1948 United States presidential election in California

none June 2025 September 2023 1948 United States presidential election 1948 United States presidential election in California California Flag of California (1924–1953).pngborder presidential no 1944 United States presidential election in California 1944 1952 United States presidential election in California 1952 80.54% (of registered voters) 5.59 pp 66.77% (of eligible voters) 1.05 ppHistorical Voter Registration and Participation in Statewide General Elections 19102018 https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2018-general/sov/04-historical-voter-reg-participation.pdf California Secretary of State 2022-05-05 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 25 1,913,134 47.57% Thomas Dewey (3x4 crop).jpg Thomas E. Dewey Republican Party (United States) New York Earl Warren 0 1,895,269 47.13% 325px 400px County results Truman #b9d7ff 40–50% #86b6f2 50–60% #4389e3 60–70% Dewey #f2b3be 40–50% #e27f90 50–60% #cc2f4a 60–70% #d40000 70–80% President Harry S. Truman Democratic Party (United States) Harry S. Truman Democratic Party (United States) The 1948 United States presidential election in California took place on November 2, 1948, as part of the 1948 United States presidential election. State voters chose 25 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. California narrowly voted for the Democratic incumbent, Harry S. Truman, over the Republican challenger, New York Governor Thomas E. Dewey, even though Dewey's running mate was California Governor Earl Warren. California was the tipping-point state for Truman's victory. The Progressive Party submitted 464,000 signatures, greater than the 275,970 required, from all but one of California's counties a month before the deadline. The final signature amount submitted was 482,781 with around 295,000 validated.Schmidt 1960 131-132 Results 1948 United States presidential election in Californiahttp://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1948&fips=6&f=1&off=0&elect=0&minper=0 1948 Presidential General Election Results - California 2008-08-25 Dave Leip's U.S. Election AtlasPartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes Democratic Harry S. Truman (incumbent) 1,913,134 47.57% 25 Republican Thomas E. Dewey 1,895,269 47.13% 0 Independent Progressive Henry A. Wallace 190,381 4.73% 0 Prohibition Claude A. Watson 16,926 0.42% 0 No party Norman Thomas (write-in) 3,459 0.09% 0 No party Strom Thurmond (write-in) 1,228 0.03% 0 No party Write-ins 813 0.02% 0 No party Edward A. Teichert (write-in) 195 0.00% 0 No party Farrell Dobbs (write-in) 133 0.00% 0 Invalid or blank votes — Totals 4,021,538 100.00% 25 Voter turnout — Results by county County Harry S. TrumanDemocratic Thomas E. DeweyRepublican Henry A. WallaceProgressive Various candidatesOther parties Margin Total votescast # % # % # % # % # % Alameda 154,549 47.80% 150,588 46.57% 16,853 5.21% 1,341 0.41% 3,961 1.23% 323,331 Alpine 25 18.12% 106 76.81% 6 4.35% 1 0.72% -81 -58.69% 138 Amador 2,334 57.45% 1,578 38.84% 117 2.88% 34 0.84% 756 18.61% 4,063 Butte 10,133 45.68% 10,948 49.36% 936 4.22% 164 0.74% -815 -3.68% 22,181 Calaveras 1,995 49.42% 1,888 46.77% 128 3.17% 26 0.64% 107 2.65% 4,037 Colusa 2,020 51.78% 1,803 46.22% 69 1.77% 9 0.23% 217 5.56% 3,901 Contra Costa 50,277 55.02% 36,958 40.45% 3,868 4.23% 273 0.30% 13,319 14.57% 91,376 Del Norte 1,172 41.27% 1,541 54.26% 121 4.26% 6 0.21% -369 -12.99% 2,840 El Dorado 3,493 51.95% 2,894 43.04% 289 4.30% 48 0.71% 599 8.91% 6,724 Fresno 47,762 58.49% 30,379 37.20% 3,056 3.74% 468 0.57% 17,383 21.29% 81,665 Glenn 2,578 46.64% 2,819 50.99% 108 1.95% 23 0.42% -241 -4.35% 5,528 Humboldt 11,268 48.43% 10,979 47.19% 909 3.91% 110 0.47% 289 1.24% 23,266 Imperial 5,301 44.89% 6,217 52.64% 228 1.93% 64 0.54% -916 -7.75% 11,810 Inyo 1,539 40.21% 2,135 55.79% 138 3.61% 15 0.39% -596 -15.58% 3,827 Kern 33,029 56.16% 24,464 41.60% 1,109 1.89% 209 0.36% 8,565 14.56% 58,811 Kings 6,909 59.97% 4,289 37.23% 219 1.90% 104 0.90% 2,620 22.74% 11,521 Lake 1,999 37.48% 3,054 57.27% 238 4.46% 42 0.79% -1,055 -19.79% 5,333 Lassen 3,632 62.91% 1,960 33.95% 159 2.75% 22 0.38% 1,672 28.96% 5,773 Los Angeles 812,690 47.00% 804,232 46.51% 101,085 5.85% 11,075 0.64% 8,458 0.49% 1,729,082 Madera 5,226 58.18% 3,416 38.03% 277 3.08% 63 0.70% 1,810 20.15% 8,982 Marin 12,540 38.17% 18,747 57.06% 1,513 4.61% 55 0.17% -6,207 -18.89% 32,855 Mariposa 983 39.85% 1,378 55.86% 91 3.69% 15 0.61% -395 -16.01% 2,467 Mendocino 5,593 44.06% 6,368 50.53% 642 5.09% 40 0.32% -775 -6.47% 12,643 Merced 9,959 54.95% 7,721 42.60% 360 1.99% 84 0.46% 2,238 12.35% 18,124 Modoc 1,607 50.53% 1,480 46.54% 82 2.58% 11 0.35% 127 3.99% 3,180 Mono 255 30.54% 541 64.79% 33 3.95% 6 0.72% -286 -34.25% 835 Monterey 15,704 46.10% 17,233 50.59% 959 2.82% 167 0.49% -1,529 -4.49% 34,063 Napa 7,207 43.64% 8,724 52.82% 477 2.89% 108 0.65% -1,517 -9.18% 16,516 Nevada 3,914 47.01% 3,917 47.05% 454 5.45% 41 0.49% -3 -0.04% 8,326 Orange 29,018 36.36% 48,587 60.88% 1,545 1.94% 664 0.83% -19,569 -24.52% 79,814 Placer 8,837 58.49% 5,570 36.87% 632 4.18% 70 0.46% 3,267 21.62% 15,109 Plumas 3,125 61.78% 1,657 32.76% 257 5.08% 19 0.38% 1,468 29.02% 5,058 Riverside 23,305 40.28% 32,209 55.66% 1,694 2.93% 656 1.13% -8,904 -15.38% 57,864 Sacramento 54,197 58.38% 35,074 37.78% 3,185 3.43% 386 0.42% 19,123 20.60% 92,842 San Benito 2,096 42.03% 2,775 55.64% 90 1.80% 26 0.52% -679 -13.61% 4,987 San Bernardino 45,691 47.68% 46,570 48.59% 2,746 2.87% 831 0.87% -879 -0.91% 95,838 San Diego 98,217 47.80% 101,552 49.43% 4,815 2.34% 875 0.43% -3,335 -1.63% 205,459 San Francisco 167,726 47.82% 160,135 45.66% 21,492 6.13% 1,356 0.39% 7,591 2.16% 350,709 San Joaquin 27,908 47.01% 29,135 49.08% 2,051 3.46% 267 0.45% -1,227 -2.07% 59,361 San Luis Obispo 8,135 42.14% 10,325 53.49% 696 3.61% 148 0.77% -2,190 -11.35% 19,304 San Mateo 34,215 39.66% 48,909 56.69% 2,993 3.47% 155 0.18% -14,694 -17.03% 86,272 Santa Barbara 13,085 38.04% 19,998 58.13% 1,122 3.26% 195 0.57% -6,913 -20.09% 34,400 Santa Clara 41,905 42.11% 52,982 53.25% 4,049 4.07% 566 0.57% -11,077 -11.14% 99,502 Santa Cruz 9,862 36.95% 15,395 57.68% 1,084 4.06% 349 1.31% -5,533 -20.73% 26,690 Shasta 7,177 56.86% 5,010 39.69% 402 3.18% 34 0.27% 2,167 17.17% 12,623 Sierra 660 52.46% 546 43.40% 48 3.82% 4 0.32% 114 9.06% 1,258 Siskiyou 6,749 54.00% 5,315 42.53% 400 3.20% 34 0.27% 1,434 11.47% 12,498 Solano 23,257 63.50% 12,345 33.71% 962 2.63% 60 0.16% 10,912 29.79% 36,624 Sonoma 16,026 40.08% 22,077 55.21% 1,705 4.26% 176 0.44% -6,051 -15.13% 39,984 Stanislaus 18,350 47.82% 18,564 48.38% 899 2.34% 558 1.45% -214 -0.56% 38,371 Sutter 3,362 45.08% 3,913 52.47% 130 1.74% 53 0.71% -551 -7.39% 7,458 Tehama 2,920 44.72% 3,348 51.27% 206 3.15% 56 0.86% -428 -6.55% 6,530 Trinity 1,053 48.68% 975 45.08% 126 5.83% 9 0.42% 78 3.60% 2,163 Tulare 19,681 50.22% 18,414 46.98% 797 2.03% 300 0.77% 1,267 3.24% 39,192 Tuolumne 2,561 46.78% 2,639 48.21% 249 4.55% 25 0.46% -78 -1.43% 5,474 Ventura 18,100 54.77% 13,930 42.15% 856 2.59% 163 0.49% 4,170 12.62% 33,049 Yolo 6,655 52.47% 5,560 43.83% 409 3.22% 60 0.47% 1,095 8.64% 12,684 Yuba 3,608 49.68% 3,403 46.85% 217 2.99% 35 0.48% 205 2.83% 7,263Total1,913,13447.57%1,895,26947.13%190,3814.73%22,7540.57%17,8650.44%4,021,538 Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican 20em Butte Glenn Marin Mariposa Mendocino Monterey Napa Nevada San Bernardino San Diego San Joaquin San Luis Obispo San Mateo Santa Barbara Santa Clara Stanislaus Tehama Tuolumne See also United States presidential elections in California 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 California 1948 Presidential election in California