1948 United States presidential election in Delaware

none June 2025 September 2023 1948 United States presidential election 1948 United States presidential election in Delaware Delaware presidential no 1944 United States presidential election in Delaware 1944 1952 United States presidential election in Delaware 1952 All 3 Delaware votes to the Electoral College November 2, 1948https://www.britannica.com/event/United-States-presidential-election-of-1948 United States Presidential election of 1948 - Encyclopædia Britannica December 19, 2017 x200px Thomas Dewey (3x4 crop).jpg Thomas E. Dewey Republican Party (United States) New York Earl Warren 3 69,588 50.04% 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 67,813 48.76% 1948 United States presidential election in Delaware results map by county.svg 120px County results Dewey #e27f90 50–60% Truman #b9d7ff 40–50% President Harry S. Truman Democratic Party (United States) Harry S. Truman Democratic Party (United States) The 1948 United States presidential election in Delaware took place on November 2, 1948, as part of the 1948 United States presidential election. State voters chose threehttps://www.archives.gov/federal-register/electoral-college/votes/1941_1953.html#1948 1948 Election for the Forty-First Term (1949-53) December 19, 2017 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Delaware was won by Governor Thomas E. Dewey (R–New York), running with Governor Earl Warren, with 50.04% of the popular vote, against incumbent President Harry S. Truman (D–Missouri), running with Senator Alben W. Barkley, with 48.76% of the popular vote.http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?f=0&fips=10&year=1948 1948 Presidential General Election Results - Delaware December 19, 2017http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/showelection.php?year=1948 The American Presidency Project - Election of 1948 December 19, 2017 This is the last time that New Castle County did not back the statewide winner and when the Democratic candidate would win a presidential election without Delaware. This election marked one of only three occasions during the 20th century in which Delaware voted for the losing presidential candidate, the others occurring in 1916 and 1932. As this was the last election until 2000 when Delaware failed to support the overall winner of the presidency, and the electoral college after which the state has leaned Democratic. However, it has since voted for the popular vote loser only twice, in 2004 and 2024. Results 1948 United States presidential election in DelawareState Manual Containing Official List of Officers, Boards, Commissions and County Officers 1949 1949 Delaware Secretary of State Dover 62 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.c109422733&seq=66 17 December 2025 Thomas E. Dewey Republican Party (United States) 69,588 50.04% Harry S. Truman (inc.) Democratic Party (United States) 67,813 48.76% Henry A. Wallace Progressive Party (United States, 1948–1955) 1,050 0.75% Claude A. Watson Prohibition Party 343 0.25% Norman Thomas Socialist Party of America 250 0.18% Edward A. Teichert Socialist Labor Party of America 29 0.02% 139,073 100.00% Results by county County Thomas E. DeweyRepublican Harry S. TrumanDemocratic Henry A. WallaceProgressive All OthersVarious Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % # % # %Kent8,50150.63%8,17448.68%470.28%680.41%3271.95%16,790New Castle47,45148.92%48,11749.60%9500.98%4830.50%-666-0.69%97,001Sussex13,63653.94%11,52245.57%530.21%710.28%2,1148.36%25,282Totals69,58850.04%67,81348.76%1,0500.75%6220.45%1,7751.28%139,073 Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Kent See also United States presidential elections in Delaware References Delaware 1948 Category:1948 Delaware elections