Presidential election · 1948

1948 electoral map

Name: 1948 United States presidential election
Start: 1948
Location: United States

Harry S. Truman (Democratic) won the 1948 presidential election with 303 electoral votes to Thomas E. Dewey's 189. Truman carried 28 of the 48 states that took part.

Winner

Harry S. Truman

303

Republican

Thomas E. Dewey

189

Strom Thurmond 39

official Electoral College count

States' Rights (Dixiecrat)DemocraticRepublicanNot a state yet / did not vote

1944 1952

Good to know

Some electoral votes were split within states, cast by faithless electors or not counted, so the coloured states do not add up exactly to the official totals shown here. Each state is coloured by the party that won most of its electors.

States won in 1948

Strom Thurmond· States' Rights (Dixiecrat)

4 states

Alabama 11 Louisiana 10 Mississippi 9 South Carolina 8

Thomas E. Dewey· Republican

16 states

New York 47 Pennsylvania 35 Michigan 19 New Jersey 16 Indiana 13 Connecticut 8 Kansas 8 Maryland 8 Nebraska 6 Oregon 6 Maine 5 New Hampshire 4 North Dakota 4 South Dakota 4 Delaware 3 Vermont 3

Electoral College in 1948

48 states held 531 electoral votes in 1948. The largest prize was New York with 47 electoral votes.

Compare with every other election, see electoral votes by state today, or draw your own 2028 map.

Sources: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0): results by state, electors by state and year, and the 1948 election article.