1948 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania

none June 2025 September 2023 1948 United States presidential election 1948 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania Pennsylvania presidential no 1944 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania 1944 1952 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania 1952 November 2, 1948 x200px Thomas Dewey (3x4 crop).jpg Thomas E. Dewey Republican Party (United States) New York Earl Warren 35 1,902,197 50.93% Harry S Truman, bw half-length photo portrait, facing front, 1945 (cropped).jpg Harry S. Truman Democratic Party (United States) Missouri Alben W. Barkley 0 1,752,426 46.92% 1948 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania results map by county.svg 300px County results Dewey #f2b3be 40–50%#e27f90 50–60%#cc2f4a 60–70%#d40000 70–80% Truman #b9d7ff 40–50%#86b6f2 50–60%#4389e3 60–70% President Harry S. Truman Democratic Party (United States) Harry S. Truman Democratic Party (United States) The 1948 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania took place on November 2, 1948, as part of the 1948 United States presidential election. Voters chose 35 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Pennsylvania voted for the Republican nominee, New York Governor Thomas E. Dewey, over the Democratic nominee, President Harry S. Truman. Dewey won Pennsylvania by a margin of 4.01%. 2020 11 As of the 2024 presidential election, this is the last time that a Democrat won the national election without carrying Pennsylvania, although in 2016, Democrats won the national popular vote without the state. This is the last time any candidate of either party won Pennsylvania without carrying Northampton County, and the last time a Republican won Pennsylvania without carrying neighboring Ohio. Pennsylvania weighed in for this election as 8.51% more Republican than the nation-at-large. This was the last time Pennsylvania voted to the right of the national environment until 2016. Results 1948 United States presidential election in PennsylvaniaDavid Leip Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1948&fips=42&f=1&off=0&elect=0&minper=0 1948 Presidential General Election Results – Pennsylvania 2018-03-24PartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes Republican Thomas E. Dewey 1,902,197 50.93% 35 Democratic Harry S. Truman (incumbent) 1,752,426 46.92% 0 Progressive Henry A. Wallace 55,161 1.48% 0 Socialist Norman Thomas 11,325 0.30% 0 Prohibition Claude Watson 10,338 0.28% 0 Militant Workers Farrell Dobbs 2,133 0.06% 0 Industrial Government Edward Teichert 1,461 0.04% 0 Write-ins Write-ins 107 0.00% 0 Totals 3,735,348 100.00% 35 Results by county County Thomas E. DeweyGéoelections http://geoelections.free.fr/USA/elec_comtes/1948.htm 1948 Presidential Election Popular VoteRepublican Harry S. TrumanDemocratic Henry A. WallaceGéoelections http://geoelections.free.fr/USA/elec_comtes/1948wall.htm Popular Vote for Henry WallaceProgressive Various candidatesOther parties Margin Total votescast # % # % # % # % # % Adams 7,988 59.13% 5,409 40.04% 49 0.36% 63 0.47% 2,579 19.09% 13,509 Allegheny 253,272 42.60% 326,303 54.89% 11,164 1.88% 3,767 0.63% -73,031 -12.28% 594,506 Armstrong 11,712 53.45% 9,900 45.18% 120 0.55% 180 0.82% 1,812 8.27% 21,912 Beaver 22,324 43.83% 26,629 52.28% 1,588 3.12% 395 0.78% -4,305 -8.45% 50,936 Bedford 6,028 61.02% 3,851 38.98% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 2,177 22.04% 9,879 Berks 35,608 43.57% 43,075 52.71% 665 0.81% 2,378 2.91% -7,467 -9.14% 81,726 Blair 22,382 60.68% 14,050 38.09% 256 0.69% 198 0.54% 8,332 22.59% 36,886 Bradford 11,783 71.99% 4,421 27.01% 51 0.31% 112 0.68% 7,362 44.98% 16,367 Bucks 29,411 62.46% 16,655 35.37% 619 1.31% 399 0.85% 12,756 27.09% 47,084 Butler 17,449 62.94% 9,818 35.41% 196 0.71% 261 0.94% 7,631 27.52% 27,724 Cambria 27,725 39.37% 41,533 58.98% 959 1.36% 205 0.29% -13,808 -19.61% 70,422 Cameron 1,596 64.75% 858 34.81% 6 0.24% 5 0.20% 738 29.94% 2,465 Carbon 9,744 49.77% 9,438 48.21% 226 1.15% 170 0.87% 306 1.56% 19,578 Centre 10,416 61.52% 6,515 38.48% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 3,901 23.04% 16,931 Chester 29,258 65.78% 14,670 32.98% 243 0.55% 307 0.69% 14,588 32.80% 44,478 Clarion 6,866 57.94% 4,984 42.06% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 1,882 15.88% 11,850 Clearfield 11,810 49.95% 11,347 47.99% 259 1.10% 228 0.96% 463 1.96% 23,644 Clinton 5,618 52.85% 5,013 47.15% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 605 5.69% 10,631 Columbia 9,417 50.13% 9,367 49.87% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 50 0.27% 18,784 Crawford 14,161 60.69% 9,174 39.31% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 4,987 21.37% 23,335 Cumberland 18,028 60.71% 11,421 38.46% 84 0.28% 162 0.55% 6,607 22.25% 29,695 Dauphin 46,861 62.16% 27,729 36.78% 394 0.52% 402 0.53% 19,132 25.38% 75,386 Delaware 93,412 60.93% 57,156 37.28% 1,562 1.02% 1,185 0.77% 36,256 23.65% 153,315 Elk 5,148 48.98% 5,363 51.02% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% -215 -2.05% 10,511 Erie 33,806 53.45% 28,159 44.52% 660 1.04% 620 0.98% 5,647 8.93% 63,245 Fayette 20,401 36.19% 34,971 62.04% 468 0.83% 527 0.93% -14,570 -25.85% 56,367 Forest 1,209 62.29% 687 35.39% 16 0.82% 29 1.49% 522 26.89% 1,941 Franklin 12,151 61.79% 7,352 37.39% 67 0.34% 94 0.48% 4,799 24.41% 19,664 Fulton 1,760 50.65% 1,684 48.46% 15 0.43% 16 0.46% 76 2.19% 3,475 Greene 4,717 36.47% 8,015 61.97% 144 1.11% 58 0.45% -3,298 -25.50% 12,934 Huntingdon 6,943 67.76% 3,304 32.24% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 3,639 35.51% 10,247 Indiana 12,640 59.67% 8,543 40.33% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 4,097 19.34% 21,183 Jefferson 9,395 61.43% 5,632 36.82% 86 0.56% 182 1.19% 3,763 24.60% 15,295 Juniata 3,121 57.17% 2,299 42.11% 14 0.26% 25 0.46% 822 15.06% 5,459 Lackawanna 46,283 41.42% 64,495 57.71% 738 0.66% 233 0.21% -18,212 -16.30% 111,749 Lancaster 46,306 67.60% 21,308 31.11% 369 0.54% 516 0.75% 24,998 36.49% 68,499 Lawrence 17,186 52.72% 14,632 44.88% 421 1.29% 360 1.10% 2,554 7.83% 32,599 Lebanon 15,553 61.62% 9,418 37.31% 132 0.52% 138 0.55% 6,135 24.31% 25,241 Lehigh 32,202 53.65% 26,826 44.69% 594 0.99% 400 0.67% 5,376 8.96% 60,022 Luzerne 71,674 52.85% 61,869 45.62% 977 0.72% 1,091 0.80% 9,805 7.23% 135,611 Lycoming 19,118 57.18% 13,692 40.95% 254 0.76% 372 1.11% 5,426 16.23% 33,436 McKean 10,218 66.91% 4,785 31.33% 108 0.71% 161 1.05% 5,433 35.57% 15,272 Mercer 18,916 52.71% 16,108 44.89% 540 1.50% 322 0.90% 2,808 7.82% 35,886 Mifflin 5,666 53.84% 4,762 45.25% 37 0.35% 58 0.55% 904 8.59% 10,523 Monroe 6,674 53.02% 5,913 46.98% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 761 6.05% 12,587 Montgomery 85,576 66.53% 41,112 31.96% 1,089 0.85% 849 0.66% 44,464 34.57% 128,626 Montour 2,690 57.60% 1,964 42.06% 11 0.24% 5 0.11% 726 15.55% 4,670 Northampton 27,030 43.95% 33,209 53.99% 721 1.17% 544 0.88% -6,179 -10.05% 61,504 Northumberland 23,535 58.13% 16,478 40.70% 306 0.76% 166 0.41% 7,057 17.43% 40,485 Perry 5,444 67.71% 2,596 32.29% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 2,848 35.42% 8,040 Philadelphia 425,962 48.12% 432,699 48.88% 20,745 2.34% 5,891 0.67% -6,737 -0.76% 885,297 Pike 2,893 70.54% 1,208 29.46% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 1,685 41.09% 4,101 Potter 3,672 67.99% 1,729 32.01% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 1,943 35.97% 5,401 Schuylkill 44,176 60.11% 28,194 38.36% 842 1.15% 280 0.38% 15,982 21.75% 73,492 Snyder 5,181 77.66% 1,490 22.34% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 3,691 55.33% 6,671 Somerset 13,910 60.54% 8,727 37.98% 252 1.10% 89 0.39% 5,183 22.56% 22,978 Sullivan 1,752 61.22% 1,084 37.88% 13 0.45% 13 0.45% 668 23.34% 2,862 Susquehanna 7,945 67.81% 3,621 30.91% 85 0.73% 65 0.55% 4,324 36.91% 11,716 Tioga 10,016 77.03% 2,986 22.97% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 7,030 54.07% 13,002 Union 5,058 76.79% 1,442 21.89% 29 0.44% 58 0.88% 3,616 54.90% 6,587 Venango 11,920 67.97% 5,144 29.33% 44 0.25% 428 2.44% 6,776 38.64% 17,536 Warren 8,378 65.38% 4,103 32.02% 52 0.41% 281 2.19% 4,275 33.36% 12,814 Washington 26,860 35.73% 46,327 61.63% 1,688 2.25% 291 0.39% -19,467 -25.90% 75,166 Wayne 7,708 77.14% 2,284 22.86% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 5,424 54.28% 9,992 Westmoreland 41,709 39.05% 61,901 57.95% 2,585 2.42% 619 0.58% -20,192 -18.90% 106,814 Wyoming 4,332 70.70% 1,674 27.32% 63 1.03% 58 0.95% 2,658 43.38% 6,127 York 32,494 47.31% 33,321 48.52% 2,555 3.72% 308 0.45% -827 -1.20% 68,678Totals1,902,19750.92%1,752,42646.91%55,1611.48%25,5640.68%149,7714.01%3,735,348 Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Carbon Columbia Luzerne See also United States presidential elections in Pennsylvania References Pennsylvania 1948 Category:1948 Pennsylvania elections