1948 United States presidential election in New Hampshire

1948 United States presidential election in New Hampshire
Dewey 50-60% 60-70% 70-80%	Truman 50-60%
President before election; Harry S. Truman ; Democratic	Elected President; Harry S. Truman ; Democratic

Last updated October 16, 2024

The 1948 United States presidential election in New Hampshire took place on November 2, 1948, as part of the 1948 United States presidential election, held throughout all contemporary 48 states. Voters chose four representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

New Hampshire was won by the Republican nominees, former Governor Thomas E. Dewey of New York and his running mate Governor Earl Warren of California. Dewey and Warren defeated the Democratic nominees, incumbent President Harry S. Truman of Missouri and his running mate Senator Alben W. Barkley of Kentucky. Also in the running was the Progressive Party candidate, former Democratic Vice President Henry A. Wallace, who ran with former Senator Glen H. Taylor of Idaho.

Dewey took 52.41% of the vote to Truman's 46.66%, a margin of 5.75%. Wallace came in a distant third, with 0.85%.

Dewey won seven counties to Truman's three; however, the race was kept closed statewide by Truman's victories in the state's more populous counties.

Since Franklin D. Roosevelt won them in 1932, the counties of Hillsborough County, Strafford County, and Coos County had become reliable New Deal Democratic base counties, voting for Roosevelt all four times. Truman's most significant victory was winning a majority in populous Hillsborough County, home to Manchester and Nashua, which had been a reliable Democratic bastion since voting for Democrat Al Smith in 1928.

Carroll County had long been the most Republican county in New Hampshire, voting 60% against FDR all four times, and would vote over 70% for Thomas E. Dewey.

As Truman narrowly won an upset victory over Dewey nationally, New Hampshire's result would make the state about ten percentage points more Republican than the national average. Dewey's 52.41% of the popular vote made New Hampshire his fifth strongest state after Vermont, Maine, Nebraska and Kansas.^[1]

Results

1948 United States presidential election in New Hampshire^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Republican	Thomas E. Dewey	121,299	52.41%	4
	Democratic	Harry S. Truman (incumbent)	107,995	46.66%	0
	Progressive	Henry A. Wallace	1,970	0.85%	0
	Socialist	Norman Thomas	86	0.04%	0
	Socialist Labor	Edward A. Teichert	83	0.04%	0
	Dixiecrat (write-in)	Strom Thurmond (write-in)	7	0.00%	0
Totals			231,440	100.00%	4

Results by county

County	Thomas E. Dewey Republican		Harry S. Truman Democratic		Henry A. Wallace Progressive		Various candidates Other parties		Margin		Total votes cast^[3]
County	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#
Belknap	7,152	64.79%	3,822	34.62%	53	0.48%	12	0.11%	3,330	30.17%	11,039
Carroll	6,127	76.11%	1,869	23.22%	48	0.60%	6	0.07%	4,258	52.89%	8,050
Cheshire	9,043	58.32%	6,337	40.87%	116	0.75%	10	0.06%	2,706	17.45%	15,506
Coös	7,005	46.19%	7,930	52.29%	221	1.46%	9	0.06%	-925	-6.10%	15,165
Grafton	12,248	63.52%	6,841	35.48%	154	0.80%	38	0.20%	5,407	28.04%	19,281
Hillsborough	28,257	39.95%	41,789	59.07%	647	0.91%	46	0.07%	-13,532	-19.12%	70,739
Merrimack	16,586	59.37%	11,171	39.99%	161	0.58%	17	0.06%	5,415	19.38%	27,935
Rockingham	18,890	60.68%	11,937	38.35%	292	0.94%	9	0.03%	6,953	22.33%	31,128
Strafford	9,988	45.87%	11,603	53.29%	179	0.82%	3	0.01%	-1,615	-7.42%	21,773
Sullivan	6,003	55.50%	4,696	43.41%	99	0.92%	19	0.18%	1,307	12.09%	10,817
Totals	121,299	52.41%	107,995	46.66%	1,970	0.85%	176	0.08%	13,304	5.75%	231,440

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

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References

↑ "1948 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
↑ "1948 Presidential General Election Results - New Hampshire". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved November 16, 2013.
↑ "NH US President Race, November 02, 1948". Our Campaigns.

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[1] "1948 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved March 5, 2018.

[2] "1948 Presidential General Election Results - New Hampshire". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved November 16, 2013.

[3] "NH US President Race, November 02, 1948". Our Campaigns.

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