1948 Presidential General Election Results

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Presidential
Candidate

Vice Presidential
Candidate

Political
Party

Popular Vote

Electoral Vote

Harry Truman

Alben Barkley

Democratic

24,179,347

49.55%

303

57.1%

Thomas Dewey

Earl Warren

Republican

21,991,292

45.07%

189

35.6%

J. Strom Thurmond

Fielding Wright

State's Rights

1,175,946

2.41%

7.3%

Henry Wallace

Glen Taylor

Progressive

1,157,328

2.37%

0.0%

Norman Thomas

Tucker Smith

Socialist

139,570

0.29%

0.0%

Other (+)

151,082

0.31%

0.0%

Total

48,794,565

531

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Turnout

Maps

1948 National Map of General Election Results for President

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Results for an Individual State:

Election Notes:

In Tennessee, one elector was nominated for both the Democratic and State's Rights electoral slates. Chosen as part of the Democratic slate, he, nevertheless cast his electoral votes for Thurmond and Wright.
Electoral Vote Map Note: there is no implied geographical significance as to the location of the shaded areas for Tennessee's split electoral votes.

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