1948 United States presidential election in Delaware

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1948 United States presidential election in Delaware

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All 3 Delaware votes to the Electoral College
  Thomas Dewey (3x4 crop).jpg Harry S Truman, bw half-length photo portrait, facing front, 1945 (cropped).jpg
Nominee Thomas E. Dewey Harry S. Truman
Party Republican Democratic
Home state New York Missouri
Running mate Earl Warren Alben W. Barkley
Electoral vote 3 0
Popular vote 69,588 67,813
Percentage 50.0% 48.8%

Delaware Presidential Election Results 1948.svg
County Results

President before election

Harry S. Truman
Democratic

Elected President

Harry S. Truman
Democratic

The 1948 United States presidential election in Delaware took place on November 2, 1948, as part of the 1948 United States presidential election. State voters chose three[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Delaware was won by Governor Thomas Dewey (RNew York), running with Governor Earl Warren, with 50.04% of the popular vote, against incumbent President Harry S. Truman (DMissouri), running with Senator Alben W. Barkley, with 48.76% of the popular vote.[3][4] This is the last time that New Castle county did not back the statewide winner, when the Democratic candidate would win a presidential election without Delaware, and the last election until 2000 when Delaware failed to support the overall winner of the presidency, and electoral college.

Results[]

1948 United States presidential election in Delaware
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Thomas Dewey 69,588 50.04%
Democratic Harry S. Truman (inc.) 67,813 48.76%
Progressive Henry A. Wallace 1,050 0.75%
Write-in 622 0.45%
Total votes 139,073 100.00%

See also[]

  • United States presidential elections in Delaware

References[]

  1. ^ "United States Presidential election of 1948 - Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved December 19, 2017.
  2. ^ "1948 Election for the Forty-First Term (1949-53)". Retrieved December 19, 2017.
  3. ^ "1948 Presidential General Election Results - Delaware". Retrieved December 19, 2017.
  4. ^ "The American Presidency Project - Election of 1948". Retrieved December 19, 2017.


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