1948 United States presidential election in Missouri

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1948 United States presidential election in Missouri
Flag of Missouri.svg
  1944 November 2, 1948 [1] 1952  
  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 vote150
Popular vote917,315655,039
Percentage58.11%41.49%

Missouri Presidential Election Results 1948.svg
County results

President before election

Harry S. Truman
Democratic

Elected President

Harry S. Truman
Democratic

The 1948 United States presidential election in Missouri took place on November 2, 1948, as part of the 1948 United States presidential election. Voters chose 15 [2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

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Incumbent President Harry S. Truman won his home state of Missouri with 58.11% of the popular vote against Republican Governor of New York Thomas E. Dewey, who gained 41.49% of the popular vote. [3] [4] As of the 2020 presidential election , this is the last election in which Moniteau and Cole Counties voted for a Democratic presidential candidate. [5] [6] Truman dramatically improved upon Franklin D. Roosevelt's performance in the state four years prior, winning the state by more than 16 percentage points, compared to Roosevelt's 3 percentage points.

Results

1948 United States presidential election in Missouri
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Harry S. Truman (inc.) 917,315 58.11%
Republican Thomas E. Dewey 655,03941.49%
Progressive Henry A. Wallace 3,9980.25%
Socialist Norman Thomas 2,2220.14%
Write-in Strom Thurmond 42 [a] 0.00%
Write-in Claude A. Watson 8 [a] 0.00%
Write-in Edward A. Teichert 3 [a] 0.00%
Write-in1 [a] 0.00%
Total votes1,578,628 100%

Results by county

CountyHarry S. Truman
Democratic
Thomas E. Dewey
Republican
Henry A. Wallace
Progressive
Norman Thomas
Socialist
MarginTotal votes cast
# %# %# %# %# %
Adair 4,13650.43%4,02449.07%330.40%80.10%1121.36%8,201
Andrew 2,57644.96%3,14254.84%90.16%20.03%-566-9.88%5,729
Atchison 2,49853.23%2,19046.67%20.04%30.06%3086.56%4,693
Audrain 7,49573.12%2,73926.72%130.13%30.03%4,75646.40%10,250
Barry 4,72449.54%4,81250.46%00.00%00.00%-88-0.92%9,536
Barton 3,00853.79%2,57746.08%60.11%10.02%4317.71%5,592
Bates 4,37151.22%4,15648.71%40.05%20.02%2152.51%8,533
Benton 1,36032.92%2,76867.01%20.05%10.02%-1,408-34.09%4,131
Bollinger 2,07548.63%2,18751.25%30.07%20.05%-112-2.62%4,267
Boone 10,20069.61%4,28929.27%810.55%830.57%5,91140.34%14,653
Buchanan 22,97563.76%13,00236.08%310.09%260.07%9,97327.68%36,034
Butler 5,31955.23%4,27644.40%240.25%110.11%1,04310.83%9,630
Caldwell 1,98542.45%2,68757.46%30.06%10.02%-702-15.01%4,676
Callaway 6,21571.78%2,43328.10%60.07%40.05%3,78243.68%8,658
Camden 1,26438.41%2,02061.38%30.09%40.12%-756-22.97%3,291
Cape Girardeau 7,87252.58%7,08447.32%80.05%70.05%7885.26%14,971
Carroll 3,40144.64%4,21255.29%50.07%00.00%-811-10.65%7,618
Carter 1,25556.10%96443.09%130.58%50.22%29113.01%2,237
Cass 5,41559.87%3,61439.96%120.13%40.04%1,80119.91%9,045
Cedar 2,06241.24%2,92858.56%40.08%60.12%-866-17.32%5,000
Chariton 4,17061.40%2,61538.51%30.04%30.04%1,55522.89%6,791
Christian 1,60033.79%3,12966.08%30.06%30.06%-1,529-32.29%4,735
Clark 2,35250.92%2,26449.01%10.02%20.04%881.91%4,619
Clay 11,85564.77%6,40835.01%210.11%200.11%5,44729.76%18,304
Clinton 3,48160.91%2,22738.97%30.05%40.07%1,25421.94%5,715
Cole 7,89153.23%6,90946.60%140.09%110.07%9826.63%14,825
Cooper 3,86548.51%4,09451.38%10.01%80.10%-229-2.87%7,968
Crawford 2,28946.25%2,65053.55%70.14%30.06%-361-7.30%4,949
Dade 1,73338.33%2,78361.56%10.02%40.09%-1,050-23.23%4,521
Dallas 1,59037.01%2,69562.73%60.14%50.12%-1,105-25.72%4,296
Daviess 2,86850.38%2,82349.59%10.02%10.02%450.79%5,693
DeKalb 2,03349.17%2,09850.74%20.05%20.05%-65-1.57%4,135
Dent 2,97359.58%2,00340.14%90.18%50.10%97019.44%4,990
Douglas 1,16329.71%2,73469.85%70.18%100.26%-1,571-40.14%3,914
Dunklin 10,97981.56%2,46618.32%80.06%80.06%8,51363.24%13,461
Franklin 7,82250.19%7,72549.57%280.18%100.06%970.62%15,585
Gasconade 1,20421.95%4,26877.81%100.18%30.05%-3,064-55.86%5,485
Gentry 3,41056.42%2,63343.56%00.00%10.02%77712.86%6,044
Greene 20,76252.34%18,83647.49%320.08%340.09%1,9264.85%39,664
Grundy 3,17748.79%3,33151.15%00.00%40.06%-154-2.36%6,512
Harrison 2,85443.82%3,64655.98%50.08%80.12%-792-12.16%6,513
Henry 5,55154.56%4,61945.40%10.01%30.03%9329.16%10,174
Hickory 73329.77%1,72870.19%00.00%10.04%-995-40.42%2,462
Holt 2,04043.86%2,60756.05%20.04%20.04%-567-12.19%4,651
Howard 4,14372.77%1,53827.02%70.12%50.09%2,60545.75%5,693
Howell 3,59944.65%4,42754.93%130.16%210.26%-828-10.28%8,060
Iron 2,55263.90%1,43535.93%30.08%40.10%1,11727.97%3,994
Jackson 139,18661.44%86,47138.17%6340.28%2360.10%52,71523.27%226,527
Jasper 15,40451.21%14,59348.52%580.19%230.08%8112.69%30,078
Jefferson 10,28062.55%6,08537.02%470.29%230.14%4,19525.53%16,435
Johnson 4,88849.85%4,90350.01%80.08%60.06%-15-0.16%9,805
Knox 2,26858.32%1,62041.66%00.00%10.03%64816.66%3,889
Laclede 3,22145.92%3,77353.78%90.13%120.17%-552-7.86%7,015
Lafayette 5,98847.37%6,63452.48%110.09%90.07%-646-5.11%12,642
Lawrence 4,64946.22%5,39253.61%100.10%70.07%-743-7.39%10,058
Lewis 3,15566.69%1,56433.06%60.13%60.13%1,59133.63%4,731
Lincoln 4,19066.13%2,13533.70%50.08%60.09%2,05532.43%6,336
Linn 5,78858.86%4,03441.03%50.05%60.06%1,75417.83%9,833
Livingston 4,18252.07%3,83547.75%60.07%80.10%3474.32%8,031
Macon 5,19357.45%3,83342.41%60.07%70.08%1,36015.04%9,039
Madison 2,50954.56%2,08645.36%10.02%30.07%4239.20%4,599
Maries 1,94868.45%89431.41%10.04%30.11%1,05437.04%2,846
Marion 9,12270.47%3,80229.37%140.11%60.05%5,32041.10%12,944
McDonald 2,92549.45%2,97950.36%80.14%30.05%-54-0.91%5,915
Mercer 1,00838.69%1,59561.23%10.04%10.04%-587-22.54%2,605
Miller 2,51444.80%3,08855.03%40.07%50.09%-574-10.23%5,611
Mississippi 4,59277.63%1,29321.86%250.42%50.08%3,29955.77%5,915
Moniteau 2,78751.75%2,59448.17%10.02%30.06%1933.58%5,385
Monroe 4,76985.39%80914.49%60.11%10.02%3,96070.90%5,585
Montgomery 2,79249.04%2,88950.75%30.05%90.16%-97-1.71%5,693
Morgan 1,86243.94%2,36555.80%40.09%70.17%-503-11.86%4,238
New Madrid 8,92581.00%2,08218.90%60.05%50.05%6,84362.10%11,018
Newton 5,59848.92%5,82050.86%150.13%100.09%-222-1.94%11,443
Nodaway 6,25356.03%4,88643.78%130.12%90.08%1,36712.25%11,161
Oregon 3,13371.91%1,21427.86%40.09%60.14%1,91944.05%4,357
Osage 2,67251.68%2,48848.12%40.08%60.12%1843.56%5,170
Ozark 85930.33%1,96769.46%20.07%40.14%-1,108-39.13%2,832
Pemiscot 10,26981.98%2,24917.95%10.01%70.06%8,02064.03%12,526
Perry 2,13342.30%2,90357.56%10.02%60.12%-770-15.26%5,043
Pettis 8,38855.66%6,65744.18%160.11%80.05%1,73111.48%15,069
Phelps 5,20262.85%3,05336.89%150.18%70.08%2,14925.96%8,277
Pike 4,93466.68%2,44833.08%70.09%110.15%2,48633.60%7,400
Platte 4,35472.40%1,64427.34%60.10%100.17%2,71045.06%6,014
Polk 3,07943.32%4,02656.65%10.01%10.01%-947-13.33%7,107
Pulaski 2,85863.33%1,64436.43%80.18%30.07%1,21426.90%4,513
Putnam 1,46336.79%2,49962.84%80.20%70.18%-1,036-26.05%3,977
Ralls 3,01376.82%90823.15%00.00%10.03%2,10553.67%3,922
Randolph 7,91277.74%2,25622.17%70.07%30.03%5,65655.57%10,178
Ray 4,82669.57%2,10230.30%40.06%50.07%2,72439.27%6,937
Reynolds 2,05074.60%69225.18%40.15%20.07%1,35849.42%2,748
Ripley 2,30459.72%1,53339.74%160.41%50.13%77119.98%3,858
St. Charles 6,04950.14%5,97649.54%230.19%160.13%730.60%12,064
St. Clair 2,48949.35%2,54850.52%50.10%20.04%-59-1.17%5,044
St. Francois 7,27653.73%6,23446.03%230.17%90.07%1,0427.70%13,542
St. Louis 62,68447.00%69,59252.17%7000.52%4070.31%-6,908-5.17%133,383
St. Louis City 220,65464.19%120,65635.10%16380.48%8220.24%99,99829.09%343,770
Ste. Genevieve 1,98455.61%1,56743.92%120.34%50.14%41711.69%3,568
Saline 7,18559.73%4,82240.09%130.11%90.07%2,36319.64%12,029
Schuyler 1,89257.74%1,37742.02%20.06%60.18%51515.72%3,277
Scotland 2,45159.02%1,69340.77%80.19%10.02%75818.25%4,153
Scott 8,26676.52%2,51923.32%80.07%100.09%5,74753.20%10,803
Shannon 2,35274.10%80525.36%80.25%90.28%1,54748.74%3,174
Shelby 3,40071.43%1,34828.32%110.23%10.02%2,05243.11%4,760
Stoddard 7,02969.12%3,11730.65%170.17%60.06%3,91238.47%10,169
Stone 89228.58%2,22271.20%50.16%20.06%-1,330-42.62%3,121
Sullivan 3,44352.23%3,14047.63%50.08%40.06%3034.60%6,592
Taney 1,42737.58%2,36162.18%60.16%30.08%-934-24.60%3,797
Texas 4,66458.34%3,32041.53%60.08%40.05%1,34416.81%7,994
Vernon 5,34258.29%3,80841.55%90.10%50.05%1,53416.74%9,164
Warren 1,07130.88%2,38068.63%70.20%100.29%-1,309-37.75%3,468
Washington 2,37051.69%2,20047.98%90.20%60.13%1703.71%4,585
Wayne 2,69558.16%1,93741.80%10.02%10.02%75816.36%4,634
Webster 3,29247.78%3,58151.97%90.13%80.12%-289-4.19%6,890
Worth 1,56357.21%1,16242.53%40.15%30.11%40114.68%2,732
Wright 2,50541.35%3,54258.47%80.13%30.05%-1,037-17.12%6,058
Totals917,31558.11%655,03941.49%3,9980.25%2,2220.14%262,27616.62%1,578,628

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 These write-in votes were not separated by county, although different write-in candidates were separated in the statewide total. [7]

References

  1. "United States Presidential election of 1948 – Encyclopædia Britannica" . Retrieved October 26, 2017.
  2. "1948 Election for the Forty-First Term (1949-53)" . Retrieved October 26, 2017.
  3. "1948 Presidential General Election Results – Missouri" . Retrieved October 26, 2017.
  4. "The American Presidency Project – Election of 1948" . Retrieved October 26, 2017.
  5. Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004, pp. 239-246 ISBN   0786422173
  6. Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
  7. "MO US President Race, November 02, 1948". Our Campaigns.