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Turnout | 52.2% [2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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County results
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Elections in Michigan |
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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 [3] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Michigan was won by Governor Thomas E. Dewey (R–New York), running with Governor Earl Warren, with 49.23% of the popular vote, against incumbent President Harry S. Truman (D–Missouri), running with Senator Alben W. Barkley, with 47.57% of the popular vote. [4] [5]
Michigan weighed in for this election as around 7% more Republican than the nation-at-large. Dewey’s victory was the first of three consecutive Republican victories in the state, as Michigan would not vote for a Democratic candidate again until John F. Kennedy narrowly won the state in 1960.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Thomas E. Dewey | 1,038,595 | 49.23% | |
Democratic | Harry S. Truman (inc.) | 1,003,448 | 47.57% | |
Progressive Party (United States, 1948–1955) | Henry A. Wallace | 46,515 | 2.20% | |
Prohibition | Claude A. Watson | 13,052 | 0.62% | |
Socialist | Norman Thomas | 6,063 | 0.29% | |
Socialist Labor | Edward A. Teichert | 1,263 | 0.06% | |
Socialist Workers | Farrell Dobbs | 672 | 0.03% | |
Write-in | 1 | 0.00% | ||
Total votes | 2,109,609 | 100% |
County | Thomas E. Dewey Republican | Harry S. Truman Democratic | Henry A. Wallace Progressive | Claude A. Watson Prohibition | Various candidates Other parties | Margin | Total votes cast [6] | ||||||
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# | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Alcona | 1,425 | 65.73% | 708 | 32.66% | 8 | 0.37% | 23 | 1.06% | 4 | 0.18% | 717 | 33.07% | 2,168 |
Alger | 1,702 | 42.73% | 2,009 | 50.44% | 245 | 6.15% | 22 | 0.55% | 5 | 0.13% | -307 | -7.71% | 3,983 |
Allegan | 10,439 | 67.68% | 4,594 | 29.78% | 148 | 0.96% | 203 | 1.32% | 40 | 0.26% | 5,845 | 37.90% | 15,424 |
Alpena | 4,313 | 60.30% | 2,743 | 38.35% | 45 | 0.63% | 37 | 0.52% | 14 | 0.20% | 1,570 | 21.95% | 7,152 |
Antrim | 2,588 | 67.24% | 1,129 | 29.33% | 51 | 1.33% | 70 | 1.82% | 11 | 0.29% | 1,459 | 37.91% | 3,849 |
Arenac | 1,790 | 58.86% | 1,203 | 39.56% | 23 | 0.76% | 19 | 0.62% | 6 | 0.20% | 587 | 19.30% | 3,041 |
Baraga | 1,878 | 50.11% | 1,656 | 44.18% | 201 | 5.36% | 4 | 0.11% | 9 | 0.24% | 222 | 5.93% | 3,748 |
Barry | 5,677 | 64.75% | 2,726 | 31.09% | 55 | 0.63% | 296 | 3.38% | 14 | 0.16% | 2,951 | 33.66% | 8,768 |
Bay | 13,321 | 47.58% | 14,349 | 51.25% | 117 | 0.42% | 127 | 0.45% | 83 | 0.30% | -1,028 | -3.67% | 27,997 |
Benzie | 2,013 | 65.17% | 964 | 31.21% | 69 | 2.23% | 29 | 0.94% | 14 | 0.45% | 1,049 | 33.96% | 3,089 |
Berrien | 22,003 | 58.89% | 14,516 | 38.85% | 460 | 1.23% | 223 | 0.60% | 159 | 0.43% | 7,487 | 20.04% | 37,361 |
Branch | 6,323 | 63.06% | 3,405 | 33.96% | 40 | 0.40% | 241 | 2.40% | 18 | 0.18% | 2,918 | 29.10% | 10,027 |
Calhoun | 19,285 | 54.95% | 15,077 | 42.96% | 233 | 0.66% | 372 | 1.06% | 129 | 0.37% | 4,208 | 11.99% | 35,096 |
Cass | 5,615 | 62.17% | 3,201 | 35.44% | 88 | 0.97% | 95 | 1.05% | 33 | 0.37% | 2,414 | 26.73% | 9,032 |
Charlevoix | 2,911 | 59.47% | 1,847 | 37.73% | 53 | 1.08% | 67 | 1.37% | 17 | 0.35% | 1,064 | 21.74% | 4,895 |
Cheboygan | 3,184 | 62.32% | 1,842 | 36.05% | 34 | 0.67% | 39 | 0.76% | 10 | 0.20% | 1,342 | 26.27% | 5,109 |
Chippewa | 4,977 | 53.34% | 3,860 | 41.37% | 186 | 1.99% | 297 | 3.18% | 11 | 0.12% | 1,117 | 11.97% | 9,331 |
Clare | 2,512 | 66.02% | 1,197 | 31.46% | 31 | 0.81% | 53 | 1.39% | 12 | 0.32% | 1,315 | 34.56% | 3,805 |
Clinton | 7,510 | 73.69% | 2,523 | 24.76% | 50 | 0.49% | 84 | 0.82% | 24 | 0.24% | 4,987 | 48.93% | 10,191 |
Crawford | 849 | 63.93% | 455 | 34.26% | 16 | 1.20% | 7 | 0.53% | 1 | 0.08% | 394 | 29.67% | 1,328 |
Delta | 5,414 | 42.86% | 6,943 | 54.96% | 206 | 1.63% | 34 | 0.27% | 36 | 0.28% | -1,529 | -12.10% | 12,633 |
Dickinson | 4,417 | 39.06% | 6,295 | 55.66% | 463 | 4.09% | 93 | 0.82% | 41 | 0.36% | -1,878 | -16.60% | 11,309 |
Eaton | 8,637 | 64.84% | 4,264 | 32.01% | 87 | 0.65% | 271 | 2.03% | 61 | 0.46% | 4,373 | 32.83% | 13,320 |
Emmet | 3,565 | 63.42% | 1,922 | 34.19% | 73 | 1.30% | 46 | 0.82% | 15 | 0.27% | 1,643 | 29.23% | 5,621 |
Genesee | 38,270 | 44.38% | 45,032 | 52.22% | 1,954 | 2.27% | 667 | 0.77% | 305 | 0.35% | -6,762 | -7.84% | 86,228 |
Gladwin | 2,062 | 66.43% | 963 | 31.02% | 25 | 0.81% | 48 | 1.55% | 6 | 0.19% | 1,099 | 35.41% | 3,104 |
Gogebic | 5,204 | 41.40% | 6,722 | 53.48% | 561 | 4.46% | 44 | 0.35% | 38 | 0.30% | -1,518 | -12.08% | 12,569 |
Grand Traverse | 5,473 | 68.28% | 2,365 | 29.51% | 88 | 1.10% | 73 | 0.91% | 16 | 0.20% | 3,108 | 38.77% | 8,015 |
Gratiot | 7,035 | 70.16% | 2,659 | 26.52% | 46 | 0.46% | 271 | 2.70% | 16 | 0.16% | 4,376 | 43.64% | 10,027 |
Hillsdale | 7,232 | 67.21% | 3,095 | 28.76% | 83 | 0.77% | 322 | 2.99% | 28 | 0.26% | 4,137 | 38.45% | 10,760 |
Houghton | 9,541 | 54.61% | 6,925 | 39.64% | 912 | 5.22% | 70 | 0.40% | 23 | 0.13% | 2,616 | 14.97% | 17,471 |
Huron | 7,978 | 74.92% | 2,562 | 24.06% | 50 | 0.47% | 36 | 0.34% | 22 | 0.21% | 5,416 | 50.86% | 10,648 |
Ingham | 31,868 | 60.61% | 19,366 | 36.83% | 499 | 0.95% | 501 | 0.95% | 341 | 0.65% | 12,502 | 23.78% | 52,575 |
Ionia | 7,970 | 62.60% | 4,450 | 34.95% | 44 | 0.35% | 243 | 1.91% | 24 | 0.19% | 3,520 | 27.65% | 12,731 |
Iosco | 2,599 | 68.90% | 1,115 | 29.56% | 24 | 0.64% | 27 | 0.72% | 7 | 0.19% | 1,484 | 39.34% | 3,772 |
Iron | 3,659 | 44.56% | 4,125 | 50.23% | 260 | 3.17% | 109 | 1.33% | 59 | 0.72% | -466 | -5.67% | 8,212 |
Isabella | 5,485 | 67.23% | 2,487 | 30.49% | 39 | 0.48% | 127 | 1.56% | 20 | 0.25% | 2,998 | 36.74% | 8,158 |
Jackson | 21,449 | 61.22% | 12,809 | 36.56% | 262 | 0.75% | 429 | 1.22% | 88 | 0.25% | 8,640 | 24.66% | 35,037 |
Kalamazoo | 23,799 | 57.32% | 16,393 | 39.49% | 528 | 1.27% | 515 | 1.24% | 282 | 0.68% | 7,406 | 17.83% | 41,517 |
Kalkaska | 837 | 65.54% | 400 | 31.32% | 15 | 1.17% | 22 | 1.72% | 3 | 0.23% | 437 | 34.22% | 1,277 |
Kent | 53,669 | 54.33% | 43,205 | 43.74% | 881 | 0.89% | 706 | 0.71% | 315 | 0.32% | 10,464 | 10.59% | 98,776 |
Keweenaw | 814 | 50.09% | 647 | 39.82% | 154 | 9.48% | 7 | 0.43% | 3 | 0.18% | 167 | 10.27% | 1,625 |
Lake | 1,348 | 54.14% | 1,077 | 43.25% | 55 | 2.21% | 9 | 0.36% | 1 | 0.04% | 271 | 10.89% | 2,490 |
Lapeer | 8,358 | 62.85% | 4,668 | 35.10% | 105 | 0.79% | 131 | 0.99% | 36 | 0.27% | 3,690 | 27.75% | 13,298 |
Leelanau | 1,928 | 69.01% | 835 | 29.89% | 15 | 0.54% | 9 | 0.32% | 7 | 0.25% | 1,093 | 39.12% | 2,794 |
Lenawee | 14,369 | 67.49% | 6,529 | 30.67% | 94 | 0.44% | 242 | 1.14% | 57 | 0.27% | 7,840 | 36.82% | 21,291 |
Livingston | 7,368 | 70.99% | 2,813 | 27.10% | 83 | 0.80% | 101 | 0.97% | 14 | 0.13% | 4,555 | 43.89% | 10,379 |
Luce | 1,273 | 67.46% | 570 | 30.21% | 29 | 1.54% | 13 | 0.69% | 2 | 0.11% | 703 | 37.25% | 1,887 |
Mackinac | 2,182 | 64.90% | 1,138 | 33.85% | 19 | 0.57% | 21 | 0.62% | 2 | 0.06% | 1,044 | 31.05% | 3,362 |
Macomb | 21,205 | 44.49% | 25,265 | 53.01% | 917 | 1.92% | 136 | 0.29% | 137 | 0.29% | -4,060 | -8.52% | 47,660 |
Manistee | 3,913 | 52.89% | 3,339 | 45.13% | 82 | 1.11% | 42 | 0.57% | 23 | 0.31% | 574 | 7.76% | 7,399 |
Marquette | 8,591 | 45.06% | 10,003 | 52.47% | 330 | 1.73% | 84 | 0.44% | 56 | 0.29% | -1,412 | -7.41% | 19,064 |
Mason | 4,147 | 55.99% | 2,988 | 40.34% | 191 | 2.58% | 73 | 0.99% | 8 | 0.11% | 1,159 | 15.65% | 7,407 |
Mecosta | 3,803 | 68.44% | 1,572 | 28.29% | 35 | 0.63% | 144 | 2.59% | 3 | 0.05% | 2,231 | 40.15% | 5,557 |
Menominee | 4,420 | 45.72% | 5,094 | 52.69% | 69 | 0.71% | 54 | 0.56% | 30 | 0.31% | -674 | -6.97% | 9,667 |
Midland | 5,811 | 63.19% | 3,204 | 34.84% | 56 | 0.61% | 100 | 1.09% | 25 | 0.27% | 2,607 | 28.35% | 9,196 |
Missaukee | 1,742 | 68.21% | 750 | 29.37% | 16 | 0.63% | 43 | 1.68% | 3 | 0.12% | 992 | 38.84% | 2,554 |
Monroe | 11,070 | 50.72% | 10,434 | 47.81% | 153 | 0.70% | 133 | 0.61% | 34 | 0.16% | 636 | 2.91% | 21,824 |
Montcalm | 6,081 | 65.14% | 2,999 | 32.13% | 82 | 0.88% | 148 | 1.59% | 25 | 0.27% | 3,082 | 33.01% | 9,335 |
Montmorency | 1,054 | 64.11% | 553 | 33.64% | 12 | 0.73% | 19 | 1.16% | 6 | 0.36% | 501 | 30.47% | 1,644 |
Muskegon | 15,382 | 41.45% | 20,631 | 55.60% | 555 | 1.50% | 391 | 1.05% | 148 | 0.40% | -5,249 | -14.15% | 37,107 |
Newaygo | 4,394 | 66.92% | 2,027 | 30.87% | 73 | 1.11% | 54 | 0.82% | 18 | 0.27% | 2,367 | 36.05% | 6,566 |
Oakland | 62,516 | 53.49% | 51,491 | 44.06% | 1,964 | 1.68% | 455 | 0.39% | 440 | 0.38% | 11,025 | 9.43% | 116,866 |
Oceana | 2,943 | 60.07% | 1,714 | 34.99% | 59 | 1.20% | 169 | 3.45% | 14 | 0.29% | 1,229 | 25.08% | 4,899 |
Ogemaw | 2,062 | 64.70% | 1,038 | 32.57% | 42 | 1.32% | 36 | 1.13% | 9 | 0.28% | 1,024 | 32.13% | 3,187 |
Ontonagon | 2,561 | 50.18% | 2,163 | 42.38% | 369 | 7.23% | 5 | 0.10% | 6 | 0.12% | 398 | 7.80% | 5,104 |
Osceola | 3,122 | 68.54% | 1,276 | 28.01% | 17 | 0.37% | 134 | 2.94% | 6 | 0.13% | 1,846 | 40.53% | 4,555 |
Oscoda | 785 | 72.08% | 285 | 26.17% | 6 | 0.55% | 10 | 0.92% | 3 | 0.28% | 500 | 45.91% | 1,089 |
Otsego | 1,392 | 60.00% | 888 | 38.28% | 23 | 0.99% | 13 | 0.56% | 4 | 0.17% | 504 | 21.72% | 2,320 |
Ottawa | 16,028 | 63.38% | 8,789 | 34.76% | 134 | 0.53% | 225 | 0.89% | 112 | 0.44% | 7,239 | 28.62% | 25,288 |
Presque Isle | 2,271 | 54.53% | 1,872 | 44.95% | 14 | 0.34% | 6 | 0.14% | 2 | 0.05% | 399 | 9.58% | 4,165 |
Roscommon | 2,055 | 73.89% | 687 | 24.70% | 23 | 0.83% | 8 | 0.29% | 8 | 0.29% | 1,368 | 49.19% | 2,781 |
Saginaw | 22,923 | 56.28% | 16,995 | 41.72% | 248 | 0.61% | 482 | 1.18% | 85 | 0.21% | 5,928 | 14.56% | 40,733 |
Sanilac | 8,237 | 77.66% | 2,167 | 20.43% | 45 | 0.42% | 142 | 1.34% | 15 | 0.14% | 6,070 | 57.23% | 10,606 |
Schoolcraft | 1,713 | 49.70% | 1,651 | 47.90% | 44 | 1.28% | 25 | 0.73% | 14 | 0.41% | 62 | 1.80% | 3,447 |
Shiawassee | 10,377 | 66.97% | 4,852 | 31.31% | 93 | 0.60% | 148 | 0.96% | 26 | 0.17% | 5,525 | 35.66% | 15,496 |
St. Clair | 17,883 | 61.79% | 10,647 | 36.79% | 219 | 0.76% | 138 | 0.48% | 55 | 0.19% | 7,236 | 25.00% | 28,942 |
St. Joseph | 8,166 | 65.66% | 3,928 | 31.59% | 60 | 0.48% | 248 | 1.99% | 34 | 0.27% | 4,238 | 34.07% | 12,436 |
Tuscola | 8,125 | 73.59% | 2,676 | 24.24% | 57 | 0.52% | 161 | 1.46% | 22 | 0.20% | 5,449 | 49.35% | 11,041 |
Van Buren | 9,511 | 67.92% | 4,082 | 29.15% | 266 | 1.90% | 104 | 0.74% | 41 | 0.29% | 5,429 | 38.77% | 14,004 |
Washtenaw | 24,588 | 63.75% | 12,721 | 32.98% | 790 | 2.05% | 172 | 0.45% | 296 | 0.77% | 11,867 | 30.77% | 38,567 |
Wayne | 321,773 | 38.03% | 489,654 | 57.87% | 29,615 | 3.50% | 1,268 | 0.15% | 3,796 | 0.45% | -167,881 | -19.84% | 846,106 |
Wexford | 3,833 | 57.06% | 2,635 | 39.23% | 49 | 0.73% | 187 | 2.78% | 13 | 0.19% | 1,198 | 17.83% | 6,717 |
Totals | 1,038,595 | 49.23% | 1,003,448 | 47.57% | 46,515 | 2.20% | 13,052 | 0.62% | 7,999 | 0.38% | 35,147 | 1.66% | 2,109,609 |
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