Wisconsin — 1948 presidential election
Recent presidential results
Akashicstate1948 presidential electionWisconsin · PresidentTrumanD+4.4
How it voted
Share of the 1948 vote
| Harry S. Truman ✓Democratic | 50.7% | 647,310 |
|---|---|---|
| Thomas E. DeweyRepublican | 46.3% | 590,959 |
| OtherAll other candidates | 3.0% | 38,531 |
1948presidential margin
D+60R+60
71 counties, each filled by 1948 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.
Wisconsin cast 12 electoral votes this cycle.
County-level results (71 counties) — table
| County | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| Adams County, WI | Democratic | D+5.8 |
| Ashland County, WI | Democratic | D+13.0 |
| Barron County, WI | Democratic | D+5.3 |
| Bayfield County, WI | Democratic | D+12.7 |
| Brown County, WI | Democratic | D+2.0 |
| Buffalo County, WI | Democratic | D+4.3 |
| Burnett County, WI | Democratic | D+15.1 |
| Calumet County, WI | Republican | R+22.0 |
| Chippewa County, WI | Democratic | D+11.0 |
| Clark County, WI | Republican | R+9.4 |
| Columbia County, WI | Republican | R+6.5 |
| Crawford County, WI | Democratic | D+2.4 |
| Dane County, WI | Democratic | D+20.7 |
| Dodge County, WI | Republican | R+13.6 |
| Door County, WI | Republican | R+33.1 |
| Douglas County, WI | Democratic | D+31.3 |
| Dunn County, WI | Democratic | D+6.1 |
| Eau Claire County, WI | Democratic | D+11.9 |
| Florence County, WI | Democratic | D+7.3 |
| Fond du Lac County, WI | Republican | R+21.0 |
| Forest County, WI | Democratic | D+26.9 |
| Grant County, WI | Republican | R+11.4 |
| Green County, WI | Republican | R+6.2 |
| Green Lake County, WI | Republican | R+38.7 |
| Iowa County, WI | Democratic | D+2.2 |
| Iron County, WI | Democratic | D+32.9 |
| Jackson County, WI | Democratic | D+6.6 |
| Jefferson County, WI | Republican | R+6.3 |
| Juneau County, WI | Republican | R+13.3 |
| Kenosha County, WI | Democratic | D+16.2 |
| Kewaunee County, WI | Republican | R+13.9 |
| La Crosse County, WI | Democratic | D+7.8 |
| Lafayette County, WI | Democratic | D+6.4 |
| Langlade County, WI | Democratic | D+11.2 |
| Lincoln County, WI | Republican | R+12.3 |
| Manitowoc County, WI | Democratic | D+9.9 |
| Marathon County, WI | Democratic | D+15.7 |
| Marinette County, WI | Democratic | D+4.8 |
| Marquette County, WI | Republican | R+29.6 |
| Milwaukee County, WI | Democratic | D+14.3 |
| Monroe County, WI | Republican | R+3.6 |
| Oconto County, WI | Republican | R+6.4 |
| Oneida County, WI | Democratic | D+4.4 |
| Outagamie County, WI | Republican | R+17.8 |
| Ozaukee County, WI | Republican | R+7.7 |
| Pepin County, WI | Democratic | D+1.7 |
| Pierce County, WI | Democratic | D+7.7 |
| Polk County, WI | Democratic | D+14.2 |
| Portage County, WI | Democratic | D+19.8 |
| Price County, WI | Democratic | D+6.2 |
| Racine County, WI | Democratic | D+9.7 |
| Richland County, WI | Republican | R+12.3 |
| Rock County, WI | Republican | R+2.7 |
| Rusk County, WI | Democratic | D+12.5 |
| Sauk County, WI | Republican | R+9.8 |
| Sawyer County, WI | Republican | R+1.8 |
| Shawano County, WI | Republican | R+19.6 |
| Sheboygan County, WI | Democratic | D+10.0 |
| St. Croix County, WI | Democratic | D+17.3 |
| Taylor County, WI | Democratic | D+9.9 |
| Trempealeau County, WI | Democratic | D+12.5 |
| Vernon County, WI | Democratic | D+11.5 |
| Vilas County, WI | Republican | R+21.4 |
| Walworth County, WI | Republican | R+31.8 |
| Washburn County, WI | Democratic | D+13.2 |
| Washington County, WI | Republican | R+20.6 |
| Waukesha County, WI | Republican | R+10.6 |
| Waupaca County, WI | Republican | R+36.5 |
| Waushara County, WI | Republican | R+41.9 |
| Winnebago County, WI | Republican | R+13.0 |
| Wood County, WI | Republican | R+0.5 |
Wisconsin results by county
71 counties. Third-party and independent votes are reported by the county source as one combined figure; every named candidate is listed in the complete result below.
| Led by | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adams County | Harry S. Truman+160 | 1,41951.4% | 1,25945.6% | 833.0% | 2,761 |
| Ashland County | Harry S. Truman+975 | 4,11054.7% | 3,13541.7% | 2643.5% | 7,509 |
| Barron County | Harry S. Truman+632 | 6,14851.2% | 5,51645.9% | 3522.9% | 12,016 |
| Bayfield County | Harry S. Truman+743 | 3,08152.8% | 2,33840.1% | 4167.1% | 5,835 |
| Brown County | Harry S. Truman+720 | 18,44950.5% | 17,72948.5% | 3801.0% | 36,558 |
| Buffalo County | Harry S. Truman+213 | 2,56351.3% | 2,35047.1% | 801.6% | 4,993 |
| Burnett County | Harry S. Truman+587 | 2,17755.8% | 1,59040.8% | 1323.4% | 3,899 |
| Calumet County | Thomas E. Dewey+1,523 | 2,66238.5% | 4,18560.6% | 620.9% | 6,909 |
| Chippewa County | Harry S. Truman+1,556 | 7,70254.6% | 6,14643.6% | 2541.8% | 14,102 |
| Clark County | Thomas E. Dewey+1,045 | 4,84043.3% | 5,88552.7% | 4504.0% | 11,175 |
| Columbia County | Thomas E. Dewey+791 | 5,61546.1% | 6,40652.6% | 1481.2% | 12,169 |
| Crawford County | Harry S. Truman+174 | 3,63950.6% | 3,46548.2% | 811.1% | 7,185 |
| Dane County | Harry S. Truman+12,552 | 35,48658.5% | 22,93437.8% | 2,2443.7% | 60,664 |
| Dodge County | Thomas E. Dewey+2,619 | 8,21242.6% | 10,83156.2% | 2451.3% | 19,288 |
| Door County | Thomas E. Dewey+2,471 | 2,44032.7% | 4,91165.8% | 1081.4% | 7,459 |
| Douglas County | Harry S. Truman+6,026 | 12,27863.8% | 6,25232.5% | 7183.7% | 19,248 |
| Dunn County | Harry S. Truman+575 | 4,89452.2% | 4,31946.0% | 1691.8% | 9,382 |
| Eau Claire County | Harry S. Truman+2,146 | 9,97155.3% | 7,82543.4% | 2461.4% | 18,042 |
| Florence County | Harry S. Truman+129 | 88550.3% | 75643.0% | 1176.7% | 1,758 |
| Fond du Lac County | Thomas E. Dewey+4,856 | 8,90438.6% | 13,76059.6% | 4191.8% | 23,083 |
| Forest County | Harry S. Truman+957 | 2,20862.0% | 1,25135.1% | 1042.9% | 3,563 |
| Grant County | Thomas E. Dewey+1,724 | 6,57543.6% | 8,29955.0% | 2151.4% | 15,089 |
| Green County | Thomas E. Dewey+522 | 3,88146.2% | 4,40352.4% | 1141.4% | 8,398 |
| Green Lake County | Thomas E. Dewey+2,217 | 1,72230.1% | 3,93968.8% | 681.2% | 5,729 |
| Iowa County | Harry S. Truman+172 | 3,91750.3% | 3,74548.0% | 1321.7% | 7,794 |
| Iron County | Harry S. Truman+1,384 | 2,66563.3% | 1,28130.4% | 2636.2% | 4,209 |
| Jackson County | Harry S. Truman+368 | 2,92152.5% | 2,55345.9% | 891.6% | 5,563 |
| Jefferson County | Thomas E. Dewey+988 | 7,25646.1% | 8,24452.4% | 2281.4% | 15,728 |
| Juneau County | Thomas E. Dewey+904 | 2,88942.4% | 3,79355.7% | 1271.9% | 6,809 |
| Kenosha County | Harry S. Truman+5,207 | 17,98756.0% | 12,78039.8% | 1,3424.2% | 32,109 |
| Kewaunee County | Thomas E. Dewey+900 | 2,74642.4% | 3,64656.3% | 861.3% | 6,478 |
| La Crosse County | Harry S. Truman+1,820 | 12,34553.1% | 10,52545.2% | 3901.7% | 23,260 |
| Lafayette County | Harry S. Truman+452 | 3,74052.6% | 3,28846.3% | 761.1% | 7,104 |
| Langlade County | Harry S. Truman+905 | 4,34653.8% | 3,44142.6% | 2943.6% | 8,081 |
| Lincoln County | Thomas E. Dewey+971 | 3,36842.7% | 4,33955.0% | 1872.4% | 7,894 |
| Manitowoc County | Harry S. Truman+2,454 | 13,40153.9% | 10,94744.0% | 5152.1% | 24,863 |
| Marathon County | Harry S. Truman+4,404 | 15,89856.6% | 11,49440.9% | 6872.4% | 28,079 |
| Marinette County | Harry S. Truman+599 | 6,46851.5% | 5,86946.7% | 2281.8% | 12,565 |
| Marquette County | Thomas E. Dewey+938 | 1,09534.6% | 2,03364.2% | 381.2% | 3,166 |
| Milwaukee County | Harry S. Truman+48,965 | 187,63754.7% | 138,67240.4% | 16,6014.8% | 342,910 |
| Monroe County | Thomas E. Dewey+377 | 4,97047.4% | 5,34751.0% | 1731.6% | 10,490 |
| Oconto County | Thomas E. Dewey+596 | 4,26946.2% | 4,86552.6% | 1131.2% | 9,247 |
| Oneida County | Harry S. Truman+352 | 4,08150.9% | 3,72946.5% | 2052.6% | 8,015 |
| Outagamie County | Thomas E. Dewey+4,928 | 11,23340.6% | 16,16158.4% | 2781.0% | 27,672 |
| Ozaukee County | Thomas E. Dewey+707 | 4,15945.2% | 4,86652.8% | 1832.0% | 9,208 |
| Pepin County | Harry S. Truman+48 | 1,38150.0% | 1,33348.2% | 501.8% | 2,764 |
| Pierce County | Harry S. Truman+642 | 4,39552.9% | 3,75345.2% | 1581.9% | 8,306 |
| Polk County | Harry S. Truman+1,356 | 5,33055.7% | 3,97441.5% | 2682.8% | 9,572 |
| Portage County | Harry S. Truman+2,730 | 8,15459.1% | 5,42439.3% | 2131.5% | 13,791 |
| Price County | Harry S. Truman+421 | 3,37349.7% | 2,95243.5% | 4606.8% | 6,785 |
| Racine County | Harry S. Truman+4,237 | 23,26653.1% | 19,02943.4% | 1,5023.4% | 43,797 |
| Richland County | Thomas E. Dewey+846 | 2,99043.3% | 3,83655.5% | 801.2% | 6,906 |
| Rock County | Thomas E. Dewey+918 | 16,15047.9% | 17,06850.7% | 4741.4% | 33,692 |
| Rusk County | Harry S. Truman+778 | 3,40154.5% | 2,62342.0% | 2153.4% | 6,239 |
| Sauk County | Thomas E. Dewey+1,309 | 5,83143.8% | 7,14053.7% | 3362.5% | 13,307 |
| Sawyer County | Thomas E. Dewey+80 | 2,17747.8% | 2,25749.5% | 1252.7% | 4,559 |
| Shawano County | Thomas E. Dewey+2,094 | 4,19239.3% | 6,28659.0% | 1811.7% | 10,659 |
| Sheboygan County | Harry S. Truman+2,880 | 15,33953.0% | 12,45943.0% | 1,1444.0% | 28,942 |
| St. Croix County | Harry S. Truman+1,847 | 6,17357.7% | 4,32640.4% | 2021.9% | 10,701 |
| Taylor County | Harry S. Truman+605 | 3,18452.0% | 2,57942.1% | 3615.9% | 6,124 |
| Trempealeau County | Harry S. Truman+1,061 | 4,71155.7% | 3,65043.1% | 1021.2% | 8,463 |
| Vernon County | Harry S. Truman+1,087 | 5,22655.2% | 4,13943.7% | 1051.1% | 9,470 |
| Vilas County | Thomas E. Dewey+977 | 1,68836.9% | 2,66558.3% | 2184.8% | 4,571 |
| Walworth County | Thomas E. Dewey+5,132 | 5,37733.3% | 10,50965.1% | 2651.6% | 16,151 |
| Washburn County | Harry S. Truman+649 | 2,70855.0% | 2,05941.8% | 1583.2% | 4,925 |
| Washington County | Thomas E. Dewey+2,381 | 4,49538.9% | 6,87659.5% | 1941.7% | 11,565 |
| Waukesha County | Thomas E. Dewey+3,372 | 13,95243.7% | 17,32454.2% | 6742.1% | 31,950 |
| Waupaca County | Thomas E. Dewey+4,744 | 4,02031.0% | 8,76467.5% | 1981.5% | 12,982 |
| Waushara County | Thomas E. Dewey+2,164 | 1,43027.7% | 3,59469.6% | 1402.7% | 5,164 |
| Winnebago County | Thomas E. Dewey+4,049 | 13,11642.2% | 17,16555.2% | 8292.7% | 31,110 |
| Wood County | Thomas E. Dewey+74 | 7,99949.2% | 8,07349.7% | 1751.1% | 16,247 |
Nominees: Harry S. Truman (D) · Thomas E. Dewey (R) · Strom Thurmond (States' Rights Democratic)
Wisconsin's presidential margins
1892–2024, the 1948 contest in context
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1892 | +1.7% |
| 1896 | −22.9% |
| 1900 | −24.1% |
| 1904 | −35.2% |
| 1908 | −17.8% |
| 1912 | +8.4% |
| 1916 | −6.6% |
| 1920 | −54.9% |
| 1924 | −29.0% |
| 1928 | −9.2% |
| 1932 | +32.3% |
| 1936 | +33.5% |
| 1940 | +1.8% |
| 1944 | −1.8% |
| 1948 | +4.4% |
| 1952 | −22.2% |
| 1956 | −23.7% |
| 1960 | −3.7% |
| 1964 | +24.3% |
| 1968 | −3.6% |
| 1972 | −9.7% |
| 1976 | +1.7% |
| 1980 | −4.7% |
| 1984 | −9.2% |
| 1988 | +3.6% |
| 1992 | +4.4% |
| 1996 | +10.3% |
| 2000 | +0.2% |
| 2004 | +0.4% |
| 2008 | +13.9% |
| 2012 | +6.9% |
| 2016 | −0.8% |
| 2020 | +0.6% |
| 2024 | −0.9% |
Source. Compiled historical county records — 1948 presidential returns · official county-level results. Real returns — nothing estimated.