The American Presidency Project

1948

Party   Nominees Electoral Vote Popular Vote
  Presidential Vice Presidential
   Democratic election party winner Harry S Truman Alben W. Barkley 303 57.1% 24,105,810 49.5%
   Republican   Thomas E. Dewey Earl Warren 189 35.6% 21,970,064 45.1%
   States' Rights   Strom Thurmond Fielding Wright 39 7.3% 1,169,114 2.4%
Franklin Roosevelt Adlai Stevenson
Harry Truman Thomas Dewey Strom Thurmond
HARRY S TRUMAN THOMAS E. DEWEY STROM THURMOND
STATE TOTAL VOTES Democrat Republican States' Rights
Votes % EV Votes % EV Votes % EV
 
Alabama 214,980 -- 0.0   40,930 19.0   171,443 79.7 11
Arizona 177,065 95,251 53.8 4 77,597 43.8   -- 0.0  
Arkansas 242,475 149,659 61.7 9 50,959 21.0   40,068 16.5  
California 4,021,538 1,913,134 47.6 25 1,895,269 47.1   1,228 0.0  
Colorado 515,237 267,288 51.9 6 239,714 46.5   -- 0.0  
Connecticut 883,518 423,297 47.9   437,754 49.5 8 -- 0.0  
Delaware 139,073 67,813 48.8   69,588 50.0 3 -- 0.0  
Florida 577,643 281,988 48.8 8 194,280 33.6   89,755 15.5  
Georgia 418,844 254,646 60.8 12 76,691 18.3   85,135 20.3  
Idaho 214,816 107,370 50.0 4 101,514 47.3   -- 0.0  
Illinois 3,984,046 1,994,715 50.1 28 1,961,103 49.2   -- 0.0  
Indiana 1,656,212 807,831 48.8   821,079 49.6 13 -- 0.0  
Iowa 1,038,264 522,380 50.3 10 494,018 47.6   -- 0.0  
Kansas 788,819 351,902 44.6   423,039 53.6 8 -- 0.0  
Kentucky 822,658 466,756 56.7 11 341,210 41.5   10,411 1.3  
Louisiana 416,336 136,344 32.7   72,657 17.5   204,290 49.1 10
Maine 264,787 111,916 42.3   150,234 56.7 5 -- 0.0  
Maryland 596,748 286,521 48.0   294,814 49.4 8 2,489 0.4  
Massachusetts 2,107,146 1,151,788 54.7 16 909,370 43.2   -- 0.0  
Michigan 2,109,609 1,003,448 47.6   1,038,595 49.2 19 -- 0.0  
Minnesota 1,212,226 692,966 57.2 11 483,617 39.9   -- 0.0  
Mississippi 192,190 19,384 10.1   5,043 2.6   167,538 87.2 9
Missouri 1,578,628 917,315 58.1 15 655,039 41.5   -- 0.0  
Montana 224,278 119,071 53.1 4 96,770 43.1   -- 0.0  
Nebraska 488,940 224,165 45.8   264,774 54.2 6 -- 0.0  
Nevada 62,117 31,291 50.4 3 29,357 47.3   -- 0.0  
New Hampshire 231,440 107,995 46.7   121,299 52.4 4 7 0.0  
New Jersey 1,949,555 895,455 45.9   981,124 50.3 16 -- 0.0  
New Mexico 187,063 105,464 56.4 4 80,303 42.9   -- 0.0  
New York 6,177,337 2,780,204 45.0   2,841,163 46.0 47 -- 0.0  
North Carolina 791,209 459,070 58.0 14 258,572 32.7   69,652 8.8  
North Dakota 220,716 95,812 43.4   115,139 52.2 4 374 0.2  
Ohio 2,936,071 1,452,791 49.5 25 1,445,684 49.2   -- 0.0  
Oklahoma 721,599 452,782 62.7 10 268,817 37.3   -- 0.0  
Oregon 524,080 243,147 46.4   260,904 49.8 6 -- 0.0  
Pennsylvania 3,735,348 1,752,426 46.9   1,902,197 50.9 35 -- 0.0  
Rhode Island 327,702 188,736 57.6 4 135,787 41.4   -- 0.0  
South Carolina 142,571 34,423 24.1   5,386 3.8   102,607 72.0 8
South Dakota 250,105 117,653 47.0   129,651 51.8 4 -- 0.0  
Tennessee 550,283 270,402 49.1 11 202,914 36.9   73,815 13.4 1
Texas 1,147,245 750,700 65.4 23 282,240 24.6   106,909 9.3  
Utah 276,306 149,151 54.0 4 124,402 45.0   -- 0.0  
Vermont 123,382 45,557 36.9   75,926 61.5 3 -- 0.0  
Virginia 419,256 200,786 47.9 11 172,070 41.0   43,393 10.4  
Washington 905,058 476,165 52.6 8 386,314 42.7   -- 0.0  
West Virginia 748,750 429,188 57.3 8 316,251 42.2   -- 0.0  
Wisconsin 1,276,800 647,310 50.7 12 590,959 46.3   -- 0.0  
Wyoming 101,425 52,354 51.6 3 47,947 47.3   -- 0.0  
 
Totals 48,691,494 24,105,810 49.5 303 21,970,064 45.1 189 1,169,114 2.4 39
                     
 
Party   Nominees Electoral Vote Popular Vote
  Presidential Vice Presidential
   Democratic election party winner Harry S Truman Alben W. Barkley 303 57.1% 24,105,810 49.5%
   Republican   Thomas E. Dewey Earl Warren 189 35.6% 21,970,064 45.1%
   States' Rights   Strom Thurmond Fielding Wright 39 7.3% 1,169,114 2.4%