1948 United States presidential election in Utah

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1948 United States presidential election in Utah
← 1944 November 2, 1948 1952 →
 
Nominee Harry S. Truman Thomas E. Dewey
Party Democratic Republican
Home state Missouri New York
Running mate Alben W. Barkley Earl Warren
Electoral vote 4 0
Popular vote 149,151 124,402
Percentage 53.98% 45.02%
County Results
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Harry S. Truman
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Harry S. Truman
Democratic

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The 1948 United States presidential election in Utah was held on November 2, 1948 as part of the 1948 United States presidential election. State voters chose four electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Utah was won by Democratic Party candidate Harry S. Truman, who carried the state with 53.98 percent of the popular vote and winning its four electoral votes.[1] As of the 2024 presidential election, this is the last election in which Davis County and Uintah County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate.[2]

This was the last election in which Utah voted more Democratic than the nation. After 1948, the state would shift strongly toward the Republican Party, only backing the Democratic presidential nominee once more, during Lyndon B. Johnson's 1964 landslide, and in many election cycles afterward being the most Republican state in the nation. As of 2024 this is also the last time that Utah voted more Democratic than Illinois.

Results

1948 United States presidential election in Utah
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Democratic Harry S. Truman (incumbent) 149,151 53.98% 4
Republican Thomas E. Dewey 124,402 45.02% 0
Progressive Henry A. Wallace 2,679 0.97% 0
Socialist Workers Farrell Dobbs 73 0.03% 0
Totals 276,305 100.0% 4

Results by county

County Harry S. Truman[3]
Democratic 		Thomas Edmund Dewey[3]
Republican 		Henry Agard Wallace[4]
Progressive 		Farrell Dobbs[4]
Socialist Workers’ 		Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # % # %
Beaver 1,190 52.56% 1,057 46.69% 17 0.75% 0 0.00% 133 5.87% 2,264
Box Elder 3,667 49.06% 3,790 50.70% 18 0.24% 0 0.00% -123 -1.65% 7,475
Cache 6,383 49.30% 6,514 50.32% 46 0.36% 3 0.02% -131 -1.01% 12,946
Carbon 6,397 68.34% 2,704 28.89% 254 2.71% 5 0.05% 3,693 39.46% 9,360
Daggett 95 57.58% 69 41.82% 1 0.61% 0 0.00% 26 15.76% 165
Davis 6,147 56.21% 4,718 43.14% 71 0.65% 0 0.00% 1,429 13.07% 10,936
Duchesne 1,588 55.33% 1,266 44.11% 16 0.56% 0 0.00% 322 11.22% 2,870
Emery 1,511 56.53% 1,147 42.91% 14 0.52% 1 0.04% 364 13.62% 2,673
Garfield 642 40.97% 924 58.97% 1 0.06% 0 0.00% -282 -18.00% 1,567
Grand 400 48.37% 418 50.54% 9 1.09% 0 0.00% -18 -2.18% 827
Iron 1,596 40.81% 2,289 58.53% 24 0.61% 2 0.05% -693 -17.72% 3,911
Juab 1,501 51.55% 1,396 47.94% 13 0.45% 2 0.07% 105 3.61% 2,912
Kane 220 22.24% 769 77.76% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% -549 -55.51% 989
Millard 1,817 45.10% 2,184 54.21% 26 0.65% 2 0.05% -367 -9.11% 4,029
Morgan 670 52.96% 587 46.40% 7 0.55% 1 0.08% 83 6.56% 1,265
Piute 315 41.28% 440 57.67% 8 1.05% 0 0.00% -125 -16.38% 763
Rich 366 47.78% 399 52.09% 1 0.13% 0 0.00% -33 -4.31% 766
Salt Lake 62,957 53.85% 52,479 44.89% 1,453 1.24% 28 0.02% 10,478 8.96% 116,917
San Juan 418 42.52% 558 56.77% 5 0.51% 2 0.20% -140 -14.24% 983
Sanpete 3,041 47.42% 3,336 52.02% 32 0.50% 4 0.06% -295 -4.60% 6,413
Sevier 1,943 40.91% 2,791 58.76% 15 0.32% 1 0.02% -848 -17.85% 4,750
Summit 1,556 48.53% 1,617 50.44% 33 1.03% 0 0.00% -61 -1.90% 3,206
Tooele 2,798 57.29% 2,036 41.69% 48 0.98% 2 0.04% 762 15.60% 4,884
Uintah 1,622 51.44% 1,513 47.99% 17 0.54% 1 0.03% 109 3.46% 3,153
Utah 16,191 54.18% 13,395 44.82% 296 0.99% 4 0.01% 2,796 9.36% 29,886
Wasatch 1,219 51.03% 1,165 48.77% 5 0.21% 0 0.00% 54 2.26% 2,389
Washington 1,580 43.68% 2,029 56.10% 6 0.17% 2 0.06% -449 -12.41% 3,617
Wayne 460 55.35% 367 44.16% 4 0.48% 0 0.00% 93 11.19% 831
Weber 20,861 62.16% 12,445 37.08% 239 0.71% 14 0.04% 8,416 25.08% 33,559
Totals 149,151 53.98% 124,402 45.02% 2,679 0.97% 74 0.03% 24,749 8.96% 276,306

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

See also

References

  1. ^ "1948 Presidential General Election Results - Utah". Retrieved October 19, 2017.
  2. ^ Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
  3. ^ a b Géoelections; 1948 Presidential Election Popular Vote (xlsx file for €15)
  4. ^ a b Géoelections; Popular Vote for Henry Wallace (.xlsx file for €15)