1948 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania explained

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Election Name:	1948 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania
Country:	Pennsylvania
Type:	presidential
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1944 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania
Previous Year:	1944
Next Election:	1952 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania
Next Year:	1952
Election Date:	November 2, 1948
Image1:	Thomas Dewey (3x4 crop).jpg
Nominee1:	Thomas E. Dewey
Party1:	Republican Party (United States)
Home State1:	New York
Running Mate1:	Earl Warren
Electoral Vote1:	35
Popular Vote1:	1,902,197
Percentage1:	50.93%
Nominee2:	Harry S. Truman
Party2:	Democratic Party (United States)
Home State2:	Missouri
Running Mate2:	Alben W. Barkley
Electoral Vote2:	0
Popular Vote2:	1,752,426
Percentage2:	46.92%
Map Size:	300px
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 Pennsylvania took place on November 2, 1948 as part of the 1948 United States presidential election. Voters chose 35 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Pennsylvania voted for the Republican nominee, New York Governor Thomas E. Dewey, over the Democratic nominee, President Harry Truman. Dewey won Pennsylvania by a margin of 4.01%., this is the last time that a Democrat won the national election without carrying Pennsylvania, although in 2016, Democrats won the national popular vote without the state.

This is the last time any candidate of either party won Pennsylvania without carrying Northampton County, and the last time a Republican won Pennsylvania without carrying neighboring Ohio. It is also the last time Pennsylvania voted more Republican than Ohio.

Results

1948 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Republican	Thomas E. Dewey	1,902,197	50.93%	35
	Democratic	Harry Truman (incumbent)	1,752,426	46.92%	0
	Progressive	Henry Wallace	55,161	1.48%	0
	Socialist	Norman Thomas	11,325	0.30%	0
	Prohibition	Claude Watson	10,338	0.28%	0
	Militant Workers	Farrell Dobbs	2,133	0.06%	0
	Industrial Government	Edward Teichert	1,461	0.04%	0
	Write-ins	Write-ins	107	0.00%	0
Totals			3,735,348	100.00%	35

Results by county

County	Thomas Edmund Dewey^[2] Republican		Harry S. Truman Democratic		Henry Agard Wallace^[3] Progressive		Various candidates Other parties		Margin		Total votes cast
		%		%		%		%		%
	Adams		7,988		59.13%		5,409		40.04%		49		0.36%		63		0.47%		2,579		19.09%		13,509
	Allegheny		253,272		42.60%		326,303		54.89%		11,164		1.88%		3,767		0.63%		-73,031		-12.28%		594,506
	Armstrong		11,712		53.45%		9,900		45.18%		120		0.55%		180		0.82%		1,812		8.27%		21,912
	Beaver		22,324		43.83%		26,629		52.28%		1,588		3.12%		395		0.78%		-4,305		-8.45%		50,936
	Bedford		6,028		61.02%		3,851		38.98%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		2,177		22.04%		9,879
	Berks		35,608		43.57%		43,075		52.71%		665		0.81%		2,378		2.91%		-7,467		-9.14%		81,726
	Blair		22,382		60.68%		14,050		38.09%		256		0.69%		198		0.54%		8,332		22.59%		36,886
	Bradford		11,783		71.99%		4,421		27.01%		51		0.31%		112		0.68%		7,362		44.98%		16,367
	Bucks		29,411		62.46%		16,655		35.37%		619		1.31%		399		0.85%		12,756		27.09%		47,084
	Butler		17,449		62.94%		9,818		35.41%		196		0.71%		261		0.94%		7,631		27.52%		27,724
	Cambria		27,725		39.37%		41,533		58.98%		959		1.36%		205		0.29%		-13,808		-19.61%		70,422
	Cameron		1,596		64.75%		858		34.81%		6		0.24%		5		0.20%		738		29.94%		2,465
	Carbon		9,744		49.77%		9,438		48.21%		226		1.15%		170		0.87%		306		1.56%		19,578
	Centre		10,416		61.52%		6,515		38.48%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		3,901		23.04%		16,931
	Chester		29,258		65.78%		14,670		32.98%		243		0.55%		307		0.69%		14,588		32.80%		44,478
	Clarion		6,866		57.94%		4,984		42.06%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		1,882		15.88%		11,850
	Clearfield		11,810		49.95%		11,347		47.99%		259		1.10%		228		0.96%		463		1.96%		23,644
	Clinton		5,618		52.85%		5,013		47.15%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		605		5.69%		10,631
	Columbia		9,417		50.13%		9,367		49.87%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		50		0.27%		18,784
	Crawford		14,161		60.69%		9,174		39.31%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		4,987		21.37%		23,335
	Cumberland		18,028		60.71%		11,421		38.46%		84		0.28%		162		0.55%		6,607		22.25%		29,695
	Dauphin		46,861		62.16%		27,729		36.78%		394		0.52%		402		0.53%		19,132		25.38%		75,386
	Delaware		93,412		60.93%		57,156		37.28%		1,562		1.02%		1,185		0.77%		36,256		23.65%		153,315
	Elk		5,148		48.98%		5,363		51.02%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		-215		-2.05%		10,511
	Erie		33,806		53.45%		28,159		44.52%		660		1.04%		620		0.98%		5,647		8.93%		63,245
	Fayette		20,401		36.19%		34,971		62.04%		468		0.83%		527		0.93%		-14,570		-25.85%		56,367
	Forest		1,209		62.29%		687		35.39%		16		0.82%		29		1.49%		522		26.89%		1,941
	Franklin		12,151		61.79%		7,352		37.39%		67		0.34%		94		0.48%		4,799		24.41%		19,664
	Fulton		1,760		50.65%		1,684		48.46%		15		0.43%		16		0.46%		76		2.19%		3,475
	Greene		4,717		36.47%		8,015		61.97%		144		1.11%		58		0.45%		-3,298		-25.50%		12,934
	Huntingdon		6,943		67.76%		3,304		32.24%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		3,639		35.51%		10,247
	Indiana		12,640		59.67%		8,543		40.33%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		4,097		19.34%		21,183
	Jefferson		9,395		61.43%		5,632		36.82%		86		0.56%		182		1.19%		3,763		24.60%		15,295
	Juniata		3,121		57.17%		2,299		42.11%		14		0.26%		25		0.46%		822		15.06%		5,459
	Lackawanna		46,283		41.42%		64,495		57.71%		738		0.66%		233		0.21%		-18,212		-16.30%		111,749
	Lancaster		46,306		67.60%		21,308		31.11%		369		0.54%		516		0.75%		24,998		36.49%		68,499
	Lawrence		17,186		52.72%		14,632		44.88%		421		1.29%		360		1.10%		2,554		7.83%		32,599
	Lebanon		15,553		61.62%		9,418		37.31%		132		0.52%		138		0.55%		6,135		24.31%		25,241
	Lehigh		32,202		53.65%		26,826		44.69%		594		0.99%		400		0.67%		5,376		8.96%		60,022
	Luzerne		71,674		52.85%		61,869		45.62%		977		0.72%		1,091		0.80%		9,805		7.23%		135,611
	Lycoming		19,118		57.18%		13,692		40.95%		254		0.76%		372		1.11%		5,426		16.23%		33,436
	McKean		10,218		66.91%		4,785		31.33%		108		0.71%		161		1.05%		5,433		35.57%		15,272
	Mercer		18,916		52.71%		16,108		44.89%		540		1.50%		322		0.90%		2,808		7.82%		35,886
	Mifflin		5,666		53.84%		4,762		45.25%		37		0.35%		58		0.55%		904		8.59%		10,523
	Monroe		6,674		53.02%		5,913		46.98%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		761		6.05%		12,587
	Montgomery		85,576		66.53%		41,112		31.96%		1,089		0.85%		849		0.66%		44,464		34.57%		128,626
	Montour		2,690		57.60%		1,964		42.06%		11		0.24%		5		0.11%		726		15.55%		4,670
	Northampton		27,030		43.95%		33,209		53.99%		721		1.17%		544		0.88%		-6,179		-10.05%		61,504
	Northumberland		23,535		58.13%		16,478		40.70%		306		0.76%		166		0.41%		7,057		17.43%		40,485
	Perry		5,444		67.71%		2,596		32.29%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		2,848		35.42%		8,040
	Philadelphia		425,962		48.12%		432,699		48.88%		20,745		2.34%		5,891		0.67%		-6,737		-0.76%		885,297
	Pike		2,893		70.54%		1,208		29.46%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		1,685		41.09%		4,101
	Potter		3,672		67.99%		1,729		32.01%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		1,943		35.97%		5,401
	Schuylkill		44,176		60.11%		28,194		38.36%		842		1.15%		280		0.38%		15,982		21.75%		73,492
	Snyder		5,181		77.66%		1,490		22.34%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		3,691		55.33%		6,671
	Somerset		13,910		60.54%		8,727		37.98%		252		1.10%		89		0.39%		5,183		22.56%		22,978
	Sullivan		1,752		61.22%		1,084		37.88%		13		0.45%		13		0.45%		668		23.34%		2,862
	Susquehanna		7,945		67.81%		3,621		30.91%		85		0.73%		65		0.55%		4,324		36.91%		11,716
	Tioga		10,016		77.03%		2,986		22.97%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		7,030		54.07%		13,002
	Union		5,058		76.79%		1,442		21.89%		29		0.44%		58		0.88%		3,616		54.90%		6,587
	Venango		11,920		67.97%		5,144		29.33%		44		0.25%		428		2.44%		6,776		38.64%		17,536
	Warren		8,378		65.38%		4,103		32.02%		52		0.41%		281		2.19%		4,275		33.36%		12,814
	Washington		26,860		35.73%		46,327		61.63%		1,688		2.25%		291		0.39%		-19,467		-25.90%		75,166
	Wayne		7,708		77.14%		2,284		22.86%		0		0.00%		0		0.00%		5,424		54.28%		9,992
	Westmoreland		41,709		39.05%		61,901		57.95%		2,585		2.42%		619		0.58%		-20,192		-18.90%		106,814
	Wyoming		4,332		70.70%		1,674		27.32%		63		1.03%		58		0.95%		2,658		43.38%		6,127
	York		32,494		47.31%		33,321		48.52%		2,555		3.72%		308		0.45%		-827		-1.20%		68,678
Totals	1,902,197	50.92%	1,752,426	46.91%	55,161	1.48%	25,564	0.68%	149,771	4.01%	3,735,348

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

• Carbon
• Columbia
• Luzerne

See also

• List of United States presidential elections in Pennsylvania

Notes and References

1. Web site: David Leip. Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas. 1948 Presidential General Election Results – Pennsylvania. 2018-03-24.
2. Géoelections; 1948 Presidential Election Popular Vote (.xlsx file for €15)
3. Géoelections; Popular Vote for Henry Wallace (.xlsx file for €15)