Pennsylvania — 1948 presidential election
Recent presidential results
Akashicstate1948 presidential electionPennsylvania · PresidentDeweyR+4.0
How it voted
Share of the 1948 vote
| Thomas E. Dewey ✓Republican | 50.9% | 1,902,197 |
|---|---|---|
| Harry S. TrumanDemocratic | 46.9% | 1,752,426 |
| OtherAll other candidates | 2.2% | 80,725 |
1948presidential margin
D+60R+60
67 counties, each filled by 1948 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.
Pennsylvania cast 35 electoral votes this cycle.
County-level results (67 counties) — table
| County | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| Adams County, PA | Republican | R+19.1 |
| Allegheny County, PA | Democratic | D+12.3 |
| Armstrong County, PA | Republican | R+8.3 |
| Beaver County, PA | Democratic | D+8.5 |
| Bedford County, PA | Republican | R+22.0 |
| Berks County, PA | Democratic | D+9.1 |
| Blair County, PA | Republican | R+22.6 |
| Bradford County, PA | Republican | R+45.0 |
| Bucks County, PA | Republican | R+27.1 |
| Butler County, PA | Republican | R+27.5 |
| Cambria County, PA | Democratic | D+19.6 |
| Cameron County, PA | Republican | R+29.9 |
| Carbon County, PA | Republican | R+1.6 |
| Centre County, PA | Republican | R+23.0 |
| Chester County, PA | Republican | R+32.8 |
| Clarion County, PA | Republican | R+15.9 |
| Clearfield County, PA | Republican | R+2.0 |
| Clinton County, PA | Republican | R+5.7 |
| Columbia County, PA | Republican | R+0.3 |
| Crawford County, PA | Republican | R+21.4 |
| Cumberland County, PA | Republican | R+22.2 |
| Dauphin County, PA | Republican | R+25.4 |
| Delaware County, PA | Republican | R+23.6 |
| Elk County, PA | Democratic | D+2.0 |
| Erie County, PA | Republican | R+8.9 |
| Fayette County, PA | Democratic | D+25.8 |
| Forest County, PA | Republican | R+26.9 |
| Franklin County, PA | Republican | R+24.4 |
| Fulton County, PA | Republican | R+2.2 |
| Greene County, PA | Democratic | D+25.5 |
| Huntingdon County, PA | Republican | R+35.5 |
| Indiana County, PA | Republican | R+19.3 |
| Jefferson County, PA | Republican | R+24.6 |
| Juniata County, PA | Republican | R+15.1 |
| Lackawanna County, PA | Democratic | D+16.3 |
| Lancaster County, PA | Republican | R+36.5 |
| Lawrence County, PA | Republican | R+7.8 |
| Lebanon County, PA | Republican | R+24.3 |
| Lehigh County, PA | Republican | R+9.0 |
| Luzerne County, PA | Republican | R+7.2 |
| Lycoming County, PA | Republican | R+16.2 |
| McKean County, PA | Republican | R+35.6 |
| Mercer County, PA | Republican | R+7.8 |
| Mifflin County, PA | Republican | R+8.6 |
| Monroe County, PA | Republican | R+6.0 |
| Montgomery County, PA | Republican | R+34.6 |
| Montour County, PA | Republican | R+15.5 |
| Northampton County, PA | Democratic | D+10.0 |
| Northumberland County, PA | Republican | R+17.4 |
| Perry County, PA | Republican | R+35.4 |
| Philadelphia County, PA | Democratic | D+0.8 |
| Pike County, PA | Republican | R+41.1 |
| Potter County, PA | Republican | R+36.0 |
| Schuylkill County, PA | Republican | R+21.7 |
| Snyder County, PA | Republican | R+55.3 |
| Somerset County, PA | Republican | R+22.6 |
| Sullivan County, PA | Republican | R+23.3 |
| Susquehanna County, PA | Republican | R+36.9 |
| Tioga County, PA | Republican | R+54.1 |
| Union County, PA | Republican | R+54.9 |
| Venango County, PA | Republican | R+38.6 |
| Warren County, PA | Republican | R+33.4 |
| Washington County, PA | Democratic | D+25.9 |
| Wayne County, PA | Republican | R+54.3 |
| Westmoreland County, PA | Democratic | D+18.9 |
| Wyoming County, PA | Republican | R+43.4 |
| York County, PA | Democratic | D+1.2 |
Pennsylvania results by county
67 counties. Third-party and independent votes are reported by the county source as one combined figure; every named candidate is listed in the complete result below.
| Led by | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adams County | Thomas E. Dewey+2,579 | 7,98859.1% | 5,40940.0% | 1120.8% | 13,509 |
| Allegheny County | Harry S. Truman+73,031 | 253,27242.6% | 326,30354.9% | 14,9312.5% | 594,506 |
| Armstrong County | Thomas E. Dewey+1,812 | 11,71253.5% | 9,90045.2% | 3001.4% | 21,912 |
| Beaver County | Harry S. Truman+4,305 | 22,32443.8% | 26,62952.3% | 1,9833.9% | 50,936 |
| Bedford County | Thomas E. Dewey+2,177 | 6,02861.0% | 3,85139.0% | 00.0% | 9,879 |
| Berks County | Harry S. Truman+7,467 | 35,60843.6% | 43,07552.7% | 3,0433.7% | 81,726 |
| Blair County | Thomas E. Dewey+8,332 | 22,38260.7% | 14,05038.1% | 4541.2% | 36,886 |
| Bradford County | Thomas E. Dewey+7,362 | 11,78372.0% | 4,42127.0% | 1631.0% | 16,367 |
| Bucks County | Thomas E. Dewey+12,756 | 29,41162.5% | 16,65535.4% | 1,0182.2% | 47,084 |
| Butler County | Thomas E. Dewey+7,631 | 17,44962.9% | 9,81835.4% | 4571.6% | 27,724 |
| Cambria County | Harry S. Truman+13,808 | 27,72539.4% | 41,53359.0% | 1,1641.7% | 70,422 |
| Cameron County | Thomas E. Dewey+738 | 1,59664.7% | 85834.8% | 110.4% | 2,465 |
| Carbon County | Thomas E. Dewey+306 | 9,74449.8% | 9,43848.2% | 3962.0% | 19,578 |
| Centre County | Thomas E. Dewey+3,901 | 10,41661.5% | 6,51538.5% | 00.0% | 16,931 |
| Chester County | Thomas E. Dewey+14,588 | 29,25865.8% | 14,67033.0% | 5501.2% | 44,478 |
| Clarion County | Thomas E. Dewey+1,882 | 6,86657.9% | 4,98442.1% | 00.0% | 11,850 |
| Clearfield County | Thomas E. Dewey+463 | 11,81049.9% | 11,34748.0% | 4872.1% | 23,644 |
| Clinton County | Thomas E. Dewey+605 | 5,61852.8% | 5,01347.2% | 00.0% | 10,631 |
| Columbia County | Thomas E. Dewey+50 | 9,41750.1% | 9,36749.9% | 00.0% | 18,784 |
| Crawford County | Thomas E. Dewey+4,987 | 14,16160.7% | 9,17439.3% | 00.0% | 23,335 |
| Cumberland County | Thomas E. Dewey+6,607 | 18,02860.7% | 11,42138.5% | 2460.8% | 29,695 |
| Dauphin County | Thomas E. Dewey+19,132 | 46,86162.2% | 27,72936.8% | 7961.1% | 75,386 |
| Delaware County | Thomas E. Dewey+36,256 | 93,41260.9% | 57,15637.3% | 2,7471.8% | 153,315 |
| Elk County | Harry S. Truman+215 | 5,14849.0% | 5,36351.0% | 00.0% | 10,511 |
| Erie County | Thomas E. Dewey+5,647 | 33,80653.5% | 28,15944.5% | 1,2802.0% | 63,245 |
| Fayette County | Harry S. Truman+14,570 | 20,40136.2% | 34,97162.0% | 9951.8% | 56,367 |
| Forest County | Thomas E. Dewey+522 | 1,20962.3% | 68735.4% | 452.3% | 1,941 |
| Franklin County | Thomas E. Dewey+4,799 | 12,15161.8% | 7,35237.4% | 1610.8% | 19,664 |
| Fulton County | Thomas E. Dewey+76 | 1,76050.6% | 1,68448.5% | 310.9% | 3,475 |
| Greene County | Harry S. Truman+3,298 | 4,71736.5% | 8,01562.0% | 2021.6% | 12,934 |
| Huntingdon County | Thomas E. Dewey+3,639 | 6,94367.8% | 3,30432.2% | 00.0% | 10,247 |
| Indiana County | Thomas E. Dewey+4,097 | 12,64059.7% | 8,54340.3% | 00.0% | 21,183 |
| Jefferson County | Thomas E. Dewey+3,763 | 9,39561.4% | 5,63236.8% | 2681.8% | 15,295 |
| Juniata County | Thomas E. Dewey+822 | 3,12157.2% | 2,29942.1% | 390.7% | 5,459 |
| Lackawanna County | Harry S. Truman+18,212 | 46,28341.4% | 64,49557.7% | 9710.9% | 111,749 |
| Lancaster County | Thomas E. Dewey+24,998 | 46,30667.6% | 21,30831.1% | 8851.3% | 68,499 |
| Lawrence County | Thomas E. Dewey+2,554 | 17,18652.7% | 14,63244.9% | 7812.4% | 32,599 |
| Lebanon County | Thomas E. Dewey+6,135 | 15,55361.6% | 9,41837.3% | 2701.1% | 25,241 |
| Lehigh County | Thomas E. Dewey+5,376 | 32,20253.7% | 26,82644.7% | 9941.7% | 60,022 |
| Luzerne County | Thomas E. Dewey+9,805 | 71,67452.9% | 61,86945.6% | 2,0681.5% | 135,611 |
| Lycoming County | Thomas E. Dewey+5,426 | 19,11857.2% | 13,69240.9% | 6261.9% | 33,436 |
| McKean County | Thomas E. Dewey+5,433 | 10,21866.9% | 4,78531.3% | 2691.8% | 15,272 |
| Mercer County | Thomas E. Dewey+2,808 | 18,91652.7% | 16,10844.9% | 8622.4% | 35,886 |
| Mifflin County | Thomas E. Dewey+904 | 5,66653.8% | 4,76245.3% | 950.9% | 10,523 |
| Monroe County | Thomas E. Dewey+761 | 6,67453.0% | 5,91347.0% | 00.0% | 12,587 |
| Montgomery County | Thomas E. Dewey+44,464 | 85,57666.5% | 41,11232.0% | 1,9381.5% | 128,626 |
| Montour County | Thomas E. Dewey+726 | 2,69057.6% | 1,96442.1% | 160.3% | 4,670 |
| Northampton County | Harry S. Truman+6,179 | 27,03043.9% | 33,20954.0% | 1,2652.1% | 61,504 |
| Northumberland County | Thomas E. Dewey+7,057 | 23,53558.1% | 16,47840.7% | 4721.2% | 40,485 |
| Perry County | Thomas E. Dewey+2,848 | 5,44467.7% | 2,59632.3% | 00.0% | 8,040 |
| Philadelphia County | Harry S. Truman+6,737 | 425,96248.1% | 432,69948.9% | 26,6363.0% | 885,297 |
| Pike County | Thomas E. Dewey+1,685 | 2,89370.5% | 1,20829.5% | 00.0% | 4,101 |
| Potter County | Thomas E. Dewey+1,943 | 3,67268.0% | 1,72932.0% | 00.0% | 5,401 |
| Schuylkill County | Thomas E. Dewey+15,982 | 44,17660.1% | 28,19438.4% | 1,1221.5% | 73,492 |
| Snyder County | Thomas E. Dewey+3,691 | 5,18177.7% | 1,49022.3% | 00.0% | 6,671 |
| Somerset County | Thomas E. Dewey+5,183 | 13,91060.5% | 8,72738.0% | 3411.5% | 22,978 |
| Sullivan County | Thomas E. Dewey+668 | 1,75261.2% | 1,08437.9% | 260.9% | 2,862 |
| Susquehanna County | Thomas E. Dewey+4,324 | 7,94567.8% | 3,62130.9% | 1501.3% | 11,716 |
| Tioga County | Thomas E. Dewey+7,030 | 10,01677.0% | 2,98623.0% | 00.0% | 13,002 |
| Union County | Thomas E. Dewey+3,616 | 5,05876.8% | 1,44221.9% | 871.3% | 6,587 |
| Venango County | Thomas E. Dewey+6,776 | 11,92068.0% | 5,14429.3% | 4722.7% | 17,536 |
| Warren County | Thomas E. Dewey+4,275 | 8,37865.4% | 4,10332.0% | 3332.6% | 12,814 |
| Washington County | Harry S. Truman+19,467 | 26,86035.7% | 46,32761.6% | 1,9792.6% | 75,166 |
| Wayne County | Thomas E. Dewey+5,424 | 7,70877.1% | 2,28422.9% | 00.0% | 9,992 |
| Westmoreland County | Harry S. Truman+20,192 | 41,70939.0% | 61,90158.0% | 3,2043.0% | 106,814 |
| Wyoming County | Thomas E. Dewey+2,658 | 4,33270.7% | 1,67427.3% | 1212.0% | 6,127 |
| York County | Harry S. Truman+827 | 32,49447.3% | 33,32148.5% | 2,8634.2% | 68,678 |
Nominees: Harry S. Truman (D) · Thomas E. Dewey (R) · Strom Thurmond (States' Rights Democratic)
Pennsylvania's presidential margins
1892–2024, the 1948 contest in context
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1892 | −6.4% |
| 1896 | −24.7% |
| 1900 | −24.6% |
| 1904 | −40.7% |
| 1908 | −23.4% |
| 1912 | +10.0% |
| 1916 | −14.0% |
| 1920 | −38.6% |
| 1924 | −46.3% |
| 1928 | −31.4% |
| 1932 | −5.5% |
| 1936 | +16.0% |
| 1940 | +6.9% |
| 1944 | +2.8% |
| 1948 | −4.0% |
| 1952 | −5.9% |
| 1956 | −13.2% |
| 1960 | +2.3% |
| 1964 | +30.2% |
| 1968 | +3.6% |
| 1972 | −20.0% |
| 1976 | +2.7% |
| 1980 | −7.1% |
| 1984 | −7.4% |
| 1988 | −2.3% |
| 1992 | +9.0% |
| 1996 | +9.2% |
| 2000 | +4.2% |
| 2004 | +2.5% |
| 2008 | +10.3% |
| 2012 | +5.4% |
| 2016 | −0.7% |
| 2020 | +1.2% |
| 2024 | −1.7% |
Source. Compiled historical county records — 1948 presidential returns · official county-level results. Real returns — nothing estimated.