1948 United States presidential election in Oklahoma

none June 2025 September 2023 1948 United States presidential election 1948 United States presidential election in Oklahoma Oklahoma 1941 presidential no 1944 United States presidential election in Oklahoma 1944 1952 United States presidential election in Oklahoma 1952 November 2, 1948 x200px Harry S Truman, bw half-length photo portrait, facing front, 1945 (cropped).jpg Harry S. Truman Democratic Party (United States) Missouri Alben W. Barkley 10 452,782 62.75% Thomas Dewey (3x4 crop).jpg Thomas E. Dewey Republican Party (United States) New York Earl Warren 0 268,817 37.25% 350px 350px County results Truman #86b6f2 50–60% #4389e3 60–70% #1666cb 70–80% #0645b4 80–90% Dewey #e27f90 50–60% #cc2f4a 60–70% Harry S. Truman Democratic Party (United States) Harry S. Truman Democratic Party (United States) The 1948 United States presidential election in Oklahoma took place on November 2, 1948. All forty-eight states were part of the 1948 United States presidential election. Voters chose ten electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Incumbent Democratic President Harry S. Truman won Oklahoma by a landslide 25.5 percentage points.http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1948&fips=40&f=0&off=0&elect=0 1948 Presidential General Election Results – Oklahoma uselectionatlas.org This made Oklahoma the fourth most Democratic state in the nation, and 21 percent more Democratic than the nation as a whole. This makes it the third best performance (after Franklin D. Roosevelt's 1932 and 1936 landslides) of any Democratic nominee in the state.Counting the Votes; Oklahoma Until this election, Oklahoma was a reliably Democratic state, with the party winning all but two of the first eleven presidential elections in the state. Since 1952, Oklahoma has only voted Democratic once, when Lyndon B. Johnson won in a nationwide landslide in 1964. Background In Dwight D. Eisenhower's landslide elections of 1952 and 1956, Adlai Stevenson II lost every antebellum free-soil or postbellum state, however Oklahoma remained more Democratic than the nation as a whole. In 1960, John F. Kennedy lost most postbellum states, including Oklahoma, due to anti-Catholic sentiment.Menendez, Albert J.; The Religious Factor in the 1960 Presidential Election: An Analysis of the Kennedy Victory over Anti-Catholic Prejudice; pp. 79, 117 0786460377 In 1964, Lyndon Johnson became the last Democratic presidential candidate to carry the state,Gust Steve http://newsok.com/oklahoma-student-who-attended-democratic-national-convention-anticipates-lifetime-in-politics/article/3716126 Oklahoma student who attended Democratic National Convention anticipates lifetime in politics The Oklahoman October 6, 2012 November 9, 2016 with only Jimmy Carter in 1976 subsequently reaching even 45% of the vote, and no Democrat after 2000 reaching 35% of the vote or even winning a single county in the state.Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016 Results 1948 United States presidential election in OklahomaPartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes Democratic Harry S. Truman (incumbent) 452,782 62.75% 10 Republican Thomas E. Dewey 268,817 37.25% 0 Totals 721,599 100.0% 10 Voter turnout (Voting age) 52.5%Gans, Curtis and Mulling, Matthew; Voter Turnout in the United States, 1788-2009, p. 481 9781604265958 Results by county County Harry S. TrumanDemocratic Thomas E. DeweyRepublican MarginTotal votes castScammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964; pp. 363-364 0405077114 # % # % # % Adair 3,067 56.03% 2,407 43.97% 660 12.06% 5,474 Alfalfa 1,838 39.93% 2,765 60.07% −927 −20.14% 4,603 Atoka 3,104 75.03% 1,033 24.97% 2,071 50.06% 4,137 Beaver 1,596 52.92% 1,420 47.08% 176 5.84% 3,016 Beckham 4,544 77.62% 1,310 22.38% 3,234 55.24% 5,854 Blaine 2,595 47.79% 2,835 52.21% −240 −4.42% 5,430 Bryan 7,748 85.01% 1,366 14.99% 6,382 70.02% 9,114 Caddo 8,110 68.13% 3,793 31.87% 4,317 36.26% 11,903 Canadian 5,568 59.89% 3,729 40.11% 1,839 19.78% 9,297 Carter 9,474 81.52% 2,147 18.48% 7,327 63.04% 11,621 Cherokee 4,249 60.41% 2,785 39.59% 1,464 20.82% 7,034 Choctaw 4,750 82.09% 1,036 17.91% 3,714 64.18% 5,786 Cimarron 894 57.90% 650 42.10% 244 15.80% 1,544 Cleveland 6,556 64.10% 3,671 35.90% 2,885 28.20% 10,227 Coal 2,124 82.07% 464 17.93% 1,660 64.14% 2,588 Comanche 7,955 74.06% 2,787 25.94% 5,168 48.12% 10,742 Cotton 2,613 77.98% 738 22.02% 1,875 55.96% 3,351 Craig 4,182 59.84% 2,807 40.16% 1,375 19.68% 6,989 Creek 9,198 58.47% 6,532 41.53% 2,666 16.94% 15,730 Custer 4,618 64.26% 2,568 35.74% 2,050 28.52% 7,186 Delaware 3,157 57.40% 2,343 42.60% 814 14.80% 5,500 Dewey 2,049 57.83% 1,494 42.17% 555 15.66% 3,543 Ellis 1,420 48.27% 1,522 51.73% −102 −3.46% 2,942 Garfield 8,217 44.25% 10,352 55.75% −2,135 −11.50% 18,569 Garvin 6,779 80.13% 1,681 19.87% 5,098 60.26% 8,460 Grady 8,136 73.84% 2,882 26.16% 5,254 47.68% 11,018 Grant 2,126 46.25% 2,471 53.75% −345 −7.50% 4,597 Greer 3,044 81.02% 713 18.98% 2,331 62.04% 3,757 Harmon 2,340 89.79% 266 10.21% 2,074 79.58% 2,606 Harper 1,281 51.20% 1,221 48.80% 60 2.40% 2,502 Haskell 3,206 69.76% 1,390 30.24% 1,816 39.52% 4,596 Hughes 5,492 76.62% 1,676 23.38% 3,816 53.24% 7,168 Jackson 5,450 85.52% 923 14.48% 4,527 71.04% 6,373 Jefferson 3,326 85.68% 556 14.32% 2,770 71.36% 3,882 Johnston 2,936 83.41% 584 16.59% 2,352 66.82% 3,520 Kay 10,119 52.98% 8,982 47.02% 1,137 5.96% 19,101 Kingfisher 2,488 45.91% 2,931 54.09% −443 −8.18% 5,419 Kiowa 4,263 73.59% 1,530 26.41% 2,733 47.18% 5,793 Latimer 2,536 73.40% 919 26.60% 1,617 46.80% 3,455 LeFlore 6,786 70.64% 2,821 29.36% 3,965 41.28% 9,607 Lincoln 4,913 55.76% 3,898 44.24% 1,015 11.52% 8,811 Logan 4,109 51.84% 3,817 48.16% 292 3.68% 7,926 Love 2,191 89.80% 249 10.20% 1,942 79.60% 2,440 Major 1,227 33.22% 2,467 66.78% −1,240 −33.56% 3,694 Marshall 2,455 83.96% 469 16.04% 1,986 67.92% 2,924 Mayes 4,201 59.55% 2,854 40.45% 1,347 19.10% 7,055 McClain 3,451 79.17% 908 20.83% 2,543 58.34% 4,359 McCurtain 6,223 85.08% 1,091 14.92% 5,132 70.16% 7,314 McIntosh 3,674 71.81% 1,442 28.19% 2,232 43.62% 5,116 Murray 3,054 79.28% 798 20.72% 2,256 58.56% 3,852 Muskogee 13,860 67.77% 6,592 32.23% 7,268 35.54% 20,452 Noble 2,770 53.27% 2,430 46.73% 340 6.54% 5,200 Nowata 2,688 55.92% 2,119 44.08% 569 11.84% 4,807 Okfuskee 3,335 67.25% 1,624 32.75% 1,711 34.50% 4,959 Oklahoma 59,954 59.89% 40,161 40.11% 19,793 19.78% 100,115 Okmulgee 10,467 70.56% 4,368 29.44% 6,099 41.12% 14,835 Osage 7,156 64.43% 3,951 35.57% 3,205 28.86% 11,107 Ottawa 7,243 62.73% 4,304 37.27% 2,939 25.46% 11,547 Pawnee 2,721 50.65% 2,651 49.35% 70 1.30% 5,372 Payne 7,390 56.03% 5,799 43.97% 1,591 12.06% 13,189 Pittsburg 9,576 76.80% 2,893 23.20% 6,683 53.60% 12,469 Pontotoc 7,750 77.20% 2,289 22.80% 5,461 54.40% 10,039 Pottawatomie 10,220 68.22% 4,760 31.78% 5,460 36.44% 14,980 Pushmataha 2,977 79.05% 789 20.95% 2,188 58.10% 3,766 Roger Mills 2,176 81.04% 509 18.96% 1,667 62.08% 2,685 Rogers 4,197 59.57% 2,849 40.43% 1,348 19.14% 7,046 Seminole 8,122 70.35% 3,423 29.65% 4,699 40.70% 11,545 Sequoyah 4,449 68.17% 2,077 31.83% 2,372 36.34% 6,526 Stephens 6,702 77.83% 1,909 22.17% 4,793 55.66% 8,611 Texas 2,693 61.64% 1,676 38.36% 1,017 23.28% 4,369 Tillman 4,071 79.37% 1,058 20.63% 3,013 58.74% 5,129 Tulsa 38,548 47.33% 42,892 52.67% −4,344 −5.34% 81,440 Wagoner 3,389 55.97% 2,666 44.03% 723 11.94% 6,055 Washington 5,508 47.71% 6,036 52.29% −528 −4.58% 11,544 Washita 4,326 72.55% 1,637 27.45% 2,689 45.10% 5,963 Woods 2,882 50.10% 2,871 49.90% 11 0.20% 5,753 Woodward 2,180 47.69% 2,391 52.31% −211 −4.62% 4,571Totals452,78262.75%268,81737.25%183,96525.50%721,599 Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic 20em Adair Beaver Cimarron Delaware Dewey Harper Kay Lincoln Logan Mayes Nowata Noble Pawnee Payne Rogers Woods Wagoner Analysis The Progressive Party obtained the necessary 5,000 signatures to appear on the ballot in two days.Schmidt 1960 130 Gerald L. K. Smith filed a lawsuit in an attempt to remove the party from the ballot. The state election board rejected Wallace's electors stating that the Progressives were not a political party as the Oklahoma Secretary of State had not approved their non-communist affidavit prior to the filing deadline. The secretary of state was not allowed to accept these affidavits until May 2 while the filing deadline was April 30. The Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled five to two against the Progressives in Cooper v. Cartwright. The Progressives appealed to the Supreme Court of the United States, but John Abt dropped the lawsuit due to the "difficulty of getting grounds for a federal suit".Schmidt 1960 138-139 Truman won all but 10 counties in the state; of the 10, only Grant has voted Democratic since. This is the last occasion in which the contiguous counties of Texas, Beaver, Harper and Woods – which now form one of the most conservative regions in the nation – have voted Democratic, as well as the last time that Kay County has. As a result, this is also the last time that a Democrat has swept every county in the Oklahoma Panhandle. This is also the most recent election in which Oklahoma voted for a different candidate than neighboring Kansas. See also United States presidential elections in Oklahoma References Works cited Schmidt Karl Henry A. Wallace: Quixotic Crusade 1948 Syracuse University Press 1960 978-0-8156-0020-6 https://archive.org/details/henryawallacequi0000karl Oklahoma 1948 Category:1948 Oklahoma elections