1948 United States presidential election in Iowa

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

All 10 Iowa 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 E. Dewey
Party Democratic Republican
Home state Missouri New York
Running mate Alben W. Barkley Earl Warren
Electoral vote100
Popular vote522,380494,018
Percentage50.31%47.58%

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

Contents

Iowa was won by incumbent Democratic President Harry S. Truman of neighbouring Missouri, running with Senator Alben W. Barkley, with 50.31% of the popular vote, against Governor Thomas E. Dewey (RNew York), running with Governor Earl Warren, with 47.58% of the popular vote. [3] [4]

Defying the expectations of a Dewey sweep in a state he won four years earlier, in an unexpected twist, Truman would manage to flip the state from Republican to Democratic, a swing of roughly 6%.

Results

1948 United States presidential election in Iowa
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Harry S. Truman (inc.) 522,380 50.31%
Republican Thomas Dewey 494,01847.58%
Progressive Party (United States, 1948–1955) Henry A. Wallace 12,1251.17%
Socialist Labor Edward A. Teichert 4,2740.41%
Prohibition Claude A. Watson 3,3820.33%
Write-in2,0930.20%
Total votes1,038,272 100%

Results by county

County [5] Harry S. Truman
Democratic
Thomas E. Dewey
Republican
Henry A. Wallace
Progressive
Edward A. Teichert
Socialist Labor
Claude A. Watson
Prohibition
Various candidates
Other parties
MarginTotal votes cast
# %# %# %# %# %# %# %
Adair 2,56746.48%2,87952.13%581.05%20.04%160.29%10.02%-312-5.65%5,523
Adams 1,81745.29%2,14253.39%230.57%40.10%250.62%10.02%-325-8.10%4,012
Allamakee 3,17241.06%4,47457.91%580.75%100.13%50.06%70.09%-1,302-16.85%7,726
Appanoose 4,99853.77%4,07843.87%1111.19%170.18%810.87%110.12%9209.90%9,296
Audubon 2,84055.11%2,17742.25%1142.21%60.12%100.19%60.12%66312.86%5,153
Benton 4,20950.30%3,77045.06%1161.39%2332.78%210.25%180.22%4395.24%8,367
Black Hawk 19,60354.11%16,04144.28%2820.78%1230.34%910.25%900.25%3,5629.83%36,230
Boone 5,54154.21%4,18340.92%2422.37%1681.64%710.69%170.17%1,35813.29%10,222
Bremer 3,50247.11%3,83751.62%500.67%120.16%130.17%190.26%-335-4.51%7,433
Buchanan 4,12748.42%4,31050.57%590.69%100.12%110.13%60.07%-183-2.15%8,523
Buena Vista 4,34051.10%3,95946.61%1611.90%200.24%130.15%00.00%3814.49%8,493
Butler 3,00846.18%3,38051.90%1011.55%40.06%90.14%110.17%-372-5.72%6,513
Calhoun 3,16449.45%3,08348.19%1141.78%60.09%190.30%120.19%811.26%6,398
Carroll 5,71158.36%3,97440.61%780.80%40.04%130.13%60.06%1,73717.75%9,786
Cass 3,37239.40%5,10659.66%600.70%70.08%90.11%50.06%-1,734-20.26%8,559
Cedar 2,95842.16%3,95756.40%731.04%30.04%140.20%110.16%-999-14.24%7,016
Cerro Gordo 9,54453.98%7,84044.34%2021.14%40.02%670.38%250.14%1,7049.64%17,682
Cherokee 3,73952.34%3,31846.44%610.85%10.01%200.28%50.07%4215.90%7,144
Chickasaw 4,07153.64%3,44945.45%570.75%60.08%20.03%40.05%6228.19%7,589
Clarke 2,10147.98%2,19550.13%481.10%90.21%180.41%80.18%-94-2.15%4,379
Clay 3,64952.42%3,03643.61%1502.15%891.28%220.32%150.22%6138.81%6,961
Clayton 4,85748.04%5,15150.94%790.78%90.09%100.10%50.05%-294-2.90%10,111
Clinton 8,53445.72%9,85952.82%1690.91%380.20%330.18%320.17%-1,325-7.10%18,665
Crawford 3,98353.21%3,26743.65%1371.83%740.99%150.20%90.12%7169.56%7,485
Dallas 5,66152.32%4,81044.46%1731.60%850.79%760.70%140.13%8517.86%10,819
Davis 2,98256.21%2,27642.90%200.38%90.17%150.28%30.06%70613.31%5,305
Decatur 3,17254.66%2,54743.89%621.07%40.07%180.31%00.00%62510.77%5,803
Delaware 2,87638.36%4,55560.75%530.71%30.04%70.09%40.05%-1,679-22.39%7,498
Des Moines 8,79252.56%7,62145.56%1911.14%90.05%520.31%640.38%1,1717.00%16,729
Dickinson 2,32448.76%2,30448.34%430.90%671.41%140.29%140.29%200.42%4,766
Dubuque 15,52159.90%10,11139.02%1900.73%130.05%40.02%740.29%5,41020.88%25,913
Emmet 2,75251.80%2,46446.38%490.92%80.15%350.66%50.09%2885.42%5,313
Fayette 5,30345.09%6,29653.54%1130.96%30.03%300.26%150.13%-993-8.45%11,760
Floyd 3,68843.40%4,64454.65%1251.47%20.02%280.33%100.12%-956-11.25%8,497
Franklin 2,87147.68%2,71645.11%1692.81%2163.59%290.48%200.33%1552.57%6,021
Fremont 2,63749.03%2,69850.17%150.28%20.04%190.35%70.13%-61-1.14%5,378
Greene 2,94646.84%3,05948.63%1001.59%1382.19%310.49%160.25%-113-1.79%6,290
Grundy 2,34441.51%3,15455.85%1061.88%40.07%330.58%60.11%-810-14.34%5,647
Guthrie 3,39249.22%3,38949.18%761.10%40.06%280.41%20.03%30.04%6,891
Hamilton 3,61349.19%3,53548.13%1532.08%130.18%160.22%150.20%781.06%7,345
Hancock 3,09651.17%2,80246.31%1262.08%70.12%170.28%30.05%2944.86%6,051
Hardin 4,02345.44%4,55351.42%2192.47%90.10%220.25%280.32%-530-5.98%8,854
Harrison 4,60851.11%4,34148.15%440.49%120.13%80.09%30.03%2672.96%9,016
Henry 3,04238.98%4,62059.19%610.78%30.04%640.82%150.19%-1,578-20.21%7,805
Howard 3,37855.47%2,63043.19%510.84%20.03%220.36%70.11%74812.28%6,090
Humboldt 2,85552.56%2,49845.99%661.22%30.06%70.13%30.06%3576.57%5,432
Ida 2,36550.34%2,25748.04%440.94%10.02%260.55%50.11%1082.30%4,698
Iowa 3,03043.42%3,65952.44%1261.81%1351.93%160.23%120.17%-629-9.02%6,978
Jackson 3,26346.58%3,59751.35%791.13%490.70%70.10%100.14%-334-4.77%7,005
Jasper 6,68452.28%5,71044.66%1321.03%1601.25%700.55%300.23%9747.62%12,786
Jefferson 3,03342.79%3,90655.11%290.41%20.03%1121.58%60.08%-873-12.32%7,088
Johnson 8,61152.82%7,13943.79%3592.20%360.22%330.20%1250.77%1,4729.03%16,303
Jones 3,91547.04%4,29051.55%991.19%100.12%50.06%30.04%-375-4.51%8,322
Keokuk 4,11848.59%4,20149.57%891.05%90.11%510.60%70.08%-83-0.98%8,475
Kossuth 6,03958.33%4,18640.43%1121.08%40.04%70.07%50.05%1,85317.90%10,353
Lee 9,20153.46%7,80145.32%1030.60%280.16%610.35%180.10%1,4008.14%17,212
Linn 20,99548.71%20,88148.45%6681.55%2260.52%1960.45%1320.31%1140.26%43,098
Louisa 1,94543.92%2,42054.64%250.56%50.11%290.65%50.11%-475-10.72%4,429
Lucas 2,69749.26%2,65648.51%571.04%20.04%530.97%100.18%410.75%5,475
Lyon 2,17445.86%2,50052.74%551.16%40.08%30.06%40.08%-326-6.88%4,740
Madison 2,82746.17%3,20752.38%560.91%10.02%290.47%30.05%-380-6.21%6,123
Mahaska 4,32747.92%4,23846.93%300.33%1421.57%1471.63%1461.62%890.99%9,030
Marion 6,30057.96%4,31239.67%1111.02%400.37%870.80%200.18%1,98818.29%10,870
Marshall 5,60243.65%6,69852.19%1341.04%2652.06%1000.78%340.26%-1,096-8.54%12,833
Mills 2,15542.20%2,92157.20%130.25%160.31%20.04%00.00%-766-15.00%5,107
Mitchell 2,87346.95%3,02149.37%1692.76%70.11%440.72%50.08%-148-2.42%6,119
Monona 4,09855.79%3,17943.28%520.71%60.08%50.07%60.08%91912.51%7,346
Monroe 3,44558.13%2,37140.01%691.16%80.13%180.30%150.25%1,07418.12%5,926
Montgomery 2,75139.81%4,08459.10%440.64%230.33%50.07%30.04%-1,333-19.29%6,910
Muscatine 5,46647.06%6,00351.68%1050.90%30.03%170.15%210.18%-537-4.62%11,615
O'Brien 3,42146.70%3,69750.46%1772.42%40.05%110.15%160.22%-276-3.76%7,326
Osceola 2,12353.90%1,77244.99%360.91%30.08%10.03%40.10%3518.91%3,939
Page 3,56736.61%5,63857.87%4194.30%1101.13%50.05%40.04%-2,071-21.26%9,743
Palo Alto 3,85858.45%2,59439.30%1201.82%110.17%110.17%70.11%1,26419.15%6,601
Plymouth 4,33946.08%5,00253.12%430.46%40.04%250.27%30.03%-663-7.04%9,416
Pocahontas 3,50057.84%2,39739.61%1342.21%30.05%110.18%60.10%1,10318.23%6,051
Polk 45,28955.65%33,74241.46%1,1891.46%6590.81%2120.26%2880.35%11,54714.19%81,379
Pottawattamie 11,43047.44%12,38451.40%1450.60%660.27%300.12%400.17%-954-3.96%24,095
Poweshiek 4,32451.57%3,88846.37%680.81%170.20%350.42%530.63%4365.20%8,385
Ringgold 1,92243.10%2,48755.77%280.63%220.49%0.00%00.00%-565-12.67%4,459
Sac 3,69950.24%3,50547.60%941.28%100.14%470.64%80.11%1942.64%7,363
Scott 16,66148.89%16,84249.42%4111.21%290.09%370.11%1010.30%-181-0.53%34,081
Shelby 3,49950.45%3,30147.60%761.10%470.68%70.10%50.07%1982.85%6,935
Sioux 4,04241.24%5,59757.11%1271.30%150.15%100.10%100.10%-1,555-15.87%9,801
Story 6,15240.34%8,30754.47%2831.86%3642.39%750.49%700.46%-2,155-14.13%15,251
Tama 5,11551.01%4,76347.50%1231.23%110.11%80.08%80.08%3523.51%10,028
Taylor 2,40242.16%3,24456.93%270.47%50.09%190.33%10.02%-842-14.77%5,698
Union 3,21843.40%4,13855.81%330.45%60.08%140.19%50.07%-920-12.41%7,414
Van Buren 1,91740.89%2,70257.64%380.81%10.02%290.62%10.02%-785-16.75%4,688
Wapello 10,84157.13%7,87541.50%1270.67%720.38%450.24%160.08%2,96615.63%18,976
Warren 3,48145.77%3,87650.97%1091.43%730.96%560.74%100.13%-395-5.20%7,605
Washington 3,48542.27%4,68056.76%470.57%20.02%260.32%50.06%-1,195-14.49%8,245
Wayne 3,31454.12%2,73844.72%310.51%40.07%330.54%30.05%5769.40%6,123
Webster 9,50855.71%6,95140.73%3592.10%1680.98%340.20%460.27%2,55714.98%17,066
Winnebago 2,62648.17%2,63648.36%1362.49%180.33%270.50%80.15%-10-0.19%5,451
Winneshiek 4,90550.76%4,59447.54%1391.44%80.08%100.10%70.07%3113.22%9,663
Woodbury 22,05656.43%16,65542.61%2300.59%180.05%710.18%540.14%5,40113.82%39,084
Worth 2,62356.57%1,87840.50%1082.33%60.13%180.39%40.09%74516.07%4,637
Wright 3,86649.56%3,81048.85%781.00%200.26%210.27%50.06%560.71%7,800
Total522,38050.31%494,01847.58%12,1251.17%4,2740.41%3,3820.33%2,0930.20%28,3622.73%1,038,272

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

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