Thomas E. Dewey carried New York R+1.0.

Harry S. Truman (D) vs Thomas E. Dewey (R) in New York, 1948. The state ran 5.5 points more Republican than the nation (D+4.5 nationally).

Nominees: Harry S. Truman (D) · Thomas E. Dewey (R) · Strom Thurmond (States' Rights Democratic)

akashic

New York result

6,178,502 votes counted

Truman (D)

2,780,204

45.0%

Dewey (R)

2,841,163

46.0%

Thurmond + others

557,135

9.0%

Margin

R+1.0

akashic

1948 presidential election

New York, 1948

DeweyR+1.0

How it voted

Share of the 1948 vote

Thomas E. Dewey ✓Republican	46.0%	2,841,163
Harry S. TrumanDemocratic	45.0%	2,780,204
Strom ThurmondStates' Rights	9.0%	557,135

D+60

R+60

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

akashic

New York's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1948 contest in context

New York's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	+3.4%
1896	−18.9%
1900	−9.3%
1904	−10.9%
1908	−12.4%
1912	+12.6%
1916	−7.0%
1920	−37.6%
1924	−26.6%
1928	−2.3%
1932	+12.7%
1936	+19.9%
1940	+3.6%
1944	+5.0%
1948	−1.0%
1952	−11.9%
1956	−22.4%
1960	+5.3%
1964	+37.3%
1968	+5.5%
1972	−17.3%
1976	+4.4%
1980	−2.7%
1984	−8.0%
1988	+4.1%
1992	+15.8%
1996	+28.9%
2000	+25.0%
2004	+18.3%
2008	+26.9%
2012	+28.2%
2016	+22.5%
2020	+23.1%
2024	+12.5%

akashic

County results — 1948

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

akashic

County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Albany County	D	+11.0%	75,419	59,965	140,734
Allegany County	R	−45.2%	4,711	12,689	17,639
Bronx County	D	+26.4%	337,129	173,044	622,355
Broome County	R	−24.6%	25,654	43,110	70,986
Cattaraugus County	R	−22.9%	11,289	18,246	30,393
Cayuga County	R	−13.9%	14,317	19,017	33,747
Chautauqua County	R	−17.8%	20,683	29,969	52,144
Chemung County	R	−25.5%	13,352	22,754	36,919
Chenango County	R	−42.5%	4,764	11,988	16,982
Clinton County	R	−1.7%	9,357	9,694	19,755
Columbia County	R	−34.6%	6,527	13,758	20,880
Cortland County	R	−38.1%	4,614	10,433	15,283
Delaware County	R	−47.6%	4,965	14,226	19,474
Dutchess County	R	−31.4%	17,439	34,067	53,039
Erie County	D	+5.9%	197,618	175,118	383,372
Essex County	R	−42.1%	4,088	10,287	14,717
Franklin County	R	−13.5%	6,799	8,993	16,302
Fulton County	R	−24.2%	7,667	12,787	21,134
Genesee County	R	−27.9%	7,024	12,650	20,142
Greene County	R	−35.3%	4,955	10,566	15,883
Hamilton County	R	−45.0%	744	2,000	2,790
Herkimer County	R	−7.4%	12,577	14,688	28,338
Jefferson County	R	−19.4%	13,176	19,661	33,351
Kings County	D	+23.0%	579,922	330,494	1,083,817
Lewis County	R	−27.3%	3,211	5,692	9,078
Livingston County	R	−27.1%	6,409	11,310	18,062
Madison County	R	−38.0%	5,937	13,413	19,658
Monroe County	D	+0.5%	110,641	109,608	227,793
Montgomery County	R	−0.4%	14,085	14,212	29,064
Nassau County	R	−42.9%	70,492	184,284	265,238
New York County	D	+18.8%	380,310	241,752	738,270
Niagara County	R	−2.4%	34,119	35,858	72,219
Oneida County	D	+1.6%	48,332	46,755	97,613
Onondaga County	R	−11.5%	66,295	84,370	156,648
Ontario County	R	−28.7%	8,852	16,156	25,439
Orange County	R	−29.0%	20,638	38,351	61,031
Orleans County	R	−40.2%	4,009	9,566	13,834
Oswego County	R	−19.1%	12,820	19,095	32,904
Otsego County	R	−35.6%	7,174	15,437	23,197
Putnam County	R	−32.7%	4,012	8,222	12,877
Queens County	R	−8.6%	268,742	323,459	639,543
Rensselaer County	R	−16.7%	28,468	40,375	71,197
Richmond County	R	−12.4%	30,442	39,539	73,134
Rockland County	R	−21.3%	13,066	20,661	35,728
Saratoga County	R	−27.5%	11,457	20,706	33,666
Schenectady County	R	−10.8%	28,225	35,495	67,485
Schoharie County	R	−24.7%	4,032	6,751	11,019
Schuyler County	R	−40.2%	1,868	4,452	6,431
Seneca County	R	−18.9%	4,897	7,266	12,516
St. Lawrence County	R	−22.8%	13,200	21,160	34,925
Steuben County	R	−27.3%	12,895	22,938	36,736
Suffolk County	R	−42.9%	29,104	75,519	108,265
Sullivan County	R	−17.0%	7,654	11,253	21,152
Tioga County	R	−42.8%	3,385	8,673	12,362
Tompkins County	R	−39.1%	5,721	13,719	20,444
Ulster County	R	−32.2%	14,441	28,941	45,012
Warren County	R	−39.6%	5,486	12,884	18,703
Washington County	R	−38.9%	6,017	13,975	20,464
Wayne County	R	−40.5%	6,749	16,167	23,270
Westchester County	R	−28.0%	95,681	177,077	290,611
Wyoming County	R	−36.8%	4,508	9,871	14,564
Yates County	R	−48.4%	2,040	5,997	8,174