1948 United States presidential election in Vermont

1948 United States presidential election in Vermont
Dewey 40-50% 50-60% 60-70% 70-80% 80-90% 90-100%	Truman 50-60% 60-70% 80-90%
President before election; Harry S. Truman ; Democratic	Elected President; Harry S. Truman ; Democratic

Last updated September 15, 2024

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

Vermont historically was a bastion of Northeastern Republicanism, and by 1948 Vermont had gone Republican in every presidential election since the founding of the Republican Party. From 1856 to 1944, Vermont had had the longest streak of voting Republican of any state, having never voted Democratic before, and this tradition easily continued in 1948 with Dewey's decisive win.

Vermont had been one of only two states (along with nearby Maine) to reject Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt in all 4 of his presidential campaigns, even in the nationwide Democratic landslides of 1932 and 1936. Nevertheless, FDR had improved dramatically on previous Democrats’ performances in Vermont, and in an opposite trend of the nation, had been more Democratic in the 1940s than in either of the 1930s landslides, with Roosevelt coming within just under 10 points of winning Vermont in 1940. Thus Dewey's decisive win with 61.54% marked the first time since 1928 that a Republican broke sixty percent of the vote in Vermont. With 61.54% of the popular vote, Vermont was his strongest victory in the nation.^[1]

Dewey carried eleven of the state’s 14 counties, breaking 60% in 9, and 70% in 5 of these. However, the three northwestern counties of Vermont had been Democratic enclaves in an otherwise Republican state throughout the 1930s and 1940s, and Truman once again won Chittenden County, Franklin County and Grand Isle County for the Democrats. Dewey did win back sparsely populated Essex County, in the northeast of the state, which had defected to the Democrats and voted for Roosevelt in 1940 and 1944.

Results

1948 United States presidential election in Vermont^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Republican	Thomas E. Dewey	75,926	61.54%	3
	Democratic	Harry S. Truman (incumbent)	45,557	36.92%	0
	Progressive	Henry A. Wallace	1,279	1.04%	0
	Socialist	Norman Thomas	585	0.47%	0
	N/A	Write-ins	35	0.03%	0
Totals			123,382	100.00%	3

Results by county

County	Thomas Edmund Dewey^[3] Republican		Harry S. Truman^[3] Democratic		Henry Agard Wallace^[4] Progressive		Various candidates^[4] Other parties		Margin		Total votes cast
County	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	Total votes cast
Addison	4,148	70.68%	1,615	27.52%	62	1.06%	44	0.75%	2,533	43.16%	5,869
Bennington	5,840	62.30%	3,340	35.63%	110	1.17%	84	0.90%	2,500	26.67%	9,374
Caledonia	5,873	68.75%	2,585	30.26%	57	0.67%	27	0.32%	3,288	38.49%	8,542
Chittenden	8,509	47.97%	8,903	50.19%	250	1.41%	77	0.43%	-394	-2.22%	17,739
Essex	1,055	54.21%	881	45.27%	5	0.26%	5	0.26%	174	8.94%	1,946
Franklin	4,897	46.89%	5,455	52.23%	63	0.60%	29	0.28%	-558	-5.34%	10,444
Grand Isle	724	46.32%	822	52.59%	13	0.83%	4	0.26%	-98	-6.27%	1,563
Lamoille	2,344	73.69%	816	25.65%	11	0.35%	10	0.31%	1,528	48.04%	3,181
Orange	4,061	76.97%	1,139	21.59%	56	1.06%	20	0.38%	2,922	55.38%	5,276
Orleans	3,775	62.87%	2,204	36.71%	10	0.17%	15	0.25%	1,571	26.17%	6,004
Rutland	10,206	60.56%	6,452	38.28%	122	0.72%	73	0.43%	3,754	22.27%	16,853
Washington	7,720	59.92%	4,839	37.56%	234	1.82%	90	0.70%	2,881	22.36%	12,883
Windham	7,148	70.49%	2,770	27.32%	144	1.42%	78	0.77%	4,378	43.18%	10,140
Windsor	9,626	70.95%	3,736	27.54%	142	1.05%	64	0.47%	5,890	43.41%	13,568
Total	75,926	61.54%	45,557	36.92%	1,279	1.04%	620	0.50%	30,369	24.61%	123,382

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Essex

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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 - Vermont". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved August 2, 2013.
1 2 Géoelections; 1948 Presidential Election Popular Vote (.xlsx file for €15)
1 2 Géoelections; Popular Vote for Henry Wallace (.xlsx file for €15)

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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 - Vermont". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved August 2, 2013.

[Geoelections-3] 1 2 Géoelections; 1948 Presidential Election Popular Vote (.xlsx file for €15)

[GeoelectionsII-4] 1 2 Géoelections; Popular Vote for Henry Wallace (.xlsx file for €15)

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