1948 United States presidential election in Delaware

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1948 United States presidential election in Delaware
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  1944 November 2, 1948 [1] 1952  

All 3 Delaware votes to the Electoral College
  Thomas Dewey (3x4 crop).jpg Harry S Truman, bw half-length photo portrait, facing front, 1945 (cropped).jpg
Nominee Thomas E. Dewey Harry S. Truman
Party Republican Democratic
Home state New York Missouri
Running mate Earl Warren Alben W. Barkley
Electoral vote30
Popular vote69,58867,813
Percentage50.04%48.76%

Delaware Presidential Election Results 1948.svg
County results

President before election

Harry S. Truman
Democratic

Elected President

Harry S. Truman
Democratic

The 1948 United States presidential election in Delaware took place on November 2, 1948, as part of the 1948 United States presidential election. State voters chose three [2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

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Delaware was won by Governor Thomas E. Dewey (RNew York), running with Governor Earl Warren, with 50.04% of the popular vote, against incumbent President Harry S. Truman (DMissouri), running with Senator Alben W. Barkley, with 48.76% of the popular vote. [3] [4] This is the last time that New Castle County did not back the statewide winner and when the Democratic candidate would win a presidential election without Delaware.

This election marks one of three times in the 20th century that the state voted for the losing candidate, along with 1932 and 1916. As this was the last election until 2000 when Delaware failed to support the overall winner of the presidency, and the electoral college after which the state has leaned Democratic. However, it has since voted for the popular vote loser only twice, in 2004 and 2024.

Results

1948 United States presidential election in Delaware
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Thomas E. Dewey 69,588 50.04%
Democratic Harry S. Truman (inc.)67,81348.76%
Progressive Henry A. Wallace 1,0500.75%
Write-in6220.45%
Total votes139,073 100.00%

Results by county

CountyThomas E. Dewey
Republican
Harry S. Truman
Democratic
Various candidates
Other parties
MarginTotal votes cast
# %# %# %# %
Kent 8,50150.63%8,17448.68%1150.69%3271.95%16,790
New Castle 47,45148.92%48,11749.60%1,4331.48%-666-0.68%97,001
Sussex 13,62653.94%11,52245.57%1240.49%2,1048.37%25,272
Totals69,58850.04%67,81348.76%1,6721.20%1,7751.28%139,073

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

See also

References

  1. "United States Presidential election of 1948 - Encyclopædia Britannica" . Retrieved December 19, 2017.
  2. "1948 Election for the Forty-First Term (1949-53)" . Retrieved December 19, 2017.
  3. "1948 Presidential General Election Results - Delaware" . Retrieved December 19, 2017.
  4. "The American Presidency Project - Election of 1948" . Retrieved December 19, 2017.