Harry S. Truman carried Ohio D+0.2.

Harry S. Truman (D) vs Thomas E. Dewey (R) in Ohio, 1948. The state ran 4.2 points more Republican 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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Ohio result

2,936,071 votes counted

Truman (D)

1,452,791

49.5%

Dewey (R)

1,445,684

49.2%

Thurmond + others

37,596

1.3%

Margin

D+0.2

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1948 presidential election

Ohio, 1948

How it voted

Share of the 1948 vote

Harry S. Truman ✓Democratic	49.5%	1,452,791
Thomas E. DeweyRepublican	49.2%	1,445,684
OtherAll other candidates	1.3%	37,596

D+60

R+60

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

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Ohio's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1948 contest in context

Ohio's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	−0.1%
1896	−4.8%
1900	−6.6%
1904	−25.4%
1908	−6.2%
1912	+14.1%
1916	+7.7%
1920	−19.9%
1924	−34.6%
1928	−30.4%
1932	+2.8%
1936	+20.6%
1940	+4.4%
1944	−0.4%
1948	+0.2%
1952	−13.5%
1956	−22.2%
1960	−6.6%
1964	+25.9%
1968	−2.3%
1972	−21.6%
1976	+0.3%
1980	−10.6%
1984	−18.8%
1988	−10.9%
1992	+1.8%
1996	+6.4%
2000	−3.5%
2004	−2.1%
2008	+4.6%
2012	+3.0%
2016	−8.0%
2020	−8.0%
2024	−11.1%

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County results — 1948

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Adams County	R	−8.6%	4,293	5,103	9,408
Allen County	R	−13.8%	13,161	17,380	30,668
Ashland County	R	−13.6%	6,095	8,027	14,191
Ashtabula County	R	−10.0%	12,560	15,389	28,326
Athens County	R	−9.2%	7,398	8,902	16,354
Auglaize County	R	−9.2%	5,670	6,818	12,522
Belmont County	D	+26.7%	23,217	13,283	37,143
Brown County	D	+13.3%	5,140	3,931	9,099
Butler County	D	+6.3%	24,276	21,393	45,991
Carroll County	R	−17.6%	2,996	4,283	7,313
Champaign County	R	−17.2%	4,585	6,492	11,100
Clark County	R	−3.7%	17,236	18,548	35,917
Clermont County	R	−2.2%	8,224	8,592	16,887
Clinton County	R	−23.0%	3,758	6,009	9,799
Columbiana County	R	−3.3%	16,588	17,724	34,538
Coshocton County	R	−4.7%	6,457	7,096	13,634
Crawford County	R	−7.6%	7,600	8,862	16,503
Cuyahoga County	D	+8.8%	257,958	214,889	490,628
Darke County	R	−1.0%	8,770	8,956	17,813
Defiance County	R	−14.2%	4,454	5,927	10,409
Delaware County	R	−29.7%	4,371	8,089	12,506
Erie County	R	−5.0%	8,644	9,568	18,302
Fairfield County	R	−0.5%	9,375	9,471	18,907
Fayette County	R	−16.1%	3,513	4,865	8,395
Franklin County	R	−7.5%	84,806	98,707	184,999
Fulton County	R	−41.7%	2,672	6,523	9,230
Gallia County	R	−25.1%	3,430	5,743	9,207
Geauga County	R	−29.9%	2,960	5,535	8,622
Greene County	R	−1.2%	8,970	9,186	18,300
Guernsey County	R	−7.0%	6,639	7,651	14,380
Hamilton County	R	−5.5%	135,290	151,055	288,413
Hancock County	R	−26.7%	6,598	11,427	18,079
Hardin County	R	−15.2%	5,474	7,441	12,967
Harrison County	R	−10.3%	3,422	4,215	7,700
Henry County	R	−15.3%	3,689	5,024	8,724
Highland County	R	−9.4%	5,675	6,849	12,540
Hocking County	D	+8.9%	4,462	3,733	8,212
Holmes County	R	−0.3%	2,480	2,496	4,982
Huron County	R	−19.4%	6,073	9,004	15,134
Jackson County	R	−6.6%	5,059	5,782	10,874
Jefferson County	D	+24.7%	23,725	14,230	38,409
Knox County	R	−16.9%	6,120	8,607	14,755
Lake County	R	−8.8%	10,844	12,973	24,108
Lawrence County	D	+7.8%	9,495	8,113	17,684
Licking County	R	−9.6%	12,511	15,164	27,762
Logan County	R	−22.3%	5,149	8,118	13,305
Lorain County	R	−0.5%	21,397	21,616	43,638
Lucas County	D	+5.1%	74,064	66,798	142,853
Madison County	R	−17.0%	3,356	4,730	8,094
Mahoning County	D	+24.8%	62,468	37,365	101,146
Marion County	R	−11.3%	8,223	10,333	18,606
Medina County	R	−29.4%	5,133	9,462	14,717
Meigs County	R	−21.4%	3,595	5,564	9,193
Mercer County	D	+5.9%	5,928	5,266	11,202
Miami County	R	−13.0%	10,066	13,100	23,255
Monroe County	D	+20.1%	3,873	2,574	6,454
Montgomery County	D	+12.2%	76,879	60,048	138,114
Morgan County	R	−32.2%	1,783	3,480	5,276
Morrow County	R	−24.6%	2,616	4,327	6,955
Muskingum County	R	−11.4%	12,765	16,049	28,895
Noble County	R	−18.0%	2,425	3,494	5,943
Ottawa County	D	+4.8%	6,157	5,591	11,783
Paulding County	R	−17.5%	2,512	3,579	6,110
Perry County	R	−3.9%	5,264	5,692	10,992
Pickaway County	D	+3.2%	5,290	4,965	10,262
Pike County	D	+26.2%	4,516	2,639	7,161
Portage County	D	+1.5%	11,987	11,621	23,876
Preble County	R	−11.2%	4,656	5,837	10,516
Putnam County	D	+1.1%	5,114	5,006	10,148
Richland County	R	−3.8%	14,712	15,894	30,886
Ross County	R	−4.4%	9,524	10,398	19,964
Sandusky County	R	−20.1%	7,216	10,847	18,099
Scioto County	D	+3.2%	17,923	16,800	34,852
Seneca County	R	−18.1%	7,954	11,493	19,524
Shelby County	D	+12.4%	6,939	5,406	12,377
Stark County	R	−3.9%	47,533	51,482	100,150
Summit County	D	+12.7%	78,096	60,174	140,950
Trumbull County	D	+18.6%	37,097	25,297	63,392
Tuscarawas County	D	+10.9%	14,799	11,873	26,817
Union County	R	−30.8%	3,008	5,688	8,713
Van Wert County	R	−13.9%	5,127	6,785	11,936
Vinton County	R	−7.0%	2,016	2,323	4,355
Warren County	R	−13.4%	5,793	7,584	13,409
Washington County	R	−15.7%	7,542	10,349	17,936
Wayne County	R	−15.6%	8,868	12,152	21,090
Williams County	R	−29.8%	3,662	6,784	10,470
Wood County	R	−15.1%	9,725	13,197	23,041
Wyandot County	R	−18.8%	3,308	4,849	8,182