1948 United States presidential election in Rhode Island

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1948 United States presidential election in Rhode Island

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Nominee Harry S. Truman Thomas E. Dewey Party Democratic Republican Home state Missouri New York Running mate Alben William Barkley Earl Warren Electoral vote 4 0 Popular vote 188,736 135,787 Percentage 57.59% 41.44%

County Results Municipality Results Truman   50–60%   60–70%   70–80% Dewey   50–60%   60–70%   70–80%

President before election Harry S. Truman Democratic Elected President Harry S. Truman Democratic

The 1948 United States presidential election in Rhode Island took place on November 2, 1948, as part of the 1948 United States presidential election. State voters chose four electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.

Rhode Island was won by Democratic candidate, incumbent President Harry S. Truman of Missouri, over the Republican candidate, Governor Thomas E. Dewey of New York. Truman ran with Senator Alben W. Barkley of Kentucky as his running mate, while Dewey ran with Governor Earl Warren of California as his running mate.

Truman won Rhode Island by a margin of 16.15%.

Results

1948 United States presidential election in Rhode Island [1]
Party		Candidate	Running mate	Popular vote		Electoral vote
				Count	%	Count	%
	Democratic	Harry S. Truman of Missouri	Alben William Barkley of Kentucky	188,736	57.59%	4	100.00%
	Republican	Thomas Edmund Dewey of New York	Earl Warren of California	135,787	41.44%	0	0.00%
	Progressive	Henry Agard Wallace of Iowa	Glen Hearst Taylor of Idaho	2,619	0.80%	0	0.00%
	Socialist	Norman Thomas of New York	Tucker Powell Smith of Michigan	429	0.13%	0	0.00%
	Socialist Labor	Edward A. Teichert of Pennsylvania	Stephen Emery of New York	131	0.04%	0	0.00%
Total				327,702	100.00%	4	100.00%

By county

County	Harry S. Truman Democratic		Thomas E. Dewey Republican		Various candidates Other parties		Margin		Total votes cast
	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%
Bristol	7,562	58.25%	5,343	41.16%	77	0.59%	2,219	17.09%	12,982
Kent	15,287	48.10%	16,299	51.28%	199	0.62%	-1,012	-3.18%	31,785
Newport	9,254	45.93%	10,756	53.39%	136	0.68%	-1,502	-7.46%	20,146
Providence	149,254	60.73%	93,867	38.20%	2,627	1.07%	55,387	22.53%	245,748
Washington	7,379	43.30%	9,522	55.88%	140	0.82%	-2,143	-12.58%	17,041
Totals	188,736	57.59%	135,787	41.44%	3,179	0.97%	52,949	16.15%	327,702

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

• Kent
• Newport

See also

• United States presidential elections in Rhode Island

References

1. "1948 Presidential General Election Results - Rhode Island". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved December 23, 2013.