1948 United States presidential election in Connecticut

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1948 United States presidential election in Connecticut

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Turnout	86.16% [1]
Nominee Thomas E. Dewey Harry S. Truman Party Republican Democratic Home state New York Missouri Running mate Earl Warren Alben William Barkley Electoral vote 8 0 Popular vote 437,754 423,297 Percentage 49.55% 47.91%
County Results Municipality Results Dewey   40–50%   50–60%   60–70%   70–80%   80–90% Truman   40–50%   50–60%   60–70%
President before election Harry S. Truman Democratic Elected President Harry S. Truman Democratic

The 1948 United States presidential election in Connecticut took place on November 2, 1948, as part of the 1948 United States presidential election. State voters chose eight electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.

Connecticut was won by Republican candidate New York governor Thomas E. Dewey over Democratic candidate, incumbent President Harry S. Truman.

Dewey won the state by a narrow margin of 1.64%.

Results

1948 United States presidential election in Connecticut [2]
Party		Candidate	Running mate	Popular vote		Electoral vote
				Count	%	Count	%
	Republican	Thomas Edmund Dewey of New York	Earl Warren of California	437,754	49.55%	8	100.00%
	Democratic	Harry S. Truman of Missouri (incumbent)	Alben William Barkley of Kentucky	423,297	47.91%	0	0.00%
	Progressive	Henry Agard Wallace of Iowa	Glen Hearst Taylor of Idaho	13,713	1.55%	0	0.00%
	Socialist	Norman Thomas of New York	Tucker Powell Smith of Michigan	6,964	0.79%	0	0.00%
	Socialist Labor	Edward A. Teichert of Pennsylvania	Stephen Emery of New York	1,184	0.13%	0	0.00%
	Socialist Workers	Farrell Dobbs of Minnesota	Grace Carlson of Minnesota	606	0.07%	0	0.00%
Total				883,518	100.00%	8	100.00%

By county

County	Thomas E. Dewey Republican		Harry S. Truman Democratic		Various candidates Other parties		Margin		Total votes cast
	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%
Fairfield	118,636	54.65%	90,767	41.81%	7,669	3.54%	27,869	12.84%	217,072
Hartford	105,262	44.74%	124,874	53.07%	5,157	2.19%	-19,612	-8.33%	235,293
Litchfield	26,848	57.99%	18,628	40.23%	823	1.78%	8,220	17.76%	46,299
Middlesex	16,119	51.56%	14,609	46.73%	537	1.71%	1,510	4.83%	31,265
New Haven	120,769	48.50%	121,591	48.83%	6,633	2.67%	-822	-0.33%	248,993
New London	27,416	47.42%	29,425	50.90%	973	1.68%	-2,009	-3.48%	57,814
Tolland	9,012	52.01%	7,970	45.99%	347	2.00%	1,042	6.02%	17,329
Windham	13,692	46.49%	15,433	52.40%	328	1.11%	-1,741	-5.91%	29,453
Totals	437,754	49.55%	423,297	47.91%	22,467	2.54%	14,457	1.64%	883,518

See also

• United States presidential elections in Connecticut

References

1. "Connecticut State Register and Manual, 1949". CT State Library.
2. "1948 Presidential General Election Results - Connecticut". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved December 23, 2013.