1948 United States presidential election in California
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Turnout | 80.54% (of registered voters) 5.59 pp 66.77% (of eligible voters) 1.05 pp[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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County Results
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Elections in California |
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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 S. 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.[2]
Results
1948 United States presidential election in California[3] | |||||
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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 | — |
Results by county
County | Harry S. Truman Democratic |
Thomas E. Dewey Republican |
Henry A. Wallace Progressive |
Various candidates Other parties |
Margin | Total votes cast | |||||
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# | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
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 |
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
- Butte
- Glenn
- Marin
- Mariposa
- Mendocino
- Monterey
- Napa
- Nevada
- San Bernardino
- San Joaquin
- San Luis Obispo
- San Mateo
- San Diego
- Santa Clara
- Santa Barbara
- Tehama
- Stanislaus
- Tuolumne
See also
References
- ^ "Historical Voter Registration and Participation in Statewide General Elections 1910–2018" (PDF). California Secretary of State. Retrieved May 5, 2022.
- ^ Schmidt 1960, pp. 131–132.
- ^ "1948 Presidential General Election Results - California". Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved August 25, 2008.
Works cited
- Schmidt, Karl (1960). Henry A. Wallace: Quixotic Crusade 1948. Syracuse University Press. ISBN 978-0-8156-0020-6.
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