1948 Presidential General Election Results - Arkansas
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Candidate
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Party
Popular VoteElectoral Vote
Harry TrumanAlben BarkleyDemocrat 149,659 61.72%9
Thomas DeweyEarl WarrenRepublican 50,959 21.02%0
J. Strom ThurmondFielding WrightStates Rights Dem 40,068 16.52%0
Norman ThomasTucker SmithSocialist 1,037 0.43%0
Henry WallaceGlen TaylorProgressive 751 0.31%0
Claude WatsonDale LearnProhibitionist 1 0.00%0
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Demographic Data

1950 Population:1,909,511Enum.1950 Population Density:14.2persons/km2
1940 Population:1,949,387Enum.1940 Population Density:14.5persons/km2
Total Electoral Vote:9
Land Area (2000):134,856km2Annual Pop Growth Rate:-0.2%

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Data Sources:
  • Source for Popular Vote data: Arkansas Secretary of State, Presidential Electors General Election November 2, 1948 (Little Rock, 1948)
  • Source for Population data: U.S. Census Bureau.
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