1948_United_States_presidential_election_in_Washington_(state)
1948 United States presidential election in Washington (state)
Election in Washington
The 1948 United States presidential election in Washington took place on November 2, 1948, as part of the 1948 United States presidential election. Voters chose eight[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Main article: 1948 United States presidential election
Quick Facts All 8 Washington votes to the Electoral College, Nominee ...
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Washington was won by incumbent President Harry S. Truman (D–Missouri), running with Kentucky Senator Alben W. Barkley, with 52.61 percent of the popular vote, against Governor Thomas Dewey (R–New York), running with California Governor Earl Warren, with 42.68 percent of the popular vote.[3][4]
As of the 2020 presidential election[update], this is the last occasion Lincoln County has voted for a Democratic Presidential candidate.[5]
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Harry S. Truman (inc.) | 475,165 | 52.56% | |
| Republican | Thomas Dewey | 386,314 | 42.73% | |
| Progressive | Henry A. Wallace | 31,692 | 3.51% | |
| Prohibition | Claude A. Watson | 6,117 | 0.68% | |
| Socialist | Norman Thomas | 3,534 | 0.39% | |
| Socialist Labor | Edward A. Teichert | 1,133 | 0.13% | |
| Socialist Workers | Farrell Dobbs | 103 | 0.01% | |
| Total votes | 904,058 | 100% | ||
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Results by county
More information County, Harry S. Truman Democratic ...
| County | Harry S. Truman Democratic |
Thomas Edmund Dewey Republican |
Henry Agard Wallace Progressive |
Claude A. Watson Prohibition |
Norman M. Thomas Socialist |
Edward A. Teichert Socialist Labor |
Farrell Dobbs Socialist Workers |
Margin | Total votes cast[6] | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adams | 1,267 | 47.22% | 1,394 | 51.96% | 14 | 0.52% | 2 | 0.07% | 6 | 0.22% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | -127 | -4.73% | 2,683 |
| Asotin | 2,054 | 57.33% | 1,384 | 38.63% | 117 | 3.27% | 22 | 0.61% | 6 | 0.17% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 670 | 18.70% | 3,583 |
| Benton | 8,458 | 58.46% | 5,852 | 40.45% | 116 | 0.80% | 13 | 0.09% | 28 | 0.19% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 2,606 | 18.01% | 14,467 |
| Chelan | 7,702 | 50.17% | 7,392 | 48.15% | 147 | 0.96% | 81 | 0.53% | 28 | 0.18% | 1 | 0.01% | 0 | 0% | 310 | 2.02% | 15,351 |
| Clallam | 5,412 | 53.60% | 4,178 | 41.38% | 456 | 4.52% | 25 | 0.25% | 22 | 0.22% | 3 | 0.03% | 1 | 0.01% | 1,234 | 12.22% | 10,097 |
| Clark | 17,154 | 56.93% | 11,546 | 38.32% | 1,041 | 3.45% | 225 | 0.75% | 141 | 0.47% | 22 | 0.07% | 3 | 0.01% | 5,608 | 18.61% | 30,132 |
| Columbia | 1,015 | 48.06% | 1,062 | 50.28% | 25 | 1.18% | 9 | 0.43% | 1 | 0.05% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | -47 | -2.23% | 2,112 |
| Cowlitz | 11,075 | 58.59% | 7,098 | 37.55% | 625 | 3.31% | 31 | 0.16% | 62 | 0.33% | 11 | 0.06% | 0 | 0% | 3,977 | 21.04% | 18,902 |
| Douglas | 2,251 | 55.81% | 1,703 | 42.23% | 32 | 0.79% | 30 | 0.74% | 15 | 0.37% | 1 | 0.02% | 1 | 0.02% | 548 | 13.59% | 4,033 |
| Ferry | 824 | 61.49% | 473 | 35.30% | 38 | 2.84% | 0 | 0% | 5 | 0.37% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 351 | 26.19% | 1,340 |
| Franklin | 2,525 | 61.14% | 1,541 | 37.31% | 46 | 1.11% | 10 | 0.24% | 8 | 0.19% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 984 | 23.83% | 4,130 |
| Garfield | 747 | 48.79% | 749 | 48.92% | 6 | 0.39% | 27 | 1.76% | 2 | 0.13% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | -2 | -0.13% | 1,531 |
| Grant | 4,067 | 64.79% | 2,081 | 33.15% | 107 | 1.70% | 9 | 0.14% | 12 | 0.19% | 1 | 0.02% | 0 | 0% | 1,986 | 31.64% | 6,277 |
| Grays Harbor | 13,660 | 58.84% | 8,357 | 36.00% | 1,034 | 4.45% | 67 | 0.29% | 51 | 0.22% | 44 | 0.19% | 2 | 0.01% | 5,303 | 22.84% | 23,215 |
| Island | 1,694 | 46.03% | 1,805 | 49.05% | 148 | 4.02% | 15 | 0.41% | 18 | 0.49% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | -111 | -3.02% | 3,680 |
| Jefferson | 1,911 | 51.99% | 1,610 | 43.80% | 129 | 3.51% | 5 | 0.14% | 20 | 0.54% | 1 | 0.03% | 0 | 0% | 301 | 8.19% | 3,676 |
| King | 143,295 | 49.14% | 131,039 | 44.93% | 11,857 | 4.07% | 3,182 | 1.09% | 1,554 | 0.53% | 652 | 0.22% | 56 | 0.02% | 12,256 | 4.20% | 291,635 |
| Kitsap | 19,538 | 63.69% | 9,869 | 32.17% | 1,077 | 3.51% | 86 | 0.28% | 98 | 0.32% | 9 | 0.03% | 1 | 0% | 9,669 | 31.52% | 30,678 |
| Kittitas | 4,588 | 54.96% | 3,446 | 41.28% | 272 | 3.26% | 12 | 0.14% | 29 | 0.35% | 1 | 0.01% | 0 | 0% | 1,142 | 13.68% | 8,348 |
| Klickitat | 2,206 | 51.88% | 1,951 | 45.88% | 58 | 1.36% | 9 | 0.21% | 16 | 0.38% | 12 | 0.28% | 0 | 0% | 255 | 6.00% | 4,252 |
| Lewis | 8,394 | 46.76% | 9,047 | 50.39% | 415 | 2.31% | 48 | 0.27% | 46 | 0.26% | 2 | 0.01% | 1 | 0.01% | -653 | -3.64% | 17,953 |
| Lincoln | 2,518 | 51.14% | 2,348 | 47.68% | 48 | 0.97% | 3 | 0.06% | 4 | 0.08% | 2 | 0.04% | 1 | 0.02% | 170 | 3.45% | 4,924 |
| Mason | 3,613 | 55.58% | 2,524 | 38.82% | 333 | 5.12% | 8 | 0.12% | 21 | 0.32% | 2 | 0.03% | 0 | 0% | 1,089 | 16.75% | 6,501 |
| Okanogan | 5,644 | 56.81% | 4,083 | 41.10% | 150 | 1.51% | 35 | 0.35% | 22 | 0.22% | 1 | 0.01% | 0 | 0% | 1,561 | 15.71% | 9,935 |
| Pacific | 3,902 | 55.33% | 2,749 | 38.98% | 360 | 5.1% | 7 | 0.1% | 28 | 0.4% | 5 | 0.19% | 1 | 0.01% | 1,153 | 16.35% | 7,052 |
| Pend Oreille | 1,465 | 57.07% | 1,009 | 39.31% | 80 | 3.12% | 7 | 0.27% | 5 | 0.19% | 1 | 0.04% | 0 | 0% | 456 | 17.76% | 2,567 |
| Pierce | 50,674 | 55.82% | 34,396 | 37.89% | 4,355 | 4.80% | 761 | 0.84% | 417 | 0.46% | 163 | 0.18% | 20 | 0.02% | 16,278 | 17.93% | 90,786 |
| San Juan | 636 | 40.38% | 881 | 55.94% | 51 | 3.24% | 2 | 0.13% | 5 | 0.32% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | -245 | -15.56% | 1,575 |
| Skagit | 9,080 | 49.91% | 8,176 | 44.94% | 782 | 4.30% | 103 | 0.57% | 41 | 0.23% | 10 | 0.05% | 0 | 0% | 904 | 4.97% | 18,192 |
| Skamania | 1,067 | 57.93% | 707 | 38.38% | 52 | 2.82% | 7 | 0.38% | 9 | 0.49% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 360 | 19.54% | 1,842 |
| Snohomish | 25,924 | 56.04% | 17,018 | 36.79% | 2,737 | 5.92% | 308 | 0.67% | 190 | 0.41% | 79 | 0.17% | 4 | 0.01% | 8,906 | 19.25% | 46,260 |
| Spokane | 49,649 | 55.79% | 37,086 | 41.68% | 1,778 | 2.00% | 169 | 0.19% | 255 | 0.29% | 45 | 0.05% | 6 | 0.01% | 12,563 | 14.12% | 88,988 |
| Stevens | 4,205 | 56.56% | 2,977 | 40.05% | 218 | 2.93% | 20 | 0.27% | 12 | 0.16% | 2 | 0.03% | 0 | 0% | 1,228 | 16.52% | 7,434 |
| Thurston | 10,461 | 50.28% | 9,511 | 45.72% | 700 | 3.36% | 66 | 0.32% | 61 | 0.29% | 5 | 0.02% | 0 | 0% | 950 | 4.57% | 20,804 |
| Wahkiakum | 877 | 54.92% | 622 | 38.95% | 80 | 5.01% | 6 | 0.38% | 2 | 0.13% | 10 | 0.63% | 0 | 0% | 255 | 15.97% | 1,597 |
| Walla Walla | 7,102 | 46.18% | 7,993 | 51.98% | 126 | 0.82% | 110 | 0.72% | 45 | 0.29% | 2 | 0.01% | 0 | 0% | -891 | -5.79% | 15,378 |
| Whatcom | 12,736 | 46.40% | 12,850 | 46.81% | 1,383 | 4.86% | 337 | 1.23% | 107 | 0.39% | 36 | 0.13% | 2 | 0.01% | -114 | -0.41% | 27,451 |
| Whitman | 6,015 | 47.21% | 6,411 | 50.32% | 209 | 1.64% | 43 | 0.34% | 59 | 0.46% | 3 | 0.02% | 0 | 0% | -396 | -3.11% | 12,740 |
| Yakima | 19,760 | 47.10% | 21,396 | 51.00% | 490 | 1.17% | 217 | 0.52% | 83 | 0.2% | 7 | 0.02% | 4 | 0.01% | -1,636 | -3.90% | 41,957 |
| Totals | 475,165 | 52.56% | 386,314 | 42.73% | 31,692 | 3.51% | 6,117 | 0.68% | 3,534 | 0.39% | 1,133 | 0.13% | 103 | 0.01% | 88,851 | 9.83% | 904,058 |
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- "United States Presidential election of 1948 - Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved October 31, 2017.
- "1948 Election for the Forty-First Term (1949-53)". Retrieved October 31, 2017.
- "1948 Presidential General Election Results - Washington". Retrieved October 31, 2017.
- "The American Presidency Project - Election of 1948". Retrieved October 31, 2017.
- Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
- Washington Secretary of State; Election Search Results