1948 United States presidential election in Idaho

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

All 4 Idaho votes to the Electoral College
  Harry S Truman, bw half-length photo portrait, facing front, 1945 (cropped).jpg Thomas Dewey (3x4 crop).jpg
Nominee Harry S. Truman Thomas Dewey
Party Democratic Republican
Home state Missouri New York
Running mate Alben W. Barkley Earl Warren
Electoral vote40
Popular vote107,370101,514
Percentage49.98%47.26%

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County Results

President before election

Harry S. Truman
Democratic

Elected President

Harry S. Truman
Democratic

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

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Franklin D. Roosevelt had carried Idaho in all four of his presidential runs, carrying the state by more than 20 points in 1932 and 1936, but by a narrower 9 points in 1940 and only 3.5 points in 1944. However, Oregon Senator Wayne Morse said that Dewey would fail to maintain these gains in the West if Bureau of Reclamation programs were cut as demanded by the House Appropriations Committee. [3] Truman campaigned heavily in the West, including Idaho, arguing that the region was an economic colony of Wall Street under the GOP and that only the Democratic Party could give the region direct access to its natural resources. [4] While in Pocatello, Truman also defended himself against charges of corruption by machine politics from his days in Kansas City. [5]

Idaho was won by incumbent President Harry S. Truman (DMissouri), running with Senator Alben W. Barkley, with 49.98% of the popular vote, against Governor Thomas Dewey (RNew York), running with Governor Earl Warren, with 47.26% of the popular vote. [6] [7]

This election marked the conclusion of Idaho's status as a swing state, as it would quickly become one of the most Republican states in the nation. Since this election, Idaho has supported a Democratic presidential nominee only once, when Lyndon B. Johnson carried the state by 1.83 points in 1964, amidst a national Democratic landslide. Furthermore, other than Johnson, no Democrat except John F. Kennedy in 1960 has won even 40% of the state's vote. Republicans would also score landslide wins in the 1950 state elections, [8] This is the last election in which the southeastern Mormon counties of Bonneville, Bingham, Jefferson, Madison, Minidoka and Oneida (now known as some of the most heavily Republican counties in the nation) voted for a Democratic presidential candidate. [9]

This is one of only three states outside the former confederacy, the others being Arizona and Oklahoma, in which Truman's margin has not been matched by any subsequent Democrat. In every other non-southern state (as well as few southern ones), Lyndon Johnson outran Truman's narrow victory in his 1964 landslide.

Results

1948 United States presidential election in Idaho
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Harry S. Truman (inc.) 107,370 49.98%
Republican Thomas Dewey 101,51447.26%
Progressive Party (United States, 1948–1955) Henry A. Wallace 4,9722.31%
Prohibition Claude A. Watson 6280.29%
Socialist Norman Thomas 3320.15%
Total votes214,816 100.00%

Results by county

County [10] Harry S. Truman
Democratic
Thomas E. Dewey
Republican
Henry A. Wallace
Progressive
Claude A. Watson
Prohibition
Norman Thomas
Socialist
MarginTotal votes cast
# %# %# %# %# %# %
Ada 11,25342.14%14,97256.06%3891.46%480.18%430.16%-3,719-13.92%26,705
Adams 64750.78%60347.33%191.49%40.31%10.08%443.45%1,274
Bannock 9,67962.20%5,58035.86%2891.86%40.03%80.05%4,09926.34%15,560
Bear Lake 1,66450.73%1,59048.48%250.76%10.03%00.00%742.25%3,280
Benewah 1,59058.22%1,03838.01%853.11%110.40%70.26%55220.21%2,731
Bingham 3,19749.58%3,16249.04%841.30%50.08%00.00%350.54%6,448
Blaine 1,18254.67%94543.71%341.57%10.05%00.00%23710.96%2,162
Boise 47950.96%43746.49%242.55%00.00%00.00%424.47%940
Bonner 2,91649.70%2,66645.44%2684.57%80.14%90.15%2504.26%5,867
Bonneville 5,38253.81%4,49944.99%1001.00%30.03%170.17%8838.82%10,001
Boundary 1,02949.02%91043.35%1426.77%20.10%160.76%1195.67%2,099
Butte 42650.35%41248.70%80.95%00.00%00.00%141.65%846
Camas 27848.35%28950.26%81.39%00.00%00.00%-11-1.91%575
Canyon 7,90343.04%9,70052.82%3892.12%3231.76%430.23%-1,797-9.78%18,363
Caribou 47551.08%44748.06%70.75%10.11%00.00%283.02%930
Cassia 2,17846.63%2,42451.89%631.35%30.06%30.06%-246-5.26%4,671
Clark 16538.19%26260.65%40.93%10.23%00.00%-97-22.46%432
Clearwater 1,57161.63%82032.17%1325.18%200.78%60.24%75129.46%2,549
Custer 62549.72%61248.69%161.27%40.32%00.00%131.03%1,257
Elmore 1,58963.48%85434.12%512.04%50.20%40.16%73529.36%2,503
Franklin 1,76346.24%2,02853.19%210.55%10.03%00.00%-265-6.95%3,813
Fremont 2,01452.85%1,77746.63%160.42%40.10%00.00%2376.22%3,811
Gem 1,72450.32%1,58546.26%852.48%290.85%30.09%1394.06%3,426
Gooding 1,84445.93%2,11152.58%511.27%60.15%30.07%-267-6.65%4,015
Idaho 2,30054.53%1,79042.44%1172.77%70.17%40.09%51012.09%4,218
Jefferson 2,01756.53%1,49041.76%561.57%50.14%00.00%52714.77%3,568
Jerome 2,12449.34%2,12849.43%481.11%20.05%30.07%-4-0.09%4,305
Kootenai 5,28451.49%4,26541.56%6686.51%130.13%320.31%1,0199.93%10,262
Latah 3,81048.30%3,80548.23%2252.85%310.39%180.23%50.07%7,889
Lemhi 86444.58%1,03753.51%361.86%10.05%00.00%-173-8.93%1,938
Lewis 1,22469.43%48727.62%462.61%30.17%30.17%73741.81%1,763
Lincoln 74846.26%85152.63%181.11%00.00%00.00%-103-6.37%1,617
Madison 2,02455.50%1,60243.93%210.58%00.00%00.00%42211.57%3,647
Minidoka 1,66848.60%1,65448.19%1012.94%40.12%50.15%140.41%3,432
Nez Perce 5,74761.65%3,16833.98%3573.83%270.29%230.25%2,57927.67%9,322
Oneida 1,00850.86%96248.54%100.50%20.10%00.00%462.32%1,982
Owyhee 92547.75%96950.03%321.65%90.46%20.10%-44-2.28%1,937
Payette 1,56838.42%2,43059.54%581.42%160.39%90.22%-862-21.12%4,081
Power 79547.29%87552.05%70.42%40.24%00.00%-80-4.76%1,681
Shoshone 4,47254.13%3,20038.74%5696.89%80.10%120.15%1,27215.39%8,261
Teton 67252.83%59346.62%40.31%10.08%20.16%796.21%1,272
Twin Falls 6,01942.81%7,83355.71%1721.22%210.15%160.11%-1,814-12.90%14,061
Valley 82844.98%93951.00%653.53%30.16%60.33%-111-6.02%1,841
Washington 1,70048.84%1,71349.21%521.49%100.29%60.17%-13-0.37%3,481
Totals107,37049.98%101,51447.26%4,9722.31%6280.29%3320.15%5,8562.72%214,816

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

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