The 1948 United States presidential election in Connecticut took place on November 2, 1948, as part of the 1948 United States presidential election. State voters chose eight electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.
Connecticut was won by Republican candidate New YorkgovernorThomas E. Dewey over Democratic candidate, incumbentPresidentHarry S. Truman.
Dewey won the state by a very narrow margin of 1.64%.
Results[]
1948 United States presidential election in Connecticut[1]
Party
Candidate
Running mate
Popular vote
Electoral vote
Count
%
Count
%
Republican
Thomas Edmund Dewey of New York
Earl Warren of California
437,754
49.55%
8
100.00%
Democratic
Harry S. Truman of Missouri
Alben William Barkley of Kentucky
423,297
47.91%
0
0.00%
Progressive
Henry Agard Wallace of Iowa
Glen Hearst Taylor of Idaho
13,713
1.55%
0
0.00%
Socialist
Norman Thomas of New York
Tucker Powell Smith of Michigan
6,964
0.79%
0
0.00%
Socialist Labor
Edward A. Teichert of Pennsylvania
Stephen Emery of New York
1,184
0.13%
0
0.00%
Socialist Workers
Farrell Dobbs of Minnesota
Grace Carlson of Minnesota
606
0.07%
0
0.00%
Total
883,518
100.00%
8
100.00%
See also[]
United States presidential elections in Connecticut