1948 United States presidential election in Kentucky

none June 2025 September 2023 1948 United States presidential election 1948 United States presidential election in Kentucky Kentucky Flag of Kentucky (1918-1963).svg presidential no 1944 United States presidential election in Kentucky 1944 1952 United States presidential election in Kentucky 1952 All 11 Kentucky 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 October 30, 2017 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 11 466,756 56.74% Thomas Dewey (3x4 crop).jpg Thomas E. Dewey Republican Party (United States) New York Earl Warren 0 341,210 41.48% 380px 380px County results Truman #b9d7ff 40–50% #86b6f2 50–60% #4389e3 60–70% #1666cb 70–80% #0645b4 80–90% Dewey #e27f90 50–60% #cc2f4a 60–70% #d40000 70–80% #aa0000 80–90% President Harry S. Truman Democratic Party (United States) Harry S. Truman Democratic Party (United States) The 1948 United States presidential election in Kentucky took place on November 2, 1948, as part of the 1948 United States presidential election. Kentucky voters chose 11https://www.archives.gov/federal-register/electoral-college/votes/1941_1953.html#1948 1948 Election for the Forty-First Term (1949-53) October 30, 2017 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Kentucky was won by incumbent President Harry S. Truman (D–Missouri), running with Senator Alben W. Barkley, with 56.74 percent of the popular vote, against Governor Thomas E. Dewey (R–New York), running with Governor Earl Warren, with 41.48 percent of the popular vote.https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1948&fips=21&f=0&off=0&elect=0&minper=0 1948 Presidential General Election Results – Kentucky October 30, 2017http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/showelection.php?year=1948 The American Presidency Project – Election of 1948 October 30, 2017 Dewey performed worse than he had four years previously, with both his margin of loss increasing, and the percentage of the vote he received decreasing, even as he fared much better nationally than he had four years prior. This discrepancy was at least in part due to the choice of President Truman's running mate, Senator Barkley, who himself came from Kentucky. Results Presidential candidateRunning matePartyElectoral vote (EV)Popular vote (PV) Harry S. Truman of Missouri Alben Barkley Democratic 11 466,756 56.74% Thomas E. Dewey Earl Warren Republican 0 341,210 41.48% J. Strom Thurmond Fielding Wright State's Rights 0 10,411 1.27% Henry A. Wallace Glen H. Taylor New Progressive 0 1,567 0.19% Norman Thomas Tucker P. Smith Socialist 0 1,284 0.16% Claude Watson Dale H. Learn Prohibition 0 1,245 0.15% Edward A. Teichert Stephen Emery Socialist Labor 0 185 0.02% Results by county CountyOur Campaigns https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=2668 KY US Presidential Race, November 02, 1948Harry S. TrumanDemocraticThomas E. DeweyRepublicanStrom ThurmondDixiecratHenry A. WallaceProgressiveVarious candidatesOther partiesMarginTotal votes cast # % # % # % # % # % # % Adair 2,144 42.57% 2,839 56.37% 35 0.69% 1 0.02% 17 0.34% -695 -13.80% 5,036 Allen 1,605 40.28% 2,280 57.21% 48 1.20% 2 0.05% 50 1.25% -675 -16.93% 3,985 Anderson 2,135 67.69% 971 30.79% 35 1.11% 6 0.19% 7 0.22% 1,164 36.90% 3,154 Ballard 2,702 84.57% 454 14.21% 35 1.10% 0 0.00% 4 0.13% 2,248 70.36% 3,195 Barren 4,095 60.98% 2,437 36.29% 148 2.20% 5 0.07% 30 0.45% 1,658 24.69% 6,715 Bath 2,287 63.69% 1,276 35.53% 19 0.53% 3 0.08% 6 0.17% 1,011 28.16% 3,591 Bell 5,708 56.38% 4,327 42.74% 57 0.56% 8 0.08% 24 0.24% 1,381 13.64% 10,124 Boone 2,320 65.85% 1,151 32.67% 44 1.25% 0 0.00% 8 0.23% 1,169 33.18% 3,523 Bourbon 3,562 67.18% 1,610 30.37% 121 2.28% 2 0.04% 7 0.13% 1,952 36.81% 5,302 Boyd 9,006 56.84% 6,707 42.33% 79 0.50% 19 0.12% 33 0.21% 2,299 14.51% 15,844 Boyle 3,338 62.56% 1,897 35.55% 72 1.35% 5 0.09% 24 0.45% 1,441 27.01% 5,336 Bracken 1,863 59.44% 1,239 39.53% 24 0.77% 0 0.00% 8 0.26% 624 19.91% 3,134 Breathitt 3,295 77.27% 957 22.44% 1 0.02% 1 0.02% 10 0.23% 2,338 54.83% 4,264 Breckinridge 2,623 51.33% 2,407 47.10% 48 0.94% 5 0.10% 27 0.53% 216 4.23% 5,110 Bullitt 1,681 70.48% 673 28.22% 21 0.88% 2 0.08% 8 0.34% 1,008 42.26% 2,385 Butler 1,105 30.21% 2,494 68.18% 42 1.15% 4 0.11% 13 0.36% -1,389 -37.97% 3,658 Caldwell 2,210 55.46% 1,626 40.80% 137 3.44% 8 0.20% 4 0.10% 584 14.66% 3,985 Calloway 4,896 86.38% 681 12.01% 73 1.29% 7 0.12% 11 0.19% 4,215 74.37% 5,668 Campbell 13,008 51.56% 11,851 46.97% 216 0.86% 96 0.38% 60 0.24% 1,157 4.59% 25,231 Carlisle 1,899 86.36% 279 12.69% 11 0.50% 4 0.18% 6 0.27% 1,620 73.67% 2,199 Carroll 2,626 78.51% 639 19.10% 70 2.09% 3 0.09% 7 0.21% 1,987 59.41% 3,345 Carter 3,082 46.86% 3,472 52.79% 2 0.03% 7 0.11% 14 0.21% -390 -5.93% 6,577 Casey 1,495 30.44% 3,380 68.83% 9 0.18% 4 0.08% 23 0.47% -1,885 -38.39% 4,911 Christian 5,582 58.75% 3,242 34.12% 633 6.66% 7 0.07% 38 0.40% 2,340 24.63% 9,502 Clark 3,292 67.07% 1,508 30.73% 95 1.94% 7 0.14% 6 0.12% 1,784 36.34% 4,908 Clay 1,468 31.39% 3,142 67.19% 41 0.88% 1 0.02% 24 0.51% -1,674 -35.80% 4,676 Clinton 709 23.26% 2,295 75.30% 16 0.52% 2 0.07% 26 0.85% -1,586 -52.04% 3,048 Crittenden 1,497 43.25% 1,927 55.68% 24 0.69% 0 0.00% 13 0.38% -430 -12.43% 3,461 Cumberland 794 28.61% 1,947 70.16% 18 0.65% 2 0.07% 14 0.50% -1,153 -41.55% 2,775 Daviess 8,682 63.25% 4,873 35.50% 126 0.92% 8 0.06% 38 0.28% 3,809 27.75% 13,727 Edmonson 1,031 33.83% 1,984 65.09% 15 0.49% 2 0.07% 16 0.52% -953 -31.26% 3,048 Elliott 2,095 83.40% 410 16.32% 0 0.00% 4 0.16% 3 0.12% 1,685 67.08% 2,512 Estill 1,937 47.89% 2,056 50.83% 19 0.47% 4 0.10% 29 0.72% -119 -2.94% 4,045 Fayette 13,202 52.48% 10,959 43.57% 773 3.07% 96 0.38% 125 0.50% 2,243 8.91% 25,155 Fleming 2,722 56.10% 2,088 43.03% 23 0.47% 4 0.08% 15 0.31% 634 13.07% 4,852 Floyd 8,823 73.43% 3,127 26.02% 18 0.15% 28 0.23% 20 0.17% 5,696 47.41% 12,016 Franklin 6,679 75.71% 1,962 22.24% 169 1.92% 2 0.02% 10 0.11% 4,717 53.47% 8,822 Fulton 2,497 80.29% 450 14.47% 161 5.18% 1 0.03% 1 0.03% 2,047 65.82% 3,110 Gallatin 1,381 79.78% 342 19.76% 8 0.46% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 1,039 60.02% 1,731 Garrard 1,725 47.18% 1,890 51.70% 31 0.85% 1 0.03% 9 0.25% -165 -4.52% 3,656 Grant 2,633 69.23% 1,154 30.34% 7 0.18% 1 0.03% 8 0.21% 1,479 38.89% 3,803 Graves 8,682 84.49% 1,442 14.03% 134 1.30% 7 0.07% 11 0.11% 7,240 70.46% 10,276 Grayson 2,174 42.69% 2,880 56.56% 18 0.35% 6 0.12% 14 0.27% -706 -13.87% 5,092 Green 1,628 42.18% 2,186 56.63% 30 0.78% 1 0.03% 15 0.39% -558 -14.45% 3,860 Greenup 4,186 56.52% 3,168 42.78% 19 0.26% 18 0.24% 15 0.20% 1,018 13.74% 7,406 Hancock 1,146 53.38% 985 45.88% 7 0.33% 4 0.19% 5 0.23% 161 7.50% 2,147 Hardin 3,990 61.89% 2,297 35.63% 126 1.95% 5 0.08% 29 0.45% 1,693 26.26% 6,447 Harlan 9,158 66.80% 4,402 32.11% 113 0.82% 29 0.21% 8 0.06% 4,756 34.69% 13,710 Harrison 3,494 72.76% 1,224 25.49% 64 1.33% 6 0.12% 14 0.29% 2,270 47.27% 4,802 Hart 2,495 51.28% 2,311 47.50% 43 0.88% 3 0.06% 13 0.27% 184 3.78% 4,865 Henderson 5,499 71.92% 1,904 24.90% 167 2.18% 13 0.17% 63 0.82% 3,595 47.02% 7,646 Henry 3,398 73.23% 1,193 25.71% 33 0.71% 2 0.04% 14 0.30% 2,205 47.52% 4,640 Hickman 2,143 83.58% 326 12.71% 87 3.39% 2 0.08% 6 0.23% 1,817 70.87% 2,564 Hopkins 6,149 65.65% 2,608 27.85% 572 6.11% 6 0.06% 31 0.33% 3,541 37.80% 9,366 Jackson 429 13.31% 2,781 86.31% 1 0.03% 1 0.03% 10 0.31% -2,352 -73.00% 3,222 Jefferson 70,756 48.18% 69,645 47.42% 1,965 1.34% 617 0.42% 646 0.44% 1,111 0.76% 143,629 Jessamine 2,301 59.33% 1,414 36.46% 117 3.02% 7 0.18% 39 1.01% 887 22.87% 3,878 Johnson 2,378 37.20% 3,993 62.47% 5 0.08% 10 0.16% 6 0.09% -1,615 -25.27% 6,392 Kenton 18,918 61.60% 10,771 35.07% 359 1.17% 98 0.32% 54 0.18% 8,147 26.53% 30,711 Knott 4,660 86.07% 754 13.93% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 3,906 72.14% 5,414 Knox 2,814 39.51% 4,241 59.54% 18 0.25% 34 0.48% 16 0.22% -1,427 -20.03% 7,123 LaRue 1,864 58.14% 1,277 39.83% 49 1.53% 4 0.12% 12 0.37% 587 18.31% 3,206 Laurel 2,187 34.57% 4,107 64.92% 14 0.22% 6 0.09% 12 0.19% -1,920 -30.35% 6,326 Lawrence 2,372 52.47% 2,117 46.83% 16 0.35% 3 0.07% 13 0.29% 255 5.64% 4,521 Lee 1,058 45.66% 1,233 53.22% 14 0.60% 7 0.30% 5 0.22% -175 -7.56% 2,317 Leslie 783 24.38% 2,397 74.65% 8 0.25% 4 0.12% 19 0.59% -1,614 -50.27% 3,211 Letcher 4,741 56.96% 3,560 42.77% 6 0.07% 3 0.04% 14 0.17% 1,181 14.19% 8,324 Lewis 1,449 34.73% 2,708 64.91% 2 0.05% 3 0.07% 10 0.24% -1,259 -30.18% 4,172 Lincoln 2,920 52.01% 2,593 46.19% 67 1.19% 3 0.05% 31 0.55% 327 5.82% 5,614 Livingston 1,622 70.19% 671 29.04% 11 0.48% 3 0.13% 4 0.17% 951 41.15% 2,311 Logan 4,355 74.25% 1,352 23.05% 126 2.15% 8 0.14% 24 0.41% 3,003 51.20% 5,865 Lyon 1,505 69.84% 582 27.01% 42 1.95% 7 0.32% 19 0.88% 923 42.83% 2,155 Madison 5,344 52.62% 4,619 45.48% 110 1.08% 18 0.18% 65 0.64% 725 7.14% 10,156 Magoffin 2,253 54.49% 1,882 45.51% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 371 8.98% 4,135 Marion 3,008 71.20% 1,171 27.72% 31 0.73% 7 0.17% 8 0.19% 1,837 43.48% 4,225 Marshall 2,942 80.10% 711 19.36% 12 0.33% 2 0.05% 6 0.16% 2,231 60.74% 3,673 Martin 911 31.44% 1,964 67.77% 1 0.03% 8 0.28% 14 0.48% -1,053 -36.33% 2,898 Mason 3,620 58.31% 2,519 40.58% 53 0.85% 6 0.10% 10 0.16% 1,101 17.73% 6,208 McCracken 11,183 75.80% 3,251 22.03% 254 1.72% 26 0.18% 40 0.27% 7,932 53.77% 14,754 McCreary 933 23.45% 3,031 76.19% 1 0.03% 3 0.08% 10 0.25% -2,098 -52.74% 3,978 McLean 2,104 64.30% 1,112 33.99% 43 1.31% 2 0.06% 11 0.34% 992 30.31% 3,272 Meade 1,915 70.28% 773 28.37% 29 1.06% 2 0.07% 6 0.22% 1,142 41.91% 2,725 Menifee 1,112 71.10% 435 27.81% 11 0.70% 1 0.06% 5 0.32% 677 43.29% 1,564 Mercer 2,682 61.47% 1,599 36.65% 70 1.60% 4 0.09% 8 0.18% 1,083 24.82% 4,363 Metcalfe 1,683 50.30% 1,640 49.01% 8 0.24% 1 0.03% 14 0.42% 43 1.29% 3,346 Monroe 1,249 30.49% 2,812 68.64% 20 0.49% 0 0.00% 16 0.39% -1,563 -38.15% 4,097 Montgomery 2,731 68.96% 1,083 27.35% 133 3.36% 1 0.03% 12 0.30% 1,648 41.61% 3,960 Morgan 3,488 77.74% 987 22.00% 4 0.09% 6 0.13% 2 0.04% 2,501 55.74% 4,487 Muhlenberg 4,426 55.11% 3,478 43.31% 72 0.90% 22 0.27% 33 0.41% 948 11.80% 8,031 Nelson 3,556 66.64% 1,715 32.14% 46 0.86% 9 0.17% 10 0.19% 1,841 34.50% 5,336 Nicholas 1,885 68.75% 815 29.72% 27 0.98% 0 0.00% 15 0.55% 1,070 39.03% 2,742 Ohio 2,721 44.56% 3,300 54.05% 55 0.90% 5 0.08% 25 0.41% -579 -9.49% 6,106 Oldham 1,703 60.20% 1,036 36.62% 76 2.69% 4 0.14% 10 0.35% 667 23.58% 2,829 Owen 3,056 85.29% 504 14.07% 15 0.42% 2 0.06% 6 0.17% 2,552 71.22% 3,583 Owsley 437 20.22% 1,718 79.50% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 6 0.28% -1,281 -59.28% 2,161 Pendleton 1,958 58.03% 1,373 40.69% 24 0.71% 5 0.15% 14 0.41% 585 17.34% 3,374 Perry 5,614 59.39% 3,755 39.72% 44 0.47% 21 0.22% 19 0.20% 1,859 19.67% 9,453 Pike 11,423 58.16% 8,097 41.22% 56 0.29% 27 0.14% 39 0.20% 3,326 16.94% 19,642 Powell 975 56.92% 719 41.97% 11 0.64% 1 0.06% 7 0.41% 256 14.95% 1,713 Pulaski 3,844 33.40% 7,549 65.59% 68 0.59% 8 0.07% 41 0.36% -3,705 -32.19% 11,510 Robertson 864 65.75% 442 33.64% 6 0.46% 1 0.08% 1 0.08% 422 32.11% 1,314 Rockcastle 1,309 28.68% 3,236 70.90% 8 0.18% 1 0.02% 10 0.22% -1,927 -42.22% 4,564 Rowan 2,097 57.90% 1,502 41.47% 18 0.50% 3 0.08% 2 0.06% 595 16.43% 3,622 Russell 1,191 32.96% 2,404 66.54% 5 0.14% 2 0.06% 11 0.30% -1,213 -33.58% 3,613 Scott 3,548 70.76% 1,352 26.96% 91 1.81% 4 0.08% 19 0.38% 2,196 43.80% 5,014 Shelby 3,840 68.30% 1,626 28.92% 141 2.51% 6 0.11% 9 0.16% 2,214 39.38% 5,622 Simpson 2,752 76.04% 762 21.06% 74 2.04% 4 0.11% 27 0.75% 1,990 54.98% 3,619 Spencer 1,298 71.63% 493 27.21% 19 1.05% 0 0.00% 2 0.11% 805 44.42% 1,812 Taylor 2,415 52.72% 2,087 45.56% 42 0.92% 4 0.09% 33 0.72% 328 7.16% 4,581 Todd 2,929 75.10% 827 21.21% 121 3.10% 4 0.10% 19 0.49% 2,102 53.89% 3,900 Trigg 2,485 73.46% 816 24.12% 69 2.04% 2 0.06% 11 0.33% 1,669 49.34% 3,383 Trimble 1,746 88.72% 194 9.86% 9 0.46% 1 0.05% 18 0.91% 1,552 78.86% 1,968 Union 3,607 81.87% 744 16.89% 37 0.84% 11 0.25% 7 0.16% 2,863 64.98% 4,406 Warren 6,768 60.49% 3,919 35.03% 451 4.03% 7 0.06% 44 0.39% 2,849 25.46% 11,189 Washington 2,121 53.53% 1,813 45.76% 19 0.48% 2 0.05% 7 0.18% 308 7.77% 3,962 Wayne 2,029 44.61% 2,480 54.53% 14 0.31% 11 0.24% 14 0.31% -451 -9.92% 4,548 Webster 3,288 73.74% 1,087 24.38% 57 1.28% 3 0.07% 24 0.54% 2,201 49.36% 4,459 Whitley 2,932 33.88% 5,611 64.84% 57 0.66% 23 0.27% 30 0.35% -2,679 -30.96% 8,653 Wolfe 1,918 70.18% 813 29.75% 0 0.00% 2 0.07% 0 0.00% 1,105 40.43% 2,733 Woodford 2,175 61.18% 1,229 34.57% 142 3.99% 3 0.08% 6 0.17% 946 26.61% 3,555Totals466,75656.74%341,21041.48%10,4111.27%1,5670.19%2,7140.33%125,54615.26%822,658 Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic 20em Bell Breckinridge Campbell Fleming Hancock Lawrence Magoffin Metcalfe Muhlenberg Taylor Washington See also United States presidential elections in Kentucky References Kentucky 1948 Category:1948 Kentucky elections