Thomas E. Dewey carried Kansas R+9.0.

Harry S. Truman (D) vs Thomas E. Dewey (R) in Kansas, 1948. The state ran 13.5 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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Kansas result

788,819 votes counted

Truman (D)

351,902

44.6%

Dewey (R)

423,039

53.6%

Thurmond + others

13,878

1.8%

Margin

R+9.0

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1948 presidential election

Kansas, 1948

DeweyR+9.0

How it voted

Share of the 1948 vote

Thomas E. Dewey ✓Republican	53.6%	423,039
Harry S. TrumanDemocratic	44.6%	351,902
OtherAll other candidates	1.8%	13,878

D+60

R+60

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

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Kansas's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1948 contest in context

Kansas's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	−48.4%
1896	+3.7%
1900	−6.6%
1904	−38.7%
1908	−9.4%
1912	+18.8%
1916	+5.9%
1920	−32.2%
1924	−37.9%
1928	−45.0%
1932	+9.4%
1936	+7.7%
1940	−14.5%
1944	−21.1%
1948	−9.0%
1952	−38.3%
1956	−31.2%
1960	−21.3%
1964	+9.0%
1968	−20.1%
1972	−38.2%
1976	−7.6%
1980	−24.6%
1984	−33.7%
1988	−13.2%
1992	−5.1%
1996	−18.2%
2000	−20.8%
2004	−25.4%
2008	−15.0%
2012	−21.6%
2016	−20.4%
2020	−14.7%
2024	−16.0%

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County results — 1948

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Allen County	R	−23.6%	2,891	4,704	7,685
Anderson County	R	−14.6%	2,071	2,787	4,902
Atchison County	R	−2.8%	3,910	4,141	8,113
Barber County	R	−3.1%	1,891	2,013	3,953
Barton County	R	−7.6%	5,307	6,191	11,600
Bourbon County	R	−4.2%	3,879	4,225	8,215
Brown County	R	−37.0%	2,060	4,518	6,646
Butler County	R	−2.2%	6,269	6,551	12,952
Chase County	R	−19.4%	961	1,432	2,430
Chautauqua County	R	−20.5%	1,261	1,925	3,244
Cherokee County	D	+2.5%	4,854	4,616	9,663
Cheyenne County	R	−10.6%	978	1,219	2,278
Clark County	R	−12.3%	777	999	1,807
Clay County	R	−34.3%	1,804	3,763	5,711
Cloud County	R	−15.8%	2,891	4,018	7,155
Coffey County	R	−23.9%	1,796	2,945	4,812
Comanche County	R	−24.5%	650	1,077	1,740
Cowley County	R	−6.8%	7,042	8,102	15,541
Crawford County	D	+4.4%	9,005	8,229	17,815
Decatur County	R	−4.8%	1,402	1,545	3,005
Dickinson County	R	−21.3%	3,815	5,918	9,867
Doniphan County	R	−28.2%	1,555	2,785	4,369
Douglas County	R	−31.2%	4,778	9,287	14,454
Edwards County	R	−19.4%	1,083	1,627	2,798
Elk County	R	−28.5%	1,087	1,962	3,075
Ellis County	D	+18.0%	3,863	2,676	6,606
Ellsworth County	R	−6.8%	1,879	2,155	4,079
Finney County	R	−2.8%	2,367	2,508	5,015
Ford County	D	+3.5%	4,396	4,089	8,662
Franklin County	R	−19.0%	3,467	5,145	8,834
Geary County	R	−0.9%	2,810	2,864	5,760
Gove County	R	−17.4%	719	1,030	1,792
Graham County	R	−20.1%	913	1,380	2,328
Grant County	R	−8.4%	625	742	1,391
Gray County	R	−8.6%	869	1,035	1,928
Greeley County	R	−8.9%	326	391	733
Greenwood County	R	−15.8%	2,574	3,553	6,200
Hamilton County	R	−1.8%	722	749	1,479
Harper County	R	−20.8%	1,752	2,702	4,560
Harvey County	R	−18.1%	3,615	5,270	9,130
Haskell County	R	−11.6%	466	592	1,083
Hodgeman County	R	−22.8%	590	945	1,555
Jackson County	R	−23.4%	1,958	3,166	5,165
Jefferson County	R	−19.3%	2,010	2,986	5,058
Jewell County	R	−31.5%	1,574	3,143	4,975
Johnson County	R	−22.3%	8,982	14,191	23,378
Kearny County	R	−10.9%	541	676	1,242
Kingman County	R	−13.4%	2,008	2,640	4,724
Kiowa County	R	−25.5%	722	1,258	2,104
Labette County	R	−1.5%	6,113	6,298	12,565
Lane County	R	−18.0%	525	764	1,328
Leavenworth County	D	+2.0%	6,740	6,474	13,317
Lincoln County	R	−32.8%	1,094	2,181	3,318
Linn County	R	−22.0%	1,673	2,632	4,354
Logan County	R	−30.3%	579	1,105	1,734
Lyon County	R	−2.0%	5,708	5,941	11,876
Marion County	R	−31.6%	2,421	4,724	7,285
Marshall County	R	−23.7%	3,148	5,122	8,329
McPherson County	R	−20.0%	3,879	5,952	10,344
Meade County	R	−24.5%	834	1,406	2,336
Miami County	D	+0.1%	3,660	3,650	7,388
Mitchell County	R	−25.9%	1,750	2,998	4,823
Montgomery County	R	−10.4%	8,621	10,636	19,444
Morris County	R	−14.4%	1,701	2,285	4,047
Morton County	R	−6.7%	545	624	1,186
Nemaha County	R	−11.3%	2,810	3,529	6,371
Neosho County	R	−14.6%	3,770	5,072	8,947
Ness County	R	−19.2%	1,130	1,689	2,907
Norton County	R	−25.9%	1,414	2,461	4,036
Osage County	R	−13.0%	2,659	3,474	6,254
Osborne County	R	−28.6%	1,420	2,603	4,140
Ottawa County	R	−20.9%	1,424	2,203	3,734
Pawnee County	R	−6.5%	1,945	2,221	4,235
Phillips County	R	−36.4%	1,223	2,715	4,094
Pottawatomie County	R	−26.0%	2,167	3,709	5,921
Pratt County	R	−2.2%	2,751	2,878	5,731
Rawlins County	R	−11.7%	1,095	1,389	2,522
Reno County	R	−5.7%	9,957	11,187	21,567
Republic County	R	−22.7%	2,109	3,375	5,586
Rice County	R	−18.2%	2,752	4,002	6,882
Riley County	R	−38.1%	4,052	9,227	13,567
Rooks County	R	−14.5%	1,636	2,197	3,882
Rush County	R	−14.7%	1,360	1,840	3,262
Russell County	R	−14.0%	2,343	3,113	5,512
Saline County	R	−7.6%	6,798	7,928	14,920
Scott County	R	−16.5%	739	1,040	1,829
Sedgwick County	R	−0.7%	38,621	39,165	79,029
Seward County	R	−6.1%	1,614	1,829	3,517
Shawnee County	R	−7.4%	20,346	23,673	44,808
Sheridan County	R	−6.3%	966	1,097	2,082
Sherman County	R	−3.3%	1,289	1,380	2,760
Smith County	R	−26.3%	1,590	2,760	4,456
Stafford County	R	−5.7%	2,049	2,304	4,453
Stanton County	R	−14.9%	300	407	720
Stevens County	R	−10.3%	666	822	1,521
Sumner County	R	−12.6%	4,571	5,922	10,685
Thomas County	R	−0.7%	1,476	1,497	3,030
Trego County	R	−5.0%	1,117	1,237	2,387
Wabaunsee County	R	−35.0%	1,162	2,437	3,648
Wallace County	R	−18.1%	439	637	1,094
Washington County	R	−34.0%	1,894	3,894	5,883
Wichita County	R	−15.1%	443	606	1,077
Wilson County	R	−20.4%	2,538	3,868	6,506
Woodson County	R	−26.7%	1,145	1,997	3,191
Wyandotte County	D	+25.4%	41,366	24,398	66,788