1948 United States presidential election in Minnesota
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Nominee Harry S. Truman Thomas E. Dewey
Party Democratic (DFL) Republican
Home state Missouri New York
Running mate Alben W. Barkley Earl Warren
Electoral vote 11 0
Popular vote 692,966 483,617
Percentage 57.16% 39.89%
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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.

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.

The election was the first presidential election since 1928 which did not feature Roosevelt as the Democratic nominee. It was also the last of six presidential elections in which Norman Thomas was the nominee of the Socialist Party of America, and the last presidential election in which the Socialist Party (which was once very popular in the state) attained ballot access in Minnesota, prior to its 1973 split.

Results

1948 United States presidential election in Minnesota[1]
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Democratic (DFL) 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

County Harry S. Truman[2]
DFL 		Thomas Edmund Dewey[2]
Republican 		Henry Agard Wallace[3]
Progressive 		Various candidates[3]
Other parties 		Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # % # %
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 29.46% 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 41.60% 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 7.91% 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 1.00% 1,406
Cottonwood 3,333 50.26% 3,222 48.58% 40 0.60% 37 0.56% 111 1.67% 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 2.86% 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 -14.72% 6,231
Hubbard 2,044 48.20% 2,071 48.83% 112 2.64% 14 0.33% -27 -0.64% 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 36.14% 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 22.30% 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 33.28% 9,286
Mahnomen 2,125 76.58% 579 20.86% 61 2.20% 10 0.36% 1,546 55.71% 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 22.51% 8,382
Norman 3,245 62.92% 1,695 32.87% 186 3.61% 31 0.60% 1,550 30.06% 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 29.30% 5,608
Pine 4,978 59.21% 3,069 36.51% 320 3.81% 40 0.48% 1,909 22.71% 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 31.67% 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 9.61% 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
Saint 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 8.99% 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 5.78% 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 8.04% 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 20.98% 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

References

  1. ^ "1948 Presidential Election Results – Minnesota". Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved October 4, 2016.
  2. ^ a b Géoelections; 1948 Presidential Election Popular Vote (.xlsx file for €15)
  3. ^ a b Géoelections; Popular Vote for Henry Wallace (.xlsx file for €15)
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