See main article: 1948 United States presidential election.
| Election Name: | 1948 United States presidential election in California |
| Country: | California |
| Flag Image: | Flag of California (1924–1953).pngborder |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1944 United States presidential election in California |
| Previous Year: | 1944 |
| Next Election: | 1952 United States presidential election in California |
| Next Year: | 1952 |
| Turnout: | 80.54% (of registered voters) 5.59 pp 66.77% (of eligible voters) 1.05 pp[1] |
| Election Date: | November 2, 1948 |
| 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: | 25 |
| Popular Vote1: | 1,913,134 |
| Percentage1: | 47.57% |
| Nominee2: | Thomas E. Dewey |
| Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Home State2: | New York |
| Running Mate2: | Earl Warren |
| Electoral Vote2: | 0 |
| Popular Vote2: | 1,895,269 |
| Percentage2: | 47.13% |
| Map Size: | 400px |
| 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 California took place on November 2, 1948, as part of the 1948 United States presidential election. State voters chose 25 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
California narrowly voted for the Democratic incumbent, Harry Truman, over the Republican challenger, New York Governor Thomas E. Dewey, even though Dewey's running mate was California Governor Earl Warren. California was the tipping-point state for Truman's victory.
The Progressive Party submitted 464,000 signatures, greater than the 275,970 required, from all but one of California's counties a month before the deadline. The final signature amount submitted was 482,781 with around 295,000 validated.
| 1948 United States presidential election in California[2] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | ||
| Democratic | Harry S. Truman (incumbent) | 1,913,134 | 47.57% | 25 | ||
| Republican | Thomas E. Dewey | 1,895,269 | 47.13% | 0 | ||
| Independent Progressive | Henry A. Wallace | 190,381 | 4.73% | 0 | ||
| Prohibition | Claude A. Watson | 16,926 | 0.42% | 0 | ||
| No party | Norman Thomas (write-in) | 3,459 | 0.09% | 0 | ||
| No party | Strom Thurmond (write-in) | 1,228 | 0.03% | 0 | ||
| No party | Write-ins | 813 | 0.02% | 0 | ||
| No party | Edward A. Teichert (write-in) | 195 | 0.00% | 0 | ||
| No party | Farrell Dobbs (write-in) | 133 | 0.00% | 0 | ||
| Invalid or blank votes | — | |||||
| Totals | 4,021,538 | 100.00% | 25 | |||
| Voter turnout | — | |||||
| County | Harry S. Truman Democratic | Thomas E. Dewey Republican | Henry A. Wallace Progressive | Various candidates Other parties | Margin | Total votes cast | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | % | % | % | |||||||||||||||||||
| Alameda | 154,549 | 47.80% | 150,588 | 46.57% | 16,853 | 5.21% | 1,341 | 0.41% | 3,961 | 1.23% | 323,331 | ||||||||||||
| Alpine | 25 | 18.12% | 106 | 76.81% | 6 | 4.35% | 1 | 0.72% | -81 | -58.69% | 138 | ||||||||||||
| Amador | 2,334 | 57.45% | 1,578 | 38.84% | 117 | 2.88% | 34 | 0.84% | 756 | 18.61% | 4,063 | ||||||||||||
| Butte | 10,133 | 45.68% | 10,948 | 49.36% | 936 | 4.22% | 164 | 0.74% | -815 | -3.68% | 22,181 | ||||||||||||
| Calaveras | 1,995 | 49.42% | 1,888 | 46.77% | 128 | 3.17% | 26 | 0.64% | 107 | 2.65% | 4,037 | ||||||||||||
| Colusa | 2,020 | 51.78% | 1,803 | 46.22% | 69 | 1.77% | 9 | 0.23% | 217 | 5.56% | 3,901 | ||||||||||||
| Contra Costa | 50,277 | 55.02% | 36,958 | 40.45% | 3,868 | 4.23% | 273 | 0.30% | 13,319 | 14.57% | 91,376 | ||||||||||||
| Del Norte | 1,172 | 41.27% | 1,541 | 54.26% | 121 | 4.26% | 6 | 0.21% | -369 | -12.99% | 2,840 | ||||||||||||
| El Dorado | 3,493 | 51.95% | 2,894 | 43.04% | 289 | 4.30% | 48 | 0.71% | 599 | 8.91% | 6,724 | ||||||||||||
| Fresno | 47,762 | 58.49% | 30,379 | 37.20% | 3,056 | 3.74% | 468 | 0.57% | 17,383 | 21.29% | 81,665 | ||||||||||||
| Glenn | 2,578 | 46.64% | 2,819 | 50.99% | 108 | 1.95% | 23 | 0.42% | -241 | -4.35% | 5,528 | ||||||||||||
| Humboldt | 11,268 | 48.43% | 10,979 | 47.19% | 909 | 3.91% | 110 | 0.47% | 289 | 1.24% | 23,266 | ||||||||||||
| Imperial | 5,301 | 44.89% | 6,217 | 52.64% | 228 | 1.93% | 64 | 0.54% | -916 | -7.75% | 11,810 | ||||||||||||
| Inyo | 1,539 | 40.21% | 2,135 | 55.79% | 138 | 3.61% | 15 | 0.39% | -596 | -15.58% | 3,827 | ||||||||||||
| Kern | 33,029 | 56.16% | 24,464 | 41.60% | 1,109 | 1.89% | 209 | 0.36% | 8,565 | 14.56% | 58,811 | ||||||||||||
| Kings | 6,909 | 59.97% | 4,289 | 37.23% | 219 | 1.90% | 104 | 0.90% | 2,620 | 22.74% | 11,521 | ||||||||||||
| Lake | 1,999 | 37.48% | 3,054 | 57.27% | 238 | 4.46% | 42 | 0.79% | -1,055 | -19.79% | 5,333 | ||||||||||||
| Lassen | 3,632 | 62.91% | 1,960 | 33.95% | 159 | 2.75% | 22 | 0.38% | 1,672 | 28.96% | 5,773 | ||||||||||||
| Los Angeles | 812,690 | 47.00% | 804,232 | 46.51% | 101,085 | 5.85% | 11,075 | 0.64% | 8,458 | 0.49% | 1,729,082 | ||||||||||||
| Madera | 5,226 | 58.18% | 3,416 | 38.03% | 277 | 3.08% | 63 | 0.70% | 1,810 | 20.15% | 8,982 | ||||||||||||
| Marin | 12,540 | 38.17% | 18,747 | 57.06% | 1,513 | 4.61% | 55 | 0.17% | -6,207 | -18.89% | 32,855 | ||||||||||||
| Mariposa | 983 | 39.85% | 1,378 | 55.86% | 91 | 3.69% | 15 | 0.61% | -395 | -16.01% | 2,467 | ||||||||||||
| Mendocino | 5,593 | 44.06% | 6,368 | 50.53% | 642 | 5.09% | 40 | 0.32% | -775 | -6.47% | 12,643 | ||||||||||||
| Merced | 9,959 | 54.95% | 7,721 | 42.60% | 360 | 1.99% | 84 | 0.46% | 2,238 | 12.35% | 18,124 | ||||||||||||
| Modoc | 1,607 | 50.53% | 1,480 | 46.54% | 82 | 2.58% | 11 | 0.35% | 127 | 3.99% | 3,180 | ||||||||||||
| Mono | 255 | 30.54% | 541 | 64.79% | 33 | 3.95% | 6 | 0.72% | -286 | -34.25% | 835 | ||||||||||||
| Monterey | 15,704 | 46.10% | 17,233 | 50.59% | 959 | 2.82% | 167 | 0.49% | -1,529 | -4.49% | 34,063 | ||||||||||||
| Napa | 7,207 | 43.64% | 8,724 | 52.82% | 477 | 2.89% | 108 | 0.65% | -1,517 | -9.18% | 16,516 | ||||||||||||
| Nevada | 3,914 | 47.01% | 3,917 | 47.05% | 454 | 5.45% | 41 | 0.49% | -3 | -0.04% | 8,326 | ||||||||||||
| Orange | 29,018 | 36.36% | 48,587 | 60.88% | 1,545 | 1.94% | 664 | 0.83% | -19,569 | -24.52% | 79,814 | ||||||||||||
| Placer | 8,837 | 58.49% | 5,570 | 36.87% | 632 | 4.18% | 70 | 0.46% | 3,267 | 21.62% | 15,109 | ||||||||||||
| Plumas | 3,125 | 61.78% | 1,657 | 32.76% | 257 | 5.08% | 19 | 0.38% | 1,468 | 29.02% | 5,058 | ||||||||||||
| Riverside | 23,305 | 40.28% | 32,209 | 55.66% | 1,694 | 2.93% | 656 | 1.13% | -8,904 | -15.38% | 57,864 | ||||||||||||
| Sacramento | 54,197 | 58.38% | 35,074 | 37.78% | 3,185 | 3.43% | 386 | 0.42% | 19,123 | 20.60% | 92,842 | ||||||||||||
| San Benito | 2,096 | 42.03% | 2,775 | 55.64% | 90 | 1.80% | 26 | 0.52% | -679 | -13.61% | 4,987 | ||||||||||||
| San Bernardino | 45,691 | 47.68% | 46,570 | 48.59% | 2,746 | 2.87% | 831 | 0.87% | -879 | -0.91% | 95,838 | ||||||||||||
| San Diego | 98,217 | 47.80% | 101,552 | 49.43% | 4,815 | 2.34% | 875 | 0.43% | -3,335 | -1.63% | 205,459 | ||||||||||||
| San Francisco | 167,726 | 47.82% | 160,135 | 45.66% | 21,492 | 6.13% | 1,356 | 0.39% | 7,591 | 2.16% | 350,709 | ||||||||||||
| San Joaquin | 27,908 | 47.01% | 29,135 | 49.08% | 2,051 | 3.46% | 267 | 0.45% | -1,227 | -2.07% | 59,361 | ||||||||||||
| San Luis Obispo | 8,135 | 42.14% | 10,325 | 53.49% | 696 | 3.61% | 148 | 0.77% | -2,190 | -11.35% | 19,304 | ||||||||||||
| San Mateo | 34,215 | 39.66% | 48,909 | 56.69% | 2,993 | 3.47% | 155 | 0.18% | -14,694 | -17.03% | 86,272 | ||||||||||||
| Santa Barbara | 13,085 | 38.04% | 19,998 | 58.13% | 1,122 | 3.26% | 195 | 0.57% | -6,913 | -20.09% | 34,400 | ||||||||||||
| Santa Clara | 41,905 | 42.11% | 52,982 | 53.25% | 4,049 | 4.07% | 566 | 0.57% | -11,077 | -11.14% | 99,502 | ||||||||||||
| Santa Cruz | 9,862 | 36.95% | 15,395 | 57.68% | 1,084 | 4.06% | 349 | 1.31% | -5,533 | -20.73% | 26,690 | ||||||||||||
| Shasta | 7,177 | 56.86% | 5,010 | 39.69% | 402 | 3.18% | 34 | 0.27% | 2,167 | 17.17% | 12,623 | ||||||||||||
| Sierra | 660 | 52.46% | 546 | 43.40% | 48 | 3.82% | 4 | 0.32% | 114 | 9.06% | 1,258 | ||||||||||||
| Siskiyou | 6,749 | 54.00% | 5,315 | 42.53% | 400 | 3.20% | 34 | 0.27% | 1,434 | 11.47% | 12,498 | ||||||||||||
| Solano | 23,257 | 63.50% | 12,345 | 33.71% | 962 | 2.63% | 60 | 0.16% | 10,912 | 29.79% | 36,624 | ||||||||||||
| Sonoma | 16,026 | 40.08% | 22,077 | 55.21% | 1,705 | 4.26% | 176 | 0.44% | -6,051 | -15.13% | 39,984 | ||||||||||||
| Stanislaus | 18,350 | 47.82% | 18,564 | 48.38% | 899 | 2.34% | 558 | 1.45% | -214 | -0.56% | 38,371 | ||||||||||||
| Sutter | 3,362 | 45.08% | 3,913 | 52.47% | 130 | 1.74% | 53 | 0.71% | -551 | -7.39% | 7,458 | ||||||||||||
| Tehama | 2,920 | 44.72% | 3,348 | 51.27% | 206 | 3.15% | 56 | 0.86% | -428 | -6.55% | 6,530 | ||||||||||||
| Trinity | 1,053 | 48.68% | 975 | 45.08% | 126 | 5.83% | 9 | 0.42% | 78 | 3.60% | 2,163 | ||||||||||||
| Tulare | 19,681 | 50.22% | 18,414 | 46.98% | 797 | 2.03% | 300 | 0.77% | 1,267 | 3.24% | 39,192 | ||||||||||||
| Tuolumne | 2,561 | 46.78% | 2,639 | 48.21% | 249 | 4.55% | 25 | 0.46% | -78 | -1.43% | 5,474 | ||||||||||||
| Ventura | 18,100 | 54.77% | 13,930 | 42.15% | 856 | 2.59% | 163 | 0.49% | 4,170 | 12.62% | 33,049 | ||||||||||||
| Yolo | 6,655 | 52.47% | 5,560 | 43.83% | 409 | 3.22% | 60 | 0.47% | 1,095 | 8.64% | 12,684 | ||||||||||||
| Yuba | 3,608 | 49.68% | 3,403 | 46.85% | 217 | 2.99% | 35 | 0.48% | 205 | 2.83% | 7,263 | ||||||||||||
| Total | 1,913,134 | 47.57% | 1,895,269 | 47.13% | 190,381 | 4.73% | 22,754 | 0.57% | 17,865 | 0.44% | 4,021,538 | ||||||||||||