US Election 1948 Map
Nobody saw this one coming. The 1948 US election map burst blue after nearly everyone predicted a Republican win. Harry S. Truman stunned the country, defeating Thomas E. Dewey in one of the biggest upsets in U.S. history. A third color appears too. This was Strom Thurmond’s Dixiecrat states in the Deep South, breaking away over civil rights.
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The 1948 Presidential Election is famous for being one of the greatest upsets in American history. Harry S. Truman (Democrat) secured a full term by defeating Thomas E. Dewey (Republican) and overcoming a significant split within his own party.
States and Electoral Votes
|
State |
Total Votes |
Truman (D) |
Dewey (R) |
Thurmond (SRD) |
|
New York |
47 |
0 |
47 |
0 |
|
Pennsylvania |
35 |
0 |
35 |
0 |
|
California |
25 |
25 |
0 |
0 |
|
Illinois |
28 |
28 |
0 |
0 |
|
Ohio |
25 |
25 |
0 |
0 |
|
Texas |
23 |
23 |
0 |
0 |
|
Michigan |
19 |
0 |
19 |
0 |
|
Massachusetts |
16 |
16 |
0 |
0 |
|
New Jersey |
16 |
0 |
16 |
0 |
|
Missouri |
15 |
15 |
0 |
0 |
|
North Carolina |
14 |
14 |
0 |
0 |
|
Indiana |
13 |
0 |
13 |
0 |
|
Georgia |
12 |
12 |
0 |
0 |
|
Wisconsin |
12 |
12 |
0 |
0 |
|
Tennessee |
12 |
11 (+1 SRD) |
0 |
1 |
|
Virginia |
11 |
11 |
0 |
0 |
|
Alabama |
11 |
0 |
0 |
11 |
|
Kentucky |
11 |
11 |
0 |
0 |
|
Minnesota |
11 |
11 |
0 |
0 |
|
Iowa |
10 |
10 |
0 |
0 |
|
Louisiana |
10 |
0 |
0 |
10 |
|
Oklahoma |
10 |
10 |
0 |
0 |
|
Arkansas |
9 |
9 |
0 |
0 |
|
Mississippi |
9 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
|
Florida |
8 |
8 |
0 |
0 |
|
Maryland |
8 |
0 |
8 |
0 |
|
South Carolina |
8 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
|
Washington |
8 |
8 |
0 |
0 |
|
West Virginia |
8 |
8 |
0 |
0 |
|
Connecticut |
8 |
0 |
8 |
0 |
|
Kansas |
8 |
0 |
8 |
0 |
|
Nebraska |
6 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
|
Colorado |
6 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
|
Oregon |
6 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
|
Maine |
5 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
|
Rhode Island |
4 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
|
South Dakota |
4 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
|
North Dakota |
4 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
|
Montana |
4 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
|
Utah |
4 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
|
New Mexico |
4 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
|
Idaho |
4 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
|
Arizona |
4 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
|
New Hampshire |
4 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
|
Vermont |
3 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
|
Delaware |
3 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
|
Wyoming |
3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
|
Nevada |
3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
Election Summary
- The Winner: Harry S. Truman (Democrat) defied polling predictions to win 303 electoral votes (57%).
- The Main Challenger: Thomas E. Dewey (Republican), who many experts thought would win easily, secured 189 electoral votes (35.5%).
- The Third Party Factor: Strom Thurmond, running for the States’ Rights Democratic Party (Dixiecrats), won 39 electoral votes (7.5%) after Southern delegates walked out of the Democratic National Convention over civil rights platform issues.
- Popular Vote: Truman won 49.5% (24,105,812) to Dewey’s 45% (21,970,065). Thurmond and Progressive candidate Henry Wallace each received roughly 1.1 million votes (2.5% each).
- Historical Significance: This election saw the first major fracture in the “Solid South” since the 1920s, as Thurmond carried South Carolina, Mississippi, Alabama, and Louisiana.