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	Harry S. Truman Alben William Barkley Party: DEMOCRATIC Home State: PR: MO; VP: KY Electoral Votes: 303 Pop. Vote: 24,179,345 (49.8%)
	Thomas Edmund Dewey Earl Warren Party: REPUBLICAN Home State: PR: NY; VP: CA Electoral Votes: 189 Pop. Vote: 21,991,291 (45.1%)
	James Strom Thurmond Fielding Lewis Wright Party: STATES' RIGHTS DEMOCRATIC (aka DIXIECRAT) Home State: PR: SC; VP: MS Electoral Votes: 39 Pop. Vote: 1,176,125 (2.4%)
	Henry Agard Wallace Glen Hearst Taylor Party: PROGRESSIVE Home State: PR: IA; VP: ID Electoral Votes: 0 Pop. Vote: 1,157,326 (2.4%)
	Other Candidates Party: Socialist, Prohibition, Socialist Labor, etc. Pop. Vote: 289,739 (0.6%)
Total electoral votes - 531 (from 48 states) Majority needed to win - 266 Total popular vote - 48,793,826

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In 1948, 531 electoral votes were available; 266 votes were needed to secure the win.

STATE TRUMAN DEWEY THURMOND WALLACE OTHERS EVs

ALABAMA - 40,930
(19.0%) 171,443
(79.7%) 1,522
(0.7%) 1,085
(0.5%) 11

ARIZONA 95,251
(53.8%) 77,597
(43.8%) - 3,310
(1.9%) 907
(0.5%) 4

ARKANSAS 149,659
(61.7%) 50,959
(21.0%) 40,068
(16.5%) 751
(0.3%) 1,038
(0.4%) 9

CALIFORNIA 1,913,134
(47.6%) 1,895,269
(47.1%) 1,228
(>0.1%) 190,381
(4.7%) 21,526
(0.5%) 25

COLORADO 267,288
(51.9%) 239,714
(46.5%) - 6,115
(1.2%) 2,120
(0.4%) 6

CONNECTICUT 423,297
(47.9%) 437,754
(49.5%) - 13,713
(1.6%) 8,754
(1.0%) 8

DELAWARE 67,813
(48.8%) 69,588
(50.0%) - 1,050
(0.8%) 622
(0.4%) 3

FLORIDA 281,988
(48.8%) 194,280
(33.6%) 89,755
(15.5%) 11,620
(2.0%) - 8

GEORGIA 254,646
(60.8%) 76,691
(18.3%) 85,135
(20.3%) 1,636
(0.4%) 736
(0.2%) 12

IDAHO 107,370
(50.0%) 101,514
(47.3%) - 4,972
(2.3%) 960
(0.4%) 4

ILLINOIS 1,994,715
(50.1%) 1,961,103
(49.2%) - - 28,228
(0.7%) 28

INDIANA 807,831
(48.8%) 821,079
(49.6%) - 9,649
(0.6%) 17,653
(1.1%) 13

IOWA 522,380
(50.3%) 494,018
(47.6%) - 12,125
(1.2%) 9,741
(0.9%) 10

KANSAS 35,1902
(44.6%) 423,039
(53.6%) - 4,603
(0.6%) 9,275
(1.2%) 8

KENTUCKY 466,756
(56.7%) 341,210
(41.5%) 10,411
(1.3%) 1,567
(0.2%) 2,714
(0.3%) 11

LOUISIANA 136,344
(32.7%) 72,657
(17.5%) 204,290
(49.1%) 3,035
(0.7%) 10
(>0.1%) 10

MAINE 111,916
(42.3%) 150,234
(56.7%) - 1,884
(0.7%) 753
(0.3%) 5

MARYLAND 286,521
(48.0%) 294,814
(49.4%) 2,489
(0.4%) 9,983
(1.7%) 2,941
(0.5%) 8

MASSACHUSETTS 1,151,788
(54.7%) 909,370
(43.2%) - 38,157
(1.8%) 7,831
(0.4%) 16

MICHIGAN 1,003,448
(47.6%) 1,038,595
(49.2%) - 46,515
(2.2%) 21,051
(1.0%) 19

MINNESOTA 692,966
(57.2%) 483,617
(39.9%) - 27,866
(2.3%) 7,777
(0.6%) 11

MISSISSIPPI 19,384
(10.1%) 5,043
(2.6%) 167,538
(87.2%) 225
(0.1%) - 9

MISSOURI 917,315
(58.1%) 655,039
(41.5%) - 3,998
(0.3%) 2,276
(0.1%) 15

MONTANA 119,071
(53.1%) 96,770
(43.1%) - 7,313
(3.3%) 1,124
(0.5%) 4

NEBRASKA 224,165
(45.8%) 264,774
(54.2%) - - 1
(>0.1%) 6

NEVADA 31,291
(50.4%) 29,357
(47.3%) - 1,469
(2.4%) - 3

NEW HAMPSHIRE 107,995
(46.7%) 121,299
(52.4%) 7
(>0.1%) 1,970
(0.9%) 169
(0.1%) 4

NEW JERSEY 895,455
(45.9%) 981,124
(50.3%) - 42,683
(2.2%) 30,293
(1.6%) 16

NEW MEXICO 105,464
(56.4%) 80,303
(42.9%) - 1,037
(0.6%) 259
(0.1%) 4

NEW YORK 2,780,204
(45.0%) 2,841,163
(46.0%) - 509,559
(8.2%) 46,411
(0.8%) 47

NORTH CAROLINA 459,070
(58.0%) 258,572
(32.7%) 69,652
(8.8%) 3,915
(0.5%) - 14

NORTH DAKOTA 95,812
(43.4%) 115,139
(52.2%) 374
(0.2%) 8,391
(3.8%) 1,000
(0.5%) 4

OHIO 1,452,791
(49.5%) 1,445,684
(49.2%) - 37,596
(1.3%) - 25

OKLAHOMA 452,782
(62.7%) 268,817
(37.3%) - - - 10

OREGON 243,147
(46.4%) 260,904
(49.8%) - 14,978
(2.9%) 5,051
(1.0%) 6

PENNSYLVANIA 1,752,426
(46.9%) 1,902,197
(50.9%) - 55,161
(1.5%) 25,564
(0.7%) 35

RHODE ISLAND 188,736
(57.6%) 135,787
(41.4%) - 2,619
(0.8%) 560
(0.2%) 4

SOUTH CAROLINA 34,423
(24.1%) 5,386
(3.8%) 102,607
(72.0%) 154
(0.1%) 1
(>0.1%) 8

SOUTH DAKOTA 117,653
(47.0%) 129,651
(51.8%) - 2,801
(1.1%) - 4

TENNESSEE 270,402
(49.1%) 202,914
(36.9%) 73,815
(13.4%) 1,864
(0.3%) 1,288
(0.2%) 11 1

TEXAS 824,235
(66.0%) 303,467
(24.3%) 113,920
(9.1%) 3,918
(0.3%) 4,037
(0.3%) 23

UTAH 149,151
(54.0%) 124,402
(45.0%) - 2,679
(1.0%) 74
(>0.1%) 4

VERMONT 45,557
(36.9%) 75,926
(61.5%) - 1,279
(1.0%) 620
(0.5%) 3

VIRGINIA 200,786
(47.9%) 172,070
(41.0%) 43,393
(10.4%) 2,047
(0.5%) 960
(0.2%) 11

WASHINGTON 476,165
(52.6%) 386,314
(42.7%) - 31,692
(3.5%) 10,887
(1.2%) 8

WEST VIRGINIA 429,188
(57.3%) 316,251
(42.2%) - 3,311
(0.4%) - 8

WISCONSIN 647,310
(50.7%) 590,959
(46.3%) - 25,282
(2.0%) 13,249
(1.0%) 12

WYOMING 52,354
(51.6%) 47,947
(47.3%) - 931
(0.9%) 193
(0.2%) 3

TOTALS 24,179,345
(49.6%) 21,991,291
(45.1%) 1,176,125
(2.4%) 1,157,326
(2.4%) 289,739
(0.6%) .

ELECTORAL
VOTES 303 189 39 0 0 .

In 1948, 531 electoral votes were available; 266 votes were needed to secure the win.

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Candidate Party Votes

Norman Mattoon Thomas (NY) /
Tucker Powell Smith (MI) Socialist 139,572

Claude A. Watson (CA) /
Dale Learn (PA) Prohibition 103,900

Edward A. Teichert (PA) /
Stephen Emery (NY) Socialist Labor 29,241

Farrell Dobbs (NY) /
Grace Carlson (MN) Socialist Workers 13,614

others several 3,412

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