1948 United States presidential election in Nebraska
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The 1948 United States presidential election in Nebraska took place on November 2, 1948, as part of the 1948 United States presidential election. Voters chose six[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Nebraska was won by Governor Thomas Dewey (R–New York), running with Governor Earl Warren, with 54.15% of the popular vote, against incumbent President Harry S. Truman (D–Missouri), running with Senator Alben W. Barkley, with 45.85% of the popular vote.[3][4] As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last occasion Wheeler County has voted for a Democratic presidential candidate.[5]
With 54.15% of the popular vote, Nebraska would prove to be Dewey's third strongest state in the nation after Vermont and Maine.[6]
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Thomas Dewey | 264,774 | 54.15% | |
| Democratic | Harry S. Truman (inc.) | 224,165 | 45.85% | |
| Write-in | 1[a] | 0.00% | ||
| Total votes | 488,940 | 100% | ||
Results by county
| County[7] | Thomas Edmund Dewey Republican |
Harry S. Truman Democratic |
Margin | Total votes cast | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adams | 5,560 | 54.45% | 4,652 | 45.55% | 908 | 8.89% | 10,212 |
| Antelope | 2,868 | 60.49% | 1,873 | 39.51% | 995 | 20.99% | 4,741 |
| Arthur | 199 | 57.51% | 147 | 42.49% | 52 | 15.03% | 346 |
| Banner | 309 | 57.43% | 229 | 42.57% | 80 | 14.87% | 538 |
| Blaine | 252 | 50.40% | 248 | 49.60% | 4 | 0.80% | 500 |
| Boone | 2,235 | 55.69% | 1,778 | 44.31% | 457 | 11.39% | 4,013 |
| Box Butte | 2,351 | 53.75% | 2,023 | 46.25% | 328 | 7.50% | 4,374 |
| Boyd | 1,060 | 50.60% | 1,035 | 49.40% | 25 | 1.19% | 2,095 |
| Brown | 1,174 | 62.65% | 700 | 37.35% | 474 | 25.29% | 1,874 |
| Buffalo | 4,862 | 56.68% | 3,716 | 43.32% | 1,146 | 13.36% | 8,578 |
| Burt | 2,656 | 58.30% | 1,900 | 41.70% | 756 | 16.59% | 4,556 |
| Butler | 2,105 | 44.69% | 2,605 | 55.31% | -500 | -10.62% | 4,710 |
| Cass | 3,527 | 53.70% | 3,041 | 46.30% | 486 | 7.40% | 6,568 |
| Cedar | 2,616 | 50.37% | 2,578 | 49.63% | 38 | 0.73% | 5,194 |
| Chase | 1,094 | 59.78% | 736 | 40.22% | 358 | 19.56% | 1,830 |
| Cherry | 2,141 | 58.93% | 1,492 | 41.07% | 649 | 17.86% | 3,633 |
| Cheyenne | 2,161 | 50.26% | 2,139 | 49.74% | 22 | 0.51% | 4,300 |
| Clay | 2,511 | 61.24% | 1,589 | 38.76% | 922 | 22.49% | 4,100 |
| Colfax | 1,928 | 50.41% | 1,897 | 49.59% | 31 | 0.81% | 3,825 |
| Cuming | 2,930 | 63.88% | 1,657 | 36.12% | 1,273 | 27.75% | 4,587 |
| Custer | 4,057 | 54.73% | 3,356 | 45.27% | 701 | 9.46% | 7,413 |
| Dakota | 1,379 | 36.76% | 2,372 | 63.24% | -993 | -26.47% | 3,751 |
| Dawes | 2,399 | 61.54% | 1,499 | 38.46% | 900 | 23.09% | 3,898 |
| Dawson | 4,203 | 61.75% | 2,603 | 38.25% | 1,600 | 23.51% | 6,806 |
| Deuel | 1,043 | 71.68% | 412 | 28.32% | 631 | 43.37% | 1,455 |
| Dixon | 1,899 | 52.44% | 1,722 | 47.56% | 177 | 4.89% | 3,621 |
| Dodge | 5,848 | 54.56% | 4,870 | 45.44% | 978 | 9.12% | 10,718 |
| Douglas | 47,175 | 48.92% | 49,258 | 51.08% | -2,083 | -2.16% | 96,433 |
| Dundy | 935 | 59.14% | 646 | 40.86% | 289 | 18.28% | 1,581 |
| Fillmore | 2,677 | 58.54% | 1,896 | 41.46% | 781 | 17.08% | 4,573 |
| Franklin | 1,555 | 53.71% | 1,340 | 46.29% | 215 | 7.43% | 2,895 |
| Frontier | 1,307 | 60.71% | 846 | 39.29% | 461 | 21.41% | 2,153 |
| Furnas | 2,258 | 60.18% | 1,494 | 39.82% | 764 | 20.36% | 3,752 |
| Gage | 5,311 | 56.29% | 4,124 | 43.71% | 1,187 | 12.58% | 9,435 |
| Garden | 923 | 64.01% | 519 | 35.99% | 404 | 28.02% | 1,442 |
| Garfield | 702 | 56.43% | 542 | 43.57% | 160 | 12.86% | 1,244 |
| Gosper | 621 | 52.05% | 572 | 47.95% | 49 | 4.11% | 1,193 |
| Grant | 273 | 66.26% | 139 | 33.74% | 134 | 32.52% | 412 |
| Greeley | 829 | 39.59% | 1,265 | 60.41% | -436 | -20.82% | 2,094 |
| Hall | 5,694 | 55.37% | 4,590 | 44.63% | 1,104 | 10.74% | 10,284 |
| Hamilton | 2,406 | 61.46% | 1,509 | 38.54% | 897 | 22.91% | 3,915 |
| Harlan | 1,490 | 54.98% | 1,220 | 45.02% | 270 | 9.96% | 2,710 |
| Hayes | 529 | 55.86% | 418 | 44.14% | 111 | 11.72% | 947 |
| Hitchcock | 1,208 | 56.69% | 923 | 43.31% | 285 | 13.37% | 2,131 |
| Holt | 3,147 | 54.55% | 2,622 | 45.45% | 525 | 9.10% | 5,769 |
| Hooker | 249 | 74.33% | 86 | 25.67% | 163 | 48.66% | 335 |
| Howard | 1,133 | 37.44% | 1,893 | 62.56% | -760 | -25.12% | 3,026 |
| Jefferson | 3,352 | 60.29% | 2,208 | 39.71% | 1,144 | 20.58% | 5,560 |
| Johnson | 1,817 | 58.46% | 1,291 | 41.54% | 526 | 16.92% | 3,108 |
| Kearney | 1,440 | 50.70% | 1,400 | 49.30% | 40 | 1.41% | 2,840 |
| Keith | 1,600 | 59.06% | 1,109 | 40.94% | 491 | 18.12% | 2,709 |
| Keya Paha | 538 | 57.54% | 397 | 42.46% | 141 | 15.08% | 935 |
| Kimball | 1,024 | 60.38% | 672 | 39.62% | 352 | 20.75% | 1,696 |
| Knox | 2,778 | 51.68% | 2,597 | 48.32% | 181 | 3.37% | 5,375 |
| Lancaster | 23,620 | 56.29% | 18,338 | 43.71% | 5,282 | 12.59% | 41,958 |
| Lincoln | 4,419 | 51.68% | 4,131 | 48.32% | 288 | 3.37% | 8,550 |
| Logan | 254 | 52.16% | 233 | 47.84% | 21 | 4.31% | 487 |
| Loup | 294 | 52.78% | 263 | 47.22% | 31 | 5.57% | 557 |
| Madison | 5,486 | 62.41% | 3,304 | 37.59% | 2,182 | 24.82% | 8,790 |
| McPherson | 209 | 68.08% | 98 | 31.92% | 111 | 36.16% | 307 |
| Merrick | 2,074 | 62.08% | 1,267 | 37.92% | 807 | 24.15% | 3,341 |
| Morrill | 1,478 | 52.82% | 1,320 | 47.18% | 158 | 5.65% | 2,798 |
| Nance | 1,339 | 56.79% | 1,019 | 43.21% | 320 | 13.57% | 2,358 |
| Nemaha | 2,413 | 58.85% | 1,687 | 41.15% | 726 | 17.71% | 4,100 |
| Nuckolls | 2,036 | 52.71% | 1,827 | 47.29% | 209 | 5.41% | 3,863 |
| Otoe | 4,060 | 61.75% | 2,515 | 38.25% | 1,545 | 23.50% | 6,575 |
| Pawnee | 1,725 | 57.58% | 1,271 | 42.42% | 454 | 15.15% | 2,996 |
| Perkins | 904 | 51.16% | 863 | 48.84% | 41 | 2.32% | 1,767 |
| Phelps | 2,489 | 57.83% | 1,815 | 42.17% | 674 | 15.66% | 4,304 |
| Pierce | 1,866 | 57.43% | 1,383 | 42.57% | 483 | 14.87% | 3,249 |
| Platte | 3,812 | 53.47% | 3,317 | 46.53% | 495 | 6.94% | 7,129 |
| Polk | 2,026 | 59.21% | 1,396 | 40.79% | 630 | 18.41% | 3,422 |
| Red Willow | 2,610 | 53.84% | 2,238 | 46.16% | 372 | 7.67% | 4,848 |
| Richardson | 3,778 | 51.77% | 3,519 | 48.23% | 259 | 3.55% | 7,297 |
| Rock | 809 | 64.00% | 455 | 36.00% | 354 | 28.01% | 1,264 |
| Saline | 2,641 | 42.33% | 3,598 | 57.67% | -957 | -15.34% | 6,239 |
| Sarpy | 2,367 | 47.32% | 2,635 | 52.68% | -268 | -5.36% | 5,002 |
| Saunders | 3,660 | 47.91% | 3,979 | 52.09% | -319 | -4.18% | 7,639 |
| Scotts Bluff | 5,409 | 55.22% | 4,386 | 44.78% | 1,023 | 10.44% | 9,795 |
| Seward | 2,916 | 56.18% | 2,274 | 43.82% | 642 | 12.37% | 5,190 |
| Sheridan | 2,180 | 54.62% | 1,811 | 45.38% | 369 | 9.25% | 3,991 |
| Sherman | 1,003 | 38.41% | 1,608 | 61.59% | -605 | -23.17% | 2,611 |
| Sioux | 657 | 55.82% | 520 | 44.18% | 137 | 11.64% | 1,177 |
| Stanton | 1,259 | 56.01% | 989 | 43.99% | 270 | 12.01% | 2,248 |
| Thayer | 2,601 | 57.39% | 1,931 | 42.61% | 670 | 14.78% | 4,532 |
| Thomas | 312 | 56.73% | 238 | 43.27% | 74 | 13.45% | 550 |
| Thurston | 1,149 | 37.81% | 1,890 | 62.19% | -741 | -24.38% | 3,039 |
| Valley | 1,670 | 54.66% | 1,385 | 45.34% | 285 | 9.33% | 3,055 |
| Washington | 2,400 | 55.74% | 1,906 | 44.26% | 494 | 11.47% | 4,306 |
| Wayne | 2,323 | 66.73% | 1,158 | 33.27% | 1,165 | 33.47% | 3,481 |
| Webster | 1,964 | 59.00% | 1,365 | 41.00% | 599 | 17.99% | 3,329 |
| Wheeler | 264 | 44.67% | 327 | 55.33% | -63 | -10.66% | 591 |
| York | 3,960 | 65.44% | 2,091 | 34.56% | 1,869 | 30.89% | 6,051 |
| Totals | 264,774 | 54.15% | 224,165 | 45.85% | 40,609 | 8.31% | 488,940 |
Notes
References
- ^ "United States Presidential election of 1948 - Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved December 20, 2017.
- ^ "1948 Election for the Forty-First Term (1949-53)". Retrieved December 20, 2017.
- ^ "1948 Presidential General Election Results – Nebraska". Retrieved December 20, 2017.
- ^ "The American Presidency Project - Election of 1948". Retrieved December 20, 2017.
- ^ Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
- ^ "1948 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved 2018-03-05.
- ^ a b "NE US President Race, November 02, 1948". Our Campaigns.
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