Who won the 1948 presidential election?

Harry S. Truman (Democratic) won the 1948 presidential election with 303 electoral votes and 49.2% of the popular vote.

What was the Electoral College result in 1948?

The 1948 Electoral College result was 303 Democratic to 189 Republican with 39 electoral votes won by other candidates (531 total electoral votes, 266 needed to win).

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1948

Presidential Election · 1948

Elected President

Harry S. Truman

Democraticdefeating Thomas E. Dewey

303

Truman

Electoral

Votes

266 to win

189

Dewey

Thurmond

303 EV39 EV266 needed to win189 EV

Popular Vote

Truman(DEM)49.2%

Dewey(REP)44.8%

candidates(OTH)6.0%

National margin:D+4.4%

49,346,215 total votes cast

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Truman: 29 states · 311 EV|Dewey: 15 states · 181 EV|SRD: 4 states · 39 EV

	State	EV	Cum. EV ▲	Truman %	Votes	Dewey %	Votes	Thurmond %	Votes	Residual Other %	Margin	Swing
▶	Texas	23	23	66.0%	824,235	24.3%	303,467	—	—	9.8%	D+41.7	↓ R+13.1
▶	Arkansas	9	32	61.7%	149,659	21.0%	50,959	—	—	17.3%	D+40.7	↑ D+0.6
▶	Georgia	12	44	60.8%	254,646	18.3%	76,691	—	—	20.9%	D+42.5	↓ R+22.0
▶	Oklahoma	10	54	62.8%	452,782	37.3%	268,817	—	—	—	D+25.5	↑ D+14.1
▶	North Carolina	14	68	58.0%	459,070	32.7%	258,572	—	—	9.3%	D+25.3	↓ R+8.1
▶	Minnesota	11	79	57.2%	692,966	39.9%	483,617	—	—	—	D+17.3	↑ D+11.7
▶	Rhode Island	4	83	57.6%	188,736	41.4%	135,787	—	—	—	D+16.2	↓ R+1.2
▶	Missouri	15	98	53.6%	917,315	38.3%	655,039	—	—	8.0%	D+15.3	↑ D+12.6
▶	Kentucky	11	109	56.7%	466,756	41.5%	341,210	—	—	—	D+15.3	↑ D+6.0
▶	Florida	8	117	48.8%	281,988	33.6%	194,280	—	—	17.5%	D+15.2	↓ R+25.5
▶	West Virginia	8	125	57.3%	429,188	42.2%	316,251	—	—	—	D+15.1	↑ D+5.3
▶	New Mexico	4	129	56.4%	105,308	43.6%	81,416	—	—	—	D+12.8	↑ D+5.7
▶	Tennessee	12*	140*	49.1%	270,402	36.9%	202,914	—	—	14.0%	D+12.3	↓ R+9.0
▶	Massachusetts	16	156	54.7%	1,151,788	43.2%	909,370	—	—	—	D+11.5	↑ D+5.7
▶	Arizona	4	160	53.8%	95,251	43.8%	77,597	—	—	—	D+10.0	↓ R+8.0
▶	Montana	4	164	53.1%	119,071	43.1%	96,770	—	—	—	D+9.9	↑ D+0.6
▶	Washington	8	172	52.6%	476,165	42.7%	386,314	—	—	—	D+9.9	↓ R+4.7
▶	Utah	4	176	54.0%	149,151	45.0%	124,402	—	—	—	D+9.0	↓ R+12.1
▶	Virginia	11	187	47.9%	200,786	41.0%	172,070	—	—	11.1%	D+6.8	↓ R+18.1
▶	Colorado	6	193	51.9%	267,288	46.5%	239,714	—	—	—	D+5.3	↑ D+12.2
▶	Wisconsin	12	205	50.7%	647,310	46.3%	590,959	—	—	—	D+4.4	↑ D+6.2
▶	Wyoming	3	208	51.6%	52,354	47.3%	47,947	—	—	—	D+4.3	↑ D+6.8
▶	Nevada	3	211	50.4%	31,290	47.3%	29,357	—	—	—	D+3.1	↓ R+6.1
▶	Iowa	10	221	50.3%	522,380	47.6%	494,018	—	—	—	D+2.7	↑ D+7.2
▶	Idaho	4	225	50.0%	107,370	47.3%	101,514	—	—	—	D+2.7	↓ R+0.8
▶	Maryland	8	233	49.6%	421,136	47.8%	405,693	—	—	—	D+1.8	↓ R+6.6
▶	Illinois	28	261	50.1%	1,994,715	49.2%	1,961,103	—	—	—	D+0.8	↓ R+2.6
▶	California	25	286	47.6%	1,913,134	47.1%	1,895,269	—	—	5.3%	D+0.4	↓ R+13.1
▶	Ohio	25	311	49.5%	1,452,788	49.2%	1,445,684	—	—	—	D+0.2	↓ R+4.2
▶	Vermont	3	3	36.9%	45,557	61.5%	75,926	—	—	—	R+24.6	↓ R+10.6
▶	Maine	5	8	42.4%	111,916	56.9%	150,234	—	—	—	R+14.5	↓ R+9.5
▶	Kansas	8	16	44.6%	351,902	53.6%	423,039	—	—	—	R+9.0	↑ D+12.1
▶	North Dakota	4	20	43.4%	95,812	52.2%	115,139	—	—	—	R+8.8	↓ R+0.4
▶	Nebraska	6	26	45.9%	224,165	54.1%	264,774	—	—	—	R+8.3	↑ D+8.8
▶	New Hampshire	4	30	46.7%	107,995	52.4%	121,299	—	—	—	R+5.8	↓ R+10.0
▶	South Dakota	4	34	47.0%	117,653	51.8%	129,651	—	—	—	R+4.8	↑ D+11.9
▶	New York	47	81	41.4%	2,557,642	46.0%	2,841,163	—	—	12.6%	R+4.6	↑ D+3.5
▶	New Jersey	16	97	45.9%	895,455	50.3%	981,124	—	—	—	R+4.4	↓ R+5.7
▶	Pennsylvania	35	132	46.9%	1,752,426	50.9%	1,902,197	—	—	—	R+4.0	↓ R+6.8
▶	Oregon	6	138	46.4%	243,147	49.8%	260,904	—	—	—	R+3.4	↓ R+8.2
▶	Michigan	19	157	47.6%	1,003,448	49.2%	1,038,595	—	—	—	R+1.7	↓ R+2.7
▶	Connecticut	8	165	47.9%	423,297	49.5%	437,754	—	—	—	R+1.6	↓ R+7.0
▶	Delaware	3	168	48.8%	67,813	50.0%	69,588	—	—	—	R+1.3	↓ R+10.4
▶	Indiana	13	181	48.8%	807,831	49.6%	821,079	—	—	—	R+0.8	↑ D+4.8
▶	Mississippi	9	9	10.1%	19,384	2.6%	5,043	87.3%	167,763	—	D+7.5	↓ R+77.9
▶	South Carolina	8	17	24.1%	34,423	3.8%	5,386	72.1%	102,762	—	D+20.4	↓ R+62.9
▶	Louisiana	10	27	32.8%	136,344	17.4%	72,657	49.8%	207,335	—	D+15.3	↓ R+45.9
▶	Alabama	11	38	44.4%	171,443	10.6%	40,930	45.0%	173,820	—	D+33.8	↓ R+29.3

Margin = (Dem votes − Rep votes) ÷ total votes × 100. Swing = current margin − 1944 margin. Cum. EV orders each winning ticket's states from largest win to closest win and accumulates the official EV awarded in each state, so the closest state is that candidate's final cumulative total.Residual Other % shown when > 5% of total votes.

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