Harry S. Truman carried Kentucky D+15.3.

Harry S. Truman (D) vs Thomas E. Dewey (R) in Kentucky, 1948. The state ran 10.8 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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Kentucky result

822,658 votes counted

Truman (D)

466,756

56.7%

Dewey (R)

341,210

41.5%

Thurmond + others

14,692

1.8%

Margin

D+15.3

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1948 presidential election

Kentucky, 1948

TrumanD+15.3

How it voted

Share of the 1948 vote

Harry S. Truman ✓Democratic	56.7%	466,756
Thomas E. DeweyRepublican	41.5%	341,210
OtherAll other candidates	1.8%	14,692

D+60

R+60

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

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Kentucky's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1948 contest in context

Kentucky's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	+11.7%
1896	−0.1%
1900	+1.7%
1904	+2.7%
1908	+1.7%
1912	+23.2%
1916	+5.4%
1920	+0.4%
1924	−2.9%
1928	−18.9%
1932	+18.9%
1936	+18.6%
1940	+15.1%
1944	+9.2%
1948	+15.3%
1952	+0.1%
1956	−9.1%
1960	−7.2%
1964	+28.4%
1968	−6.1%
1972	−28.6%
1976	+7.2%
1980	−1.5%
1984	−20.7%
1988	−11.6%
1992	+3.2%
1996	+1.0%
2000	−15.1%
2004	−19.9%
2008	−16.2%
2012	−22.7%
2016	−29.8%
2020	−25.9%
2024	−30.5%

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County results — 1948

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Adair County	R	−13.8%	2,144	2,839	5,036
Allen County	R	−16.9%	1,605	2,280	3,985
Anderson County	D	+36.9%	2,135	971	3,154
Ballard County	D	+70.4%	2,702	454	3,195
Barren County	D	+24.7%	4,095	2,437	6,715
Bath County	D	+28.2%	2,287	1,276	3,591
Bell County	D	+13.6%	5,708	4,327	10,124
Boone County	D	+33.2%	2,320	1,151	3,523
Bourbon County	D	+36.8%	3,562	1,610	5,302
Boyd County	D	+14.5%	9,006	6,707	15,844
Boyle County	D	+27.0%	3,338	1,897	5,336
Bracken County	D	+19.9%	1,863	1,239	3,134
Breathitt County	D	+54.8%	3,295	957	4,264
Breckinridge County	D	+4.2%	2,623	2,407	5,110
Bullitt County	D	+42.3%	1,681	673	2,385
Butler County	R	−38.0%	1,105	2,494	3,658
Caldwell County	D	+14.7%	2,210	1,626	3,985
Calloway County	D	+74.4%	4,896	681	5,668
Campbell County	D	+4.6%	13,008	11,851	25,231
Carlisle County	D	+73.7%	1,899	279	2,199
Carroll County	D	+59.4%	2,626	639	3,345
Carter County	R	−5.9%	3,082	3,472	6,577
Casey County	R	−38.4%	1,495	3,380	4,911
Christian County	D	+24.6%	5,582	3,242	9,502
Clark County	D	+36.3%	3,292	1,508	4,908
Clay County	R	−35.8%	1,468	3,142	4,676
Clinton County	R	−52.0%	709	2,295	3,048
Crittenden County	R	−12.4%	1,497	1,927	3,461
Cumberland County	R	−41.5%	794	1,947	2,775
Daviess County	D	+27.7%	8,682	4,873	13,727
Edmonson County	R	−31.3%	1,031	1,984	3,048
Elliott County	D	+67.1%	2,095	410	2,512
Estill County	R	−2.9%	1,937	2,056	4,045
Fayette County	D	+8.9%	13,202	10,959	25,155
Fleming County	D	+13.1%	2,722	2,088	4,852
Floyd County	D	+47.4%	8,823	3,127	12,016
Franklin County	D	+53.5%	6,679	1,962	8,822
Fulton County	D	+65.8%	2,497	450	3,110
Gallatin County	D	+60.0%	1,381	342	1,731
Garrard County	R	−4.5%	1,725	1,890	3,656
Grant County	D	+38.9%	2,633	1,154	3,803
Graves County	D	+70.5%	8,682	1,442	10,276
Grayson County	R	−13.9%	2,174	2,880	5,092
Green County	R	−14.5%	1,628	2,186	3,860
Greenup County	D	+13.7%	4,186	3,168	7,406
Hancock County	D	+7.5%	1,146	985	2,147
Hardin County	D	+26.3%	3,990	2,297	6,447
Harlan County	D	+34.7%	9,158	4,402	13,710
Harrison County	D	+47.3%	3,494	1,224	4,802
Hart County	D	+3.8%	2,495	2,311	4,865
Henderson County	D	+47.0%	5,499	1,904	7,646
Henry County	D	+47.5%	3,398	1,193	4,640
Hickman County	D	+70.9%	2,143	326	2,564
Hopkins County	D	+37.8%	6,149	2,608	9,366
Jackson County	R	−73.0%	429	2,781	3,222
Jefferson County	D	+0.8%	70,756	69,645	143,629
Jessamine County	D	+22.9%	2,301	1,414	3,878
Johnson County	R	−25.3%	2,378	3,993	6,392
Kenton County	D	+27.0%	18,918	10,771	30,200
Knott County	D	+72.1%	4,660	754	5,414
Knox County	R	−20.0%	2,814	4,241	7,123
Larue County	D	+18.3%	1,864	1,277	3,206
Laurel County	R	−30.4%	2,187	4,107	6,326
Lawrence County	D	+5.6%	2,372	2,117	4,521
Lee County	R	−7.6%	1,058	1,233	2,317
Leslie County	R	−50.3%	783	2,397	3,211
Letcher County	D	+14.2%	4,741	3,560	8,324
Lewis County	R	−30.2%	1,449	2,708	4,172
Lincoln County	D	+5.8%	2,920	2,593	5,614
Livingston County	D	+41.2%	1,622	671	2,311
Logan County	D	+51.2%	4,355	1,352	5,865
Lyon County	D	+42.8%	1,505	582	2,155
Madison County	D	+7.1%	5,344	4,619	10,156
Magoffin County	D	+9.0%	2,253	1,882	4,135
Marion County	D	+43.5%	3,008	1,171	4,225
Marshall County	D	+60.7%	2,942	711	3,673
Martin County	R	−36.3%	911	1,964	2,898
Mason County	D	+17.7%	3,620	2,519	6,208
McCracken County	D	+53.8%	11,183	3,251	14,754
McCreary County	R	−52.7%	933	3,031	3,978
McLean County	D	+30.3%	2,104	1,112	3,272
Meade County	D	+41.9%	1,915	773	2,725
Menifee County	D	+43.3%	1,112	435	1,564
Mercer County	D	+24.8%	2,682	1,599	4,363
Metcalfe County	D	+1.3%	1,683	1,640	3,346
Monroe County	R	−38.1%	1,249	2,812	4,097
Montgomery County	D	+41.6%	2,731	1,083	3,960
Morgan County	D	+55.7%	3,488	987	4,487
Muhlenberg County	D	+11.8%	4,426	3,478	8,031
Nelson County	D	+34.5%	3,556	1,715	5,336
Nicholas County	D	+39.0%	1,885	815	2,742
Ohio County	R	−9.5%	2,721	3,300	6,106
Oldham County	D	+23.6%	1,703	1,036	2,829
Owen County	D	+71.2%	3,056	504	3,583
Owsley County	R	−59.3%	437	1,718	2,161
Pendleton County	D	+17.3%	1,958	1,373	3,374
Perry County	D	+19.7%	5,614	3,755	9,453
Pike County	D	+16.9%	11,423	8,097	19,642
Powell County	D	+14.9%	975	719	1,713
Pulaski County	R	−32.2%	3,844	7,549	11,510
Robertson County	D	+32.1%	864	442	1,314
Rockcastle County	R	−42.2%	1,309	3,236	4,564
Rowan County	D	+16.4%	2,097	1,502	3,622
Russell County	R	−33.6%	1,191	2,404	3,613
Scott County	D	+43.8%	3,548	1,352	5,014
Shelby County	D	+39.4%	3,840	1,626	5,622
Simpson County	D	+55.0%	2,752	762	3,619
Spencer County	D	+44.4%	1,298	493	1,812
Taylor County	D	+7.2%	2,415	2,087	4,581
Todd County	D	+53.9%	2,929	827	3,900
Trigg County	D	+49.3%	2,485	816	3,383
Trimble County	D	+78.9%	1,746	194	1,968
Union County	D	+65.0%	3,607	744	4,406
Warren County	D	+25.5%	6,768	3,919	11,189
Washington County	D	+7.8%	2,121	1,813	3,962
Wayne County	R	−9.9%	2,029	2,480	4,548
Webster County	D	+49.4%	3,288	1,087	4,459
Whitley County	R	−31.0%	2,932	5,611	8,653
Wolfe County	D	+40.4%	1,918	813	2,733
Woodford County	D	+26.6%	2,175	1,229	3,555