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The 1948 United States presidential election in Utah was held on November 2, 1948 as part of the 1948 United States presidential election. State voters chose four electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Utah was won by Democratic Party candidate Harry S. Truman, who carried the state with 53.98 percent of the popular vote and winning its four electoral votes.[1] As of the 2020 presidential election[update], this is the last election in which Davis County and Uintah County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate.[2]
Results
Results by county
County
|
Harry S. Truman[3] Democratic
|
Thomas Edmund Dewey[3] Republican
|
Henry Agard Wallace[4] Progressive
|
Farrell Dobbs[4] Socialist Workers’
|
Margin
|
Total votes cast
|
#
|
%
|
#
|
%
|
#
|
%
|
#
|
%
|
#
|
%
|
Beaver
|
1,190
|
52.56%
|
1,057
|
46.69%
|
17
|
0.75%
|
0
|
0.00%
|
133
|
5.87%
|
2,264
|
Box Elder
|
3,667
|
49.06%
|
3,790
|
50.70%
|
18
|
0.24%
|
0
|
0.00%
|
-123
|
-1.65%
|
7,475
|
Cache
|
6,383
|
49.30%
|
6,514
|
50.32%
|
46
|
0.36%
|
3
|
0.02%
|
-131
|
-1.01%
|
12,946
|
Carbon
|
6,397
|
68.34%
|
2,704
|
28.89%
|
254
|
2.71%
|
5
|
0.05%
|
3,693
|
39.46%
|
9,360
|
Daggett
|
95
|
57.58%
|
69
|
41.82%
|
1
|
0.61%
|
0
|
0.00%
|
26
|
15.76%
|
165
|
Davis
|
6,147
|
56.21%
|
4,718
|
43.14%
|
71
|
0.65%
|
0
|
0.00%
|
1,429
|
13.07%
|
10,936
|
Duchesne
|
1,588
|
55.33%
|
1,266
|
44.11%
|
16
|
0.56%
|
0
|
0.00%
|
322
|
11.22%
|
2,870
|
Emery
|
1,511
|
56.53%
|
1,147
|
42.91%
|
14
|
0.52%
|
1
|
0.04%
|
364
|
13.62%
|
2,673
|
Garfield
|
642
|
40.97%
|
924
|
58.97%
|
1
|
0.06%
|
0
|
0.00%
|
-282
|
-18.00%
|
1,567
|
Grand
|
400
|
48.37%
|
418
|
50.54%
|
9
|
1.09%
|
0
|
0.00%
|
-18
|
-2.18%
|
827
|
Iron
|
1,596
|
40.81%
|
2,289
|
58.53%
|
24
|
0.61%
|
2
|
0.05%
|
-693
|
-17.72%
|
3,911
|
Juab
|
1,501
|
51.55%
|
1,396
|
47.94%
|
13
|
0.45%
|
2
|
0.07%
|
105
|
3.61%
|
2,912
|
Kane
|
220
|
22.24%
|
769
|
77.76%
|
0
|
0.00%
|
0
|
0.00%
|
-549
|
-55.51%
|
989
|
Millard
|
1,817
|
45.10%
|
2,184
|
54.21%
|
26
|
0.65%
|
2
|
0.05%
|
-367
|
-9.11%
|
4,029
|
Morgan
|
670
|
52.96%
|
587
|
46.40%
|
7
|
0.55%
|
1
|
0.08%
|
83
|
6.56%
|
1,265
|
Piute
|
315
|
41.28%
|
440
|
57.67%
|
8
|
1.05%
|
0
|
0.00%
|
-125
|
-16.38%
|
763
|
Rich
|
366
|
47.78%
|
399
|
52.09%
|
1
|
0.13%
|
0
|
0.00%
|
-33
|
-4.31%
|
766
|
Salt Lake
|
62,957
|
53.85%
|
52,479
|
44.89%
|
1,453
|
1.24%
|
28
|
0.02%
|
10,478
|
8.96%
|
116,917
|
San Juan
|
418
|
42.52%
|
558
|
56.77%
|
5
|
0.51%
|
2
|
0.20%
|
-140
|
-14.24%
|
983
|
Sanpete
|
3,041
|
47.42%
|
3,336
|
52.02%
|
32
|
0.50%
|
4
|
0.06%
|
-295
|
-4.60%
|
6,413
|
Sevier
|
1,943
|
40.91%
|
2,791
|
58.76%
|
15
|
0.32%
|
1
|
0.02%
|
-848
|
-17.85%
|
4,750
|
Summit
|
1,556
|
48.53%
|
1,617
|
50.44%
|
33
|
1.03%
|
0
|
0.00%
|
-61
|
-1.90%
|
3,206
|
Tooele
|
2,798
|
57.29%
|
2,036
|
41.69%
|
48
|
0.98%
|
2
|
0.04%
|
762
|
15.60%
|
4,884
|
Uintah
|
1,622
|
51.44%
|
1,513
|
47.99%
|
17
|
0.54%
|
1
|
0.03%
|
109
|
3.46%
|
3,153
|
Utah
|
16,191
|
54.18%
|
13,395
|
44.82%
|
296
|
0.99%
|
4
|
0.01%
|
2,796
|
9.36%
|
29,886
|
Wasatch
|
1,219
|
51.03%
|
1,165
|
48.77%
|
5
|
0.21%
|
0
|
0.00%
|
54
|
2.26%
|
2,389
|
Washington
|
1,580
|
43.68%
|
2,029
|
56.10%
|
6
|
0.17%
|
2
|
0.06%
|
-449
|
-12.41%
|
3,617
|
Wayne
|
460
|
55.35%
|
367
|
44.16%
|
4
|
0.48%
|
0
|
0.00%
|
93
|
11.19%
|
831
|
Weber
|
20,861
|
62.16%
|
12,445
|
37.08%
|
239
|
0.71%
|
14
|
0.04%
|
8,416
|
25.08%
|
33,559
|
Totals |
149,151 |
53.98% |
124,402 |
45.02% |
2,679 |
0.97% |
74 |
0.03% |
24,749 |
8.96% |
276,306
|
References