1948 United States presidential election in Connecticut

Summary

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.

1948 United States presidential election in Connecticut

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Nominee Thomas E. Dewey Harry S. Truman
Party Republican Democratic
Home state New York Missouri
Running mate Earl Warren Alben William Barkley
Electoral vote 8 0
Popular vote 437,754 423,297
Percentage 49.55% 47.91%

County Results

President before election

Harry S. Truman
Democratic

Elected President

Harry S. Truman
Democratic

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%. As of 2023, this is the last election where Connecticut voted more Republican than Utah.

Results edit

1948 United States presidential election in Connecticut[1]
Party Candidate Running mate Popular vote Electoral vote
Count % Count %
Republican Thomas Edmund Dewey of New York Earl Warren of California 437,754 49.55% 8 100.00%
Democratic Harry S. Truman of Missouri Alben William Barkley of Kentucky 423,297 47.91% 0 0.00%
Progressive Henry Agard Wallace of Iowa Glen Hearst Taylor of Idaho 13,713 1.55% 0 0.00%
Socialist Norman Thomas of New York Tucker Powell Smith of Michigan 6,964 0.79% 0 0.00%
Socialist Labor Edward A. Teichert of Pennsylvania Stephen Emery of New York 1,184 0.13% 0 0.00%
Socialist Workers Farrell Dobbs of Minnesota Grace Carlson of Minnesota 606 0.07% 0 0.00%
Total 883,518 100.00% 8 100.00%

By county edit

1948 United States presidential election in Connecticut (by county) [2]
County Dewey % Dewey # Truman % Truman # Others % Others # Total #
Fairfield 54.7% 118,636 41.8% 90,767 3.5% 7,669 217,072
Hartford 44.7% 105,262 53.1% 124,874 2.2% 5,157 235,293
Litchfield 58.0% 26,848 40.2% 18,628 1.8% 823 46,299
Middlesex 51.6% 16,119 46.7% 14,609 1.7% 537 31,265
New Haven 48.5% 120,769 48.8% 121,591 2.7% 6,633 248,993
New London 47.4% 27,416 50.9% 29,425 1.7% 973 57,814
Tolland 52.0% 9,012 46.0% 7,970 2.0% 347 17,329
Windham 46.5% 13,692 52.4% 15,433 1.1% 328 29,453

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "1948 Presidential General Election Results - Connecticut". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved December 23, 2013.
  2. ^ "1948 Statement of Vote" (PDF). CT.gov - Connecticut's Official State Website. p. 13. Retrieved January 8, 2023.