Harry S. Truman carried Minnesota D+17.3.

Harry S. Truman (D) vs Thomas E. Dewey (R) in Minnesota, 1948. The state ran 12.8 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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Minnesota result

1,212,226 votes counted

Truman (D)

692,966

57.2%

Dewey (R)

483,617

39.9%

Thurmond + others

35,643

2.9%

Margin

D+17.3

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1948 presidential election

Minnesota, 1948

TrumanD+17.3

How it voted

Share of the 1948 vote

Harry S. Truman ✓Democratic	57.2%	692,966
Thomas E. DeweyRepublican	39.9%	483,617
Strom ThurmondStates' Rights	2.9%	35,643

D+60

R+60

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

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Minnesota's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1948 contest in context

Minnesota's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	−8.3%
1896	−15.7%
1900	−24.5%
1904	−55.1%
1908	−26.2%
1912	+12.6%
1916	−0.1%
1920	−51.2%
1924	−44.4%
1928	−16.9%
1932	+23.6%
1936	+30.8%
1940	+3.8%
1944	+5.5%
1948	+17.3%
1952	−11.2%
1956	−7.6%
1960	+1.4%
1964	+27.8%
1968	+12.5%
1972	−5.5%
1976	+12.9%
1980	+3.9%
1984	+0.2%
1988	+7.0%
1992	+11.6%
1996	+16.1%
2000	+2.4%
2004	+3.5%
2008	+10.2%
2012	+7.7%
2016	+1.5%
2020	+7.1%
2024	+4.2%

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County results — 1948

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Aitkin County	D	+13.5%	3,277	2,466	6,007
Anoka County	D	+32.5%	7,730	3,853	11,929
Becker County	D	+24.6%	5,885	3,495	9,727
Beltrami County	D	+30.2%	6,020	3,126	9,580
Benton County	D	+22.2%	3,632	2,297	6,015
Big Stone County	D	+29.5%	2,466	1,321	3,886
Blue Earth County	R	−1.7%	7,272	7,520	14,954
Brown County	R	−2.6%	4,804	5,068	10,016
Carlton County	D	+41.6%	6,967	2,742	10,157
Carver County	R	−23.6%	2,816	4,582	7,482
Cass County	D	+10.4%	3,933	3,179	7,278
Chippewa County	D	+19.8%	3,888	2,569	6,646
Chisago County	D	+7.9%	3,184	2,704	6,065
Clay County	D	+20.8%	6,624	4,302	11,145
Clearwater County	D	+38.5%	2,793	1,171	4,212
Cook County	D	+1.0%	688	674	1,406
Cottonwood County	D	+1.7%	3,333	3,222	6,632
Crow Wing County	D	+17.5%	6,773	4,702	11,845
Dakota County	D	+28.9%	12,487	6,819	19,623
Dodge County	D	+2.9%	2,523	2,381	4,961
Douglas County	D	+14.2%	5,022	3,744	8,973
Faribault County	D	+6.4%	5,261	4,619	10,014
Fillmore County	R	−11.6%	4,414	5,587	10,128
Freeborn County	D	+19.5%	7,825	5,238	13,276
Goodhue County	D	+4.3%	7,313	6,704	14,222
Grant County	D	+13.4%	2,378	1,789	4,388
Hennepin County	D	+10.9%	151,920	121,169	282,234
Houston County	R	−14.7%	2,623	3,540	6,231
Hubbard County	R	−0.6%	2,044	2,071	4,241
Isanti County	D	+16.8%	2,758	1,918	4,994
Itasca County	D	+36.1%	9,653	4,334	14,716
Jackson County	D	+32.3%	4,541	2,288	6,969
Kanabec County	D	+19.5%	2,305	1,531	3,970
Kandiyohi County	D	+30.5%	7,204	3,666	11,593
Kittson County	D	+46.3%	2,970	1,035	4,183
Koochiching County	D	+46.6%	4,968	1,718	6,968
Lac qui Parle County	D	+22.3%	3,690	2,330	6,100
Lake County	D	+43.7%	2,555	924	3,729
Lake of the Woods County	D	+35.9%	1,302	583	2,005
Le Sueur County	D	+11.7%	4,890	3,858	8,828
Lincoln County	D	+33.8%	2,694	1,312	4,090
Lyon County	D	+33.3%	6,144	3,054	9,286
Mahnomen County	D	+55.7%	2,125	579	2,775
Marshall County	D	+31.3%	4,126	2,090	6,507
Martin County	D	+12.6%	6,015	4,662	10,764
McLeod County	R	−7.3%	3,987	4,623	8,716
Meeker County	D	+8.8%	4,333	3,620	8,065
Mille Lacs County	D	+13.9%	3,343	2,502	6,039
Morrison County	D	+20.8%	6,026	3,922	10,092
Mower County	D	+24.8%	9,468	5,672	15,301
Murray County	D	+29.3%	3,594	1,951	5,602
Nicollet County	D	+1.2%	3,663	3,576	7,325
Nobles County	D	+22.5%	5,090	3,203	8,382
Norman County	D	+30.1%	3,245	1,695	5,157
Olmsted County	D	+5.9%	9,155	8,131	17,467
Otter Tail County	R	−25.2%	6,546	11,131	18,172
Pennington County	D	+29.3%	3,402	1,759	5,608
Pine County	D	+22.7%	4,978	3,069	8,407
Pipestone County	D	+10.1%	2,804	2,281	5,180
Polk County	D	+31.7%	9,279	4,662	14,580
Pope County	D	+20.8%	3,251	2,114	5,462
Ramsey County	D	+28.7%	88,528	48,142	140,887
Red Lake County	D	+47.8%	1,771	592	2,468
Redwood County	D	+0.3%	4,182	4,160	8,445
Renville County	D	+9.6%	5,227	4,297	9,679
Rice County	R	−3.8%	5,832	6,301	12,321
Rock County	D	+2.3%	2,134	2,035	4,234
Roseau County	D	+40.1%	3,674	1,458	5,528
Scott County	D	+24.4%	4,278	2,583	6,935
Sherburne County	D	+3.3%	1,958	1,828	3,895
Sibley County	R	−7.2%	2,818	3,260	6,157
St. Louis County	D	+35.0%	62,553	28,490	97,292
Stearns County	D	+19.9%	15,261	10,153	25,706
Steele County	R	−1.7%	4,305	4,451	8,816
Stevens County	D	+9.0%	2,313	1,928	4,283
Swift County	D	+30.5%	4,082	2,109	6,468
Todd County	D	+10.4%	5,157	4,166	9,535
Traverse County	D	+35.5%	2,151	1,008	3,223
Wabasha County	D	+6.1%	3,730	3,297	7,102
Wadena County	D	+5.8%	2,556	2,272	4,917
Waseca County	R	−5.9%	3,120	3,511	6,680
Washington County	D	+16.8%	8,039	5,686	13,970
Watonwan County	D	+8.0%	3,039	2,581	5,698
Wilkin County	D	+14.6%	2,291	1,700	4,060
Winona County	D	+9.1%	8,281	6,880	15,313
Wright County	R	−0.6%	5,523	5,589	11,297
Yellow Medicine County	D	+21.0%	4,164	2,693	7,012