Harry S. Truman carried Missouri D+16.6.

Harry S. Truman (D) vs Thomas E. Dewey (R) in Missouri, 1948. The state ran 12.1 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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Missouri result

1,578,574 votes counted

Truman (D)

917,315

58.1%

Dewey (R)

655,039

41.5%

Thurmond + others

6,220

0.4%

Margin

D+16.6

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1948 presidential election

Missouri, 1948

TrumanD+16.6

How it voted

Share of the 1948 vote

Harry S. Truman ✓Democratic	58.1%	917,315
Thomas E. DeweyRepublican	41.5%	655,039
OtherAll other candidates	0.4%	6,220

D+60

R+60

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

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Missouri's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1948 contest in context

Missouri's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	+7.5%
1896	+8.7%
1900	+5.5%
1904	−3.9%
1908	−0.1%
1912	+17.6%
1916	+3.6%
1920	−11.5%
1924	−5.6%
1928	−11.4%
1932	+28.6%
1936	+22.6%
1940	+4.8%
1944	+2.9%
1948	+16.6%
1952	−1.6%
1956	+0.2%
1960	+0.5%
1964	+28.1%
1968	−1.1%
1972	−24.7%
1976	+3.6%
1980	−6.8%
1984	−20.0%
1988	−4.0%
1992	+10.1%
1996	+6.3%
2000	−3.3%
2004	−7.2%
2008	−0.1%
2012	−9.4%
2016	−18.5%
2020	−15.3%
2024	−18.4%

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County results — 1948

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Adair County	D	+1.4%	4,136	4,024	8,201
Andrew County	R	−9.9%	2,576	3,142	5,729
Atchison County	D	+6.6%	2,498	2,190	4,693
Audrain County	D	+46.4%	7,495	2,739	10,250
Barry County	R	−0.9%	4,724	4,812	9,536
Barton County	D	+7.7%	3,008	2,577	5,592
Bates County	D	+2.5%	4,371	4,156	8,533
Benton County	R	−34.1%	1,360	2,768	4,131
Bollinger County	R	−2.6%	2,075	2,187	4,267
Boone County	D	+40.3%	10,200	4,289	14,653
Buchanan County	D	+27.7%	22,975	13,002	36,034
Butler County	D	+10.8%	5,319	4,276	9,630
Caldwell County	R	−15.0%	1,985	2,687	4,676
Callaway County	D	+43.7%	6,215	2,433	8,658
Camden County	R	−23.0%	1,264	2,020	3,291
Cape Girardeau County	D	+5.3%	7,872	7,084	14,971
Carroll County	R	−10.6%	3,401	4,212	7,618
Carter County	D	+13.0%	1,255	964	2,237
Cass County	D	+19.9%	5,415	3,614	9,045
Cedar County	R	−17.3%	2,062	2,928	5,000
Chariton County	D	+22.9%	4,170	2,615	6,791
Christian County	R	−32.3%	1,600	3,129	4,735
Clark County	D	+1.9%	2,352	2,264	4,619
Clay County	D	+29.8%	11,855	6,408	18,304
Clinton County	D	+21.9%	3,481	2,227	5,715
Cole County	D	+6.6%	7,891	6,909	14,825
Cooper County	R	−2.9%	3,865	4,094	7,968
Crawford County	R	−7.3%	2,289	2,650	4,949
Dade County	R	−23.2%	1,733	2,783	4,521
Dallas County	R	−25.7%	1,590	2,695	4,296
Daviess County	D	+0.8%	2,868	2,823	5,693
DeKalb County	R	−1.6%	2,033	2,098	4,135
Dent County	D	+19.4%	2,973	2,003	4,990
Douglas County	R	−40.1%	1,163	2,734	3,914
Dunklin County	D	+63.2%	10,979	2,466	13,461
Franklin County	D	+0.6%	7,822	7,725	15,585
Gasconade County	R	−55.9%	1,204	4,268	5,485
Gentry County	D	+12.9%	3,410	2,633	6,044
Greene County	D	+4.9%	20,762	18,836	39,664
Grundy County	R	−2.4%	3,177	3,331	6,512
Harrison County	R	−12.2%	2,854	3,646	6,513
Henry County	D	+9.2%	5,551	4,619	10,174
Hickory County	R	−40.4%	733	1,728	2,462
Holt County	R	−12.2%	2,040	2,607	4,651
Howard County	D	+45.8%	4,143	1,538	5,693
Howell County	R	−10.3%	3,599	4,427	8,060
Iron County	D	+28.0%	2,552	1,435	3,994
Jackson County	D	+23.3%	139,186	86,471	226,527
Jasper County	D	+2.7%	15,404	14,593	30,078
Jefferson County	D	+25.5%	10,280	6,085	16,435
Johnson County	R	−0.2%	4,888	4,903	9,805
Knox County	D	+16.7%	2,268	1,620	3,889
Laclede County	R	−7.9%	3,221	3,773	7,015
Lafayette County	R	−5.1%	5,988	6,634	12,642
Lawrence County	R	−7.4%	4,649	5,392	10,058
Lewis County	D	+33.6%	3,155	1,564	4,731
Lincoln County	D	+32.4%	4,190	2,135	6,336
Linn County	D	+17.8%	5,788	4,034	9,833
Livingston County	D	+4.3%	4,182	3,835	8,031
Macon County	D	+15.0%	5,193	3,833	9,039
Madison County	D	+9.2%	2,509	2,086	4,599
Maries County	D	+37.0%	1,948	894	2,846
Marion County	D	+41.1%	9,122	3,802	12,944
McDonald County	R	−0.9%	2,925	2,979	5,915
Mercer County	R	−22.5%	1,008	1,595	2,605
Miller County	R	−10.2%	2,514	3,088	5,611
Mississippi County	D	+55.8%	4,592	1,293	5,915
Moniteau County	D	+3.6%	2,787	2,594	5,385
Monroe County	D	+70.9%	4,769	809	5,585
Montgomery County	R	−1.7%	2,792	2,889	5,693
Morgan County	R	−11.9%	1,862	2,365	4,238
New Madrid County	D	+62.1%	8,925	2,082	11,018
Newton County	R	−1.9%	5,598	5,820	11,443
Nodaway County	D	+12.2%	6,253	4,886	11,161
Oregon County	D	+44.0%	3,133	1,214	4,357
Osage County	D	+3.6%	2,672	2,488	5,170
Ozark County	R	−39.1%	859	1,967	2,832
Pemiscot County	D	+64.0%	10,269	2,249	12,526
Perry County	R	−15.3%	2,133	2,903	5,043
Pettis County	D	+11.5%	8,388	6,657	15,069
Phelps County	D	+26.0%	5,202	3,053	8,277
Pike County	D	+33.6%	4,934	2,448	7,400
Platte County	D	+45.1%	4,354	1,644	6,014
Polk County	R	−13.3%	3,079	4,026	7,107
Pulaski County	D	+26.9%	2,858	1,644	4,513
Putnam County	R	−26.0%	1,463	2,499	3,977
Ralls County	D	+53.7%	3,013	908	3,922
Randolph County	D	+55.6%	7,912	2,256	10,178
Ray County	D	+39.3%	4,826	2,102	6,937
Reynolds County	D	+49.4%	2,050	692	2,748
Ripley County	D	+20.0%	2,304	1,533	3,858
Saline County	D	+19.6%	7,185	4,822	12,029
Schuyler County	D	+15.7%	1,892	1,377	3,277
Scotland County	D	+18.3%	2,451	1,693	4,153
Scott County	D	+53.2%	8,266	2,519	10,803
Shannon County	D	+48.7%	2,352	805	3,174
Shelby County	D	+43.1%	3,400	1,348	4,760
St. Charles County	D	+0.6%	6,049	5,976	12,064
St. Clair County	R	−1.2%	2,489	2,548	5,044
St. Francois County	D	+7.7%	7,276	6,234	13,542
St. Louis city	D	+29.1%	220,654	120,656	343,770
St. Louis County	R	−5.2%	62,684	69,592	133,383
Ste. Genevieve County	D	+11.7%	1,984	1,567	3,568
Stoddard County	D	+38.5%	7,029	3,117	10,169
Stone County	R	−42.6%	892	2,222	3,121
Sullivan County	D	+4.6%	3,443	3,140	6,592
Taney County	R	−24.6%	1,427	2,361	3,797
Texas County	D	+16.8%	4,664	3,320	7,994
Vernon County	D	+16.7%	5,342	3,808	9,164
Warren County	R	−37.7%	1,071	2,380	3,468
Washington County	D	+3.7%	2,370	2,200	4,585
Wayne County	D	+16.4%	2,695	1,937	4,634
Webster County	R	−4.2%	3,292	3,581	6,890
Worth County	D	+14.7%	1,563	1,162	2,732
Wright County	R	−17.1%	2,505	3,542	6,058