The 1948 United States presidential election in North Dakota took place on November 2, 1948, as part of the 1948 United States presidential election. Voters chose four[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
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All 4 North Dakota votes to the Electoral College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 County Results
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North Dakota was won by Governor Thomas E. Dewey (R–New York), running with Governor Earl Warren, with 52.17% of the popular vote, against incumbent President Harry S. Truman (D–Missouri), running with Kentucky Senator Alben W. Barkley, with 43.41% of the popular vote.[3][4]
Campaign
editOn May 11, 1948, the North Dakota Democratic Party voted unanimously to instruct its delegation to the Democratic National Convention to support Truman for president. [5]
Results
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Thomas E. Dewey | 115,139 | 52.17% | |
| Democratic | Harry S. Truman (inc.) | 95,812 | 43.41% | |
| Progressive | Henry A. Wallace | 8,391 | 3.80% | |
| Socialist | Norman Thomas | 1,000 | 0.45% | |
| Dixiecrat | Strom Thurmond | 374 | 0.17% | |
| Total votes | 220,716 | 100% | ||
Results by county
edit| County[6] | Thomas Edmund Dewey Republican |
Harry S. Truman Democratic |
Henry Agard Wallace[7] Progressive |
Norman Mattoon Thomas[7] Socialist |
James Strom Thurmond[8] States’ Rights |
Margin | Total votes cast | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adams | 908 | 51.01% | 753 | 42.30% | 103 | 5.79% | 13 | 0.73% | 3 | 0.17% | 155 | 8.71% | 1,780 |
| Barnes | 3,385 | 51.33% | 2,892 | 43.86% | 279 | 4.23% | 27 | 0.41% | 11 | 0.17% | 493 | 7.48% | 6,594 |
| Benson | 1,920 | 44.33% | 2,216 | 51.17% | 164 | 3.79% | 24 | 0.55% | 7 | 0.16% | -296 | -6.83% | 4,331 |
| Billings | 372 | 50.54% | 311 | 42.26% | 45 | 6.11% | 6 | 0.82% | 2 | 0.27% | 61 | 8.29% | 736 |
| Bottineau | 2,513 | 59.39% | 1,571 | 37.13% | 114 | 2.69% | 23 | 0.54% | 10 | 0.24% | 942 | 22.26% | 4,231 |
| Bowman | 723 | 49.83% | 597 | 41.14% | 116 | 7.99% | 12 | 0.83% | 3 | 0.21% | 126 | 8.68% | 1,451 |
| Burke | 1,212 | 50.95% | 972 | 40.86% | 169 | 7.10% | 24 | 1.01% | 2 | 0.08% | 240 | 10.09% | 2,379 |
| Burleigh | 5,049 | 59.45% | 3,117 | 36.70% | 238 | 2.80% | 67 | 0.79% | 22 | 0.26% | 1,932 | 22.75% | 8,493 |
| Cass | 11,430 | 52.34% | 9,937 | 45.51% | 369 | 1.69% | 65 | 0.30% | 35 | 0.16% | 1,493 | 6.84% | 21,836 |
| Cavalier | 1,864 | 44.83% | 2,198 | 52.86% | 84 | 2.02% | 5 | 0.12% | 7 | 0.17% | -334 | -8.03% | 4,158 |
| Dickey | 1,774 | 54.89% | 1,264 | 39.11% | 176 | 5.45% | 10 | 0.31% | 8 | 0.25% | 510 | 15.78% | 3,232 |
| Divide | 981 | 48.14% | 887 | 43.52% | 158 | 7.75% | 9 | 0.44% | 3 | 0.15% | 94 | 4.61% | 2,038 |
| Dunn | 1,244 | 51.34% | 1,074 | 44.33% | 94 | 3.88% | 7 | 0.29% | 4 | 0.17% | 170 | 7.02% | 2,423 |
| Eddy | 952 | 46.85% | 919 | 45.23% | 141 | 6.94% | 18 | 0.89% | 2 | 0.10% | 33 | 1.62% | 2,032 |
| Emmons | 2,223 | 63.46% | 1,187 | 33.89% | 73 | 2.08% | 16 | 0.46% | 4 | 0.11% | 1,036 | 29.57% | 3,503 |
| Foster | 938 | 44.82% | 1,089 | 52.03% | 57 | 2.72% | 5 | 0.24% | 4 | 0.19% | -151 | -7.21% | 2,093 |
| Golden Valley | 788 | 56.25% | 585 | 41.76% | 20 | 1.43% | 6 | 0.43% | 2 | 0.14% | 203 | 14.49% | 1,401 |
| Grand Forks | 6,374 | 46.23% | 6,996 | 50.74% | 343 | 2.49% | 61 | 0.44% | 15 | 0.11% | -622 | -4.51% | 13,789 |
| Grant | 1,555 | 66.94% | 689 | 29.66% | 69 | 2.97% | 6 | 0.26% | 4 | 0.17% | 866 | 37.28% | 2,323 |
| Griggs | 1,036 | 44.31% | 1,180 | 50.47% | 104 | 4.45% | 11 | 0.47% | 7 | 0.30% | -144 | -6.16% | 2,338 |
| Hettinger | 1,517 | 64.33% | 752 | 31.89% | 79 | 3.35% | 7 | 0.30% | 3 | 0.13% | 765 | 32.44% | 2,358 |
| Kidder | 1,510 | 63.71% | 773 | 32.62% | 65 | 2.74% | 16 | 0.68% | 6 | 0.25% | 737 | 31.10% | 2,370 |
| LaMoure | 1,999 | 53.91% | 1,481 | 39.94% | 209 | 5.64% | 15 | 0.40% | 4 | 0.11% | 518 | 13.97% | 3,708 |
| Logan | 1,585 | 71.46% | 557 | 25.11% | 55 | 2.48% | 10 | 0.45% | 11 | 0.50% | 1,028 | 46.35% | 2,218 |
| McHenry | 2,578 | 56.45% | 1,770 | 38.76% | 203 | 4.44% | 12 | 0.26% | 4 | 0.09% | 808 | 17.69% | 4,567 |
| McIntosh | 2,203 | 79.36% | 513 | 18.48% | 47 | 1.69% | 10 | 0.36% | 3 | 0.11% | 1,690 | 60.88% | 2,776 |
| McKenzie | 1,168 | 45.08% | 1,227 | 47.36% | 185 | 7.14% | 8 | 0.31% | 3 | 0.12% | -59 | -2.28% | 2,591 |
| McLean | 2,762 | 50.10% | 2,283 | 41.41% | 364 | 6.60% | 93 | 1.69% | 11 | 0.20% | 479 | 8.69% | 5,513 |
| Mercer | 2,219 | 75.27% | 643 | 21.81% | 66 | 2.24% | 15 | 0.51% | 5 | 0.17% | 1,576 | 53.46% | 2,948 |
| Morton | 3,607 | 56.41% | 2,521 | 39.43% | 222 | 3.47% | 31 | 0.48% | 13 | 0.20% | 1,086 | 16.98% | 6,394 |
| Mountrail | 1,395 | 42.22% | 1,521 | 46.04% | 365 | 11.05% | 17 | 0.51% | 6 | 0.18% | -126 | -3.81% | 3,304 |
| Nelson | 1,672 | 47.26% | 1,629 | 46.04% | 222 | 6.27% | 13 | 0.37% | 2 | 0.06% | 43 | 1.22% | 3,538 |
| Oliver | 749 | 67.84% | 304 | 27.54% | 37 | 3.35% | 10 | 0.91% | 4 | 0.36% | 445 | 40.31% | 1,104 |
| Pembina | 2,406 | 46.67% | 2,666 | 51.72% | 66 | 1.28% | 11 | 0.21% | 6 | 0.12% | -260 | -5.04% | 5,155 |
| Pierce | 1,738 | 58.86% | 1,147 | 38.84% | 46 | 1.56% | 13 | 0.44% | 9 | 0.30% | 591 | 20.01% | 2,953 |
| Ramsey | 2,891 | 52.04% | 2,458 | 44.25% | 184 | 3.31% | 17 | 0.31% | 5 | 0.09% | 433 | 7.79% | 5,555 |
| Ransom | 1,772 | 50.85% | 1,595 | 45.77% | 94 | 2.70% | 20 | 0.57% | 4 | 0.11% | 177 | 5.08% | 3,485 |
| Renville | 812 | 46.61% | 838 | 48.11% | 74 | 4.25% | 13 | 0.75% | 5 | 0.29% | -26 | -1.49% | 1,742 |
| Richland | 3,448 | 48.73% | 3,413 | 48.24% | 183 | 2.59% | 16 | 0.23% | 15 | 0.21% | 35 | 0.49% | 7,075 |
| Rolette | 1,179 | 41.09% | 1,565 | 54.55% | 107 | 3.73% | 9 | 0.31% | 9 | 0.31% | -386 | -13.45% | 2,869 |
| Sargent | 1,387 | 45.73% | 1,506 | 49.65% | 125 | 4.12% | 8 | 0.26% | 7 | 0.23% | -119 | -3.92% | 3,033 |
| Sheridan | 1,554 | 78.92% | 372 | 18.89% | 36 | 1.83% | 5 | 0.25% | 2 | 0.10% | 1,182 | 60.03% | 1,969 |
| Sioux | 667 | 57.20% | 465 | 39.88% | 27 | 2.32% | 6 | 0.51% | 1 | 0.09% | 202 | 17.32% | 1,166 |
| Slope | 447 | 50.51% | 388 | 43.84% | 43 | 4.86% | 7 | 0.79% | 0 | 0.00% | 59 | 6.67% | 885 |
| Stark | 3,222 | 60.15% | 2,017 | 37.65% | 97 | 1.81% | 10 | 0.19% | 11 | 0.21% | 1,205 | 22.49% | 5,357 |
| Steele | 1,052 | 45.00% | 1,163 | 49.74% | 114 | 4.88% | 7 | 0.30% | 2 | 0.09% | -111 | -4.75% | 2,338 |
| Stutsman | 4,208 | 52.88% | 3,415 | 42.92% | 277 | 3.48% | 45 | 0.57% | 12 | 0.15% | 793 | 9.97% | 7,957 |
| Towner | 1,145 | 49.76% | 1,100 | 47.81% | 40 | 1.74% | 9 | 0.39% | 7 | 0.30% | 45 | 1.96% | 2,301 |
| Traill | 2,328 | 52.00% | 1,874 | 41.86% | 254 | 5.67% | 14 | 0.31% | 7 | 0.16% | 454 | 10.14% | 4,477 |
| Walsh | 2,646 | 37.63% | 4,170 | 59.31% | 196 | 2.79% | 10 | 0.14% | 9 | 0.13% | -1,524 | -21.68% | 7,031 |
| Ward | 5,514 | 48.64% | 5,189 | 45.77% | 576 | 5.08% | 43 | 0.38% | 15 | 0.13% | 325 | 2.87% | 11,337 |
| Wells | 2,385 | 59.83% | 1,492 | 37.43% | 74 | 1.86% | 27 | 0.68% | 8 | 0.20% | 893 | 22.40% | 3,986 |
| Williams | 2,133 | 38.82% | 2,571 | 46.79% | 743 | 13.52% | 38 | 0.69% | 10 | 0.18% | -438 | -7.97% | 5,495 |
| Totals | 115,139 | 52.17% | 95,812 | 43.41% | 8,391 | 3.80% | 1,000 | 0.45% | 374 | 0.17% | 19,327 | 8.76% | 220,716 |
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
editCounties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
editSee also
editReferences
edit- ^ "United States Presidential election of 1948 – Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved December 20, 2017.
- ^ "1948 Election for the Forty-First Term (1949-53)". Retrieved December 20, 2017.
- ^ "1948 Presidential General Election Results – North Dakota". Retrieved December 20, 2017.
- ^ "The American Presidency Project – Election of 1948". Retrieved December 20, 2017.
- ^ "North Dakota Democrats To Give Truman Full Support". Morning Pioneer. May 12, 1948. p. 1. Archived from the original on January 19, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Géoelections; 1948 Presidential Election Popular Vote (.xlsx file for €15)
- ^ a b Géoelections; Popular Vote for Henry Wallace (.xlsx file for €15)
- ^ Geoelections; Popular Vote for Strom Thurmond (.xlsx file for €15)