1948 United States presidential election in Louisiana

none June 2025 September 2023 1948 United States presidential election 1948 United States presidential election in Louisiana Louisiana 1912 presidential no 1944 United States presidential election in Louisiana 1944 1952 United States presidential election in Louisiana 1952 All 10 Louisiana 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 20, 2017 160x160px Strom Thurmond 1948 (cropped).jpg Strom Thurmond States' Rights Democratic Democratic (Louisiana)See ‘The Gallup Poll: Dewey May Get Just Less Than 50 Percent of the Popular Vote but Is the Winner’; The Clarion-Ledger, November 1, 1948, p. 1 South Carolina Fielding L. Wright 10 204,290 49.07% Harry S Truman, bw half-length photo portrait, facing front, 1945 (cropped).jpg Harry S. Truman Democratic Party (United States) Missouri Alben W. Barkley 0 136,344 32.75% Thomas Dewey (3x4 crop).jpg Thomas E. Dewey Republican Party (United States) New York Earl Warren 0 72,657 17.45% 350px 350px Parish results Thurmond #ffb380 40–50% #ff9955 50–60% #ff7f2a 60–70% #ff6600 70–80% #aa4400 90–100% Truman #d3e7ff 30–40% #b9d7ff 40–50% #86b6f2 50–60% #4389e3 60–70% Dewey #f2b3be 40–50% President Harry S. Truman Democratic Party (United States) Harry S. Truman Democratic Party (United States) The 1948 United States presidential election in Louisiana took place on November 2, 1948, as part of the 1948 United States presidential election. State voters chose tenhttps://www.archives.gov/federal-register/electoral-college/votes/1941_1953.html#1948 1948 Election for the Forty-First Term (1949-53) December 20, 2017 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Louisiana was won by Governor Strom Thurmond (DX–South Carolina), running with Governor Fielding L. Wright, with 49.07% of the popular vote, against incumbent President Harry S. Truman (D–Missouri), running with Senator Alben W. Barkley, with 32.75% of the popular vote, and Governor Thomas E. Dewey (R–New York), running with Governor Earl Warren, with 17.45% of the popular vote.http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?f=0&fips=22&year=1948 1948 Presidential General Election Results - Louisiana December 20, 2017http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/showelection.php?year=1948 The American Presidency Project - Election of 1948 December 20, 2017 This marked the first time since 1876 that Louisiana failed to back the Democratic nominee in a presidential election, and the first time ever that a Democrat won the presidency without carrying the state. Thurmond won 52% of white voters.Black Black 1992 147 Results 1948 United States presidential election in Louisiana Strom Thurmond Dixiecrat 204,290 49.07% Harry S. Truman (inc.) Democratic Party (United States) 136,344 32.75% Thomas E. Dewey Republican Party (United States) 72,657 17.45% Henry A. Wallace Progressive Party (United States, 1948–1955) 3,035 0.73% Write-in 10 0.00% 416,336 100% Results by parish ParishStrom ThurmondStates RightsHarry S. TrumanDemocraticThomas E. DeweyRepublicanHenry A. WallaceProgressiveMarginTotal votes castLA US President Race, November 02, 1948 https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=2669 Our Campaigns#%#%#%#%#%Acadia3,49752.37%2,38235.67%78411.74%140.21%1,11516.70%6,678One write-in vote was recorded from this parish.Allen98030.44%1,99662.01%2417.49%20.06%-1,016-31.57%3,219Ascension1,42047.60%1,12637.75%43314.52%40.13%2949.85%2,983Assumption1,00054.53%36219.74%46925.57%30.16%531"DeweydTruman" In this parish where Truman ran third behind Thurmond and Dewey, margin given is Dewey vote minus Thurmond vote and percentage margin Dewey percentage minus Thurmond percentage.28.96%1,834Avoyelles5,41776.24%1,35619.09%2854.01%440.62%4,06157.15%7,1053 write-in votes were recorded from this parishBeauregard1,36539.30%1,65347.60%44912.93%60.17%-288-8.30%3,473Bienville2,36279.34%42114.14%1916.42%30.10%1,94165.20%2,977Bossier2,39061.66%1,14729.59%3388.72%10.03%1,24332.07%3,876Caddo11,29251.06%5,98527.06%4,77721.60%630.28%5,30724.00%22,117Calcasieu3,40027.34%7,07456.87%1,94015.60%240.19%-3,674-29.53%12,438Caldwell81846.80%77744.45%1518.64%20.11%412.35%1,748Cameron29326.09%74266.07%877.75%10.09%-449-39.98%1,123Catahoula1,06263.75%51530.91%865.16%30.18%54732.84%1,666Claiborne2,06173.98%45716.40%2659.51%30.11%1,60457.58%2,786Concordia1,14072.75%32921.00%986.25%00.00%81151.75%1,567DeSoto1,88968.00%61722.21%2709.72%20.07%1,27245.79%2,778East Baton Rouge8,16638.05%8,56039.88%4,58521.36%1530.71%-394-1.83%21,464East Carroll66360.05%32329.26%11610.51%20.18%34030.79%1,104East Feliciana83967.99%26721.64%12710.29%10.08%57246.35%1,234Evangeline4,41576.48%1,14919.90%2063.57%30.05%3,26656.58%5,773Franklin1,87248.19%1,85747.80%1493.84%70.18%150.39%3,885Grant1,43950.67%1,12039.44%2739.61%80.28%31911.23%2,840Iberia2,22436.12%1,01516.49%2,91047.26%80.13%-686"DeweydTruman"-11.14%6,157Iberville85627.91%1,69755.33%50616.50%80.26%-841-27.42%3,067Jackson1,40061.16%71331.15%1697.38%70.31%68730.01%2,289Jefferson8,82254.56%4,65428.79%2,62016.20%720.45%4,16825.77%16,168Jefferson Davis1,12230.82%1,71747.16%79321.78%90.25%-595-16.34%3,641Lafayette3,72449.01%1,78723.52%2,06827.21%200.26%1,656"DeweydTruman"21.80%7,599Lafourche3,05251.62%1,58626.82%1,24721.09%280.47%1,46624.80%5,913LaSalle1,76764.23%71626.03%2669.67%20.07%1,05138.20%2,751Lincoln2,19668.60%62519.53%35311.03%270.84%1,57149.07%3,201Livingston1,35138.92%1,84153.04%2647.61%150.43%-490-14.12%3,471Madison1,03375.62%19714.42%1279.30%90.66%83661.20%1,366Morehouse1,39149.43%1,17741.83%2428.60%40.14%2147.60%2,814Natchitoches2,88753.94%1,69231.61%76314.26%100.19%1,19522.33%5,352Orleans50,23440.58%41,90033.85%29,44223.78%2,2031.78%8,3346.73%123,7856 write-in votes were recorded from this parish.Ouachita4,84844.88%4,21339.00%1,72916.01%120.11%6355.88%10,802Plaquemines2,59793.62%772.78%903.24%100.36%2,507"DeweydTruman"90.38%2,774Pointe Coupee1,37569.48%40220.31%19810.01%40.20%97349.17%1,979Rapides6,58150.39%4,73036.22%1,70713.07%420.32%1,85114.17%13,060Red River1,53572.89%45221.46%1135.37%60.28%1,08351.43%2,106Richland1,44857.12%96037.87%1194.69%80.32%48819.25%2,535Sabine2,24954.51%1,40534.05%46911.37%30.07%84420.46%4,126St. Bernard2,24291.70%913.72%1074.38%50.20%2,135"DeweydTruman"87.32%2,445St. Charles1,20650.04%91437.93%28611.87%40.17%29212.11%2,410St. Helena66255.58%46939.38%594.95%10.08%19316.20%1,191St. James80037.79%85940.58%45321.40%50.24%-59-2.79%2,117St. John the Baptist69536.97%79942.50%37920.16%70.37%-104-5.53%1,880St. Landry5,73073.96%1,17915.22%82910.70%90.12%4,55158.74%7,747St. Martin2,82273.80%3078.03%68817.99%70.18%2,134"DeweydTruman"55.81%3,824St. Mary1,75149.99%91826.21%82423.52%100.29%83323.78%3,503St. Tammany3,06360.76%1,16423.09%79015.67%240.48%1,89937.67%5,041Tangipahoa3,91952.90%2,18429.48%1,28717.37%180.24%1,73523.42%7,408Tensas73270.05%23922.87%726.89%20.19%49347.18%1,045Terrebonne2,01146.40%1,26229.12%1,04824.18%130.30%74917.28%4,334Union1,87265.50%72425.33%2599.06%30.10%1,14840.17%2,858Vermilion3,23651.69%1,80628.85%1,21219.36%70.11%1,43022.84%6,261Vernon2,33150.87%1,93942.32%2966.46%160.35%3928.55%4,582Washington4,14153.08%3,26741.88%3714.76%220.28%87411.20%7,801Webster2,89554.72%1,93336.53%4558.60%80.15%96218.19%5,291West Baton Rouge46639.93%55747.73%14112.08%30.26%-91-7.80%1,167West Carroll1,22153.16%92140.10%1516.57%40.17%30013.06%2,297West Feliciana37764.78%10117.35%10217.53%20.34%275"DeweydTruman"47.25%582Winn1,64856.25%94032.08%33311.37%90.31%70824.17%2,930Totals204,29049.07%136,34432.75%72,65717.45%3,0350.73%67,94616.32%416,336 Parishes that flipped from Democratic to Dixiecrat 18em Bienville Bossier Caddo Claiborne DeSoto Lafayette Lincoln Madison Plaquemines St. Bernard St. Mary St. Landry Tensas West Feliciana Acadia Ascension Assumption Avoyelles Caldwell Catahoula Concordia East Carroll East Feliciana Evangeline Franklin Grant Jackson Jefferson LaSalle Lafourche Morehouse Natchitoches Orleans Ouachita Pointe Coupee Red River Rapides Richland Sabine St. Charles St. Helena St. Martin Tangipahoa Union Vermilion Terrebonne Vernon Washington Webster Winn West Carroll Parishes that flipped from Democratic to Republican Iberia See also United States presidential elections in Louisiana Notes References Works cited Black Earl Earl Black (political scientist) Black Merle Merle Black The Vital South: How Presidents Are Elected Harvard University Press 1992 https://archive.org/details/vitalsouthhowpre0000blac 0674941306 Louisiana 1948 Category:1948 Louisiana elections