Strom Thurmond carried Mississippi. Harry S. Truman (D) vs Thomas E. Dewey (R) in Mississippi, 1948. Strom Thurmond won the state as a third-party candidate; the D+7.5 margin shown in the table is the Democratic-vs-Republican measure used across Akashic. The state ran 3.0 points more Democratic than the nation (D+4.5 nationally).
Elections › 1948 › President › Mississippi Nominees: Harry S. Truman (D) · Thomas E. Dewey (R) · Strom Thurmond (States' Rights Democratic)
akashic Mississippi result
192,190 votes counted
Thurmond + others
167,763
87.3%
akashic 1948 presidential election
Mississippi, 1948
Truman D+7.5
1948 presidential margin by county for Mississippi — 1948 presidential election A map of the constituent counties of Mississippi — 1948 presidential election, each outlined and filled by its 1948 presidential margin from deep red (Republican) through neutral to deep blue (Democratic), seated within the faint outlines of the surrounding states. Louisiana Arkansas Alabama Tennessee Adams County, MS · R+1.1 Alcorn County, MS · D+29.8 Amite County, MS · D+2.3 Attala County, MS · D+4.0 Benton County, MS · D+13.2 Bolivar County, MS · D+3.6 Calhoun County, MS · D+39.5 Carroll County, MS · D+4.9 Chickasaw County, MS · D+5.3 Choctaw County, MS · D+6.8 Claiborne County, MS · D+0.6 Clarke County, MS · D+6.6 Clay County, MS · D+2.2 Coahoma County, MS · D+5.7 Copiah County, MS · D+2.7 Covington County, MS · D+7.1 DeSoto County, MS · D+8.5 Forrest County, MS · D+4.1 Franklin County, MS · D+3.5 George County, MS · D+7.1 Greene County, MS · D+10.2 Grenada County, MS · D+5.4 Hancock County, MS · D+4.0 Harrison County, MS · D+3.7 Hinds County, MS · D+3.6 Holmes County, MS · D+1.7 Humphreys County, MS · D+0.5 Issaquena County, MS · D+2.7 Itawamba County, MS · D+33.7 Jackson County, MS · D+14.7 Jasper County, MS · D+4.9 Jefferson County, MS · Tied Jefferson Davis County, MS · R+0.6 Jones County, MS · D+6.2 Kemper County, MS · D+4.5 Lafayette County, MS · D+35.2 Lamar County, MS · D+3.7 Lauderdale County, MS · D+6.7 Lawrence County, MS · D+4.0 Leake County, MS · D+6.5 Lee County, MS · D+14.4 Leflore County, MS · D+2.0 Lincoln County, MS · Tied Lowndes County, MS · D+1.7 Madison County, MS · D+1.5 Marion County, MS · D+5.7 Marshall County, MS · D+8.8 Monroe County, MS · D+19.3 Montgomery County, MS · D+4.1 Neshoba County, MS · D+7.3 Newton County, MS · D+4.9 Noxubee County, MS · D+5.1 Oktibbeha County, MS · D+5.0 Panola County, MS · D+7.2 Pearl River County, MS · D+4.7 Perry County, MS · D+7.1 Pike County, MS · D+3.9 Pontotoc County, MS · D+16.7 Prentiss County, MS · D+31.7 Quitman County, MS · D+6.0 Rankin County, MS · D+1.2 Scott County, MS · D+6.1 Sharkey County, MS · D+1.7 Simpson County, MS · D+4.4 Smith County, MS · D+11.8 Stone County, MS · D+2.9 Sunflower County, MS · D+3.0 Tallahatchie County, MS · D+10.2 Tate County, MS · D+13.0 Tippah County, MS · D+16.7 Tishomingo County, MS · D+32.5 Tunica County, MS · D+1.5 Union County, MS · D+21.1 Walthall County, MS · D+6.2 Warren County, MS · D+1.8 Washington County, MS · Tied Wayne County, MS · D+9.7 Webster County, MS · D+16.4 Wilkinson County, MS · D+2.5 Winston County, MS · D+9.8 Yalobusha County, MS · D+5.5 Yazoo County, MS · D+1.8 How it voted
Share of the 1948 vote
Strom Thurmond ✓ States' Rights 87.3% 167,763 Harry S. Truman Democratic 10.1% 19,384 Thomas E. Dewey Republican 2.6% 5,043
82 counties, each filled by 1948 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.
akashic Mississippi's presidential margins
1892–2024, the 1948 contest in context
Mississippi's presidential margins Democratic-minus-Republican presidential margin from 1892 to 2024. Most recent: −22.9% in 2024. flipped R · 1980 −22.9% D R 1892 2024 Mississippi's presidential margins Year Margin (D minus R) 1892 +73.3% 1896 +84.1% 1900 +77.6% 1912 +86.5% 1916 +88.4% 1920 +69.9% 1924 +81.8% 1928 +64.3% 1932 +92.4% 1936 +94.3% 1940 +91.5% 1944 +87.1% 1948 +7.5% 1952 +20.9% 1956 +33.8% 1960 +11.7% 1964 −74.3% 1968 +9.5% 1972 −58.6% 1976 +1.9% 1980 −1.3% 1984 −24.5% 1988 −20.8% 1992 −8.9% 1996 −5.1% 2000 −16.9% 2004 −19.7% 2008 −13.2% 2012 −11.5% 2016 −17.8% 2020 −16.5% 2024 −22.9%
akashic County results — 1948
82 counties; every row links to the county's full page.
akashic County Won Margin Democratic Republican Total Adams County O 71 95 2,200 Alcorn County O 1,013 91 3,091 Amite County O 55 17 1,631 Attala County O 130 32 2,467 Benton County O 118 11 810 Bolivar County O 219 115 2,914 Calhoun County O 786 36 1,898 Carroll County O 74 14 1,226 Chickasaw County O 115 12 1,954 Choctaw County O 131 43 1,286 Claiborne County O 19 14 775 Clarke County O 144 17 1,928 Clay County O 59 22 1,686 Coahoma County O 246 113 2,319 Copiah County O 89 19 2,631 Covington County O 135 16 1,687 DeSoto County O 137 14 1,450 Forrest County O 406 167 5,880 Franklin County O 55 12 1,227 George County O 108 25 1,166 Greene County O 118 14 1,018 Grenada County O 109 26 1,541 Hancock County O 222 151 1,775 Harrison County O 692 415 7,458 Hinds County O 1,041 492 15,255 Holmes County O 61 24 2,224 Humphreys County O 17 11 1,144 Issaquena County O 11 5 225 Itawamba County O 634 50 1,735 Jackson County O 783 238 3,713 Jasper County O 121 26 1,942 Jefferson County O 15 14 996 Jefferson Davis County O 41 51 1,544 Jones County O 599 193 6,528 Kemper County O 98 29 1,517 Lafayette County O 744 48 1,980 Lamar County O 91 36 1,469 Lauderdale County O 578 171 6,079 Lawrence County O 66 13 1,341 Leake County O 180 12 2,584 Lee County O 636 82 3,846 Leflore County O 139 80 2,973 Lincoln County O 52 40 3,177 Lowndes County O 116 66 2,937 Madison County O 81 51 1,965 Marion County O 205 49 2,745 Marshall County O 152 29 1,397 Monroe County O 624 54 2,959 Montgomery County O 105 35 1,714 Neshoba County O 260 33 3,130 Newton County O 169 39 2,650 Noxubee County O 74 17 1,122 Oktibbeha County O 158 58 2,004 Panola County O 195 38 2,170 Pearl River County O 146 46 2,121 Perry County O 87 25 877 Pike County O 221 69 3,940 Pontotoc County O 348 28 1,915 Prentiss County O 602 74 1,665 Quitman County O 91 21 1,160 Rankin County O 57 23 2,759 Scott County O 170 15 2,526 Sharkey County O 23 10 778 Simpson County O 171 59 2,572 Smith County O 295 33 2,229 Stone County O 50 17 1,123 Sunflower County O 136 55 2,673 Tallahatchie County O 287 37 2,446 Tate County O 199 16 1,412 Tippah County O 425 66 2,152 Tishomingo County O 711 98 1,884 Tunica County O 23 12 750 Union County O 478 63 1,964 Walthall County O 85 5 1,292 Warren County O 320 245 4,170 Washington County O 260 271 2,979 Wayne County O 137 4 1,376 Webster County O 277 47 1,404 Wilkinson County O 43 21 874 Winston County O 240 33 2,105 Yalobusha County O 135 49 1,568 Yazoo County O 70 26 2,393
Mississippi’s full place page · 1948 national results 