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The 1948 United States presidential election in Kentucky took place on November 2, 1948, as part of the 1948 United States presidential election. Kentucky voters chose 11 [2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Kentucky was won by incumbent President Harry S. Truman (D–Missouri), running with Senator Alben W. Barkley, with 56.74 percent of the popular vote, against Governor Thomas Dewey (R–New York), running with Governor Earl Warren, with 41.48 percent of the popular vote. [3] [4]
Dewey performed worse than he had four years previously, with both his margin of loss increasing, and the percentage of the vote he received decreasing, even as he fared a lot better nationally than he had four years prior. This discrepancy was at least in part due to the choice of President Truman's running mate, Senator Barkley, who himself came from Kentucky.
Presidential candidate | Running mate | Party | Electoral vote (EV) | Popular vote (PV) | |
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Harry S. Truman of Missouri | Alben Barkley | Democratic | 11 | 466,756 | 56.74% |
Thomas E. Dewey | Earl Warren | Republican | 0 | 341,210 | 41.48% |
J. Strom Thurmond | Fielding Wright | State's Rights | 0 | 10,411 | 1.27% |
Henry A. Wallace | Glen H. Taylor | New Progressive | 0 | 1,567 | 0.19% |
Norman Thomas | Tucker P. Smith | Socialist | 0 | 1,284 | 0.16% |
Claude Watson | Dale H. Learn | Prohibition | 0 | 1,245 | 0.15% |
Edward A. Teichert | Stephen Emery | Socialist Labor | 0 | 185 | 0.02% |
County [5] | Harry S. Truman Democratic | Thomas E. Dewey Republican | Strom Thurmond Dixiecrat | Henry A. Wallace Progressive | Various candidates Other parties | Margin | Total votes cast | ||||||
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Adair | 2,144 | 42.57% | 2,839 | 56.37% | 35 | 0.69% | 1 | 0.02% | 17 | 0.34% | -695 | -13.80% | 5,036 |
Allen | 1,605 | 40.28% | 2,280 | 57.21% | 48 | 1.20% | 2 | 0.05% | 50 | 1.25% | -675 | -16.93% | 3,985 |
Anderson | 2,135 | 67.69% | 971 | 30.79% | 35 | 1.11% | 6 | 0.19% | 7 | 0.22% | 1,164 | 36.90% | 3,154 |
Ballard | 2,702 | 84.57% | 454 | 14.21% | 35 | 1.10% | 0 | 0.00% | 4 | 0.13% | 2,248 | 70.36% | 3,195 |
Barren | 4,095 | 60.98% | 2,437 | 36.29% | 148 | 2.20% | 5 | 0.07% | 30 | 0.45% | 1,658 | 24.69% | 6,715 |
Bath | 2,287 | 63.69% | 1,276 | 35.53% | 19 | 0.53% | 3 | 0.08% | 6 | 0.17% | 1,011 | 28.16% | 3,591 |
Bell | 5,708 | 56.38% | 4,327 | 42.74% | 57 | 0.56% | 8 | 0.08% | 24 | 0.24% | 1,381 | 13.64% | 10,124 |
Boone | 2,320 | 65.85% | 1,151 | 32.67% | 44 | 1.25% | 0 | 0.00% | 8 | 0.23% | 1,169 | 33.18% | 3,523 |
Bourbon | 3,562 | 67.18% | 1,610 | 30.37% | 121 | 2.28% | 2 | 0.04% | 7 | 0.13% | 1,952 | 36.81% | 5,302 |
Boyd | 9,006 | 56.84% | 6,707 | 42.33% | 79 | 0.50% | 19 | 0.12% | 33 | 0.21% | 2,299 | 14.51% | 15,844 |
Boyle | 3,338 | 62.56% | 1,897 | 35.55% | 72 | 1.35% | 5 | 0.09% | 24 | 0.45% | 1,441 | 27.01% | 5,336 |
Bracken | 1,863 | 59.44% | 1,239 | 39.53% | 24 | 0.77% | 0 | 0.00% | 8 | 0.26% | 624 | 19.91% | 3,134 |
Breathitt | 3,295 | 77.27% | 957 | 22.44% | 1 | 0.02% | 1 | 0.02% | 10 | 0.23% | 2,338 | 54.83% | 4,264 |
Breckinridge | 2,623 | 51.33% | 2,407 | 47.10% | 48 | 0.94% | 5 | 0.10% | 27 | 0.53% | 216 | 4.23% | 5,110 |
Bullitt | 1,681 | 70.48% | 673 | 28.22% | 21 | 0.88% | 2 | 0.08% | 8 | 0.34% | 1,008 | 42.26% | 2,385 |
Butler | 1,105 | 30.21% | 2,494 | 68.18% | 42 | 1.15% | 4 | 0.11% | 13 | 0.36% | -1,389 | -37.97% | 3,658 |
Caldwell | 2,210 | 55.46% | 1,626 | 40.80% | 137 | 3.44% | 8 | 0.20% | 4 | 0.10% | 584 | 14.66% | 3,985 |
Calloway | 4,896 | 86.38% | 681 | 12.01% | 73 | 1.29% | 7 | 0.12% | 11 | 0.19% | 4,215 | 74.37% | 5,668 |
Campbell | 13,008 | 51.56% | 11,851 | 46.97% | 216 | 0.86% | 96 | 0.38% | 60 | 0.24% | 1,157 | 4.59% | 25,231 |
Carlisle | 1,899 | 86.36% | 279 | 12.69% | 11 | 0.50% | 4 | 0.18% | 6 | 0.27% | 1,620 | 73.67% | 2,199 |
Carroll | 2,626 | 78.51% | 639 | 19.10% | 70 | 2.09% | 3 | 0.09% | 7 | 0.21% | 1,987 | 59.41% | 3,345 |
Carter | 3,082 | 46.86% | 3,472 | 52.79% | 2 | 0.03% | 7 | 0.11% | 14 | 0.21% | -390 | -5.93% | 6,577 |
Casey | 1,495 | 30.44% | 3,380 | 68.83% | 9 | 0.18% | 4 | 0.08% | 23 | 0.47% | -1,885 | -38.39% | 4,911 |
Christian | 5,582 | 58.75% | 3,242 | 34.12% | 633 | 6.66% | 7 | 0.07% | 38 | 0.40% | 2,340 | 24.63% | 9,502 |
Clark | 3,292 | 67.07% | 1,508 | 30.73% | 95 | 1.94% | 7 | 0.14% | 6 | 0.12% | 1,784 | 36.34% | 4,908 |
Clay | 1,468 | 31.39% | 3,142 | 67.19% | 41 | 0.88% | 1 | 0.02% | 24 | 0.51% | -1,674 | -35.80% | 4,676 |
Clinton | 709 | 23.26% | 2,295 | 75.30% | 16 | 0.52% | 2 | 0.07% | 26 | 0.85% | -1,586 | -52.04% | 3,048 |
Crittenden | 1,497 | 43.25% | 1,927 | 55.68% | 24 | 0.69% | 0 | 0.00% | 13 | 0.38% | -430 | -12.43% | 3,461 |
Cumberland | 794 | 28.61% | 1,947 | 70.16% | 18 | 0.65% | 2 | 0.07% | 14 | 0.50% | -1,153 | -41.55% | 2,775 |
Daviess | 8,682 | 63.25% | 4,873 | 35.50% | 126 | 0.92% | 8 | 0.06% | 38 | 0.28% | 3,809 | 27.75% | 13,727 |
Edmonson | 1,031 | 33.83% | 1,984 | 65.09% | 15 | 0.49% | 2 | 0.07% | 16 | 0.52% | -953 | -31.26% | 3,048 |
Elliott | 2,095 | 83.40% | 410 | 16.32% | 0 | 0.00% | 4 | 0.16% | 3 | 0.12% | 1,685 | 67.08% | 2,512 |
Estill | 1,937 | 47.89% | 2,056 | 50.83% | 19 | 0.47% | 4 | 0.10% | 29 | 0.72% | -119 | -2.94% | 4,045 |
Fayette | 13,202 | 52.48% | 10,959 | 43.57% | 773 | 3.07% | 96 | 0.38% | 125 | 0.50% | 2,243 | 8.91% | 25,155 |
Fleming | 2,722 | 56.10% | 2,088 | 43.03% | 23 | 0.47% | 4 | 0.08% | 15 | 0.31% | 634 | 13.07% | 4,852 |
Floyd | 8,823 | 73.43% | 3,127 | 26.02% | 18 | 0.15% | 28 | 0.23% | 20 | 0.17% | 5,696 | 47.41% | 12,016 |
Franklin | 6,679 | 75.71% | 1,962 | 22.24% | 169 | 1.92% | 2 | 0.02% | 10 | 0.11% | 4,717 | 53.47% | 8,822 |
Fulton | 2,497 | 80.29% | 450 | 14.47% | 161 | 5.18% | 1 | 0.03% | 1 | 0.03% | 2,047 | 65.82% | 3,110 |
Gallatin | 1,381 | 79.78% | 342 | 19.76% | 8 | 0.46% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,039 | 60.02% | 1,731 |
Garrard | 1,725 | 47.18% | 1,890 | 51.70% | 31 | 0.85% | 1 | 0.03% | 9 | 0.25% | -165 | -4.52% | 3,656 |
Grant | 2,633 | 69.23% | 1,154 | 30.34% | 7 | 0.18% | 1 | 0.03% | 8 | 0.21% | 1,479 | 38.89% | 3,803 |
Graves | 8,682 | 84.49% | 1,442 | 14.03% | 134 | 1.30% | 7 | 0.07% | 11 | 0.11% | 7,240 | 70.46% | 10,276 |
Grayson | 2,174 | 42.69% | 2,880 | 56.56% | 18 | 0.35% | 6 | 0.12% | 14 | 0.27% | -706 | -13.87% | 5,092 |
Green | 1,628 | 42.18% | 2,186 | 56.63% | 30 | 0.78% | 1 | 0.03% | 15 | 0.39% | -558 | -14.45% | 3,860 |
Greenup | 4,186 | 56.52% | 3,168 | 42.78% | 19 | 0.26% | 18 | 0.24% | 15 | 0.20% | 1,018 | 13.74% | 7,406 |
Hancock | 1,146 | 53.38% | 985 | 45.88% | 7 | 0.33% | 4 | 0.19% | 5 | 0.23% | 161 | 7.50% | 2,147 |
Hardin | 3,990 | 61.89% | 2,297 | 35.63% | 126 | 1.95% | 5 | 0.08% | 29 | 0.45% | 1,693 | 26.26% | 6,447 |
Harlan | 9,158 | 66.80% | 4,402 | 32.11% | 113 | 0.82% | 29 | 0.21% | 8 | 0.06% | 4,756 | 34.69% | 13,710 |
Harrison | 3,494 | 72.76% | 1,224 | 25.49% | 64 | 1.33% | 6 | 0.12% | 14 | 0.29% | 2,270 | 47.27% | 4,802 |
Hart | 2,495 | 51.28% | 2,311 | 47.50% | 43 | 0.88% | 3 | 0.06% | 13 | 0.27% | 184 | 3.78% | 4,865 |
Henderson | 5,499 | 71.92% | 1,904 | 24.90% | 167 | 2.18% | 13 | 0.17% | 63 | 0.82% | 3,595 | 47.02% | 7,646 |
Henry | 3,398 | 73.23% | 1,193 | 25.71% | 33 | 0.71% | 2 | 0.04% | 14 | 0.30% | 2,205 | 47.52% | 4,640 |
Hickman | 2,143 | 83.58% | 326 | 12.71% | 87 | 3.39% | 2 | 0.08% | 6 | 0.23% | 1,817 | 70.87% | 2,564 |
Hopkins | 6,149 | 65.65% | 2,608 | 27.85% | 572 | 6.11% | 6 | 0.06% | 31 | 0.33% | 3,541 | 37.80% | 9,366 |
Jackson | 429 | 13.31% | 2,781 | 86.31% | 1 | 0.03% | 1 | 0.03% | 10 | 0.31% | -2,352 | -73.00% | 3,222 |
Jefferson | 70,756 | 48.18% | 69,645 | 47.42% | 1,965 | 1.34% | 617 | 0.42% | 646 | 0.44% | 1,111 | 0.76% | 143,629 |
Jessamine | 2,301 | 59.33% | 1,414 | 36.46% | 117 | 3.02% | 7 | 0.18% | 39 | 1.01% | 887 | 22.87% | 3,878 |
Johnson | 2,378 | 37.20% | 3,993 | 62.47% | 5 | 0.08% | 10 | 0.16% | 6 | 0.09% | -1,615 | -25.27% | 6,392 |
Kenton | 18,918 | 61.60% | 10,771 | 35.07% | 359 | 1.17% | 98 | 0.32% | 54 | 0.18% | 8,147 | 26.53% | 30,711 |
Knott | 4,660 | 86.07% | 754 | 13.93% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 3,906 | 72.14% | 5,414 |
Knox | 2,814 | 39.51% | 4,241 | 59.54% | 18 | 0.25% | 34 | 0.48% | 16 | 0.22% | -1,427 | -20.03% | 7,123 |
LaRue | 1,864 | 58.14% | 1,277 | 39.83% | 49 | 1.53% | 4 | 0.12% | 12 | 0.37% | 587 | 18.31% | 3,206 |
Laurel | 2,187 | 34.57% | 4,107 | 64.92% | 14 | 0.22% | 6 | 0.09% | 12 | 0.19% | -1,920 | -30.35% | 6,326 |
Lawrence | 2,372 | 52.47% | 2,117 | 46.83% | 16 | 0.35% | 3 | 0.07% | 13 | 0.29% | 255 | 5.64% | 4,521 |
Lee | 1,058 | 45.66% | 1,233 | 53.22% | 14 | 0.60% | 7 | 0.30% | 5 | 0.22% | -175 | -7.56% | 2,317 |
Leslie | 783 | 24.38% | 2,397 | 74.65% | 8 | 0.25% | 4 | 0.12% | 19 | 0.59% | -1,614 | -50.27% | 3,211 |
Letcher | 4,741 | 56.96% | 3,560 | 42.77% | 6 | 0.07% | 3 | 0.04% | 14 | 0.17% | 1,181 | 14.19% | 8,324 |
Lewis | 1,449 | 34.73% | 2,708 | 64.91% | 2 | 0.05% | 3 | 0.07% | 10 | 0.24% | -1,259 | -30.18% | 4,172 |
Lincoln | 2,920 | 52.01% | 2,593 | 46.19% | 67 | 1.19% | 3 | 0.05% | 31 | 0.55% | 327 | 5.82% | 5,614 |
Livingston | 1,622 | 70.19% | 671 | 29.04% | 11 | 0.48% | 3 | 0.13% | 4 | 0.17% | 951 | 41.15% | 2,311 |
Logan | 4,355 | 74.25% | 1,352 | 23.05% | 126 | 2.15% | 8 | 0.14% | 24 | 0.41% | 3,003 | 51.20% | 5,865 |
Lyon | 1,505 | 69.84% | 582 | 27.01% | 42 | 1.95% | 7 | 0.32% | 19 | 0.88% | 923 | 42.83% | 2,155 |
Madison | 5,344 | 52.62% | 4,619 | 45.48% | 110 | 1.08% | 18 | 0.18% | 65 | 0.64% | 725 | 7.14% | 10,156 |
Magoffin | 2,253 | 54.49% | 1,882 | 45.51% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 371 | 8.98% | 4,135 |
Marion | 3,008 | 71.20% | 1,171 | 27.72% | 31 | 0.73% | 7 | 0.17% | 8 | 0.19% | 1,837 | 43.48% | 4,225 |
Marshall | 2,942 | 80.10% | 711 | 19.36% | 12 | 0.33% | 2 | 0.05% | 6 | 0.16% | 2,231 | 60.74% | 3,673 |
Martin | 911 | 31.44% | 1,964 | 67.77% | 1 | 0.03% | 8 | 0.28% | 14 | 0.48% | -1,053 | -36.33% | 2,898 |
Mason | 3,620 | 58.31% | 2,519 | 40.58% | 53 | 0.85% | 6 | 0.10% | 10 | 0.16% | 1,101 | 17.73% | 6,208 |
McCracken | 11,183 | 75.80% | 3,251 | 22.03% | 254 | 1.72% | 26 | 0.18% | 40 | 0.27% | 7,932 | 53.77% | 14,754 |
McCreary | 933 | 23.45% | 3,031 | 76.19% | 1 | 0.03% | 3 | 0.08% | 10 | 0.25% | -2,098 | -52.74% | 3,978 |
McLean | 2,104 | 64.30% | 1,112 | 33.99% | 43 | 1.31% | 2 | 0.06% | 11 | 0.34% | 992 | 30.31% | 3,272 |
Meade | 1,915 | 70.28% | 773 | 28.37% | 29 | 1.06% | 2 | 0.07% | 6 | 0.22% | 1,142 | 41.91% | 2,725 |
Menifee | 1,112 | 71.10% | 435 | 27.81% | 11 | 0.70% | 1 | 0.06% | 5 | 0.32% | 677 | 43.29% | 1,564 |
Mercer | 2,682 | 61.47% | 1,599 | 36.65% | 70 | 1.60% | 4 | 0.09% | 8 | 0.18% | 1,083 | 24.82% | 4,363 |
Metcalfe | 1,683 | 50.30% | 1,640 | 49.01% | 8 | 0.24% | 1 | 0.03% | 14 | 0.42% | 43 | 1.29% | 3,346 |
Monroe | 1,249 | 30.49% | 2,812 | 68.64% | 20 | 0.49% | 0 | 0.00% | 16 | 0.39% | -1,563 | -38.15% | 4,097 |
Montgomery | 2,731 | 68.96% | 1,083 | 27.35% | 133 | 3.36% | 1 | 0.03% | 12 | 0.30% | 1,648 | 41.61% | 3,960 |
Morgan | 3,488 | 77.74% | 987 | 22.00% | 4 | 0.09% | 6 | 0.13% | 2 | 0.04% | 2,501 | 55.74% | 4,487 |
Muhlenberg | 4,426 | 55.11% | 3,478 | 43.31% | 72 | 0.90% | 22 | 0.27% | 33 | 0.41% | 948 | 11.80% | 8,031 |
Nelson | 3,556 | 66.64% | 1,715 | 32.14% | 46 | 0.86% | 9 | 0.17% | 10 | 0.19% | 1,841 | 34.50% | 5,336 |
Nicholas | 1,885 | 68.75% | 815 | 29.72% | 27 | 0.98% | 0 | 0.00% | 15 | 0.55% | 1,070 | 39.03% | 2,742 |
Ohio | 2,721 | 44.56% | 3,300 | 54.05% | 55 | 0.90% | 5 | 0.08% | 25 | 0.41% | -579 | -9.49% | 6,106 |
Oldham | 1,703 | 60.20% | 1,036 | 36.62% | 76 | 2.69% | 4 | 0.14% | 10 | 0.35% | 667 | 23.58% | 2,829 |
Owen | 3,056 | 85.29% | 504 | 14.07% | 15 | 0.42% | 2 | 0.06% | 6 | 0.17% | 2,552 | 71.22% | 3,583 |
Owsley | 437 | 20.22% | 1,718 | 79.50% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 6 | 0.28% | -1,281 | -59.28% | 2,161 |
Pendleton | 1,958 | 58.03% | 1,373 | 40.69% | 24 | 0.71% | 5 | 0.15% | 14 | 0.41% | 585 | 17.34% | 3,374 |
Perry | 5,614 | 59.39% | 3,755 | 39.72% | 44 | 0.47% | 21 | 0.22% | 19 | 0.20% | 1,859 | 19.67% | 9,453 |
Pike | 11,423 | 58.16% | 8,097 | 41.22% | 56 | 0.29% | 27 | 0.14% | 39 | 0.20% | 3,326 | 16.94% | 19,642 |
Powell | 975 | 56.92% | 719 | 41.97% | 11 | 0.64% | 1 | 0.06% | 7 | 0.41% | 256 | 14.95% | 1,713 |
Pulaski | 3,844 | 33.40% | 7,549 | 65.59% | 68 | 0.59% | 8 | 0.07% | 41 | 0.36% | -3,705 | -32.19% | 11,510 |
Robertson | 864 | 65.75% | 442 | 33.64% | 6 | 0.46% | 1 | 0.08% | 1 | 0.08% | 422 | 32.11% | 1,314 |
Rockcastle | 1,309 | 28.68% | 3,236 | 70.90% | 8 | 0.18% | 1 | 0.02% | 10 | 0.22% | -1,927 | -42.22% | 4,564 |
Rowan | 2,097 | 57.90% | 1,502 | 41.47% | 18 | 0.50% | 3 | 0.08% | 2 | 0.06% | 595 | 16.43% | 3,622 |
Russell | 1,191 | 32.96% | 2,404 | 66.54% | 5 | 0.14% | 2 | 0.06% | 11 | 0.30% | -1,213 | -33.58% | 3,613 |
Scott | 3,548 | 70.76% | 1,352 | 26.96% | 91 | 1.81% | 4 | 0.08% | 19 | 0.38% | 2,196 | 43.80% | 5,014 |
Shelby | 3,840 | 68.30% | 1,626 | 28.92% | 141 | 2.51% | 6 | 0.11% | 9 | 0.16% | 2,214 | 39.38% | 5,622 |
Simpson | 2,752 | 76.04% | 762 | 21.06% | 74 | 2.04% | 4 | 0.11% | 27 | 0.75% | 1,990 | 54.98% | 3,619 |
Spencer | 1,298 | 71.63% | 493 | 27.21% | 19 | 1.05% | 0 | 0.00% | 2 | 0.11% | 805 | 44.42% | 1,812 |
Taylor | 2,415 | 52.72% | 2,087 | 45.56% | 42 | 0.92% | 4 | 0.09% | 33 | 0.72% | 328 | 7.16% | 4,581 |
Todd | 2,929 | 75.10% | 827 | 21.21% | 121 | 3.10% | 4 | 0.10% | 19 | 0.49% | 2,102 | 53.89% | 3,900 |
Trigg | 2,485 | 73.46% | 816 | 24.12% | 69 | 2.04% | 2 | 0.06% | 11 | 0.33% | 1,669 | 49.34% | 3,383 |
Trimble | 1,746 | 88.72% | 194 | 9.86% | 9 | 0.46% | 1 | 0.05% | 18 | 0.91% | 1,552 | 78.86% | 1,968 |
Union | 3,607 | 81.87% | 744 | 16.89% | 37 | 0.84% | 11 | 0.25% | 7 | 0.16% | 2,863 | 64.98% | 4,406 |
Warren | 6,768 | 60.49% | 3,919 | 35.03% | 451 | 4.03% | 7 | 0.06% | 44 | 0.39% | 2,849 | 25.46% | 11,189 |
Washington | 2,121 | 53.53% | 1,813 | 45.76% | 19 | 0.48% | 2 | 0.05% | 7 | 0.18% | 308 | 7.77% | 3,962 |
Wayne | 2,029 | 44.61% | 2,480 | 54.53% | 14 | 0.31% | 11 | 0.24% | 14 | 0.31% | -451 | -9.92% | 4,548 |
Webster | 3,288 | 73.74% | 1,087 | 24.38% | 57 | 1.28% | 3 | 0.07% | 24 | 0.54% | 2,201 | 49.36% | 4,459 |
Whitley | 2,932 | 33.88% | 5,611 | 64.84% | 57 | 0.66% | 23 | 0.27% | 30 | 0.35% | -2,679 | -30.96% | 8,653 |
Wolfe | 1,918 | 70.18% | 813 | 29.75% | 0 | 0.00% | 2 | 0.07% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,105 | 40.43% | 2,733 |
Woodford | 2,175 | 61.18% | 1,229 | 34.57% | 142 | 3.99% | 3 | 0.08% | 6 | 0.17% | 946 | 26.61% | 3,555 |
Totals | 466,756 | 56.74% | 341,210 | 41.48% | 10,411 | 1.27% | 1,567 | 0.19% | 2,714 | 0.33% | 125,546 | 15.26% | 822,658 |
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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 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
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 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
The 1948 United States presidential election in North Carolina took place on November 2, 1948, as part of the 1948 United States presidential election. North Carolina voters chose 14 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
The 1948 United States presidential election in Washington took place on November 2, 1948, as part of the 1948 United States presidential election. Voters chose eight representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
The 1948 United States presidential election in Wyoming took place on November 2, 1948, as part of the 1948 United States presidential election. State voters chose three representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Wyoming was won by incumbent Democratic President Harry S. Truman, running with Senate Majority Leader Alben W. Barkley, with 51.62 percent of the popular vote, against the Republican nominee, 47th Governor of New York Thomas E. Dewey, running with California Governor and future Chief Justice of the United States Earl Warren, with 47.27 percent of the popular vote, despite the fact that Dewey had previously won the state four years earlier.
The 1948 United States presidential election in West Virginia took place on November 2, 1948, as part of the 1948 United States presidential election. West Virginia voters chose eight representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
The 1948 United States presidential election in Kansas took place on November 2, 1948, as part of the 1948 United States presidential election. Voters chose eight representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
The 1948 United States presidential election in Louisiana took place on November 2, 1948, as part of the 1948 United States presidential election. State voters chose ten representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
The 1948 United States presidential election in Michigan took place on November 2, 1948, as part of the 1948 United States presidential election. Voters chose 19 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
The 1948 United States presidential election in Nebraska took place on November 2, 1948, as part of the 1948 United States presidential election. Voters chose six representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
The 1948 United States presidential election in North Dakota took place on November 2, 1948, as part of the 1948 United States presidential election. Voters chose four representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
The 1948 United States presidential election in Oregon took place on November 2, 1948, as part of the 1948 United States presidential election. Voters chose six representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
The 1948 United States presidential election in South Dakota took place on November 2, 1948, as part of the 1948 United States presidential election. Voters chose four representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.