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.
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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.
The election was the first presidential election since 1932 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] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Democratic | 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] Democratic |
Thomas Edmund Dewey[2] Republican |
Henry Agard Wallace[3] Progressive |
Various candidates[3] 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 | 29.46% | 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 |
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References
- "1948 Presidential Election Results – Minnesota". Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved 2016-10-04.
- Géoelections; 1948 Presidential Election Popular Vote (.xlsx file for €15)
- Géoelections; Popular Vote for Henry Wallace (.xlsx file for €15)
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