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1948 United States presidential election
1948 United States presidential election in Connecticut Connecticut presidential no 1944 United States presidential election in Connecticut 1944 1952 United States presidential election in Connecticut 1952 November 2, 1948 86.16%https://archive.org/details/registerm49conn/page/554/mode/2up Connecticut State Register and Manual, 1949 CT State Library x200px Thomas Dewey (3x4 crop).jpg Thomas E. Dewey Republican Party (United States) New York Earl Warren 8 437,754 49.55% Harry S Truman, bw half-length photo portrait, facing front, 1945 (cropped).jpg Harry S. Truman Democratic Party (United States) Missouri Alben William Barkley 0 423,297 47.91% 251px County results 251px Municipality results Dewey
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The 1948 United States presidential election in Connecticut took place on November 2, 1948, as part of the 1948 United States presidential election. State voters chose eight electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.
Connecticut was won by Republican candidate New York governor Thomas E. Dewey over Democratic candidate, incumbent President Harry S. Truman.
Dewey won the state by a narrow margin of 1.64%.
Results
1948 United States presidential election in Connecticut1948 Presidential General Election Results - Connecticut http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1948&fips=9&f=0&off=0&elect=0&minper=0 U.S. Election Atlas 23 December 2013
Republican Party (United States)
Thomas Edmund Dewey
New York
Earl Warren
California
437,754
49.55%
8
100.00%
Democratic Party (United States)
Harry S. Truman
Missouri (incumbent)
Alben William Barkley
Kentucky
423,297
47.91%
0
0.00%
Progressive Party (United States, 1948–1955)
Henry Agard Wallace
Iowa
Glen Hearst Taylor
Idaho
13,713
1.55%
0
0.00%
Socialist Party of America
Norman Thomas
New York
Tucker Powell Smith
Michigan
6,964
0.79%
0
0.00%
Socialist Labor Party of America
Edward A. Teichert
Pennsylvania
Stephen Emery
New York
1,184
0.13%
0
0.00%
Socialist Workers Party (United States)
Farrell Dobbs
Minnesota
Grace Carlson
Minnesota
606
0.07%
0
0.00%
883,518
100.00%
8
100.00%
By county
County Thomas E. DeweyRepublican Harry S. TrumanDemocratic Various candidatesOther parties Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % # % Fairfield 118,636 54.65% 90,767 41.81% 7,669 3.54% 27,869 12.84% 217,072 Hartford 105,262 44.74% 124,874 53.07% 5,157 2.19% -19,612 -8.33% 235,293 Litchfield 26,848 57.99% 18,628 40.23% 823 1.78% 8,220 17.76% 46,299 Middlesex 16,119 51.56% 14,609 46.73% 537 1.71% 1,510 4.83% 31,265 New Haven 120,769 48.50% 121,591 48.83% 6,633 2.67% -822 -0.33% 248,993 New London 27,416 47.42% 29,425 50.90% 973 1.68% -2,009 -3.48% 57,814 Tolland 9,012 52.01% 7,970 45.99% 347 2.00% 1,042 6.02% 17,329 Windham 13,692 46.49% 15,433 52.40% 328 1.11% -1,741 -5.91% 29,453Totals437,75449.55%423,29747.91%22,4672.54%14,4571.64%883,518
See also
United States presidential elections in Connecticut
References
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