1948 United States presidential election in Wyoming
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The 1948 United States presidential election in Wyoming took place on November 2, 1948, as part of the 1948 United States presidential election. State voters chose three representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Wyoming was won by President Harry S. Truman (D–Missouri), running with the Senate Majority Leader Alben W. Barkley, with 51.62 percent of the popular vote, against the 47th Governor of New York Thomas E. Dewey (R–New York), running with California Governor and future Chief Justice of the United States Earl Warren, with 47.27 percent of the popular vote.[1]
Dewey had previously won the state four years earlier.
Results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Harry S. Truman | 52,354 | 51.62% | |
Republican | Thomas E. Dewey | 47,947 | 47.27% | |
Progressive | Henry A. Wallace | 931 | 0.92% | |
Socialist | Norman Thomas | 137 | 0.14% | |
Socialist Labor | Edward Teichert | 56 | 0.06% | |
Total votes | 101,425 | 100.00% |
Results by county
County | Harry S. Truman[2] Democratic |
Thomas Edmund Dewey[2] Republican |
Henry Agard Wallace[3] Progressive |
Norman Mattoon Thomas[4] Socialist |
Edward A. Teichert[4] Socialist Labor |
Margin | Total votes cast | ||||||
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# | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Albany | 3,141 | 51.96% | 2,858 | 47.28% | 30 | 0.50% | 12 | 0.20% | 4 | 0.07% | 283 | 4.68% | 6,045 |
Big Horn | 2,370 | 49.14% | 2,429 | 50.36% | 20 | 0.41% | 2 | 0.04% | 2 | 0.04% | -59 | -1.22% | 4,823 |
Campbell | 856 | 41.33% | 1,201 | 57.99% | 13 | 0.63% | 1 | 0.05% | 0 | 0.00% | -345 | -16.66% | 2,071 |
Carbon | 3,439 | 59.16% | 2,319 | 39.89% | 55 | 0.95% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,120 | 19.27% | 5,813 |
Converse | 996 | 42.60% | 1,327 | 56.76% | 11 | 0.47% | 2 | 0.09% | 2 | 0.09% | -331 | -14.16% | 2,338 |
Crook | 712 | 37.63% | 1,166 | 61.63% | 9 | 0.48% | 3 | 0.16% | 2 | 0.11% | -454 | -24.00% | 1,892 |
Fremont | 3,019 | 47.17% | 3,357 | 52.45% | 24 | 0.38% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | -338 | -5.28% | 6,400 |
Goshen | 1,843 | 47.15% | 2,029 | 51.91% | 34 | 0.87% | 3 | 0.08% | 0 | 0.00% | -186 | -4.76% | 3,909 |
Hot Springs | 928 | 52.61% | 791 | 44.84% | 42 | 2.38% | 2 | 0.11% | 1 | 0.06% | 137 | 7.77% | 1,764 |
Johnson | 682 | 33.35% | 1,351 | 66.06% | 7 | 0.34% | 5 | 0.24% | 0 | 0.00% | -669 | -32.71% | 2,045 |
Laramie | 8,226 | 56.64% | 6,200 | 42.69% | 64 | 0.44% | 26 | 0.18% | 8 | 0.06% | 2,026 | 13.95% | 14,524 |
Lincoln | 1,925 | 51.50% | 1,730 | 46.28% | 83 | 2.22% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 195 | 5.22% | 3,738 |
Natrona | 6,183 | 53.26% | 5,341 | 46.01% | 62 | 0.53% | 20 | 0.17% | 2 | 0.02% | 842 | 7.25% | 11,608 |
Niobrara | 753 | 43.15% | 975 | 55.87% | 12 | 0.69% | 3 | 0.17% | 2 | 0.11% | -222 | -12.72% | 1,745 |
Park | 2,461 | 47.83% | 2,655 | 51.60% | 20 | 0.39% | 6 | 0.12% | 3 | 0.06% | -194 | -3.77% | 5,145 |
Platte | 1,465 | 51.35% | 1,366 | 47.88% | 7 | 0.25% | 13 | 0.46% | 2 | 0.07% | 99 | 3.47% | 2,853 |
Sheridan | 3,852 | 50.68% | 3,698 | 48.65% | 38 | 0.50% | 12 | 0.16% | 1 | 0.01% | 154 | 2.03% | 7,601 |
Sublette | 496 | 44.05% | 622 | 55.24% | 6 | 0.53% | 1 | 0.09% | 1 | 0.09% | -126 | -11.19% | 1,126 |
Sweetwater | 5,146 | 63.65% | 2,538 | 31.39% | 363 | 4.49% | 18 | 0.22% | 20 | 0.25% | 2,608 | 32.26% | 8,085 |
Teton | 556 | 43.13% | 719 | 55.78% | 9 | 0.70% | 2 | 0.16% | 3 | 0.23% | -163 | -12.65% | 1,289 |
Uinta | 1,632 | 56.31% | 1,239 | 42.75% | 19 | 0.66% | 7 | 0.24% | 1 | 0.03% | 393 | 13.56% | 2,898 |
Washakie | 851 | 44.21% | 1,074 | 55.79% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | -223 | -11.58% | 1,925 |
Weston | 822 | 45.97% | 962 | 53.80% | 3 | 0.17% | 1 | 0.06% | 0 | 0.00% | -140 | -7.83% | 1,788 |
Totals | 52,354 | 51.62% | 47,947 | 47.27% | 931 | 0.92% | 137 | 0.14% | 56 | 0.06% | 4,407 | 4.35% | 101,425 |
References
- ^ a b "1948 Presidential Election Results Wyoming".
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(help) - ^ a b Géoelections; 1948 Presidential Election Popular Vote (.xlsx file for €15)
- ^ Géoelections; Popular Vote for Henry Wallace (.xlsx file for €15)
- ^ a b Our Campaigns; WY US Presidential Race, November 02, 1948