Thomas E. Dewey carried Indiana R+0.8.

Harry S. Truman (D) vs Thomas E. Dewey (R) in Indiana, 1948. The state ran 5.3 points more Republican 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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Indiana result

1,656,212 votes counted

Truman (D)

807,831

48.8%

Dewey (R)

821,079

49.6%

Thurmond + others

27,302

1.6%

Margin

R+0.8

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1948 presidential election

Indiana, 1948

DeweyR+0.8

How it voted

Share of the 1948 vote

Thomas E. Dewey ✓Republican	49.6%	821,079
Harry S. TrumanDemocratic	48.8%	807,831
OtherAll other candidates	1.6%	27,302

D+60

R+60

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

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Indiana's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1948 contest in context

Indiana's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	+1.2%
1896	−2.9%
1900	−3.8%
1904	−13.8%
1908	−1.5%
1912	+20.0%
1916	−0.9%
1920	−14.6%
1924	−16.6%
1928	−20.1%
1932	+11.7%
1936	+14.7%
1940	−1.4%
1944	−5.7%
1948	−0.8%
1952	−17.1%
1956	−20.2%
1960	−10.4%
1964	+12.4%
1968	−12.3%
1972	−32.8%
1976	−7.6%
1980	−18.4%
1984	−24.0%
1988	−20.2%
1992	−6.1%
1996	−5.6%
2000	−15.6%
2004	−20.7%
2008	+1.0%
2012	−10.2%
2016	−19.0%
2020	−16.1%
2024	−18.9%

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County results — 1948

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Adams County	R	−2.0%	4,640	4,832	9,645
Allen County	R	−9.0%	31,239	37,494	69,436
Bartholomew County	D	+1.0%	7,960	7,804	16,012
Benton County	R	−16.3%	2,317	3,224	5,570
Blackford County	D	+11.6%	3,611	2,840	6,641
Boone County	R	−12.2%	5,037	6,450	11,586
Brown County	D	+14.0%	1,459	1,092	2,629
Carroll County	R	−8.8%	3,845	4,597	8,514
Cass County	D	+5.1%	10,086	9,105	19,385
Clark County	D	+21.8%	10,953	7,001	18,153
Clay County	D	+2.6%	5,965	5,654	11,905
Clinton County	R	−5.1%	7,001	7,762	14,921
Crawford County	D	+3.8%	2,625	2,427	5,167
Daviess County	R	−8.9%	5,867	7,030	13,044
Dearborn County	D	+6.0%	6,040	5,353	11,462
Decatur County	R	−14.9%	3,808	5,163	9,066
DeKalb County	R	−11.9%	5,439	6,941	12,652
Delaware County	D	+4.2%	17,060	15,662	33,525
Dubois County	D	+20.8%	6,564	4,295	10,928
Elkhart County	R	−15.8%	13,703	18,999	33,517
Fayette County	D	+4.2%	5,876	5,399	11,338
Floyd County	D	+11.6%	10,593	8,367	19,121
Fountain County	R	−10.3%	4,215	5,186	9,471
Franklin County	R	−10.9%	2,860	3,566	6,468
Fulton County	R	−20.2%	3,233	4,930	8,398
Gibson County	D	+3.5%	7,988	7,431	15,709
Grant County	R	−3.5%	12,212	13,138	26,115
Greene County	D	+1.7%	7,709	7,453	15,463
Hamilton County	R	−25.9%	4,384	7,521	12,107
Hancock County	D	+2.3%	4,948	4,721	9,826
Harrison County	D	+4.1%	4,465	4,104	8,751
Hendricks County	R	−19.2%	4,280	6,327	10,682
Henry County	R	−10.1%	8,523	10,487	19,421
Howard County	D	+8.5%	12,937	10,874	24,362
Huntington County	R	−6.2%	7,202	8,178	15,723
Jackson County	D	+8.9%	7,258	6,062	13,471
Jasper County	R	−31.9%	2,216	4,320	6,603
Jay County	R	−1.0%	5,520	5,635	11,442
Jefferson County	R	−9.0%	4,302	5,166	9,604
Jennings County	R	−6.0%	3,084	3,485	6,636
Johnson County	D	+0.5%	6,216	6,151	12,454
Knox County	D	+11.3%	11,650	9,250	21,182
Kosciusko County	R	−28.4%	5,102	9,327	14,855
LaGrange County	R	−30.4%	1,628	3,106	4,867
Lake County	D	+19.3%	77,025	51,413	132,595
LaPorte County	R	−5.8%	13,923	15,661	29,859
Lawrence County	R	−16.9%	6,131	8,643	14,869
Madison County	D	+12.6%	24,439	18,917	43,948
Marion County	R	−2.8%	97,915	103,603	204,013
Marshall County	R	−16.0%	5,661	7,873	13,819
Martin County	D	+11.0%	2,788	2,230	5,073
Miami County	R	−3.9%	6,538	7,083	13,863
Monroe County	R	−12.6%	7,375	9,579	17,532
Montgomery County	R	−17.7%	5,492	7,890	13,537
Morgan County	R	−12.1%	4,428	5,677	10,297
Newton County	R	−37.8%	1,483	3,312	4,845
Noble County	R	−16.1%	4,676	6,503	11,344
Ohio County	D	+6.4%	1,173	1,031	2,215
Orange County	R	−15.1%	3,359	4,574	8,021
Owen County	R	−4.5%	2,738	3,002	5,870
Parke County	R	−8.0%	3,681	4,326	8,112
Perry County	D	+9.7%	4,569	3,761	8,354
Pike County	R	−1.3%	3,596	3,696	7,452
Porter County	R	−26.2%	5,161	8,907	14,318
Posey County	D	+9.7%	4,729	3,879	8,731
Pulaski County	R	−5.1%	2,736	3,039	5,992
Putnam County	R	−2.6%	4,814	5,072	9,963
Randolph County	R	−20.1%	4,655	7,122	12,287
Ripley County	R	−7.4%	4,574	5,313	9,961
Rush County	R	−16.6%	3,814	5,362	9,321
Scott County	D	+12.4%	3,128	2,429	5,635
Shelby County	D	+6.9%	6,992	6,068	13,324
Spencer County	R	−3.8%	4,163	4,496	8,726
St. Joseph County	D	+11.3%	49,866	39,593	90,846
Starke County	R	−3.0%	3,312	3,518	6,960
Steuben County	R	−36.3%	1,996	4,341	6,452
Sullivan County	D	+15.9%	6,705	4,824	11,801
Switzerland County	D	+12.6%	2,375	1,839	4,247
Tippecanoe County	R	−22.1%	10,825	17,034	28,107
Tipton County	R	−3.0%	3,925	4,169	8,210
Union County	R	−27.6%	1,049	1,859	2,939
Vanderburgh County	D	+8.3%	32,640	27,584	60,956
Vermillion County	D	+7.1%	5,426	4,685	10,404
Vigo County	D	+15.0%	25,906	19,049	45,564
Wabash County	R	−26.1%	4,692	8,149	13,245
Warren County	R	−27.2%	1,391	2,444	3,869
Warrick County	D	+1.6%	4,750	4,602	9,440
Washington County	D	+4.8%	4,033	3,660	7,757
Wayne County	R	−17.6%	10,749	15,445	26,716
Wells County	D	+4.8%	4,726	4,288	9,094
White County	R	−12.1%	3,849	4,911	8,813
Whitley County	R	−5.2%	4,240	4,715	9,089