1948 United States presidential election in New Hampshire

The 1948 United States presidential election in New Hampshire took place on November 2, 1948, as part of the 1948 United States presidential election, held throughout all contemporary 48 states. Voters chose four representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

1948 United States presidential election in New Hampshire

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Nominee Thomas E. Dewey Harry S. Truman
Party Republican Democratic
Home state New York Missouri
Running mate Earl Warren Alben W. Barkley
Electoral vote 4 0
Popular vote 121,299 107,995
Percentage 52.41% 46.66%

County Results

President before election

Harry S. Truman
Democratic

Elected President

Harry S. Truman
Democratic

New Hampshire was won by the Republican nominees, former Governor Thomas E. Dewey of New York and his running mate Governor Earl Warren of California. Dewey and Warren defeated the Democratic nominees, incumbent President Harry S. Truman of Missouri and his running mate Senator Alben W. Barkley of Kentucky. Also in the running was the Progressive Party candidate, former Democratic Vice President Henry A. Wallace, who ran with former Senator Glen H. Taylor of Idaho.

Dewey took 52.41% of the vote to Truman's 46.66%, a margin of 5.75%. Wallace came in a distant third, with 0.85%.

Dewey won seven counties to Truman's three; however, the race was kept closed statewide by Truman's victories in the state's more populous counties.

Since Franklin D. Roosevelt won them in 1932, the counties of Hillsborough County, Strafford County, and Coos County had become reliable New Deal Democratic base counties, voting for Roosevelt all four times. Truman's most significant victory was winning a majority in populous Hillsborough County, home to Manchester and Nashua, which had been a reliable Democratic bastion since voting for Democrat Al Smith in 1928.

Carroll County had long been the most Republican county in New Hampshire, voting 60% against FDR all four times, and would vote over 70% for Thomas E. Dewey.

As Truman narrowly won an upset victory over Dewey nationally, New Hampshire's result would make the state about ten percentage points more Republican than the national average. Dewey's 52.41% of the popular vote made New Hampshire his fifth strongest state after Vermont, Maine, Nebraska and Kansas.[1]

Results

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1948 United States presidential election in New Hampshire[2]
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Republican Thomas E. Dewey 121,299 52.41% 4
Democratic Harry S. Truman (incumbent) 107,995 46.66% 0
Progressive Henry A. Wallace 1,970 0.85% 0
Socialist Norman Thomas 86 0.04% 0
Socialist Labor Edward A. Teichert 83 0.04% 0
Dixiecrat (write-in) Strom Thurmond (write-in) 7 0.00% 0
Totals 231,440 100.00% 4

Results by county

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Thomas Edmund Dewey
Republican
Harry S. Truman
Democratic
Henry A. Wallace[3]
Progressive
Various candidates[3]
Other parties
Margin Total votes cast[4]
County # % # % # % # % # % #
Belknap 7,152 64.79% 3,822 34.62% 53 0.48% 12 0.11% 3,330 30.17% 11,039
Carroll 6,127 76.11% 1,869 23.22% 48 0.60% 6 0.07% 4,258 52.89% 8,050
Cheshire 9,043 58.32% 6,337 40.87% 116 0.75% 10 0.06% 2,706 17.45% 15,506
Coös 7,005 46.19% 7,930 52.29% 221 1.46% 9 0.06% -925 -6.10% 15,165
Grafton 12,248 63.52% 6,841 35.48% 154 0.80% 38 0.20% 5,407 28.04% 19,281
Hillsborough 28,257 39.95% 41,789 59.07% 647 0.91% 46 0.07% -13,532 -19.13% 70,739
Merrimack 16,586 59.37% 11,171 39.99% 161 0.58% 17 0.06% 5,415 19.38% 27,935
Rockingham 18,890 60.68% 11,937 38.35% 292 0.94% 9 0.03% 6,953 22.34% 31,128
Strafford 9,988 45.87% 11,603 53.29% 179 0.82% 3 0.01% -1,615 -7.42% 21,773
Sullivan 6,003 55.50% 4,696 43.41% 99 0.92% 19 0.18% 1,307 12.08% 10,817
Totals 121,299 52.41% 107,995 46.66% 2,146 0.93% 0.93% 0.00% 13,304 5.75% 231,440

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "1948 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
  2. ^ "1948 Presidential General Election Results - New Hampshire". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved November 16, 2013.
  3. ^ a b Géoelections; Popular Vote for Henry Wallace (xlsx file for €15)
  4. ^ Scammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964; p. 294 ISBN 0405077114