Harry S. Truman carried Texas D+41.7.

Harry S. Truman (D) vs Thomas E. Dewey (R) in Texas, 1948. The state ran 37.2 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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Texas result

1,249,432 votes counted

Truman (D)

824,235

66.0%

Dewey (R)

303,467

24.3%

Thurmond + others

121,730

9.7%

Margin

D+41.7

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1948 presidential election

Texas, 1948

TrumanD+41.7

How it voted

Share of the 1948 vote

Harry S. Truman ✓Democratic	66.0%	824,235
Thomas E. DeweyRepublican	24.3%	303,467
Strom ThurmondStates' Rights	9.7%	121,730

D+60

R+60

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

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Texas's presidential margins

1912–2024, the 1948 contest in context

Texas's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1912	+63.2%
1916	+59.6%
1920	+36.6%
1924	+52.6%
1928	−3.9%
1932	+77.0%
1936	+74.8%
1940	+62.0%
1944	+54.8%
1948	+41.7%
1952	−6.4%
1956	−11.3%
1960	+2.0%
1964	+26.8%
1968	+1.3%
1972	−33.0%
1976	+3.2%
1980	−13.9%
1984	−27.5%
1988	−12.6%
1992	−3.5%
1996	−4.9%
2000	−21.3%
2004	−22.9%
2008	−11.8%
2012	−15.8%
2016	−9.0%
2020	−5.6%
2024	−13.7%

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County results — 1948

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Anderson County	D	+39.3%	3,242	1,199	5,198
Andrews County	D	+74.7%	816	101	957
Angelina County	D	+53.3%	4,377	1,000	6,339
Aransas County	D	+26.7%	418	235	685
Archer County	D	+75.9%	1,599	191	1,855
Armstrong County	D	+72.2%	686	97	816
Atascosa County	D	+43.6%	1,895	704	2,732
Austin County	R	−0.3%	1,252	1,260	2,865
Bailey County	D	+60.7%	1,115	234	1,452
Bandera County	R	−11.0%	445	570	1,132
Bastrop County	D	+64.1%	2,518	443	3,237
Baylor County	D	+84.8%	1,522	101	1,676
Bee County	D	+27.0%	1,441	801	2,374
Bell County	D	+71.1%	7,548	1,069	9,113
Bexar County	D	+14.7%	35,970	26,202	66,279
Blanco County	D	+32.2%	1,003	497	1,569
Borden County	D	+79.4%	203	18	233
Bosque County	D	+61.0%	2,303	501	2,956
Bowie County	D	+56.7%	7,028	1,161	10,343
Brazoria County	D	+31.7%	4,783	2,133	8,363
Brazos County	D	+34.8%	3,459	1,533	5,530
Brewster County	D	+46.8%	940	312	1,341
Briscoe County	D	+75.5%	692	83	807
Brooks County	D	+63.3%	1,029	217	1,282
Brown County	D	+61.5%	5,059	1,071	6,481
Burleson County	D	+74.4%	2,051	240	2,434
Burnet County	D	+71.8%	1,955	287	2,324
Caldwell County	D	+60.0%	2,792	623	3,616
Calhoun County	D	+23.6%	589	346	1,030
Callahan County	D	+71.7%	1,844	258	2,211
Cameron County	D	+17.6%	6,778	4,689	11,859
Camp County	D	+49.9%	923	180	1,488
Carson County	D	+50.6%	1,301	413	1,754
Cass County	D	+53.4%	2,540	457	3,899
Castro County	D	+70.5%	1,158	189	1,374
Chambers County	D	+34.8%	787	302	1,392
Cherokee County	D	+40.1%	3,079	1,154	4,806
Childress County	D	+76.5%	2,415	273	2,801
Clay County	D	+69.6%	2,131	332	2,583
Cochran County	D	+71.8%	971	119	1,186
Coke County	D	+83.7%	909	65	1,008
Coleman County	D	+62.7%	2,695	545	3,429
Collin County	D	+60.2%	5,516	1,155	7,250
Collingsworth County	D	+75.7%	1,779	198	2,089
Colorado County	D	+13.2%	1,316	900	3,155
Comal County	R	−17.6%	1,212	1,752	3,074
Comanche County	D	+71.5%	2,915	408	3,505
Concho County	D	+73.0%	1,156	174	1,346
Cooke County	D	+40.7%	3,241	1,194	5,026
Coryell County	D	+73.9%	2,350	310	2,761
Cottle County	D	+83.7%	1,318	102	1,453
Crane County	D	+80.6%	812	70	921
Crockett County	D	+50.1%	400	127	545
Crosby County	D	+75.5%	1,731	168	2,069
Culberson County	D	+67.3%	244	38	306
Dallam County	D	+56.9%	1,504	399	1,943
Dallas County	D	+12.5%	47,464	35,664	94,344
Dawson County	D	+70.4%	2,605	393	3,141
Deaf Smith County	D	+46.0%	1,496	535	2,089
Delta County	D	+76.2%	1,594	146	1,900
Denton County	D	+43.4%	4,549	1,531	6,953
DeWitt County	D	+5.4%	1,808	1,612	3,647
Dickens County	D	+81.0%	1,492	115	1,700
Dimmit County	D	+36.3%	863	384	1,318
Donley County	D	+66.8%	1,372	241	1,692
Duval County	D	+93.3%	3,551	117	3,679
Eastland County	D	+59.2%	5,121	1,177	6,665
Ector County	D	+55.5%	4,305	1,145	5,694
Edwards County	D	+26.7%	329	185	539
El Paso County	D	+45.7%	15,341	5,544	21,448
Ellis County	D	+61.8%	5,792	1,055	7,665
Erath County	D	+64.3%	3,172	598	4,002
Falls County	D	+67.3%	3,385	546	4,218
Fannin County	D	+79.0%	6,132	553	7,065
Fayette County	D	+25.8%	3,106	1,737	5,298
Fisher County	D	+83.8%	2,063	149	2,285
Floyd County	D	+69.0%	2,174	344	2,653
Foard County	D	+75.5%	751	90	876
Fort Bend County	D	+28.8%	2,058	1,016	3,613
Franklin County	D	+71.4%	1,236	146	1,527
Freestone County	D	+55.9%	2,265	460	3,230
Frio County	D	+41.2%	898	345	1,341
Gaines County	D	+70.1%	1,465	207	1,794
Galveston County	D	+40.6%	12,491	4,857	18,792
Garza County	D	+61.7%	861	176	1,110
Gillespie County	R	−62.9%	593	2,741	3,413
Glasscock County	D	+42.8%	188	69	278
Goliad County	D	+0.4%	454	450	1,035
Gonzales County	D	+54.1%	2,612	666	3,599
Gray County	D	+37.0%	3,699	1,594	5,696
Grayson County	D	+62.3%	10,991	2,174	14,148
Gregg County	D	+24.9%	5,104	2,477	10,565
Grimes County	D	+32.8%	901	336	1,720
Guadalupe County	R	−7.8%	2,119	2,502	4,908
Hale County	D	+56.2%	3,995	1,013	5,310
Hall County	D	+82.0%	2,122	174	2,376
Hamilton County	D	+53.3%	1,725	478	2,339
Hansford County	D	+61.1%	895	206	1,128
Hardeman County	D	+72.3%	1,654	226	1,976
Hardin County	D	+66.9%	2,233	196	3,043
Harris County	D	+12.5%	58,488	43,117	122,617
Harrison County	D	+27.9%	2,504	946	5,588
Hartley County	D	+69.5%	477	83	567
Haskell County	D	+85.2%	2,735	181	2,999
Hays County	D	+56.4%	2,239	555	2,987
Hemphill County	D	+61.9%	930	201	1,178
Henderson County	D	+70.9%	3,669	540	4,413
Hidalgo County	D	+20.6%	9,526	6,220	16,018
Hill County	D	+70.5%	4,362	657	5,255
Hockley County	D	+75.0%	3,071	346	3,631
Hood County	D	+73.4%	1,273	169	1,504
Hopkins County	D	+73.0%	3,885	479	4,667
Houston County	D	+47.7%	2,014	532	3,104
Howard County	D	+71.6%	4,179	561	5,052
Hudspeth County	D	+77.9%	437	49	498
Hunt County	D	+55.0%	5,082	1,195	7,067
Hutchinson County	D	+52.3%	4,527	1,382	6,009
Irion County	D	+68.9%	366	63	440
Jack County	D	+63.9%	1,426	265	1,817
Jackson County	D	+43.4%	1,343	488	1,972
Jasper County	D	+59.1%	1,777	284	2,527
Jeff Davis County	D	+58.2%	309	75	402
Jefferson County	D	+49.9%	22,475	5,749	33,514
Jim Hogg County	D	+78.6%	725	73	829
Jim Wells County	D	+44.9%	3,781	1,402	5,299
Johnson County	D	+64.1%	4,042	707	5,202
Jones County	D	+75.8%	3,599	432	4,177
Karnes County	D	+54.1%	2,198	592	2,971
Kaufman County	D	+55.5%	3,479	764	4,890
Kendall County	R	−38.9%	511	1,207	1,789
Kenedy County	D	+17.3%	45	31	81
Kent County	D	+83.5%	479	33	534
Kerr County	R	−0.5%	1,505	1,520	3,204
Kimble County	D	+43.8%	851	303	1,250
King County	D	+93.4%	231	6	241
Kinney County	D	+34.0%	370	175	574
Kleberg County	D	+48.2%	2,083	697	2,873
Knox County	D	+81.4%	1,792	157	2,008
La Salle County	D	+64.0%	719	135	913
Lamar County	D	+63.2%	6,306	1,018	8,365
Lamb County	D	+71.2%	3,286	475	3,947
Lampasas County	D	+65.5%	1,459	276	1,807
Lavaca County	D	+41.7%	3,046	1,165	4,511
Lee County	D	+50.7%	1,540	465	2,122
Leon County	D	+62.0%	1,231	184	1,690
Liberty County	D	+37.4%	2,199	735	3,917
Limestone County	D	+57.4%	3,289	688	4,532
Lipscomb County	D	+29.9%	668	354	1,049
Live Oak County	D	+29.7%	945	479	1,567
Llano County	D	+67.4%	1,384	253	1,679
Loving County	D	+34.7%	62	29	95
Lubbock County	D	+54.4%	11,114	2,837	15,207
Lynn County	D	+77.3%	2,179	224	2,529
Madison County	D	+58.8%	801	134	1,134
Marion County	D	+46.5%	703	200	1,082
Martin County	D	+80.6%	945	77	1,077
Mason County	D	+24.9%	836	498	1,356
Matagorda County	D	+18.6%	1,628	1,016	3,299
Maverick County	D	+42.8%	695	270	994
McCulloch County	D	+67.1%	2,166	393	2,644
McLennan County	D	+64.2%	16,034	3,088	20,157
McMullen County	D	+53.3%	222	61	302
Medina County	D	+10.9%	1,875	1,492	3,520
Menard County	D	+38.2%	663	283	996
Midland County	D	+16.3%	2,032	1,410	3,818
Milam County	D	+60.9%	3,261	646	4,292
Mills County	D	+65.6%	1,135	205	1,418
Mitchell County	D	+78.5%	2,181	230	2,484
Montague County	D	+67.4%	2,872	475	3,557
Montgomery County	D	+37.5%	1,795	544	3,338
Moore County	D	+67.8%	1,748	323	2,101
Morris County	D	+65.6%	1,164	143	1,556
Motley County	D	+77.6%	774	75	901
Nacogdoches County	D	+52.1%	3,195	833	4,534
Navarro County	D	+53.8%	4,679	1,188	6,494
Newton County	D	+60.5%	957	110	1,399
Nolan County	D	+70.2%	3,408	552	4,069
Nueces County	D	+44.4%	15,240	5,577	21,783
Ochiltree County	D	+48.6%	1,025	344	1,401
Oldham County	D	+52.2%	339	100	458
Orange County	D	+58.3%	4,957	987	6,813
Palo Pinto County	D	+54.7%	3,736	977	5,045
Panola County	D	+53.1%	1,751	256	2,818
Parker County	D	+55.3%	3,061	806	4,080
Parmer County	D	+57.1%	1,091	280	1,421
Pecos County	D	+61.8%	1,430	317	1,801
Polk County	D	+48.7%	1,422	317	2,270
Potter County	D	+38.8%	9,622	4,110	14,222
Presidio County	D	+60.3%	907	212	1,153
Rains County	D	+66.5%	739	111	944
Randall County	D	+43.8%	1,936	722	2,773
Reagan County	D	+57.3%	444	112	579
Real County	D	+47.1%	446	156	616
Red River County	D	+67.3%	2,987	323	3,957
Reeves County	D	+60.0%	1,383	309	1,789
Refugio County	D	+52.2%	1,637	489	2,199
Roberts County	D	+57.7%	317	76	418
Robertson County	D	+65.6%	2,147	246	2,897
Rockwall County	D	+66.3%	947	117	1,252
Runnels County	D	+67.2%	2,954	526	3,615
Rusk County	D	+41.1%	4,322	1,294	7,375
Sabine County	D	+68.0%	1,078	104	1,432
San Augustine County	D	+57.0%	858	137	1,265
San Jacinto County	D	+52.1%	509	106	774
San Patricio County	D	+44.1%	2,649	963	3,823
San Saba County	D	+81.0%	2,050	184	2,303
Schleicher County	D	+60.2%	495	107	645
Scurry County	D	+79.7%	2,040	201	2,308
Shackelford County	D	+59.4%	892	211	1,146
Shelby County	D	+68.0%	3,051	307	4,036
Sherman County	D	+64.4%	479	98	592
Smith County	D	+29.1%	6,473	3,181	11,309
Somervell County	D	+60.9%	446	91	583
Starr County	D	+83.0%	1,996	179	2,188
Stephens County	D	+54.0%	2,132	572	2,890
Sterling County	D	+84.7%	244	17	268
Stonewall County	D	+84.9%	968	65	1,064
Sutton County	D	+48.6%	433	131	622
Swisher County	D	+66.7%	1,670	307	2,042
Tarrant County	D	+31.6%	36,325	17,157	60,739
Taylor County	D	+62.9%	8,184	1,658	10,373
Terrell County	D	+35.4%	171	78	263
Terry County	D	+76.2%	2,283	236	2,685
Throckmorton County	D	+86.0%	1,026	63	1,120
Titus County	D	+64.2%	2,339	379	3,055
Tom Green County	D	+54.4%	6,777	1,822	9,116
Travis County	D	+50.0%	19,598	5,994	27,207
Trinity County	D	+57.4%	905	150	1,315
Tyler County	D	+46.3%	895	177	1,551
Upshur County	D	+49.4%	2,118	555	3,165
Upton County	D	+64.1%	811	155	1,024
Uvalde County	D	+26.9%	1,550	866	2,545
Val Verde County	D	+28.8%	1,242	672	1,978
Van Zandt County	D	+61.7%	3,264	578	4,350
Victoria County	D	+29.0%	2,435	1,262	4,042
Walker County	D	+33.9%	1,439	570	2,564
Waller County	D	+22.3%	812	448	1,634
Ward County	D	+64.1%	2,119	414	2,658
Washington County	R	−6.9%	1,647	1,904	3,742
Webb County	D	+63.1%	4,595	1,004	5,695
Wharton County	D	+31.1%	2,811	1,354	4,685
Wheeler County	D	+66.7%	2,010	370	2,460
Wichita County	D	+58.9%	12,235	2,887	15,866
Wilbarger County	D	+64.1%	2,963	529	3,800
Willacy County	D	+24.1%	1,139	676	1,924
Williamson County	D	+64.7%	5,638	1,094	7,026
Wilson County	D	+57.0%	2,313	593	3,020
Winkler County	D	+65.2%	1,588	296	1,983
Wise County	D	+69.2%	3,064	448	3,778
Wood County	D	+50.5%	2,590	629	3,885
Yoakum County	D	+72.7%	861	119	1,020
Young County	D	+68.2%	3,175	516	3,898
Zapata County	D	+20.8%	632	414	1,047
Zavala County	D	+31.6%	618	306	986