1948 United States presidential election in Connecticut

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1948 United States presidential election in Connecticut
Flag of Connecticut.svg
  1944 November 2, 1948 1952  
  Thomas Dewey (3x4 crop).jpg Harry S Truman, bw half-length photo portrait, facing front, 1945 (cropped).jpg
Nominee Thomas E. Dewey Harry S. Truman
Party Republican Democratic
Home state New York Missouri
Running mate Earl Warren Alben William Barkley
Electoral vote80
Popular vote437,754423,297
Percentage49.55%47.91%

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President before election

Harry S. Truman
Democratic

Elected President

Harry S. Truman
Democratic

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.

Contents

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

1948 United States presidential election in Connecticut [1]
PartyCandidateRunning matePopular voteElectoral vote
Count%Count%
Republican Thomas Edmund Dewey of New York Earl Warren of California 437,75449.55%8100.00%
Democratic Harry S. Truman of Missouri Alben William Barkley of Kentucky 423,29747.91%00.00%
Progressive Henry Agard Wallace of Iowa Glen Hearst Taylor of Idaho 13,7131.55%00.00%
Socialist Norman Thomas of New York Tucker Powell Smith of Michigan 6,9640.79%00.00%
Socialist Labor Edward A. Teichert of Pennsylvania Stephen Emery of New York 1,1840.13%00.00%
Socialist Workers Farrell Dobbs of Minnesota Grace Carlson of Minnesota 6060.07%00.00%
Total883,518100.00%8100.00%

By county

1948 United States presidential election in Connecticut (by county) [2]
CountyDewey %Dewey #Truman %Truman #Others %Others #Total #
Fairfield 54.7%118,63641.8%90,7673.5%7,669217,072
Hartford 44.7%105,26253.1%124,8742.2%5,157235,293
Litchfield 58.0%26,84840.2%18,6281.8%82346,299
Middlesex 51.6%16,11946.7%14,6091.7%53731,265
New Haven 48.5%120,76948.8%121,5912.7%6,633248,993
New London 47.4%27,41650.9%29,4251.7%97357,814
Tolland 52.0%9,01246.0%7,9702.0%34717,329
Windham 46.5%13,69252.4%15,4331.1%32829,453

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References

  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.