Harry S. Truman carried Virginia D+6.8.

Harry S. Truman (D) vs Thomas E. Dewey (R) in Virginia, 1948. The state ran 2.4 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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Virginia result

419,256 votes counted

Truman (D)

200,786

47.9%

Dewey (R)

172,070

41.0%

Thurmond + others

46,400

11.1%

Margin

D+6.8

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1948 presidential election

Virginia, 1948

TrumanD+6.8

How it voted

Share of the 1948 vote

Harry S. Truman ✓Democratic	47.9%	200,786
Thomas E. DeweyRepublican	41.0%	172,070
Strom ThurmondStates' Rights	11.1%	46,400

D+60

R+60

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

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Virginia's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1948 contest in context

Virginia's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	+17.5%
1896	+6.6%
1900	+11.5%
1904	+24.8%
1908	+22.2%
1912	+48.9%
1916	+34.7%
1920	+23.5%
1924	+29.7%
1928	−8.0%
1932	+38.4%
1936	+40.8%
1940	+36.5%
1944	+25.0%
1948	+6.8%
1952	−13.0%
1956	−17.0%
1960	−5.4%
1964	+7.1%
1968	−10.9%
1972	−37.7%
1976	−1.3%
1980	−12.7%
1984	−25.2%
1988	−20.5%
1992	−4.4%
1996	−2.0%
2000	−8.1%
2004	−8.2%
2008	+6.3%
2012	+3.9%
2016	+5.3%
2020	+10.1%
2024	+5.8%

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County results — 1948

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Accomack County	D	+18.7%	1,669	1,088	3,104
Albemarle County	D	+7.9%	1,178	984	2,443
Alexandria city	D	+0.2%	3,917	3,903	8,707
Alleghany County	D	+22.7%	3,071	1,876	5,255
Amelia County	D	+6.7%	443	372	1,058
Amherst County	D	+41.4%	1,481	460	2,466
Appomattox County	D	+56.7%	1,182	238	1,666
Arlington County	R	−14.8%	7,798	10,774	20,111
Augusta County	R	−9.7%	1,355	1,690	3,454
Bath County	R	−12.0%	375	488	938
Bedford County	D	+13.1%	1,556	1,084	3,609
Bland County	R	−5.2%	738	822	1,628
Botetourt County	R	−12.8%	1,026	1,363	2,631
Bristol city	D	+23.2%	1,451	879	2,462
Brunswick County	D	+38.1%	1,067	229	2,202
Buchanan County	D	+20.5%	3,174	2,085	5,325
Buckingham County	D	+29.5%	728	354	1,267
Buena Vista city	D	+11.2%	297	234	563
Campbell County	D	+30.8%	1,554	668	2,876
Caroline County	D	+25.5%	731	397	1,312
Carroll County	R	−33.7%	1,196	2,456	3,737
Charles City County	D	+18.3%	258	167	497
Charlotte County	D	+40.7%	964	285	1,667
Charlottesville city	D	+3.2%	1,527	1,419	3,367
Chesapeake city	D	+39.8%	857	347	1,283
Chesterfield County	D	+24.8%	2,600	1,428	4,730
Clarke County	D	+8.5%	482	384	1,158
Craig County	D	+17.5%	456	317	796
Culpeper County	D	+7.2%	804	682	1,699
Cumberland County	D	+25.2%	424	219	813
Danville city	D	+13.9%	2,334	1,579	5,448
Dickenson County	D	+14.5%	2,945	2,197	5,172
Dinwiddie County	D	+46.7%	961	261	1,500
Essex County	D	+16.6%	329	221	651
Fairfax County	R	−12.8%	3,719	4,930	9,489
Fauquier County	D	+7.1%	1,291	1,102	2,667
Floyd County	R	−47.7%	434	1,266	1,745
Fluvanna County	D	+15.0%	447	319	852
Franklin County	D	+8.6%	1,343	1,100	2,813
Frederick County	D	+13.4%	1,244	921	2,404
Fredericksburg city	D	+0.3%	816	810	1,931
Giles County	D	+2.6%	1,529	1,448	3,115
Gloucester County	D	+22.4%	719	434	1,274
Goochland County	D	+34.3%	683	292	1,140
Grayson County	R	−14.1%	2,741	3,669	6,568
Greene County	R	−22.3%	261	420	714
Greensville County	D	+28.7%	710	301	1,427
Halifax County	O	+20.7%	1,323	521	3,870
Hampton city	D	+24.6%	3,471	1,988	6,023
Hanover County	D	+9.5%	1,048	838	2,202
Harrisonburg city	R	−26.6%	751	1,377	2,352
Henrico County	D	+4.6%	2,321	2,092	4,970
Henry County	D	+23.2%	1,318	730	2,537
Highland County	R	−14.3%	423	579	1,090
Hopewell city	D	+33.9%	1,242	570	1,981
Isle of Wight County	D	+39.1%	1,064	442	1,591
James City County	D	+4.7%	198	177	445
King and Queen County	D	+22.3%	293	171	547
King George County	R	−9.4%	248	316	720
King William County	D	+13.2%	476	348	971
Lancaster County	D	+8.6%	560	459	1,174
Lee County	R	−2.7%	4,069	4,297	8,466
Loudoun County	D	+3.5%	1,545	1,430	3,245
Louisa County	D	+4.8%	782	701	1,691
Lunenburg County	D	+50.9%	1,126	251	1,718
Lynchburg city	D	+1.6%	2,480	2,373	6,747
Madison County	R	−19.7%	428	662	1,188
Martinsville city	D	+8.3%	814	642	2,061
Mathews County	R	−3.1%	458	490	1,031
Mecklenburg County	D	+52.5%	2,117	513	3,053
Middlesex County	D	+21.2%	457	271	879
Montgomery County	R	−27.2%	1,126	2,070	3,473
Nelson County	D	+47.8%	1,204	371	1,741
New Kent County	D	+26.7%	277	140	514
Newport News city	D	+33.0%	5,242	2,467	8,404
Norfolk city	D	+18.3%	14,066	9,386	25,549
Northampton County	D	+26.8%	997	525	1,758
Northumberland County	R	−9.2%	429	535	1,146
Nottoway County	D	+26.4%	1,004	486	1,963
Orange County	D	+7.0%	856	726	1,852
Page County	R	−15.4%	1,611	2,236	4,055
Patrick County	D	+6.1%	760	648	1,840
Petersburg city	D	+21.7%	2,019	1,189	3,831
Pittsylvania County	D	+35.0%	3,149	1,164	5,666
Portsmouth city	D	+34.6%	4,612	2,056	7,381
Powhatan County	D	+15.1%	338	238	663
Prince Edward County	D	+16.4%	740	459	1,718
Prince George County	D	+35.4%	745	317	1,210
Prince William County	D	+19.3%	1,162	760	2,083
Pulaski County	R	−8.1%	1,412	1,691	3,452
Radford city	R	−1.4%	826	850	1,765
Rappahannock County	D	+29.6%	617	311	1,034
Richmond city	D	+5.4%	16,466	14,549	35,301
Richmond County	R	−9.1%	240	296	615
Roanoke city	R	−9.1%	5,343	6,542	13,200
Roanoke County	R	−14.9%	2,876	3,988	7,455
Rockbridge County	R	−3.0%	994	1,062	2,284
Rockingham County	R	−29.7%	1,680	3,219	5,182
Russell County	D	+4.6%	2,689	2,447	5,243
Scott County	R	−13.5%	2,676	3,520	6,272
Shenandoah County	R	−33.7%	1,603	3,349	5,180
Smyth County	R	−23.8%	1,750	2,897	4,822
Southampton County	D	+53.5%	1,462	339	2,100
Spotsylvania County	D	+19.9%	818	517	1,510
Stafford County	R	−1.5%	708	732	1,579
Staunton city	R	−15.3%	914	1,323	2,673
Suffolk city	D	+41.1%	3,145	1,154	4,843
Surry County	D	+42.1%	460	134	774
Sussex County	D	+30.3%	614	244	1,220
Tazewell County	R	−0.4%	2,258	2,278	4,706
Virginia Beach city	D	+18.3%	2,008	1,329	3,715
Warren County	D	+11.1%	1,291	1,016	2,483
Washington County	R	−8.1%	2,510	2,972	5,693
Waynesboro city	D	+0.3%	839	833	1,794
Westmoreland County	R	−5.1%	503	568	1,276
Williamsburg city	R	−2.6%	312	334	849
Winchester city	R	−14.8%	894	1,272	2,546
Wise County	D	+25.8%	4,862	2,836	7,845
Wythe County	R	−33.0%	976	2,077	3,336
York County	D	+29.7%	826	418	1,376