1948 United States presidential election in North Dakota

1948 United States presidential election in North Dakota
All 4 North Dakota votes to the Electoral College
Dewey 40-50% 50-60% 60-70% 70-80%	Truman 40-50% 50-60%
President before election; Harry S. Truman; Democratic	Elected President ; Harry S. Truman; Democratic

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.

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

On 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

1948 United States presidential election in North Dakota
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

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
County^[6]	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	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

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

Sargent

References

^ "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)

[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 – North Dakota". Retrieved December 20, 2017.

[4] "The American Presidency Project – Election of 1948". Retrieved December 20, 2017.

[5] "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.

[Geoelections-6] Géoelections; 1948 Presidential Election Popular Vote (.xlsx file for €15)

[GeoelectionsII-7] Géoelections; Popular Vote for Henry Wallace (.xlsx file for €15)

[8] Geoelections; Popular Vote for Strom Thurmond (.xlsx file for €15)

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