1948 United States presidential election in Maryland

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1948 United States presidential election in Maryland

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All 8 Maryland votes to the Electoral College
Nominee Thomas E. Dewey Harry S. Truman Party Republican Democratic Home state New York Missouri Running mate Earl Warren Alben W. Barkley Electoral vote 8 0 Popular vote 294,814 286,521 Percentage 49.40% 48.01%
County Results Dewey   40-50%   50-60%   60-70% Truman   40-50%   50-60%
President before election Harry S. Truman Democratic Elected President Harry S. Truman Democratic

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

Maryland was won by Governor Thomas Dewey (R–New York), running with Governor Earl Warren, with 49.40% of the popular vote, against incumbent President Harry S. Truman (D–Missouri), running with Senator Alben W. Barkley, with 48.01% of the popular vote. ^{[3] [4]} This was the first of three times between 1888 and 2000 that Maryland's popular vote had backed a losing candidate nationwide (along with 1968 and 1980).

As of 2020, this is the last time that a Democratic candidate has won the presidency without carrying Maryland and the only time that the state has backed a losing Republican candidate. ^[5] As of 2020, this remains the last of only 2 occasions in which Maryland was more Republican than the nation (the other occasion being 1896). ^[6]

Results

1948 United States presidential election in Maryland

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Thomas Dewey	294,814	49.40%
	Democratic	Harry S. Truman (inc.)	286,521	48.01%
	Progressive	Henry A. Wallace	9,649	1.67%
	Socialist	Norman Thomas	2,941	0.49%
	Write-in	Strom Thurmond	2,476	0.41%
Total votes			596,735	100%

Results by county

County	Thomas Edmund Dewey [7] Republican		Harry S. Truman [7] Democratic		Henry Agard Wallace [8] Progressive		Norman Mattoon Thomas [8] Socialist		James Strom Thurmond [9] Write-in		Margin		Total votes cast
	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%
Allegany	14,375	48.98%	14,398	49.06%	452	1.54%	110	0.37%	13	0.04%	-23	-0.08%	29,348
Anne Arundel	10,973	53.59%	8,713	42.55%	368	1.80%	220	1.07%	201	0.98%	2,260	11.04%	20,475
Baltimore	41,846	56.01%	31,883	42.67%	500	0.67%	386	0.52%	100	0.13%	9,963	13.33%	74,715
Baltimore City	110,879	43.42%	134,615	52.72%	7,257	2.84%	1,014	0.40%	1,598	0.63%	-23,736	-9.30%	255,363
Calvert	1,919	50.24%	1,851	48.46%	22	0.58%	13	0.34%	15	0.39%	68	1.78%	3,820
Caroline	2,746	52.58%	2,430	46.52%	20	0.38%	12	0.23%	15	0.29%	316	6.05%	5,223
Carroll	8,003	64.89%	4,226	34.27%	54	0.44%	50	0.41%			3,777	30.63%	12,333
Cecil	3,866	46.93%	4,323	52.48%	32	0.39%	15	0.18%	1	0.01%	-457	-5.55%	8,237
Charles	2,703	57.71%	1,878	40.09%	11	0.23%	29	0.62%	63	1.35%	825	17.61%	4,684
Dorchester	3,751	44.71%	4,507	53.73%	45	0.54%	48	0.57%	38	0.45%	-756	-9.01%	8,389
Frederick	9,934	57.77%	7,142	41.53%	79	0.46%	42	0.24%			2,792	16.24%	17,197
Garrett	3,536	64.31%	1,909	34.72%	28	0.51%	23	0.42%	2	0.04%	1,627	29.59%	5,498
Harford	6,168	52.12%	5,494	46.43%	57	0.48%	31	0.26%	84	0.71%	674	5.70%	11,834
Howard	3,113	51.64%	2,725	45.21%	158	2.62%	32	0.53%			388	6.44%	6,028
Kent	2,489	49.31%	2,524	50.00%	18	0.36%	17	0.34%			-35	-0.69%	5,048
Montgomery	23,174	60.34%	14,336	37.33%	386	1.01%	511	1.33%			8,838	23.01%	38,407
Prince George's	14,718	48.79%	14,874	49.31%	258	0.86%	174	0.58%	140	0.46%	-156	-0.52%	30,164
Queen Anne's	2,038	42.58%	2,660	55.58%	23	0.48%	21	0.44%	44	0.92%	-622	-13.00%	4,786
Somerset	2,247	48.42%	2,293	49.41%	32	0.69%	34	0.73%	35	0.75%	-46	-0.99%	4,641
St. Mary's	3,129	49.61%	3,112	49.34%	14	0.22%	44	0.70%	8	0.13%	17	0.27%	6,307
Talbot	3,585	59.74%	2,344	39.06%	28	0.47%	23	0.38%	21	0.35%	1,241	20.68%	6,001
Washington	11,887	52.49%	10,588	46.76%	96	0.42%	59	0.26%	15	0.07%	1,299	5.74%	22,645
Wicomico	5,062	47.89%	5,415	51.23%	23	0.22%	16	0.15%	55	0.52%	-353	-3.34%	10,571
Worcester	2,673	53.10%	2,281	45.31%	22	0.44%	17	0.34%	41	0.81%	392	7.79%	5,034
Totals	294,814	49.40%	286,521	48.01%	9,983	1.67%	2,941	0.49%	2,489	0.42%	8,293	1.39%	596,748

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

• Allegany
• Somerset

See also

• United States presidential elections in Maryland
• 1948 United States presidential election
• 1948 United States elections

References

1. "United States Presidential election of 1948 - Encyclopædia Britannica" . Retrieved December 20, 2017.
2. "1948 Election for the Forty-First Term (1949-53)" . Retrieved December 20, 2017.
3. "1948 Presidential General Election Results – Maryland" . Retrieved December 20, 2017.
4. "The American Presidency Project - Election of 1948" . Retrieved December 20, 2017.
5. "Maryland - Google Drive". docs.google.com. Retrieved August 28, 2022.
6. "Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections". uselectionatlas.org. Retrieved January 29, 2023.
7. Scammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964; p. 395 ISBN   0405077114
8. Géoelections; Popular Vote for Henry Wallace (.xlsx file for €15)
9. Géoelections; Popular Vote for Strom Thurmond (.xlsx file for €15)