1948 United States presidential election in Utah

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1948 United States presidential election in Utah
Flag of Utah (1922-2011).svg
  1944 November 2, 1948 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 vote40
Popular vote149,151124,402
Percentage53.98%45.02%

Utah 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 Utah was held on November 2, 1948 as part of the 1948 United States presidential election. State voters chose four electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Contents

Utah was won by Democratic Party candidate Harry S. Truman, who carried the state with 53.98 percent of the popular vote and winning its four electoral votes. [1] As of the 2020 presidential election , this is the last election in which Davis County and Uintah County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate. [2]

This was the last election in which Utah voted more Democratic than the nation. After 1948, the state would shift strongly toward the Republican Party, only backing the Democratic presidential nominee once more, during Lyndon B. Johnson's 1964 landslide, and in many election cycles afterward being the most Republican state in the nation.As of 2020 this is the last time that Utah voted more Democratic than Illinois.

Results

1948 United States presidential election in Utah
PartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes
Democratic Harry S. Truman (incumbent)149,15153.98%4
Republican Thomas E. Dewey 124,40245.02%0
Progressive Henry A. Wallace 2,6790.97%0
Socialist Workers Farrell Dobbs 730.03%0
Totals276,305100.0%4

Results by county

CountyHarry S. Truman [3]
Democratic
Thomas Edmund Dewey [3]
Republican
Henry Agard Wallace [4]
Progressive
Farrell Dobbs [4]
Socialist Workers’
MarginTotal votes cast
# %# %# %# %# %
Beaver 1,19052.56%1,05746.69%170.75%00.00%1335.87%2,264
Box Elder 3,66749.06%3,79050.70%180.24%00.00%-123-1.65%7,475
Cache 6,38349.30%6,51450.32%460.36%30.02%-131-1.01%12,946
Carbon 6,39768.34%2,70428.89%2542.71%50.05%3,69339.46%9,360
Daggett 9557.58%6941.82%10.61%00.00%2615.76%165
Davis 6,14756.21%4,71843.14%710.65%00.00%1,42913.07%10,936
Duchesne 1,58855.33%1,26644.11%160.56%00.00%32211.22%2,870
Emery 1,51156.53%1,14742.91%140.52%10.04%36413.62%2,673
Garfield 64240.97%92458.97%10.06%00.00%-282-18.00%1,567
Grand 40048.37%41850.54%91.09%00.00%-18-2.18%827
Iron 1,59640.81%2,28958.53%240.61%20.05%-693-17.72%3,911
Juab 1,50151.55%1,39647.94%130.45%20.07%1053.61%2,912
Kane 22022.24%76977.76%00.00%00.00%-549-55.51%989
Millard 1,81745.10%2,18454.21%260.65%20.05%-367-9.11%4,029
Morgan 67052.96%58746.40%70.55%10.08%836.56%1,265
Piute 31541.28%44057.67%81.05%00.00%-125-16.38%763
Rich 36647.78%39952.09%10.13%00.00%-33-4.31%766
Salt Lake 62,95753.85%52,47944.89%1,4531.24%280.02%10,4788.96%116,917
San Juan 41842.52%55856.77%50.51%20.20%-140-14.24%983
Sanpete 3,04147.42%3,33652.02%320.50%40.06%-295-4.60%6,413
Sevier 1,94340.91%2,79158.76%150.32%10.02%-848-17.85%4,750
Summit 1,55648.53%1,61750.44%331.03%00.00%-61-1.90%3,206
Tooele 2,79857.29%2,03641.69%480.98%20.04%76215.60%4,884
Uintah 1,62251.44%1,51347.99%170.54%10.03%1093.46%3,153
Utah 16,19154.18%13,39544.82%2960.99%40.01%2,7969.36%29,886
Wasatch 1,21951.03%1,16548.77%50.21%00.00%542.26%2,389
Washington 1,58043.68%2,02956.10%60.17%20.06%-449-12.41%3,617
Wayne 46055.35%36744.16%40.48%00.00%9311.19%831
Weber 20,86162.16%12,44537.08%2390.71%140.04%8,41625.08%33,559
Totals149,15153.98%124,40245.02%2,6790.97%740.03%24,7498.96%276,306

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References

  1. "1948 Presidential General Election Results - Utah" . Retrieved October 19, 2017.
  2. Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
  3. 1 2 Géoelections; 1948 Presidential Election Popular Vote (xlsx file for €15)
  4. 1 2 Géoelections; Popular Vote for Henry Wallace (.xlsx file for €15)