1948 United States presidential election in Indiana

1948 United States presidential election in Indiana
All 13 Indiana votes to the Electoral College
Dewey 40-50% 50-60% 60-70%	Truman 40-50% 50-60% 60-70%
President before election; Harry S. Truman; Democratic	Elected President ; Harry S. Truman; Democratic

The 1948 United States presidential election in Indiana took place on November 2, 1948, as part of the 1948 United States presidential election. Indiana voters chose 13^[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Indiana was won by Governor Thomas E. Dewey (R–New York), running with Governor Earl Warren, with 49.58% of the popular vote, against incumbent President Harry S. Truman (D–Missouri), running with Senator Alben W. Barkley, with 48.78% of the popular vote.^[3]^[4] As of 2020 presidential election^[update], this is the last time that Johnson County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate.^[5]

Results

1948 United States presidential election in Indiana
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Thomas E. Dewey	821,079	49.58%
	Democratic	Harry S. Truman (inc.)	807,833	48.78%
	Prohibition	Claude A. Watson	14,711	0.89%
	Progressive	Henry A. Wallace	9,649	0.58%
	Write-in		2,942	0.18%
Total votes			1,656,214	100%

Results by county

County^[6]	Thomas E. Dewey Republican		Harry S. Truman Democratic		Claude A. Watson Prohibition		Henry A. Wallace Progressive		Various candidates Other parties		Margin		Total votes cast
County^[6]	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	Total votes cast
Adams	4,832	50.10%	4,640	48.11%	143	1.48%	22	0.23%	8	0.08%	192	1.99%	9,645
Allen	37,494	54.00%	31,239	44.99%	224	0.32%	335	0.48%	144	0.21%	6,255	9.01%	69,436
Bartholomew	7,804	48.74%	7,960	49.71%	203	1.27%	29	0.18%	16	0.10%	-156	-0.97%	16,012
Benton	3,224	57.88%	2,317	41.60%	20	0.36%	6	0.11%	3	0.06%	907	16.28%	5,570
Blackford	2,840	42.76%	3,611	54.37%	152	2.29%	24	0.36%	14	0.21%	-771	-11.61%	6,641
Boone	6,450	55.67%	5,037	43.47%	71	0.61%	20	0.17%	8	0.07%	1,413	12.20%	11,586
Brown	1,092	41.54%	1,459	55.50%	50	1.90%	19	0.72%	9	0.35%	-367	-13.96%	2,629
Carroll	4,597	53.99%	3,845	45.16%	53	0.62%	17	0.20%	2	0.02%	752	8.83%	8,514
Cass	9,105	46.97%	10,086	52.03%	103	0.53%	68	0.35%	23	0.12%	-981	-5.06%	19,385
Clark	7,001	38.57%	10,953	60.34%	120	0.66%	39	0.21%	40	0.22%	-3,952	-21.77%	18,153
Clay	5,654	47.49%	5,965	50.10%	175	1.47%	90	0.76%	21	0.18%	-311	-2.61%	11,905
Clinton	7,762	52.02%	7,001	46.92%	114	0.76%	31	0.21%	13	0.09%	761	5.10%	14,921
Crawford	2,427	46.97%	2,625	50.80%	101	1.95%	9	0.17%	5	0.10%	-198	-3.83%	5,167
Daviess	7,030	53.89%	5,867	44.98%	85	0.65%	36	0.28%	26	0.20%	1,163	8.91%	13,044
Dearborn	5,353	46.70%	6,040	52.70%	49	0.43%	14	0.12%	6	0.05%	-687	-6.00%	11,462
Decatur	5,163	56.95%	3,808	42.00%	79	0.87%	11	0.12%	5	0.05%	1,355	14.95%	9,066
DeKalb	6,941	54.86%	5,439	42.99%	228	1.80%	36	0.28%	8	0.07%	1,502	11.87%	12,652
Delaware	15,662	46.72%	17,060	50.89%	617	1.84%	136	0.41%	50	0.15%	-1,398	-4.17%	33,525
Dubois	4,295	39.30%	6,564	60.07%	33	0.30%	26	0.24%	10	0.09%	-2,269	-20.77%	10,928
Elkhart	18,999	56.68%	13,703	40.88%	586	1.75%	160	0.48%	69	0.20%	5,296	15.80%	33,517
Fayette	5,399	47.62%	5,876	51.83%	41	0.36%	18	0.16%	4	0.04%	-477	-4.21%	11,338
Floyd	8,367	43.76%	10,593	55.40%	95	0.50%	53	0.28%	13	0.07%	-2,226	-11.64%	19,121
Fountain	5,186	54.76%	4,215	44.50%	43	0.45%	24	0.25%	3	0.03%	971	10.26%	9,471
Franklin	3,566	55.13%	2,860	44.22%	30	0.46%	11	0.17%	1	0.02%	706	10.91%	6,468
Fulton	4,930	58.70%	3,233	38.50%	202	2.41%	23	0.27%	10	0.12%	1,697	20.20%	8,398
Gibson	7,431	47.30%	7,988	50.85%	197	1.25%	64	0.41%	29	0.19%	-557	-3.55%	15,709
Grant	13,138	50.31%	12,212	46.76%	666	2.55%	70	0.27%	29	0.11%	926	3.55%	26,115
Greene	7,453	48.20%	7,709	49.85%	188	1.22%	85	0.55%	28	0.18%	-256	-1.65%	15,463
Hamilton	7,521	62.12%	4,384	36.21%	164	1.35%	31	0.26%	7	0.06%	3,137	25.91%	12,107
Hancock	4,721	48.05%	4,948	50.36%	134	1.36%	20	0.20%	3	0.03%	-227	-2.31%	9,826
Harrison	4,104	46.90%	4,465	51.02%	162	1.85%	14	0.16%	6	0.07%	-361	-4.12%	8,751
Hendricks	6,327	59.23%	4,280	40.07%	46	0.43%	20	0.19%	9	0.08%	2,047	19.16%	10,682
Henry	10,487	54.00%	8,523	43.89%	322	1.66%	52	0.27%	37	0.19%	1,964	10.11%	19,421
Howard	10,874	44.64%	12,937	53.10%	404	1.66%	119	0.49%	28	0.11%	-2,063	-8.46%	24,362
Huntington	8,178	52.01%	7,202	45.81%	266	1.69%	48	0.31%	29	0.19%	976	6.20%	15,723
Jackson	6,062	45.00%	7,258	53.88%	117	0.87%	31	0.23%	3	0.02%	-1,196	-8.88%	13,471
Jasper	4,320	65.42%	2,216	33.56%	19	0.29%	36	0.55%	12	0.19%	2,104	31.86%	6,603
Jay	5,635	49.25%	5,520	48.24%	245	2.14%	35	0.31%	7	0.06%	115	1.01%	11,442
Jefferson	5,166	53.79%	4,302	44.79%	102	1.06%	16	0.17%	18	0.19%	864	9.00%	9,604
Jennings	3,485	52.52%	3,084	46.47%	52	0.78%	11	0.17%	4	0.06%	401	6.05%	6,636
Johnson	6,151	49.39%	6,216	49.91%	45	0.36%	31	0.25%	9	0.07%	-65	-0.52%	12,454
Knox	9,250	43.67%	11,650	55.00%	153	0.72%	102	0.48%	27	0.12%	-2,400	-11.33%	21,182
Kosciusko	9,327	62.79%	5,102	34.35%	364	2.45%	42	0.28%	20	0.13%	4,225	28.44%	14,855
LaGrange	3,106	63.82%	1,628	33.45%	114	2.34%	11	0.23%	8	0.16%	1,478	30.37%	4,867
Lake	51,413	38.77%	77,025	58.09%	626	0.47%	3,073	2.32%	458	0.34%	-25,612	-19.32%	132,595
LaPorte	15,661	52.45%	13,923	46.63%	97	0.32%	137	0.46%	41	0.14%	1,738	5.82%	29,859
Lawrence	8,643	58.13%	6,131	41.23%	74	0.50%	16	0.11%	5	0.03%	2,512	16.90%	14,869
Madison	18,917	43.04%	24,439	55.61%	341	0.78%	205	0.47%	46	0.10%	-5,522	-12.57%	43,948
Marion	103,603	50.78%	97,915	47.99%	956	0.47%	1,184	0.58%	355	0.18%	5,688	2.79%	204,013
Marshall	7,873	56.97%	5,661	40.97%	210	1.52%	59	0.43%	16	0.12%	2,212	16.00%	13,819
Martin	2,230	43.96%	2,788	54.96%	40	0.79%	9	0.18%	6	0.12%	-558	-11.00%	5,073
Miami	7,083	51.09%	6,538	47.16%	184	1.33%	51	0.37%	7	0.05%	545	3.93%	13,863
Monroe	9,579	54.64%	7,375	42.07%	307	1.75%	177	1.01%	94	0.53%	2,204	12.57%	17,532
Montgomery	7,890	58.28%	5,492	40.57%	121	0.89%	20	0.15%	14	0.10%	2,398	17.71%	13,537
Morgan	5,677	55.13%	4,428	43.00%	147	1.43%	33	0.32%	12	0.12%	1,249	12.13%	10,297
Newton	3,312	68.36%	1,483	30.61%	17	0.35%	29	0.60%	4	0.08%	1,829	37.75%	4,845
Noble	6,503	57.33%	4,676	41.22%	128	1.13%	23	0.20%	14	0.12%	1,827	16.11%	11,344
Ohio	1,031	46.55%	1,173	52.96%	9	0.41%	2	0.09%	0	0.00%	-142	-6.41%	2,215
Orange	4,574	57.03%	3,359	41.88%	79	0.98%	7	0.09%	2	0.02%	1,215	15.15%	8,021
Owen	3,002	51.14%	2,738	46.64%	95	1.62%	28	0.48%	7	0.12%	264	4.50%	5,870
Parke	4,326	53.33%	3,681	45.38%	41	0.51%	54	0.67%	10	0.13%	645	7.95%	8,112
Perry	3,761	45.02%	4,569	54.69%	12	0.14%	9	0.11%	3	0.04%	-808	-9.67%	8,354
Pike	3,696	49.60%	3,596	48.26%	116	1.56%	33	0.44%	11	0.15%	100	1.34%	7,452
Porter	8,907	62.21%	5,161	36.05%	52	0.36%	115	0.80%	83	0.58%	3,746	26.16%	14,318
Posey	3,879	44.43%	4,729	54.16%	95	1.09%	12	0.14%	14	0.16%	-850	-9.73%	8,731
Pulaski	3,039	50.72%	2,736	45.66%	185	3.09%	22	0.37%	10	0.16%	303	5.06%	5,992
Putnam	5,072	50.91%	4,814	48.32%	40	0.40%	23	0.23%	14	0.14%	258	2.59%	9,963
Randolph	7,122	57.96%	4,655	37.89%	456	3.71%	34	0.28%	20	0.16%	2,467	20.07%	12,287
Ripley	5,313	53.34%	4,574	45.92%	57	0.57%	13	0.13%	4	0.04%	739	7.42%	9,961
Rush	5,362	57.53%	3,814	40.92%	127	1.36%	14	0.15%	4	0.04%	1,548	16.61%	9,321
St. Joseph	39,593	43.58%	49,866	54.89%	367	0.40%	783	0.86%	237	0.26%	-10,273	-11.31%	90,846
Scott	2,429	43.11%	3,128	55.51%	57	1.01%	17	0.30%	4	0.07%	-699	-12.40%	5,635
Shelby	6,068	45.54%	6,992	52.48%	235	1.76%	23	0.17%	6	0.05%	-924	-6.94%	13,324
Spencer	4,496	51.52%	4,163	47.71%	56	0.64%	4	0.05%	7	0.08%	333	3.81%	8,726
Starke	3,518	50.55%	3,312	47.59%	34	0.49%	82	1.18%	14	0.20%	206	2.96%	6,960
Steuben	4,341	67.28%	1,996	30.94%	78	1.21%	27	0.42%	10	0.15%	2,345	36.34%	6,452
Sullivan	4,824	40.88%	6,705	56.82%	100	0.85%	141	1.19%	31	0.26%	-1,881	-15.94%	11,801
Switzerland	1,839	43.30%	2,375	55.92%	28	0.66%	5	0.12%	0	0.00%	-536	-12.62%	4,247
Tippecanoe	17,034	60.60%	10,825	38.51%	66	0.23%	106	0.38%	76	0.27%	6,209	22.09%	28,107
Tipton	4,169	50.78%	3,925	47.81%	84	1.02%	20	0.24%	12	0.14%	244	2.97%	8,210
Union	1,859	63.25%	1,049	35.69%	26	0.88%	3	0.10%	2	0.07%	810	27.56%	2,939
Vanderburgh	27,584	45.25%	32,640	53.55%	391	0.64%	190	0.31%	151	0.25%	-5,056	-8.30%	60,956
Vermillion	4,685	45.03%	5,426	52.15%	61	0.59%	198	1.90%	34	0.32%	-741	-7.12%	10,404
Vigo	19,049	41.81%	25,906	56.86%	192	0.42%	298	0.65%	119	0.26%	-6,857	-15.05%	45,564
Wabash	8,149	61.53%	4,692	35.42%	288	2.17%	77	0.58%	39	0.29%	3,457	26.11%	13,245
Warren	2,444	63.17%	1,391	35.95%	27	0.70%	6	0.16%	1	0.03%	1,053	27.22%	3,869
Warrick	4,602	48.75%	4,750	50.32%	46	0.49%	28	0.30%	14	0.15%	-148	-1.57%	9,440
Washington	3,660	47.18%	4,033	51.99%	46	0.59%	16	0.21%	2	0.03%	-373	-4.81%	7,757
Wayne	15,445	57.81%	10,749	40.23%	358	1.34%	86	0.32%	78	0.29%	4,696	17.58%	26,716
Wells	4,288	47.15%	4,726	51.97%	52	0.57%	20	0.22%	8	0.09%	-438	-4.82%	9,094
White	4,911	55.72%	3,849	43.67%	38	0.43%	10	0.11%	5	0.06%	1,062	12.05%	8,813
Whitley	4,715	51.88%	4,240	46.65%	92	1.01%	32	0.35%	10	0.11%	475	5.23%	9,089
Totals	821,079	49.58%	807,833	48.78%	14,711	0.89%	9,649	0.58%	2,942	0.18%	13,246	0.80%	1,656,214

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

References

^ "United States Presidential election of 1948 - Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved December 20, 2017.
^ "1948 Election for the Forty-First Term (1949-53)". Retrieved December 20, 2017.
^ "1948 Presidential General Election Results – Indiana". Retrieved December 20, 2017.
^ "The American Presidency Project – Election of 1948". Retrieved December 20, 2017.
^ Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
^ Our Campaigns; IN US President 1948

[1] "United States Presidential election of 1948 - Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved December 20, 2017.

[2] "1948 Election for the Forty-First Term (1949-53)". Retrieved December 20, 2017.

[3] "1948 Presidential General Election Results – Indiana". Retrieved December 20, 2017.

[4] "The American Presidency Project – Election of 1948". Retrieved December 20, 2017.

[how-5] Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016

[Our-6] Our Campaigns; IN US President 1948

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Results

Results by county

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

See also

References