1948 United States presidential election in New Jersey

none June 2025 September 2023 1948 United States presidential election 1948 United States presidential election in New Jersey New Jersey 1896 presidential no 1944 United States presidential election in New Jersey 1944 1952 United States presidential election in New Jersey 1952 November 2, 1948 83.02%https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b4046194&seq=650 Manual of the legislature of New Jersey, 1953 NJ State Library ( 0.05%) x200px Thomas Dewey (3x4 crop).jpg Thomas E. Dewey Republican Party (United States) New York Earl Warren 16 981,124 50.33% Harry S Truman, bw half-length photo portrait, facing front, 1945 (cropped).jpg Harry S. Truman Democratic Party (United States) Missouri Alben W. Barkley 0 895,455 45.93% 1948 United States presidential election in New Jersey results map by county.svg 405px 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 New Jersey took place on November 2, 1948. All contemporary 48 states were part of the 1948 United States presidential election. Voters chose 16 electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president. New Jersey was won by the Republican nominees, former Governor Thomas E. Dewey of New York and his running mate Governor Earl Warren of California. Dewey and Warren defeated the Democratic nominees, incumbent President Harry S. Truman of Missouri and his running mate Senator Alben W. Barkley of Kentucky. Also in the running was the Progressive Party candidate, former Democratic Vice President Henry A. Wallace, who ran with former Senator Glen H. Taylor of Idaho. Dewey carried New Jersey with 50.33% of the vote to Truman's 45.93%, a margin of 4.39%. Wallace came in a distant third, with 2.19%.1948 Presidential General Election Results - New Jersey http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1948&fips=34&f=0&off=0&elect=0&minper=0 Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections 29 November 2013 Despite the closeness of the statewide result, Dewey won 15 of the state's 21 counties, while Truman won 6. However, Truman won several of the most heavily populated urban counties in the state, taking over 60% of the vote in Hudson County, winning majorities in Mercer, Camden, and Middlesex counties, and in rural Salem County, and winning with a plurality in Passaic County. However, Dewey won majorities in several heavily populated counties, including Bergen, Morris, Union, Monmouth, and Ocean counties, and also narrowly winning Essex County with a plurality, along with winning most of the state's Southern and rural counties. Wallace for his part performed most strongly in North Jersey, particularly in Essex, Union, and Passaic Counties. New Jersey in this era was usually a swing state with a Republican lean, and its results in 1948 adhered to that pattern. As Truman narrowly defeated Dewey nationally in an upset victory, Dewey's narrow victory in New Jersey made the state almost 9% more Republican than the national average. Republicans won Burlington, Atlantic, Gloucester, and Cumberland counties for the first time since 1932. This is the last time Democrats won the presidency without Essex County. This is the second of 3 times that New Jersey voted for the loser of the presidential election in the 20th century, the other times being 1916 and 1976. Primary election 1948 New Jersey unofficial presidential primary New Jersey presidential no 1948 04 20 150x150px Thomas E. Dewey New York FF8080 Republican 3,714 36.54% 150x150px Harold Stassen Minnesota 37C871 Republican 3,129 30.72% 150x150px Harry S. Truman 3333ff Democratic Missouri 1,100 10.82% 150x150px Douglas MacArthur fbceb1 Republican New York 718 7.06% 150x150px Arthur Vandenberg 423121 Republican Michigan 516 5.08% 205px Neither of the major parties held primaries for presidential candidates, but some counties held unofficial nonpartisan primaries. The sums of such elections are shown below. Most votes were Republican candidates, with Thomas E. Dewey and Harold Stassen as the top candidates. Unofficial primary resultshttps://nj.gov/state/elections/assets/pdf/election-results/1920-1970//1948-primary-election.pdf Results of the Primary Election Held April 20, 1948 August 22, 2022 New Jersey Division of Elections Thomas E. Dewey Republican Party (United States) 3,714 36.54 Harold Stassen Republican Party (United States) 3,123 30.72 Harry S. Truman Democratic Party (United States) 1,100 10.82 Douglas MacArthur Republican Party (United States) 718 7.06 Arthur Vandenberg Republican Party (United States) 516 5.08 Robert A. Taft Republican Party (United States) 495 4.87 Dwight D. Eisenhower Independent (politician) 288 2.83 Henry A. Wallace Progressive Party (United States, 1948–1955) 87 0.86 Joseph W. Martin Jr. Republican Party (United States) 64 0.63 Alfred E. Driscoll Republican Party (United States) 44 0.43 Earl Warren Republican Party (United States) 14 0.14 Elmer H. Wene Democratic Party (United States) 1 0.01 Justice William O. Douglas Democratic Party (United States) 1 0.01 10,165 100.0 Results 1948 United States presidential election in New JerseyPartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes Republican Thomas E. Dewey 981,124 50.33% 16 Democratic Harry S. Truman (incumbent) 895,455 45.93% 0 Progressive Henry A. Wallace 42,683 2.19% 0 National Prohibition Claude A. Watson 10,593 0.54% 0 Socialist Norman Thomas 10,521 0.54% 0 Socialist Workers Farrell Dobbs 5,825 0.30% 0 Socialist Labor Edward A. Teichert 3,354 0.17% 0 Totals 1,949,555 100.0% 16 Results by county County Thomas E. Deweyhttps://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=2681 Our Campaigns NJ US President Race, November 02, 1948Republican Harry S. TrumanDemocratic Henry A. WallaceIndependent Progressive Claude A. WatsonNational Prohibition Norman M. ThomasSocialist Farrell DobbsSocialist Workers Edward A. TeichertSocialist Labor Margin Total votescast # % # % # % # % # % # % # % # % Atlantic 31,608 54.43% 25,313 43.59% 995 1.71% 56 0.10% 79 0.14% 8 0.01% 12 0.02% 6,295 10.84% 58,071 Bergen 142,657 65.70% 69,132 31.84% 3,503 1.61% 327 0.15% 1,312 0.60% 82 0.04% 118 0.05% 73,525 33.86% 217,131 Burlington 21,183 49.92% 20,801 49.02% 278 0.66% 41 0.10% 126 0.30% 1 0.00% 2 0.00% 382 0.90% 42,432 Camden 51,977 42.91% 66,388 54.81% 1,886 1.56% 117 0.10% 419 0.35% 313 0.26% 32 0.03% -14,411 -11.90% 121,132 Cape May 11,227 64.46% 6,031 34.63% 118 0.68% 14 0.08% 20 0.11% 5 0.03% 2 0.01% 5,196 29.83% 17,417 Cumberland 16,556 51.24% 15,195 47.02% 449 1.39% 42 0.13% 46 0.14% 7 0.02% 18 0.06% 1,361 4.21% 32,313 Essex 166,963 48.60% 155,468 45.25% 11,741 3.42% 6,560 1.91% 2,004 0.58% 343 0.10% 488 0.14% 11,495 3.35% 343,567 Gloucester 19,477 54.46% 15,785 44.14% 349 0.98% 47 0.13% 97 0.27% 7 0.02% 3 0.01% 3,692 10.32% 35,765 Hudson 111,113 36.47% 182,979 60.06% 6,049 1.99% 2,920 0.96% 1,146 0.38% 148 0.05% 298 0.10% -71,866 -23.59% 304,653 Hunterdon 10,654 60.85% 6,515 37.21% 250 1.43% 18 0.10% 61 0.35% 1 0.01% 10 0.06% 4,139 23.64% 17,509 Mercer 37,794 42.26% 49,690 55.56% 1,451 1.62% 31 0.03% 457 0.51% 6 0.01% 7 0.01% -11,896 -13.30% 89,436 Middlesex 49,810 42.86% 61,634 53.04% 2,649 2.28% 94 0.08% 1,791 1.54% 136 0.12% 96 0.08% -11,824 -10.17% 116,210 Monmouth 52,908 62.22% 30,507 35.88% 1,343 1.58% 48 0.06% 214 0.25% 5 0.01% 8 0.01% 22,401 26.34% 85,033 Morris 42,558 68.01% 18,864 30.15% 746 1.19% 22 0.04% 362 0.58% 4 0.01% 18 0.03% 23,694 37.87% 62,574 Ocean 16,740 70.43% 6,366 26.79% 579 2.44% 6 0.03% 74 0.31% 2 0.01% 0 0.00% 10,374 43.65% 23,767 Passaic 59,675 45.75% 60,147 46.11% 4,870 3.73% 70 0.05% 574 0.44% 4,685 3.59% 409 0.31% -472 -0.36% 130,430 Salem 8,961 48.65% 9,278 50.37% 127 0.69% 25 0.14% 20 0.11% 2 0.01% 5 0.03% -317 -1.72% 18,418 Somerset 22,034 59.77% 14,104 38.26% 543 1.47% 13 0.04% 162 0.44% 3 0.01% 3 0.01% 7,930 21.51% 36,862 Sussex 9,269 66.50% 4,527 32.48% 101 0.72% 5 0.04% 34 0.24% 1 0.01% 2 0.01% 4,742 34.02% 13,939 Union 87,402 53.89% 66,759 41.16% 4,514 2.78% 127 0.08% 1,493 0.92% 66 0.04% 1,819 1.12% 20,643 12.73% 162,180 Warren 10,558 50.97% 9,972 48.14% 142 0.69% 10 0.05% 30 0.14% 2 0.01% 2 0.01% 586 2.83% 20,716Totals981,12450.33%895,45545.93%42,6832.19%10,5930.54%10,5210.54%5,8250.30%3,3540.17%85,6694.39%1,949,555 Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Atlantic Burlington Cumberland Gloucester See also Presidency of Harry S. 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