1948 United States presidential election in Iowa explained

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Election Name:	1948 United States presidential election in Iowa
Country:	Iowa
Flag Image:	Flag of Iowa (xrmap collection).svg
Type:	presidential
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1944 United States presidential election in Iowa
Previous Year:	1944
Next Election:	1952 United States presidential election in Iowa
Next Year:	1952
Votes For Election:	All 10 Iowa votes to the Electoral College
Election Date:	November 2, 1948^[1]
Image1:	Harry S Truman, bw half-length photo portrait, facing front, 1945 (cropped).jpg
Nominee1:	Harry S. Truman
Party1:	Democratic Party (United States)
Home State1:	Missouri
Running Mate1:	Alben W. Barkley
Electoral Vote1:	10
Popular Vote1:	522,380
Percentage1:	50.31%
Nominee2:	Thomas E. Dewey
Party2:	Republican Party (United States)
Home State2:	New York
Running Mate2:	Earl Warren
Electoral Vote2:	0
Popular Vote2:	494,018
Percentage2:	47.58%
Map Size:	280px
President
Before Election:	Harry S. Truman
Before Party:	Democratic Party (United States)
After Election:	Harry S. Truman
After Party:	Democratic Party (United States)

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

Iowa was won by incumbent Democratic President Harry S. Truman of neighbouring Missouri, running with Senator Alben W. Barkley, with 50.31% of the popular vote, against Governor Thomas Dewey (R–New York), running with Governor Earl Warren, with 47.58% of the popular vote.^{[3] [4]}

Results

Results by county

County^[5]	Harry S. Truman Democratic		Thomas E. Dewey Republican		Henry A. Wallace Progressive		Edward A. Teichert Socialist Labor		Claude A. Watson Prohibition		Various candidates Other parties		Margin		Total votes cast
	data-sort-type="number"		data-sort-type="number"	%	data-sort-type="number"		data-sort-type="number"	%	data-sort-type="number"		data-sort-type="number"	%	data-sort-type="number"			data-sort-type="number"	%	data-sort-type="number"		data-sort-type="number"	%	data-sort-type="number"		data-sort-type="number"	%	data-sort-type="number"		data-sort-type="number"	%
	Adair		2,567		46.48%		2,879		52.13%		58		1.05%		2		0.04%		16		0.29%		1		0.02%		-312		-5.65%		5,523
	Adams		1,817		45.29%		2,142		53.39%		23		0.57%		4		0.10%		25		0.62%		1		0.02%		-325		-8.10%		4,012
	Allamakee		3,172		41.06%		4,474		57.91%		58		0.75%		10		0.13%		5		0.06%		7		0.09%		-1,302		-16.85%		7,726
	Appanoose		4,998		53.77%		4,078		43.87%		111		1.19%		17		0.18%		81		0.87%		11		0.12%		920		9.90%		9,296
	Audubon		2,840		55.11%		2,177		42.25%		114		2.21%		6		0.12%		10		0.19%		6		0.12%		663		12.86%		5,153
	Benton		4,209		50.30%		3,770		45.06%		116		1.39%		233		2.78%		21		0.25%		18		0.22%		439		5.24%		8,367
	Black Hawk		19,603		54.11%		16,041		44.28%		282		0.78%		123		0.34%		91		0.25%		90		0.25%		3,562		9.83%		36,230
	Boone		5,541		54.21%		4,183		40.92%		242		2.37%		168		1.64%		71		0.69%		17		0.17%		1,358		13.29%		10,222
	Bremer		3,502		47.11%		3,837		51.62%		50		0.67%		12		0.16%		13		0.17%		19		0.26%		-335		-4.51%		7,433
	Buchanan		4,127		48.42%		4,310		50.57%		59		0.69%		10		0.12%		11		0.13%		6		0.07%		-183		-2.15%		8,523
	Buena Vista		4,340		51.10%		3,959		46.61%		161		1.90%		20		0.24%		13		0.15%		0		0.00%		381		4.49%		8,493
	Butler		3,008		46.18%		3,380		51.90%		101		1.55%		4		0.06%		9		0.14%		11		0.17%		-372		-5.72%		6,513
	Calhoun		3,164		49.45%		3,083		48.19%		114		1.78%		6		0.09%		19		0.30%		12		0.19%		81		1.26%		6,398
	Carroll		5,711		58.36%		3,974		40.61%		78		0.80%		4		0.04%		13		0.13%		6		0.06%		1,737		17.75%		9,786
	Cass		3,372		39.40%		5,106		59.66%		60		0.70%		7		0.08%		9		0.11%		5		0.06%		-1,734		-20.26%		8,559
	Cedar		2,958		42.16%		3,957		56.40%		73		1.04%		3		0.04%		14		0.20%		11		0.16%		-999		-14.24%		7,016
	Cerro Gordo		9,544		53.98%		7,840		44.34%		202		1.14%		4		0.02%		67		0.38%		25		0.14%		1,704		9.64%		17,682
	Cherokee		3,739		52.34%		3,318		46.44%		61		0.85%		1		0.01%		20		0.28%		5		0.07%		421		5.90%		7,144
	Chickasaw		4,071		53.64%		3,449		45.45%		57		0.75%		6		0.08%		2		0.03%		4		0.05%		622		8.19%		7,589
	Clarke		2,101		47.98%		2,195		50.13%		48		1.10%		9		0.21%		18		0.41%		8		0.18%		-94		-2.15%		4,379
	Clay		3,649		52.42%		3,036		43.61%		150		2.15%		89		1.28%		22		0.32%		15		0.22%		613		8.81%		6,961
	Clayton		4,857		48.04%		5,151		50.94%		79		0.78%		9		0.09%		10		0.10%		5		0.05%		-294		-2.90%		10,111
	Clinton		8,534		45.72%		9,859		52.82%		169		0.91%		38		0.20%		33		0.18%		32		0.17%		-1,325		-7.10%		18,665
	Crawford		3,983		53.21%		3,267		43.65%		137		1.83%		74		0.99%		15		0.20%		9		0.12%		716		9.56%		7,485
	Dallas		5,661		52.32%		4,810		44.46%		173		1.60%		85		0.79%		76		0.70%		14		0.13%		851		7.86%		10,819
	Davis		2,982		56.21%		2,276		42.90%		20		0.38%		9		0.17%		15		0.28%		3		0.06%		706		13.31%		5,305
	Decatur		3,172		54.66%		2,547		43.89%		62		1.07%		4		0.07%		18		0.31%		0		0.00%		625		10.77%		5,803
	Delaware		2,876		38.36%		4,555		60.75%		53		0.71%		3		0.04%		7		0.09%		4		0.05%		-1,679		-22.39%		7,498
	Des Moines		8,792		52.56%		7,621		45.56%		191		1.14%		9		0.05%		52		0.31%		64		0.38%		1,171		7.00%		16,729
	Dickinson		2,324		48.76%		2,304		48.34%		43		0.90%		67		1.41%		14		0.29%		14		0.29%		20		0.42%		4,766
	Dubuque		15,521		59.90%		10,111		39.02%		190		0.73%		13		0.05%		4		0.02%		74		0.29%		5,410		20.88%		25,913
	Emmet		2,752		51.80%		2,464		46.38%		49		0.92%		8		0.15%		35		0.66%		5		0.09%		288		5.42%		5,313
	Fayette		5,303		45.09%		6,296		53.54%		113		0.96%		3		0.03%		30		0.26%		15		0.13%		-993		-8.45%		11,760
	Floyd		3,688		43.40%		4,644		54.65%		125		1.47%		2		0.02%		28		0.33%		10		0.12%		-956		-11.25%		8,497
	Franklin		2,871		47.68%		2,716		45.11%		169		2.81%		216		3.59%		29		0.48%		20		0.33%		155		2.57%		6,021
	Fremont		2,637		49.03%		2,698		50.17%		15		0.28%		2		0.04%		19		0.35%		7		0.13%		-61		-1.14%		5,378
	Greene		2,946		46.84%		3,059		48.63%		100		1.59%		138		2.19%		31		0.49%		16		0.25%		-113		-1.79%		6,290
	Grundy		2,344		41.51%		3,154		55.85%		106		1.88%		4		0.07%		33		0.58%		6		0.11%		-810		-14.34%		5,647
	Guthrie		3,392		49.22%		3,389		49.18%		76		1.10%		4		0.06%		28		0.41%		2		0.03%		3		0.04%		6,891
	Hamilton		3,613		49.19%		3,535		48.13%		153		2.08%		13		0.18%		16		0.22%		15		0.20%		78		1.06%		7,345
	Hancock		3,096		51.17%		2,802		46.31%		126		2.08%		7		0.12%		17		0.28%		3		0.05%		294		4.86%		6,051
	Hardin		4,023		45.44%		4,553		51.42%		219		2.47%		9		0.10%		22		0.25%		28		0.32%		-530		-5.98%		8,854
	Harrison		4,608		51.11%		4,341		48.15%		44		0.49%		12		0.13%		8		0.09%		3		0.03%		267		2.96%		9,016
	Henry		3,042		38.98%		4,620		59.19%		61		0.78%		3		0.04%		64		0.82%		15		0.19%		-1,578		-20.21%		7,805
	Howard		3,378		55.47%		2,630		43.19%		51		0.84%		2		0.03%		22		0.36%		7		0.11%		748		12.28%		6,090
	Humboldt		2,855		52.56%		2,498		45.99%		66		1.22%		3		0.06%		7		0.13%		3		0.06%		357		6.57%		5,432
	Ida		2,365		50.34%		2,257		48.04%		44		0.94%		1		0.02%		26		0.55%		5		0.11%		108		2.30%		4,698
	Iowa		3,030		43.42%		3,659		52.44%		126		1.81%		135		1.93%		16		0.23%		12		0.17%		-629		-9.02%		6,978
	Jackson		3,263		46.58%		3,597		51.35%		79		1.13%		49		0.70%		7		0.10%		10		0.14%		-334		-4.77%		7,005
	Jasper		6,684		52.28%		5,710		44.66%		132		1.03%		160		1.25%		70		0.55%		30		0.23%		974		7.62%		12,786
	Jefferson		3,033		42.79%		3,906		55.11%		29		0.41%		2		0.03%		112		1.58%		6		0.08%		-873		-12.32%		7,088
	Johnson		8,611		52.82%		7,139		43.79%		359		2.20%		36		0.22%		33		0.20%		125		0.77%		1,472		9.03%		16,303
	Jones		3,915		47.04%		4,290		51.55%		99		1.19%		10		0.12%		5		0.06%		3		0.04%		-375		-4.51%		8,322
	Keokuk		4,118		48.59%		4,201		49.57%		89		1.05%		9		0.11%		51		0.60%		7		0.08%		-83		-0.98%		8,475
	Kossuth		6,039		58.33%		4,186		40.43%		112		1.08%		4		0.04%		7		0.07%		5		0.05%		1,853		17.90%		10,353
	Lee		9,201		53.46%		7,801		45.32%		103		0.60%		28		0.16%		61		0.35%		18		0.10%		1,400		8.14%		17,212
	Linn		20,995		48.71%		20,881		48.45%		668		1.55%		226		0.52%		196		0.45%		132		0.31%		114		0.26%		43,098
	Louisa		1,945		43.92%		2,420		54.64%		25		0.56%		5		0.11%		29		0.65%		5		0.11%		-475		-10.72%		4,429
	Lucas		2,697		49.26%		2,656		48.51%		57		1.04%		2		0.04%		53		0.97%		10		0.18%		41		0.75%		5,475
	Lyon		2,174		45.86%		2,500		52.74%		55		1.16%		4		0.08%		3		0.06%		4		0.08%		-326		-6.88%		4,740
	Madison		2,827		46.17%		3,207		52.38%		56		0.91%		1		0.02%		29		0.47%		3		0.05%		-380		-6.21%		6,123
	Mahaska		4,327		47.92%		4,238		46.93%		30		0.33%		142		1.57%		147		1.63%		146		1.62%		89		0.99%		9,030
	Marion		6,300		57.96%		4,312		39.67%		111		1.02%		40		0.37%		87		0.80%		20		0.18%		1,988		18.29%		10,870
	Marshall		5,602		43.65%		6,698		52.19%		134		1.04%		265		2.06%		100		0.78%		34		0.26%		-1,096		-8.54%		12,833
	Mills		2,155		42.20%		2,921		57.20%		13		0.25%		16		0.31%		2		0.04%		0		0.00%		-766		-15.00%		5,107
	Mitchell		2,873		46.95%		3,021		49.37%		169		2.76%		7		0.11%		44		0.72%		5		0.08%		-148		-2.42%		6,119
	Monona		4,098		55.79%		3,179		43.28%		52		0.71%		6		0.08%		5		0.07%		6		0.08%		919		12.51%		7,346
	Monroe		3,445		58.13%		2,371		40.01%		69		1.16%		8		0.13%		18		0.30%		15		0.25%		1,074		18.12%		5,926
	Montgomery		2,751		39.81%		4,084		59.10%		44		0.64%		23		0.33%		5		0.07%		3		0.04%		-1,333		-19.29%		6,910
	Muscatine		5,466		47.06%		6,003		51.68%		105		0.90%		3		0.03%		17		0.15%		21		0.18%		-537		-4.62%		11,615
	O'Brien		3,421		46.70%		3,697		50.46%		177		2.42%		4		0.05%		11		0.15%		16		0.22%		-276		-3.76%		7,326
	Osceola		2,123		53.90%		1,772		44.99%		36		0.91%		3		0.08%		1		0.03%		4		0.10%		351		8.91%		3,939
	Page		3,567		36.61%		5,638		57.87%		419		4.30%		110		1.13%		5		0.05%		4		0.04%		-2,071		-21.26%		9,743
	Palo Alto		3,858		58.45%		2,594		39.30%		120		1.82%		11		0.17%		11		0.17%		7		0.11%		1,264		19.15%		6,601
	Plymouth		4,339		46.08%		5,002		53.12%		43		0.46%		4		0.04%		25		0.27%		3		0.03%		-663		-7.04%		9,416
	Pocahontas		3,500		57.84%		2,397		39.61%		134		2.21%		3		0.05%		11		0.18%		6		0.10%		1,103		18.23%		6,051
	Polk		45,289		55.65%		33,742		41.46%		1,189		1.46%		659		0.81%		212		0.26%		288		0.35%		11,547		14.19%		81,379
	Pottawattamie		11,430		47.44%		12,384		51.40%		145		0.60%		66		0.27%		30		0.12%		40		0.17%		-954		-3.96%		24,095
	Poweshiek		4,324		51.57%		3,888		46.37%		68		0.81%		17		0.20%		35		0.42%		53		0.63%		436		5.20%		8,385
	Ringgold		1,922		43.10%		2,487		55.77%		28		0.63%		22		0.49%				0.00%		0		0.00%		-565		-12.67%		4,459
	Sac		3,699		50.24%		3,505		47.60%		94		1.28%		10		0.14%		47		0.64%		8		0.11%		194		2.64%		7,363
	Scott		16,661		48.89%		16,842		49.42%		411		1.21%		29		0.09%		37		0.11%		101		0.30%		-181		-0.53%		34,081
	Shelby		3,499		50.45%		3,301		47.60%		76		1.10%		47		0.68%		7		0.10%		5		0.07%		198		2.85%		6,935
	Sioux		4,042		41.24%		5,597		57.11%		127		1.30%		15		0.15%		10		0.10%		10		0.10%		-1,555		-15.87%		9,801
	Story		6,152		40.34%		8,307		54.47%		283		1.86%		364		2.39%		75		0.49%		70		0.46%		-2,155		-14.13%		15,251
	Tama		5,115		51.01%		4,763		47.50%		123		1.23%		11		0.11%		8		0.08%		8		0.08%		352		3.51%		10,028
	Taylor		2,402		42.16%		3,244		56.93%		27		0.47%		5		0.09%		19		0.33%		1		0.02%		-842		-14.77%		5,698
	Union		3,218		43.40%		4,138		55.81%		33		0.45%		6		0.08%		14		0.19%		5		0.07%		-920		-12.41%		7,414
	Van Buren		1,917		40.89%		2,702		57.64%		38		0.81%		1		0.02%		29		0.62%		1		0.02%		-785		-16.75%		4,688
	Wapello		10,841		57.13%		7,875		41.50%		127		0.67%		72		0.38%		45		0.24%		16		0.08%		2,966		15.63%		18,976
	Warren		3,481		45.77%		3,876		50.97%		109		1.43%		73		0.96%		56		0.74%		10		0.13%		-395		-5.20%		7,605
	Washington		3,485		42.27%		4,680		56.76%		47		0.57%		2		0.02%		26		0.32%		5		0.06%		-1,195		-14.49%		8,245
	Wayne		3,314		54.12%		2,738		44.72%		31		0.51%		4		0.07%		33		0.54%		3		0.05%		576		9.40%		6,123
	Webster		9,508		55.71%		6,951		40.73%		359		2.10%		168		0.98%		34		0.20%		46		0.27%		2,557		14.98%		17,066
	Winnebago		2,626		48.17%		2,636		48.36%		136		2.49%		18		0.33%		27		0.50%		8		0.15%		-10		-0.19%		5,451
	Winneshiek		4,905		50.76%		4,594		47.54%		139		1.44%		8		0.08%		10		0.10%		7		0.07%		311		3.22%		9,663
	Woodbury		22,056		56.43%		16,655		42.61%		230		0.59%		18		0.05%		71		0.18%		54		0.14%		5,401		13.82%		39,084
	Worth		2,623		56.57%		1,878		40.50%		108		2.33%		6		0.13%		18		0.39%		4		0.09%		745		16.07%		4,637
	Wright		3,866		49.56%		3,810		48.85%		78		1.00%		20		0.26%		21		0.27%		5		0.06%		56		0.71%		7,800
Total	522,380	50.31%	494,018	47.58%	12,125	1.17%	4,274	0.41%	3,382	0.33%	2,093	0.20%	28,362	2.73%	1,038,272

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

• Scott

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

• Carroll
• Cherokee
• Chickasaw
• Crawford
• Dallas
• Des Moines
• Emmet
• Franklin
• Guthrie
• Hancock
• Harrison
• Ida
• Lee
• Linn
• Lucas
• Mahaska
• Osceola
• Sac
• Shelby
• Wayne
• Winneshiek

See also

• United States presidential elections in Iowa

Notes and References

1. Web site: United States Presidential election of 1948 - Encyclopædia Britannica. October 26, 2017.
2. Web site: 1948 Election for the Forty-First Term (1949-53). October 26, 2017.
3. Web site: 1948 Presidential General Election Results - Iowa. October 26, 2017.
4. Web site: The American Presidency Project - Election of 1948. October 26, 2017.
5. Web site: IA US President Race, November 02, 1948. Our Campaigns.