575	134	970
Richmond County	O	+7.2%	2,450	1,528	12,846
Rockdale County	D	+73.1%	1,209	126	1,481
Schley County	D	+57.1%	257	43	375
Screven County	D	+44.0%	838	172	1,513
Seminole County	D	+68.6%	722	105	899
Spalding County	D	+63.4%	3,441	506	4,626
Stephens County	D	+47.9%	912	278	1,323
Stewart County	D	+39.1%	276	46	588
Sumter County	D	+35.5%	1,018	256	2,144
Talbot County	D	+60.3%	582	92	812
Taliaferro County	D	+80.6%	504	21	599
Tattnall County	D	+45.9%	1,071	216	1,864
Taylor County	D	+49.0%	638	99	1,101
Telfair County	D	+56.5%	712	75	1,127
Terrell County	D	+53.4%	608	100	951
Thomas County	D	+13.7%	1,429	925	3,667
Tift County	D	+54.3%	3,158	637	4,644
Toombs County	D	+48.0%	1,161	193	2,016
Towns County	D	+26.0%	516	302	824
Treutlen County	D	+57.5%	413	26	673
Troup County	D	+65.0%	3,896	536	5,169
Turner County	D	+54.9%	774	147	1,143
Twiggs County	O	+37.7%	359	52	815
Union County	D	+5.3%	1,420	1,274	2,778
Upson County	D	+72.5%	2,432	262	2,993
Walker County	D	+49.8%	3,418	980	4,895
Walton County	D	+79.3%	2,440	164	2,871
Ware County	D	+42.1%	2,611	655	4,650
Warren County	O	+27.4%	256	33	814
Washington County	D	+70.0%	1,169	204	1,379
Wayne County	D	+62.0%	1,277	190	1,752
Webster County	D	+12.4%	118	79	314
Wheeler County	D	+58.9%	560	39	885
White County	D	+69.5%	497	59	630
Whitfield County	D	+40.3%	3,419	1,249	5,391
Wilcox County	D	+64.2%	791	75	1,115
Wilkes County	D	+55.8%	771	95	1,212
Wilkinson County	O	+36.9%	501	96	1,099
Worth County	D	+68.8%	1,159	124	1,504