1948 United States presidential election in Kentucky explained

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Election Name:	1948 United States presidential election in Kentucky
Country:	Kentucky
Flag Image:	Flag of Kentucky (1918-1963).svg
Type:	presidential
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1944 United States presidential election in Kentucky
Previous Year:	1944
Next Election:	1952 United States presidential election in Kentucky
Next Year:	1952
Votes For Election:	All 11 Kentucky 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:	11
Popular Vote1:	466,756
Percentage1:	56.74%
Nominee2:	Thomas E. Dewey
Party2:	Republican Party (United States)
Home State2:	New York
Running Mate2:	Earl Warren
Electoral Vote2:	0
Popular Vote2:	341,210
Percentage2:	41.48%
Map Size:	380px
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 Kentucky took place on November 2, 1948, as part of the 1948 United States presidential election. Kentucky voters chose 11^[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Kentucky was won by incumbent President Harry S. Truman (D–Missouri), running with Senator Alben W. Barkley, with 56.74 percent of the popular vote, against Governor Thomas Dewey (R–New York), running with Governor Earl Warren, with 41.48 percent of the popular vote.^{[3] [4]}

Dewey performed worse than he had four years previously, with both his margin of loss increasing, and the percentage of the vote he received decreasing, even as he fared a lot better nationally than he had four years prior. This discrepancy was at least in part due to the choice of President Truman's running mate, Senator Barkley, who himself came from Kentucky.

Results

Presidential candidate	Running mate	Party	Electoral vote (EV)	Popular vote (PV)
Harry S. Truman of Missouri	Alben Barkley	Democratic	11	466,756	56.74%
Thomas E. Dewey	Earl Warren	Republican	0	341,210	41.48%
J. Strom Thurmond	Fielding Wright	State's Rights	0	10,411	1.27%
Henry A. Wallace	Glen H. Taylor	New Progressive	0	1,567	0.19%
Norman Thomas	Tucker P. Smith	Socialist	0	1,284	0.16%
Claude Watson	Dale H. Learn	Prohibition	0	1,245	0.15%
Edward A. Teichert	Stephen Emery	Socialist Labor	0	185	0.02%

Results by county

County^[5]	Harry S. Truman Democratic		Thomas E. Dewey Republican		Strom Thurmond Dixiecrat		Henry A. Wallace Progressive		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"	%
	Adair		2,144		42.57%		2,839		56.37%		35		0.69%		1		0.02%		17		0.34%		-695		-13.80%		5,036
	Allen		1,605		40.28%		2,280		57.21%		48		1.20%		2		0.05%		50		1.25%		-675		-16.93%		3,985
	Anderson		2,135		67.69%		971		30.79%		35		1.11%		6		0.19%		7		0.22%		1,164		36.90%		3,154
	Ballard		2,702		84.57%		454		14.21%		35		1.10%		0		0.00%		4		0.13%		2,248		70.36%		3,195
	Barren		4,095		60.98%		2,437		36.29%		148		2.20%		5		0.07%		30		0.45%		1,658		24.69%		6,715
	Bath		2,287		63.69%		1,276		35.53%		19		0.53%		3		0.08%		6		0.17%		1,011		28.16%		3,591
	Bell		5,708		56.38%		4,327		42.74%		57		0.56%		8		0.08%		24		0.24%		1,381		13.64%		10,124
	Boone		2,320		65.85%		1,151		32.67%		44		1.25%		0		0.00%		8		0.23%		1,169		33.18%		3,523
	Bourbon		3,562		67.18%		1,610		30.37%		121		2.28%		2		0.04%		7		0.13%		1,952		36.81%		5,302
	Boyd		9,006		56.84%		6,707		42.33%		79		0.50%		19		0.12%		33		0.21%		2,299		14.51%		15,844
	Boyle		3,338		62.56%		1,897		35.55%		72		1.35%		5		0.09%		24		0.45%		1,441		27.01%		5,336
	Bracken		1,863		59.44%		1,239		39.53%		24		0.77%		0		0.00%		8		0.26%		624		19.91%		3,134
	Breathitt		3,295		77.27%		957		22.44%		1		0.02%		1		0.02%		10		0.23%		2,338		54.83%		4,264
	Breckinridge		2,623		51.33%		2,407		47.10%		48		0.94%		5		0.10%		27		0.53%		216		4.23%		5,110
	Bullitt		1,681		70.48%		673		28.22%		21		0.88%		2		0.08%		8		0.34%		1,008		42.26%		2,385
	Butler		1,105		30.21%		2,494		68.18%		42		1.15%		4		0.11%		13		0.36%		-1,389		-37.97%		3,658
	Caldwell		2,210		55.46%		1,626		40.80%		137		3.44%		8		0.20%		4		0.10%		584		14.66%		3,985
	Calloway		4,896		86.38%		681		12.01%		73		1.29%		7		0.12%		11		0.19%		4,215		74.37%		5,668
	Campbell		13,008		51.56%		11,851		46.97%		216		0.86%		96		0.38%		60		0.24%		1,157		4.59%		25,231
	Carlisle		1,899		86.36%		279		12.69%		11		0.50%		4		0.18%		6		0.27%		1,620		73.67%		2,199
	Carroll		2,626		78.51%		639		19.10%		70		2.09%		3		0.09%		7		0.21%		1,987		59.41%		3,345
	Carter		3,082		46.86%		3,472		52.79%		2		0.03%		7		0.11%		14		0.21%		-390		-5.93%		6,577
	Casey		1,495		30.44%		3,380		68.83%		9		0.18%		4		0.08%		23		0.47%		-1,885		-38.39%		4,911
	Christian		5,582		58.75%		3,242		34.12%		633		6.66%		7		0.07%		38		0.40%		2,340		24.63%		9,502
	Clark		3,292		67.07%		1,508		30.73%		95		1.94%		7		0.14%		6		0.12%		1,784		36.34%		4,908
	Clay		1,468		31.39%		3,142		67.19%		41		0.88%		1		0.02%		24		0.51%		-1,674		-35.80%		4,676
	Clinton		709		23.26%		2,295		75.30%		16		0.52%		2		0.07%		26		0.85%		-1,586		-52.04%		3,048
	Crittenden		1,497		43.25%		1,927		55.68%		24		0.69%		0		0.00%		13		0.38%		-430		-12.43%		3,461
	Cumberland		794		28.61%		1,947		70.16%		18		0.65%		2		0.07%		14		0.50%		-1,153		-41.55%		2,775
	Daviess		8,682		63.25%		4,873		35.50%		126		0.92%		8		0.06%		38		0.28%		3,809		27.75%		13,727
	Edmonson		1,031		33.83%		1,984		65.09%		15		0.49%		2		0.07%		16		0.52%		-953		-31.26%		3,048
	Elliott		2,095		83.40%		410		16.32%		0		0.00%		4		0.16%		3		0.12%		1,685		67.08%		2,512
	Estill		1,937		47.89%		2,056		50.83%		19		0.47%		4		0.10%		29		0.72%		-119		-2.94%		4,045
	Fayette		13,202		52.48%		10,959		43.57%		773		3.07%		96		0.38%		125		0.50%		2,243		8.91%		25,155
	Fleming		2,722		56.10%		2,088		43.03%		23		0.47%		4		0.08%		15		0.31%		634		13.07%		4,852
	Floyd		8,823		73.43%		3,127		26.02%		18		0.15%		28		0.23%		20		0.17%		5,696		47.41%		12,016
	Franklin		6,679		75.71%		1,962		22.24%		169		1.92%		2		0.02%		10		0.11%		4,717		53.47%		8,822
	Fulton		2,497		80.29%		450		14.47%		161		5.18%		1		0.03%		1		0.03%		2,047		65.82%		3,110
	Gallatin		1,381		79.78%		342		19.76%		8		0.46%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		1,039		60.02%		1,731
	Garrard		1,725		47.18%		1,890		51.70%		31		0.85%		1		0.03%		9		0.25%		-165		-4.52%		3,656
	Grant		2,633		69.23%		1,154		30.34%		7		0.18%		1		0.03%		8		0.21%		1,479		38.89%		3,803
	Graves		8,682		84.49%		1,442		14.03%		134		1.30%		7		0.07%		11		0.11%		7,240		70.46%		10,276
	Grayson		2,174		42.69%		2,880		56.56%		18		0.35%		6		0.12%		14		0.27%		-706		-13.87%		5,092
	Green		1,628		42.18%		2,186		56.63%		30		0.78%		1		0.03%		15		0.39%		-558		-14.45%		3,860
	Greenup		4,186		56.52%		3,168		42.78%		19		0.26%		18		0.24%		15		0.20%		1,018		13.74%		7,406
	Hancock		1,146		53.38%		985		45.88%		7		0.33%		4		0.19%		5		0.23%		161		7.50%		2,147
	Hardin		3,990		61.89%		2,297		35.63%		126		1.95%		5		0.08%		29		0.45%		1,693		26.26%		6,447
	Harlan		9,158		66.80%		4,402		32.11%		113		0.82%		29		0.21%		8		0.06%		4,756		34.69%		13,710
	Harrison		3,494		72.76%		1,224		25.49%		64		1.33%		6		0.12%		14		0.29%		2,270		47.27%		4,802
	Hart		2,495		51.28%		2,311		47.50%		43		0.88%		3		0.06%		13		0.27%		184		3.78%		4,865
	Henderson		5,499		71.92%		1,904		24.90%		167		2.18%		13		0.17%		63		0.82%		3,595		47.02%		7,646
	Henry		3,398		73.23%		1,193		25.71%		33		0.71%		2		0.04%		14		0.30%		2,205		47.52%		4,640
	Hickman		2,143		83.58%		326		12.71%		87		3.39%		2		0.08%		6		0.23%		1,817		70.87%		2,564
	Hopkins		6,149		65.65%		2,608		27.85%		572		6.11%		6		0.06%		31		0.33%		3,541		37.80%		9,366
	Jackson		429		13.31%		2,781		86.31%		1		0.03%		1		0.03%		10		0.31%		-2,352		-73.00%		3,222
	Jefferson		70,756		48.18%		69,645		47.42%		1,965		1.34%		617		0.42%		646		0.44%		1,111		0.76%		143,629
	Jessamine		2,301		59.33%		1,414		36.46%		117		3.02%		7		0.18%		39		1.01%		887		22.87%		3,878
	Johnson		2,378		37.20%		3,993		62.47%		5		0.08%		10		0.16%		6		0.09%		-1,615		-25.27%		6,392
	Kenton		18,918		61.60%		10,771		35.07%		359		1.17%		98		0.32%		54		0.18%		8,147		26.53%		30,711
	Knott		4,660		86.07%		754		13.93%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		3,906		72.14%		5,414
	Knox		2,814		39.51%		4,241		59.54%		18		0.25%		34		0.48%		16		0.22%		-1,427		-20.03%		7,123
	LaRue		1,864		58.14%		1,277		39.83%		49		1.53%		4		0.12%		12		0.37%		587		18.31%		3,206
	Laurel		2,187		34.57%		4,107		64.92%		14		0.22%		6		0.09%		12		0.19%		-1,920		-30.35%		6,326
	Lawrence		2,372		52.47%		2,117		46.83%		16		0.35%		3		0.07%		13		0.29%		255		5.64%		4,521
	Lee		1,058		45.66%		1,233		53.22%		14		0.60%		7		0.30%		5		0.22%		-175		-7.56%		2,317
	Leslie		783		24.38%		2,397		74.65%		8		0.25%		4		0.12%		19		0.59%		-1,614		-50.27%		3,211
	Letcher		4,741		56.96%		3,560		42.77%		6		0.07%		3		0.04%		14		0.17%		1,181		14.19%		8,324
	Lewis		1,449		34.73%		2,708		64.91%		2		0.05%		3		0.07%		10		0.24%		-1,259		-30.18%		4,172
	Lincoln		2,920		52.01%		2,593		46.19%		67		1.19%		3		0.05%		31		0.55%		327		5.82%		5,614
	Livingston		1,622		70.19%		671		29.04%		11		0.48%		3		0.13%		4		0.17%		951		41.15%		2,311
	Logan		4,355		74.25%		1,352		23.05%		126		2.15%		8		0.14%		24		0.41%		3,003		51.20%		5,865
	Lyon		1,505		69.84%		582		27.01%		42		1.95%		7		0.32%		19		0.88%		923		42.83%		2,155
	Madison		5,344		52.62%		4,619		45.48%		110		1.08%		18		0.18%		65		0.64%		725		7.14%		10,156
	Magoffin		2,253		54.49%		1,882		45.51%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		371		8.98%		4,135
	Marion		3,008		71.20%		1,171		27.72%		31		0.73%		7		0.17%		8		0.19%		1,837		43.48%		4,225
	Marshall		2,942		80.10%		711		19.36%		12		0.33%		2		0.05%		6		0.16%		2,231		60.74%		3,673
	Martin		911		31.44%		1,964		67.77%		1		0.03%		8		0.28%		14		0.48%		-1,053		-36.33%		2,898
	Mason		3,620		58.31%		2,519		40.58%		53		0.85%		6		0.10%		10		0.16%		1,101		17.73%		6,208
	McCracken		11,183		75.80%		3,251		22.03%		254		1.72%		26		0.18%		40		0.27%		7,932		53.77%		14,754
	McCreary		933		23.45%		3,031		76.19%		1		0.03%		3		0.08%		10		0.25%		-2,098		-52.74%		3,978
	McLean		2,104		64.30%		1,112		33.99%		43		1.31%		2		0.06%		11		0.34%		992		30.31%		3,272
	Meade		1,915		70.28%		773		28.37%		29		1.06%		2		0.07%		6		0.22%		1,142		41.91%		2,725
	Menifee		1,112		71.10%		435		27.81%		11		0.70%		1		0.06%		5		0.32%		677		43.29%		1,564
	Mercer		2,682		61.47%		1,599		36.65%		70		1.60%		4		0.09%		8		0.18%		1,083		24.82%		4,363
	Metcalfe		1,683		50.30%		1,640		49.01%		8		0.24%		1		0.03%		14		0.42%		43		1.29%		3,346
	Monroe		1,249		30.49%		2,812		68.64%		20		0.49%		0		0.00%		16		0.39%		-1,563		-38.15%		4,097
	Montgomery		2,731		68.96%		1,083		27.35%		133		3.36%		1		0.03%		12		0.30%		1,648		41.61%		3,960
	Morgan		3,488		77.74%		987		22.00%		4		0.09%		6		0.13%		2		0.04%		2,501		55.74%		4,487
	Muhlenberg		4,426		55.11%		3,478		43.31%		72		0.90%		22		0.27%		33		0.41%		948		11.80%		8,031
	Nelson		3,556		66.64%		1,715		32.14%		46		0.86%		9		0.17%		10		0.19%		1,841		34.50%		5,336
	Nicholas		1,885		68.75%		815		29.72%		27		0.98%		0		0.00%		15		0.55%		1,070		39.03%		2,742
	Ohio		2,721		44.56%		3,300		54.05%		55		0.90%		5		0.08%		25		0.41%		-579		-9.49%		6,106
	Oldham		1,703		60.20%		1,036		36.62%		76		2.69%		4		0.14%		10		0.35%		667		23.58%		2,829
	Owen		3,056		85.29%		504		14.07%		15		0.42%		2		0.06%		6		0.17%		2,552		71.22%		3,583
	Owsley		437		20.22%		1,718		79.50%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		6		0.28%		-1,281		-59.28%		2,161
	Pendleton		1,958		58.03%		1,373		40.69%		24		0.71%		5		0.15%		14		0.41%		585		17.34%		3,374
	Perry		5,614		59.39%		3,755		39.72%		44		0.47%		21		0.22%		19		0.20%		1,859		19.67%		9,453
	Pike		11,423		58.16%		8,097		41.22%		56		0.29%		27		0.14%		39		0.20%		3,326		16.94%		19,642
	Powell		975		56.92%		719		41.97%		11		0.64%		1		0.06%		7		0.41%		256		14.95%		1,713
	Pulaski		3,844		33.40%		7,549		65.59%		68		0.59%		8		0.07%		41		0.36%		-3,705		-32.19%		11,510
	Robertson		864		65.75%		442		33.64%		6		0.46%		1		0.08%		1		0.08%		422		32.11%		1,314
	Rockcastle		1,309		28.68%		3,236		70.90%		8		0.18%		1		0.02%		10		0.22%		-1,927		-42.22%		4,564
	Rowan		2,097		57.90%		1,502		41.47%		18		0.50%		3		0.08%		2		0.06%		595		16.43%		3,622
	Russell		1,191		32.96%		2,404		66.54%		5		0.14%		2		0.06%		11		0.30%		-1,213		-33.58%		3,613
	Scott		3,548		70.76%		1,352		26.96%		91		1.81%		4		0.08%		19		0.38%		2,196		43.80%		5,014
	Shelby		3,840		68.30%		1,626		28.92%		141		2.51%		6		0.11%		9		0.16%		2,214		39.38%		5,622
	Simpson		2,752		76.04%		762		21.06%		74		2.04%		4		0.11%		27		0.75%		1,990		54.98%		3,619
	Spencer		1,298		71.63%		493		27.21%		19		1.05%		0		0.00%		2		0.11%		805		44.42%		1,812
	Taylor		2,415		52.72%		2,087		45.56%		42		0.92%		4		0.09%		33		0.72%		328		7.16%		4,581
	Todd		2,929		75.10%		827		21.21%		121		3.10%		4		0.10%		19		0.49%		2,102		53.89%		3,900
	Trigg		2,485		73.46%		816		24.12%		69		2.04%		2		0.06%		11		0.33%		1,669		49.34%		3,383
	Trimble		1,746		88.72%		194		9.86%		9		0.46%		1		0.05%		18		0.91%		1,552		78.86%		1,968
	Union		3,607		81.87%		744		16.89%		37		0.84%		11		0.25%		7		0.16%		2,863		64.98%		4,406
	Warren		6,768		60.49%		3,919		35.03%		451		4.03%		7		0.06%		44		0.39%		2,849		25.46%		11,189
	Washington		2,121		53.53%		1,813		45.76%		19		0.48%		2		0.05%		7		0.18%		308		7.77%		3,962
	Wayne		2,029		44.61%		2,480		54.53%		14		0.31%		11		0.24%		14		0.31%		-451		-9.92%		4,548
	Webster		3,288		73.74%		1,087		24.38%		57		1.28%		3		0.07%		24		0.54%		2,201		49.36%		4,459
	Whitley		2,932		33.88%		5,611		64.84%		57		0.66%		23		0.27%		30		0.35%		-2,679		-30.96%		8,653
	Wolfe		1,918		70.18%		813		29.75%		0		0.00%		2		0.07%		0		0.00%		1,105		40.43%		2,733
	Woodford		2,175		61.18%		1,229		34.57%		142		3.99%		3		0.08%		6		0.17%		946		26.61%		3,555
Totals	466,756	56.74%	341,210	41.48%	10,411	1.27%	1,567	0.19%	2,714	0.33%	125,546	15.26%	822,658

Notes and References

1. Web site: United States Presidential election of 1948 – Encyclopædia Britannica. October 30, 2017.
2. Web site: 1948 Election for the Forty-First Term (1949-53). October 30, 2017.
3. Web site: 1948 Presidential General Election Results – Kentucky. October 30, 2017.
4. Web site: The American Presidency Project – Election of 1948. October 30, 2017.
5. Web site: Our Campaigns. KY US Presidential Race, November 02, 1948.