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1948: OVERVIEW | MAPS | STATE BY STATE | see old site for more data...
Harry Truman
Harry Truman
Alben W. Barkley

Party: DEMOCRATIC
Home State: Truman - MO; Barkley - KY

Electoral Votes: 303
Popular Votes: 24,179,345 (49.6%)

Thomas E. Dewey
Thomas E. Dewey
Earl Warren

Party: REPUBLICAN
Home State: Dewey - NY; Warren - CA

Electoral Votes: 189
Popular Votes: 21,991,291 (45.1%)

Strom Thurmond
Strom Thurmond
Fielding L. Wright

Party: STATES' RIGHTS DEMOCRATIC (AKA DIXIECRAT)
Home State: Thurmond - SC; Wright - MS

Electoral Votes: 39
Popular Votes: 1,176,125 (2.4%)

Henry A. Wallace
Henry A. Wallace
Glen H. Taylor

Party: PROGRESSIVE
Home State: Wallace - IA; Taylor - ID

Electoral Votes: 0
Popular Votes: 1,157,326 (2.4%)
Other Candidates

Socialist, Prohibition, Socialist Labor...

Electoral Votes: 0
Popular Votes: 289,739 (0.6%)

Electoral College Vote
Total electoral votes (from 48 states) - 531
Majority needed to win - 266

Truman:
win
Dewey:
win
Thurmond:
win

Popular Vote
Total popular vote: 48,793,826
Percentage of eligible population voting: 51.1%

Truman:
Dewey:
Thurmond:
Wallace:
Others:

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