1948 United States presidential election in Minnesota
The 1948 United States presidential election in Minnesota took place on November 2, 1948, as part of the 1948 United States presidential election. Voters chose 11 electors, or representatives to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
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Minnesota was won by the Democratic candidate, incumbent President Harry S. Truman, who had assumed the presidency following the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1945, won the state over New York governor Thomas E. Dewey by a margin of 209,349 votes, or 17.27%. Nationally, the election was the greatest election upset in American history; nearly every prediction forecast that Truman would be defeated by Dewey, but in the end, Truman won the election with 303 electoral votes and a comfortable 4.5% lead over Dewey in the popular vote.
Results
edit1948 United States presidential election in Minnesota[1] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
Democratic-Farmer-Labor | Harry S. Truman (incumbent) | 692,966 | 57.16% | 11 | |
Republican | Thomas E. Dewey | 483,617 | 39.89% | 0 | |
Progressive | Henry A. Wallace | 27,866 | 2.30% | 0 | |
Socialist | Norman Thomas | 4,646 | 0.38% | 0 | |
Socialist Labor | Edward A. Teichert | 2,525 | 0.21% | 0 | |
Socialist Workers | Farrell Dobbs | 606 | 0.05% | 0 | |
Totals | 1,212,226 | 100.00% | 11 |
Results by county
editCounty[2] | Harry S. Truman DFL |
Thomas E. Dewey Republican |
Henry A. Wallace Progressive |
Various candidates Other parties |
Margin | Total votes cast | |||||
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# | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Aitkin | 3,277 | 54.55% | 2,466 | 41.05% | 227 | 3.78% | 37 | 0.62% | 811 | 13.50% | 6,007 |
Anoka | 7,730 | 64.80% | 3,853 | 32.30% | 291 | 2.44% | 55 | 0.46% | 3,877 | 32.50% | 11,929 |
Becker | 5,885 | 60.50% | 3,495 | 35.93% | 314 | 3.23% | 33 | 0.34% | 2,390 | 24.57% | 9,727 |
Beltrami | 6,020 | 62.84% | 3,126 | 32.63% | 405 | 4.23% | 29 | 0.30% | 2,894 | 30.21% | 9,580 |
Benton | 3,632 | 60.38% | 2,297 | 38.19% | 66 | 1.10% | 20 | 0.33% | 1,335 | 22.19% | 6,015 |
Big Stone | 2,466 | 63.46% | 1,321 | 33.99% | 81 | 2.08% | 18 | 0.46% | 1,145 | 29.47% | 3,886 |
Blue Earth | 7,272 | 48.63% | 7,520 | 50.29% | 109 | 0.73% | 53 | 0.35% | -248 | -1.66% | 14,954 |
Brown | 4,804 | 47.96% | 5,068 | 50.60% | 80 | 0.80% | 64 | 0.64% | -264 | -2.64% | 10,016 |
Carlton | 6,967 | 68.59% | 2,742 | 27.00% | 404 | 3.98% | 44 | 0.43% | 4,225 | 41.59% | 10,157 |
Carver | 2,816 | 37.64% | 4,582 | 61.24% | 60 | 0.80% | 24 | 0.32% | -1,766 | -23.60% | 7,482 |
Cass | 3,933 | 54.04% | 3,179 | 43.68% | 141 | 1.94% | 25 | 0.34% | 754 | 10.36% | 7,278 |
Chippewa | 3,888 | 58.50% | 2,569 | 38.65% | 163 | 2.45% | 26 | 0.39% | 1,319 | 19.85% | 6,646 |
Chisago | 3,184 | 52.50% | 2,704 | 44.58% | 160 | 2.64% | 17 | 0.28% | 480 | 7.92% | 6,065 |
Clay | 6,624 | 59.43% | 4,302 | 38.60% | 176 | 1.58% | 43 | 0.39% | 2,322 | 20.83% | 11,145 |
Clearwater | 2,793 | 66.31% | 1,171 | 27.80% | 230 | 5.46% | 18 | 0.43% | 1,622 | 38.51% | 4,212 |
Cook | 688 | 48.93% | 674 | 47.94% | 38 | 2.70% | 6 | 0.43% | 14 | 0.99% | 1,406 |
Cottonwood | 3,333 | 50.26% | 3,222 | 48.58% | 40 | 0.60% | 37 | 0.56% | 111 | 1.68% | 6,632 |
Crow Wing | 6,773 | 57.18% | 4,702 | 39.70% | 325 | 2.74% | 45 | 0.38% | 2,071 | 17.48% | 11,845 |
Dakota | 12,487 | 63.63% | 6,819 | 34.75% | 229 | 1.17% | 88 | 0.45% | 5,668 | 28.88% | 19,623 |
Dodge | 2,523 | 50.86% | 2,381 | 47.99% | 39 | 0.79% | 18 | 0.36% | 142 | 2.87% | 4,961 |
Douglas | 5,022 | 55.97% | 3,744 | 41.73% | 178 | 1.98% | 29 | 0.32% | 1,278 | 14.24% | 8,973 |
Faribault | 5,261 | 52.54% | 4,619 | 46.13% | 93 | 0.93% | 41 | 0.41% | 642 | 6.41% | 10,014 |
Fillmore | 4,414 | 43.58% | 5,587 | 55.16% | 104 | 1.03% | 23 | 0.23% | -1,173 | -11.58% | 10,128 |
Freeborn | 7,825 | 58.94% | 5,238 | 39.45% | 171 | 1.29% | 42 | 0.32% | 2,587 | 19.49% | 13,276 |
Goodhue | 7,313 | 51.42% | 6,704 | 47.14% | 141 | 0.99% | 64 | 0.45% | 609 | 4.28% | 14,222 |
Grant | 2,378 | 54.19% | 1,789 | 40.77% | 211 | 4.81% | 10 | 0.23% | 589 | 13.42% | 4,388 |
Hennepin | 151,920 | 53.83% | 121,169 | 42.93% | 7,090 | 2.51% | 2,055 | 0.73% | 30,751 | 10.90% | 282,234 |
Houston | 2,623 | 42.10% | 3,540 | 56.81% | 41 | 0.66% | 27 | 0.43% | -917 | -14.71% | 6,231 |
Hubbard | 2,044 | 48.20% | 2,071 | 48.83% | 112 | 2.64% | 14 | 0.33% | -27 | -0.63% | 4,241 |
Isanti | 2,758 | 55.23% | 1,918 | 38.41% | 208 | 4.16% | 110 | 2.20% | 840 | 16.82% | 4,994 |
Itasca | 9,653 | 65.60% | 4,334 | 29.45% | 638 | 4.34% | 91 | 0.62% | 5,319 | 36.15% | 14,716 |
Jackson | 4,541 | 65.16% | 2,288 | 32.83% | 112 | 1.61% | 28 | 0.40% | 2,253 | 32.33% | 6,969 |
Kanabec | 2,305 | 58.06% | 1,531 | 38.56% | 104 | 2.62% | 30 | 0.76% | 774 | 19.50% | 3,970 |
Kandiyohi | 7,204 | 62.14% | 3,666 | 31.62% | 679 | 5.86% | 44 | 0.38% | 3,538 | 30.52% | 11,593 |
Kittson | 2,970 | 71.00% | 1,035 | 24.74% | 160 | 3.83% | 18 | 0.43% | 1,935 | 46.26% | 4,183 |
Koochiching | 4,968 | 71.30% | 1,718 | 24.66% | 247 | 3.54% | 35 | 0.50% | 3,250 | 46.64% | 6,968 |
Lac qui Parle | 3,690 | 60.49% | 2,330 | 38.20% | 65 | 1.07% | 15 | 0.25% | 1,360 | 22.29% | 6,100 |
Lake | 2,555 | 68.52% | 924 | 24.78% | 216 | 5.79% | 34 | 0.91% | 1,631 | 43.74% | 3,729 |
Lake of the Woods | 1,302 | 64.94% | 583 | 29.08% | 101 | 5.04% | 19 | 0.95% | 719 | 35.86% | 2,005 |
Le Sueur | 4,890 | 55.39% | 3,858 | 43.70% | 53 | 0.60% | 27 | 0.31% | 1,032 | 11.69% | 8,828 |
Lincoln | 2,694 | 65.87% | 1,312 | 32.08% | 60 | 1.47% | 24 | 0.59% | 1,382 | 33.79% | 4,090 |
Lyon | 6,144 | 66.16% | 3,054 | 32.89% | 61 | 0.66% | 27 | 0.29% | 3,090 | 33.27% | 9,286 |
Mahnomen | 2,125 | 76.58% | 579 | 20.86% | 61 | 2.20% | 10 | 0.36% | 1,546 | 55.72% | 2,775 |
Marshall | 4,126 | 63.41% | 2,090 | 32.12% | 266 | 4.09% | 25 | 0.38% | 2,036 | 31.29% | 6,507 |
Martin | 6,015 | 55.88% | 4,662 | 43.31% | 58 | 0.54% | 29 | 0.27% | 1,353 | 12.57% | 10,764 |
McLeod | 3,987 | 45.74% | 4,623 | 53.04% | 74 | 0.85% | 32 | 0.37% | -636 | -7.30% | 8,716 |
Meeker | 4,333 | 53.73% | 3,620 | 44.89% | 89 | 1.10% | 23 | 0.29% | 713 | 8.84% | 8,065 |
Mille Lacs | 3,343 | 55.36% | 2,502 | 41.43% | 163 | 2.70% | 31 | 0.51% | 841 | 13.93% | 6,039 |
Morrison | 6,026 | 59.71% | 3,922 | 38.86% | 105 | 1.04% | 39 | 0.39% | 2,104 | 20.85% | 10,092 |
Mower | 9,468 | 61.88% | 5,672 | 37.07% | 104 | 0.68% | 57 | 0.37% | 3,796 | 24.81% | 15,301 |
Murray | 3,594 | 64.16% | 1,951 | 34.83% | 40 | 0.71% | 17 | 0.30% | 1,643 | 29.33% | 5,602 |
Nicollet | 3,663 | 50.01% | 3,576 | 48.82% | 57 | 0.78% | 29 | 0.40% | 87 | 1.19% | 7,325 |
Nobles | 5,090 | 60.73% | 3,203 | 38.21% | 66 | 0.79% | 23 | 0.27% | 1,887 | 22.52% | 8,382 |
Norman | 3,245 | 62.92% | 1,695 | 32.87% | 186 | 3.61% | 31 | 0.60% | 1,550 | 30.05% | 5,157 |
Olmsted | 9,155 | 52.41% | 8,131 | 46.55% | 112 | 0.64% | 69 | 0.40% | 1,024 | 5.86% | 17,467 |
Otter Tail | 6,546 | 36.02% | 11,131 | 61.25% | 437 | 2.40% | 58 | 0.32% | -4,585 | -25.23% | 18,172 |
Pennington | 3,402 | 60.66% | 1,759 | 31.37% | 416 | 7.42% | 31 | 0.55% | 1,643 | 29.29% | 5,608 |
Pine | 4,978 | 59.21% | 3,069 | 36.51% | 320 | 3.81% | 40 | 0.48% | 1,909 | 22.70% | 8,407 |
Pipestone | 2,804 | 54.13% | 2,281 | 44.03% | 74 | 1.43% | 21 | 0.41% | 523 | 10.10% | 5,180 |
Polk | 9,279 | 63.64% | 4,662 | 31.98% | 573 | 3.93% | 66 | 0.45% | 4,617 | 31.66% | 14,580 |
Pope | 3,251 | 59.52% | 2,114 | 38.70% | 78 | 1.43% | 19 | 0.35% | 1,137 | 20.82% | 5,462 |
Ramsey | 88,528 | 62.84% | 48,142 | 34.17% | 2,485 | 1.76% | 1,732 | 1.23% | 40,386 | 28.67% | 140,887 |
Red Lake | 1,771 | 71.76% | 592 | 23.99% | 95 | 3.85% | 10 | 0.41% | 1,179 | 47.77% | 2,468 |
Redwood | 4,182 | 49.52% | 4,160 | 49.26% | 70 | 0.83% | 33 | 0.39% | 22 | 0.26% | 8,445 |
Renville | 5,227 | 54.00% | 4,297 | 44.40% | 115 | 1.19% | 40 | 0.41% | 930 | 9.60% | 9,679 |
Rice | 5,832 | 47.33% | 6,301 | 51.14% | 110 | 0.89% | 78 | 0.63% | -469 | -3.81% | 12,321 |
Rock | 2,134 | 50.40% | 2,035 | 48.06% | 56 | 1.32% | 9 | 0.21% | 99 | 2.34% | 4,234 |
Roseau | 3,674 | 66.46% | 1,458 | 26.37% | 381 | 6.89% | 15 | 0.27% | 2,216 | 40.09% | 5,528 |
St. Louis | 62,553 | 64.29% | 28,490 | 29.28% | 5,154 | 5.30% | 1,095 | 1.13% | 34,063 | 35.01% | 97,292 |
Scott | 4,278 | 61.69% | 2,583 | 37.25% | 45 | 0.65% | 29 | 0.42% | 1,695 | 24.44% | 6,935 |
Sherburne | 1,958 | 50.27% | 1,828 | 46.93% | 98 | 2.52% | 11 | 0.28% | 130 | 3.34% | 3,895 |
Sibley | 2,818 | 45.77% | 3,260 | 52.95% | 51 | 0.83% | 28 | 0.45% | -442 | -7.18% | 6,157 |
Stearns | 15,261 | 59.37% | 10,153 | 39.50% | 202 | 0.79% | 90 | 0.35% | 5,108 | 19.87% | 25,706 |
Steele | 4,305 | 48.83% | 4,451 | 50.49% | 38 | 0.43% | 22 | 0.25% | -146 | -1.66% | 8,816 |
Stevens | 2,313 | 54.00% | 1,928 | 45.02% | 31 | 0.72% | 11 | 0.26% | 385 | 8.98% | 4,283 |
Swift | 4,082 | 63.11% | 2,109 | 32.61% | 254 | 3.93% | 23 | 0.36% | 1,973 | 30.50% | 6,468 |
Todd | 5,157 | 54.08% | 4,166 | 43.69% | 155 | 1.63% | 57 | 0.60% | 991 | 10.39% | 9,535 |
Traverse | 2,151 | 66.74% | 1,008 | 31.28% | 49 | 1.52% | 15 | 0.47% | 1,143 | 35.46% | 3,223 |
Wabasha | 3,730 | 52.52% | 3,297 | 46.42% | 42 | 0.59% | 33 | 0.46% | 433 | 6.10% | 7,102 |
Wadena | 2,556 | 51.98% | 2,272 | 46.21% | 76 | 1.55% | 13 | 0.26% | 284 | 5.77% | 4,917 |
Waseca | 3,120 | 46.71% | 3,511 | 52.56% | 28 | 0.42% | 21 | 0.31% | -391 | -5.85% | 6,680 |
Washington | 8,039 | 57.54% | 5,686 | 40.70% | 175 | 1.25% | 70 | 0.50% | 2,353 | 16.84% | 13,970 |
Watonwan | 3,039 | 53.33% | 2,581 | 45.30% | 52 | 0.91% | 26 | 0.46% | 458 | 8.03% | 5,698 |
Wilkin | 2,291 | 56.43% | 1,700 | 41.87% | 58 | 1.43% | 11 | 0.27% | 591 | 14.56% | 4,060 |
Winona | 8,281 | 54.08% | 6,880 | 44.93% | 66 | 0.43% | 86 | 0.56% | 1,401 | 9.15% | 15,313 |
Wright | 5,523 | 48.89% | 5,589 | 49.47% | 145 | 1.28% | 40 | 0.35% | -66 | -0.58% | 11,297 |
Yellow Medicine | 4,164 | 59.38% | 2,693 | 38.41% | 133 | 1.90% | 22 | 0.31% | 1,471 | 20.97% | 7,012 |
Totals | 692,966 | 57.16% | 483,617 | 39.89% | 27,866 | 2.30% | 7,777 | 0.64% | 209,349 | 17.27% | 1,212,226 |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "1948 Presidential Election Results – Minnesota". Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved October 4, 2016.
- ^ Our Campaigns; MN US President Race, November 02, 1948