1948 United States presidential election in Nebraska
← 1944 November 2, 1948[1] 1952 →
All 6 Nebraska votes to the Electoral College
 
Nominee Thomas Dewey Harry S. Truman
Party Republican Democratic
Home state New York Missouri
Running mate Earl Warren Alben W. Barkley
Electoral vote 6 0
Popular vote 264,774 224,165
Percentage 54.15% 45.85%
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The 1948 United States presidential election in Nebraska took place on November 2, 1948, as part of the 1948 United States presidential election. Voters chose six[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Nebraska was won by Governor Thomas Dewey (R–New York), running with Governor Earl Warren, with 54.15% of the popular vote, against incumbent President Harry S. Truman (D–Missouri), running with Senator Alben W. Barkley, with 45.85% of the popular vote.[3][4] As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last occasion Wheeler County has voted for a Democratic presidential candidate.[5]

Dewey won Nebraska by an 8.3% margin, a significantly reduced margin from his 1944 run, when he won by 17.2%.

Though he failed to win the state, Truman's performance in Nebraska was the best for a Democrat since Franklin Roosevelt's victory in 1936, and would remain the best until Lyndon B. Johnson's narrow victory in 1964. This was the only election between 1900 and 1992 in which Nebraska voted differently than neighboring Colorado.

With 54.15% of the popular vote, Nebraska would prove to be Dewey's third strongest state in the nation after Vermont and Maine.[6]

Results

1948 United States presidential election in Nebraska
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Thomas Dewey 264,774 54.15%
Democratic Harry S. Truman (inc.) 224,165 45.85%
Write-in 1[a] 0.00%
Total votes 488,940 100%

Results by county

County[7] Thomas Edmund Dewey
Republican 		Harry S. Truman
Democratic 		Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # %
Adams 5,560 54.45% 4,652 45.55% 908 8.89% 10,212
Antelope 2,868 60.49% 1,873 39.51% 995 20.99% 4,741
Arthur 199 57.51% 147 42.49% 52 15.03% 346
Banner 309 57.43% 229 42.57% 80 14.87% 538
Blaine 252 50.40% 248 49.60% 4 0.80% 500
Boone 2,235 55.69% 1,778 44.31% 457 11.39% 4,013
Box Butte 2,351 53.75% 2,023 46.25% 328 7.50% 4,374
Boyd 1,060 50.60% 1,035 49.40% 25 1.19% 2,095
Brown 1,174 62.65% 700 37.35% 474 25.29% 1,874
Buffalo 4,862 56.68% 3,716 43.32% 1,146 13.36% 8,578
Burt 2,656 58.30% 1,900 41.70% 756 16.59% 4,556
Butler 2,105 44.69% 2,605 55.31% -500 -10.62% 4,710
Cass 3,527 53.70% 3,041 46.30% 486 7.40% 6,568
Cedar 2,616 50.37% 2,578 49.63% 38 0.73% 5,194
Chase 1,094 59.78% 736 40.22% 358 19.56% 1,830
Cherry 2,141 58.93% 1,492 41.07% 649 17.86% 3,633
Cheyenne 2,161 50.26% 2,139 49.74% 22 0.51% 4,300
Clay 2,511 61.24% 1,589 38.76% 922 22.49% 4,100
Colfax 1,928 50.41% 1,897 49.59% 31 0.81% 3,825
Cuming 2,930 63.88% 1,657 36.12% 1,273 27.75% 4,587
Custer 4,057 54.73% 3,356 45.27% 701 9.46% 7,413
Dakota 1,379 36.76% 2,372 63.24% -993 -26.47% 3,751
Dawes 2,399 61.54% 1,499 38.46% 900 23.09% 3,898
Dawson 4,203 61.75% 2,603 38.25% 1,600 23.51% 6,806
Deuel 1,043 71.68% 412 28.32% 631 43.37% 1,455
Dixon 1,899 52.44% 1,722 47.56% 177 4.89% 3,621
Dodge 5,848 54.56% 4,870 45.44% 978 9.12% 10,718
Douglas 47,175 48.92% 49,258 51.08% -2,083 -2.16% 96,433
Dundy 935 59.14% 646 40.86% 289 18.28% 1,581
Fillmore 2,677 58.54% 1,896 41.46% 781 17.08% 4,573
Franklin 1,555 53.71% 1,340 46.29% 215 7.43% 2,895
Frontier 1,307 60.71% 846 39.29% 461 21.41% 2,153
Furnas 2,258 60.18% 1,494 39.82% 764 20.36% 3,752
Gage 5,311 56.29% 4,124 43.71% 1,187 12.58% 9,435
Garden 923 64.01% 519 35.99% 404 28.02% 1,442
Garfield 702 56.43% 542 43.57% 160 12.86% 1,244
Gosper 621 52.05% 572 47.95% 49 4.11% 1,193
Grant 273 66.26% 139 33.74% 134 32.52% 412
Greeley 829 39.59% 1,265 60.41% -436 -20.82% 2,094
Hall 5,694 55.37% 4,590 44.63% 1,104 10.74% 10,284
Hamilton 2,406 61.46% 1,509 38.54% 897 22.91% 3,915
Harlan 1,490 54.98% 1,220 45.02% 270 9.96% 2,710
Hayes 529 55.86% 418 44.14% 111 11.72% 947
Hitchcock 1,208 56.69% 923 43.31% 285 13.37% 2,131
Holt 3,147 54.55% 2,622 45.45% 525 9.10% 5,769
Hooker 249 74.33% 86 25.67% 163 48.66% 335
Howard 1,133 37.44% 1,893 62.56% -760 -25.12% 3,026
Jefferson 3,352 60.29% 2,208 39.71% 1,144 20.58% 5,560
Johnson 1,817 58.46% 1,291 41.54% 526 16.92% 3,108
Kearney 1,440 50.70% 1,400 49.30% 40 1.41% 2,840
Keith 1,600 59.06% 1,109 40.94% 491 18.12% 2,709
Keya Paha 538 57.54% 397 42.46% 141 15.08% 935
Kimball 1,024 60.38% 672 39.62% 352 20.75% 1,696
Knox 2,778 51.68% 2,597 48.32% 181 3.37% 5,375
Lancaster 23,620 56.29% 18,338 43.71% 5,282 12.59% 41,958
Lincoln 4,419 51.68% 4,131 48.32% 288 3.37% 8,550
Logan 254 52.16% 233 47.84% 21 4.31% 487
Loup 294 52.78% 263 47.22% 31 5.57% 557
Madison 5,486 62.41% 3,304 37.59% 2,182 24.82% 8,790
McPherson 209 68.08% 98 31.92% 111 36.16% 307
Merrick 2,074 62.08% 1,267 37.92% 807 24.15% 3,341
Morrill 1,478 52.82% 1,320 47.18% 158 5.65% 2,798
Nance 1,339 56.79% 1,019 43.21% 320 13.57% 2,358
Nemaha 2,413 58.85% 1,687 41.15% 726 17.71% 4,100
Nuckolls 2,036 52.71% 1,827 47.29% 209 5.41% 3,863
Otoe 4,060 61.75% 2,515 38.25% 1,545 23.50% 6,575
Pawnee 1,725 57.58% 1,271 42.42% 454 15.15% 2,996
Perkins 904 51.16% 863 48.84% 41 2.32% 1,767
Phelps 2,489 57.83% 1,815 42.17% 674 15.66% 4,304
Pierce 1,866 57.43% 1,383 42.57% 483 14.87% 3,249
Platte 3,812 53.47% 3,317 46.53% 495 6.94% 7,129
Polk 2,026 59.21% 1,396 40.79% 630 18.41% 3,422
Red Willow 2,610 53.84% 2,238 46.16% 372 7.67% 4,848
Richardson 3,778 51.77% 3,519 48.23% 259 3.55% 7,297
Rock 809 64.00% 455 36.00% 354 28.01% 1,264
Saline 2,641 42.33% 3,598 57.67% -957 -15.34% 6,239
Sarpy 2,367 47.32% 2,635 52.68% -268 -5.36% 5,002
Saunders 3,660 47.91% 3,979 52.09% -319 -4.18% 7,639
Scotts Bluff 5,409 55.22% 4,386 44.78% 1,023 10.44% 9,795
Seward 2,916 56.18% 2,274 43.82% 642 12.37% 5,190
Sheridan 2,180 54.62% 1,811 45.38% 369 9.25% 3,991
Sherman 1,003 38.41% 1,608 61.59% -605 -23.17% 2,611
Sioux 657 55.82% 520 44.18% 137 11.64% 1,177
Stanton 1,259 56.01% 989 43.99% 270 12.01% 2,248
Thayer 2,601 57.39% 1,931 42.61% 670 14.78% 4,532
Thomas 312 56.73% 238 43.27% 74 13.45% 550
Thurston 1,149 37.81% 1,890 62.19% -741 -24.38% 3,039
Valley 1,670 54.66% 1,385 45.34% 285 9.33% 3,055
Washington 2,400 55.74% 1,906 44.26% 494 11.47% 4,306
Wayne 2,323 66.73% 1,158 33.27% 1,165 33.47% 3,481
Webster 1,964 59.00% 1,365 41.00% 599 17.99% 3,329
Wheeler 264 44.67% 327 55.33% -63 -10.66% 591
York 3,960 65.44% 2,091 34.56% 1,869 30.89% 6,051
Totals 264,774 54.15% 224,165 45.85% 40,609 8.31% 488,940

See also

Notes

  1. ^ This write-in vote was not listed by county but as part of the state-wide total.[7]

References

  1. ^ "United States Presidential election of 1948 - Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved December 20, 2017.
  2. ^ "1948 Election for the Forty-First Term (1949-53)". Retrieved December 20, 2017.
  3. ^ "1948 Presidential General Election Results – Nebraska". Retrieved December 20, 2017.
  4. ^ "The American Presidency Project - Election of 1948". Retrieved December 20, 2017.
  5. ^ Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
  6. ^ "1948 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
  7. ^ a b "NE US President Race, November 02, 1948". Our Campaigns.
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