1948 United States presidential election in Nevada
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The 1948 United States presidential election in Nevada took place on November 2, 1948, as part of the 1948 United States presidential election. State voters chose three[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Nevada was won by incumbent President Harry S. Truman (D–Missouri), running with Senator Alben W. Barkley, with 50.37% of the popular vote, against Governor Thomas Dewey (R–New York), running with Governor Earl Warren, with 47.26% of the popular vote.[3][4] This was the last election where voters in Nevada selected presidential electors directly.
Results
[edit]| Party | Pledged to | Elector | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic Party | Harry S. Truman | L. O. Hawkins | 31,291 | |
| Democratic Party | Harry S. Truman | James C. Riordan | 31,291 | |
| Democratic Party | Harry S. Truman | J. J. Cleary | 31,290[a] | |
| Republican Party | Thomas E. Dewey | Carl F. Dodge | 29,357 | |
| Republican Party | Thomas E. Dewey | Mrs. Kenneth F. Johnson | 29,357 | |
| Republican Party | Thomas E. Dewey | Leo A. McNamee | 29,357 | |
| Progressive Party | Henry A. Wallace | M. D. Inskeep | 1,469 | |
| Progressive Party | Henry A. Wallace | E. P. Owens | 1,469 | |
| Progressive Party | Henry A. Wallace | Donald C. Smart | 1,469 | |
| Votes cast[b] | 62,117 | |||
Results by county
[edit]| County | Harry S. Truman Democratic |
Thomas Edmund Dewey Republican |
Henry Agard Wallace Progressive |
Margin | Total votes cast[5] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Churchill | 1,055 | 44.48% | 1,206 | 50.84% | 111 | 4.68% | -151 | -6.37% | 2,372 |
| Clark | 10,787 | 61.81% | 6,382 | 36.57% | 284 | 1.63% | 4,405 | 25.24% | 17,453 |
| Douglas | 298 | 28.88% | 719 | 69.67% | 15 | 1.45% | -421 | -40.79% | 1,032 |
| Elko | 2,026 | 53.73% | 1,683 | 44.63% | 62 | 1.64% | 343 | 9.10% | 3,771 |
| Esmeralda | 183 | 50.14% | 164 | 44.93% | 18 | 4.93% | 19 | 5.21% | 365 |
| Eureka | 278 | 46.10% | 312 | 51.74% | 13 | 2.16% | -34 | -5.64% | 603 |
| Humboldt | 886 | 48.39% | 901 | 49.21% | 44 | 2.40% | -15 | -0.82% | 1,831 |
| Lander | 298 | 42.33% | 397 | 56.39% | 9 | 1.28% | -99 | -14.06% | 704 |
| Lincoln | 1,004 | 64.65% | 520 | 33.48% | 29 | 1.87% | 484 | 31.17% | 1,553 |
| Lyon | 629 | 38.52% | 967 | 59.22% | 37 | 2.27% | -338 | -20.70% | 1,633 |
| Mineral | 1,194 | 61.93% | 706 | 36.62% | 28 | 1.45% | 488 | 25.31% | 1,928 |
| Nye | 595 | 42.81% | 722 | 51.94% | 73 | 5.25% | -127 | -9.14% | 1,390 |
| Ormsby | 681 | 37.81% | 1,095 | 60.80% | 25 | 1.39% | -414 | -22.99% | 1,801 |
| Pershing | 541 | 42.87% | 677 | 53.65% | 44 | 3.49% | -136 | -10.78% | 1,262 |
| Storey | 184 | 47.42% | 187 | 48.20% | 17 | 4.38% | -3 | -0.77% | 388 |
| Washoe | 8,365 | 41.44% | 11,323 | 56.09% | 500 | 2.48% | -2,958 | -14.65% | 20,188 |
| White Pine | 2,287 | 59.51% | 1,396 | 36.33% | 160 | 4.16% | 891 | 23.19% | 3,843 |
| Totals | 31,291 | 51.59% | 29,357 | 48.41% | 1,469 | 2.36% | 1,934 | 3.19% | 62,117 |
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
[edit]See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "United States Presidential election of 1948 – Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved October 26, 2017.
- ^ "1948 Election for the Forty-First Term (1949-53)". Retrieved October 26, 2017.
- ^ "1948 Presidential General Election Results – Nevada". Retrieved October 26, 2017.
- ^ "The American Presidency Project – Election of 1948". Retrieved October 26, 2017.
- ^ a b Official Returns of the General Election of 1948. Carson City, Nevada: State Printing Office. p. 27.
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