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1948 United States presidential election in Connecticut

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1948 United States presidential election in Connecticut

← 1944 November 2, 1948 1952 →
 
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%


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.

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

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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 (incumbent) 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

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County Thomas E. Dewey
Republican
Harry S. Truman
Democratic
Various candidates
Other 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% 29,453
Totals 437,754 49.55% 423,297 47.91% 22,467 2.54% 14,457 1.64% 883,518

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "1948 Presidential General Election Results - Connecticut". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved December 23, 2013.