Harry S. Truman carried North Carolina D+25.3.

Harry S. Truman (D) vs Thomas E. Dewey (R) in North Carolina, 1948. The state ran 20.9 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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North Carolina result

791,209 votes counted

Truman (D)

459,070

58.0%

Dewey (R)

258,572

32.7%

Thurmond + others

73,567

9.3%

Margin

D+25.3

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1948 presidential election

North Carolina, 1948

TrumanD+25.3

How it voted

Share of the 1948 vote

Harry S. Truman ✓Democratic	58.0%	459,070
Thomas E. DeweyRepublican	32.7%	258,572
Strom ThurmondStates' Rights	9.3%	73,567

D+60

R+60

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

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North Carolina's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1948 contest in context

North Carolina's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	+11.6%
1896	+5.8%
1900	+8.5%
1904	+20.1%
1908	+8.7%
1912	+47.3%
1916	+16.4%
1920	+13.5%
1924	+19.4%
1928	−9.9%
1932	+40.6%
1936	+46.8%
1940	+48.1%
1944	+33.4%
1948	+25.3%
1952	+7.8%
1956	+1.3%
1960	+4.2%
1964	+12.3%
1968	−10.3%
1972	−40.6%
1976	+11.0%
1980	−2.1%
1984	−24.0%
1988	−16.3%
1992	−0.8%
1996	−4.7%
2000	+12.8%
2004	−12.4%
2008	+0.3%
2012	−2.0%
2016	−3.7%
2020	−1.3%
2024	−3.2%

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County results — 1948

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Alamance County	D	+20.6%	8,287	5,124	15,380
Alexander County	R	−5.3%	2,057	2,314	4,823
Alleghany County	D	+9.0%	1,667	1,374	3,241
Anson County	D	+60.5%	2,692	447	3,711
Ashe County	D	+4.0%	4,633	4,266	9,127
Avery County	R	−51.4%	933	2,995	4,008
Beaufort County	D	+60.0%	4,675	1,055	6,030
Bertie County	D	+93.0%	3,034	85	3,170
Bladen County	D	+59.6%	2,831	500	3,914
Brunswick County	D	+3.3%	2,052	1,896	4,683
Buncombe County	D	+18.2%	17,072	11,460	30,851
Burke County	R	−1.1%	6,226	6,374	13,488
Cabarrus County	D	+6.0%	5,059	4,294	12,826
Caldwell County	D	+0.4%	5,033	4,987	10,785
Camden County	D	+57.6%	576	127	779
Carteret County	D	+38.2%	3,491	1,520	5,160
Caswell County	D	+54.2%	1,651	351	2,399
Catawba County	R	−3.1%	8,844	9,471	19,937
Chatham County	D	+24.0%	3,396	2,008	5,795
Cherokee County	D	+2.8%	2,771	2,615	5,572
Chowan County	D	+74.3%	1,070	124	1,274
Clay County	D	+3.7%	1,307	1,213	2,575
Cleveland County	D	+44.6%	6,039	1,905	9,261
Columbus County	D	+59.8%	5,511	1,105	7,369
Craven County	D	+68.4%	5,039	745	6,278
Cumberland County	D	+35.9%	4,996	1,741	9,062
Currituck County	D	+74.1%	1,144	130	1,368
Dare County	D	+35.3%	802	373	1,214
Davidson County	R	−3.2%	7,991	8,539	17,314
Davie County	R	−15.4%	1,917	2,679	4,959
Duplin County	D	+67.1%	5,866	1,024	7,220
Durham County	D	+39.7%	11,530	4,531	17,613
Edgecombe County	D	+83.1%	6,410	478	7,142
Forsyth County	D	+8.3%	12,201	10,147	24,725
Franklin County	D	+86.8%	4,538	234	4,957
Gaston County	D	+14.7%	8,966	6,180	18,968
Gates County	D	+78.7%	939	89	1,080
Graham County	D	+15.2%	1,527	1,115	2,715
Granville County	D	+77.1%	3,513	334	4,121
Greene County	D	+94.1%	2,687	65	2,786
Guilford County	D	+8.6%	17,224	14,167	35,349
Halifax County	D	+79.7%	6,172	505	7,109
Harnett County	D	+51.9%	6,608	1,985	8,916
Haywood County	D	+45.7%	7,373	2,684	10,266
Henderson County	R	−17.2%	3,311	4,971	9,632
Hertford County	D	+80.8%	2,165	196	2,438
Hoke County	D	+72.2%	1,339	142	1,659
Hyde County	D	+55.7%	800	214	1,052
Iredell County	D	+10.9%	5,761	4,441	12,136
Jackson County	D	+22.1%	4,005	2,520	6,725
Johnston County	D	+46.0%	9,188	3,211	12,997
Jones County	D	+80.0%	1,238	113	1,406
Lee County	D	+54.3%	3,234	871	4,348
Lenoir County	D	+80.2%	5,445	515	6,150
Lincoln County	R	−0.8%	3,570	3,635	8,358
Macon County	D	+7.5%	2,785	2,388	5,309
Madison County	R	−13.1%	2,558	3,341	5,995
Martin County	D	+92.2%	4,636	163	4,853
McDowell County	D	+15.3%	3,805	2,709	7,152
Mecklenburg County	D	+8.5%	14,353	11,518	33,185
Mitchell County	R	−54.9%	818	2,908	3,809
Montgomery County	D	+4.2%	2,165	1,975	4,558
Moore County	D	+9.2%	3,341	2,719	6,750
Nash County	D	+80.5%	7,590	684	8,576
New Hanover County	D	+19.7%	5,364	3,162	11,193
Northampton County	D	+87.6%	3,591	179	3,896
Onslow County	D	+79.0%	3,318	316	3,799
Orange County	D	+29.3%	3,523	1,813	5,843
Pamlico County	D	+31.2%	1,370	685	2,197
Pasquotank County	D	+43.7%	1,976	701	2,916
Pender County	D	+48.2%	1,334	304	2,138
Perquimans County	D	+67.4%	849	135	1,060
Person County	D	+69.5%	3,087	480	3,752
Pitt County	D	+83.1%	8,519	602	9,522
Polk County	D	+11.1%	2,078	1,636	3,991
Randolph County	R	−11.5%	6,567	8,372	15,682
Richmond County	D	+57.7%	4,376	866	6,082
Robeson County	D	+65.9%	7,056	1,036	9,133
Rockingham County	D	+45.2%	8,553	2,936	12,415
Rowan County	D	+6.9%	6,799	5,722	15,702
Rutherford County	D	+14.0%	5,992	4,342	11,750
Sampson County	D	+0.3%	4,965	4,932	10,548
Scotland County	D	+56.7%	1,957	359	2,819
Stanly County	R	−12.7%	4,415	5,902	11,674
Stokes County	D	+14.4%	4,431	3,291	7,891
Surry County	D	+18.9%	6,956	4,643	12,253
Swain County	D	+15.4%	1,908	1,389	3,367
Transylvania County	D	+1.8%	2,975	2,861	6,163
Tyrrell County	D	+35.6%	732	336	1,113
Union County	D	+51.9%	3,407	738	5,144
Vance County	D	+67.6%	3,679	549	4,627
Wake County	D	+53.6%	17,939	4,850	24,423
Warren County	D	+78.8%	2,376	192	2,771
Washington County	D	+65.2%	1,675	333	2,057
Watauga County	R	−6.4%	3,379	3,851	7,400
Wayne County	D	+53.3%	6,111	1,658	8,348
Wilkes County	R	−17.0%	5,784	8,234	14,400
Wilson County	D	+76.7%	6,008	665	6,966
Yadkin County	R	−26.1%	2,083	3,631	5,934
Yancey County	D	+20.6%	3,481	2,282	5,832