1948 United States presidential election in Arizona
The 1948 United States presidential election in Arizona took place on November 2, 1948, as part of the 1948 United States presidential election. State voters chose four[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
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 County Results
Truman 40-50% 50-60% 60-70%
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Arizona was won by incumbent President Harry S. Truman (D–Missouri), running with Senator Alben W. Barkley, with 53.79% of the popular vote, against Governor Thomas Dewey (R–New York), running with Governor Earl Warren, with 43.82% of the popular vote.[3][4]
As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last election in which Yavapai County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate.[5] Maricopa County, which voted straight Republican with Yavapai from 1952 to 2016, broke its streak in the 2020 election.
Coconino County would not vote Democratic again until 1992, Navajo County not until 1976, whilst Apache, Cochise, Mohave and Pima Counties would next vote Democratic for Lyndon Johnson in 1964.[6] This is also the last election where a candidate carried every county in the state, as well as the last time a Democrat won the state with an outright majority. Arizona would not vote Democratic again until 1996, and after that, until 2020. Had Bob Dole won the state in 1996, Arizona would have the longest Republican voting streak for any state in recent political history.
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | Harry S. Truman (inc.) | 95,251 | 53.79% | |
| Republican | Thomas Dewey | 77,597 | 43.82% | |
| Progressive | Henry A. Wallace | 3,310 | 1.87% | |
| Prohibition | Claude A. Watson | 786 | 0.44% | |
| Socialist Labor | Edward A. Teichert | 121 | 0.07% | |
| Total votes | 177,065 | 100% | ||
Results by county
| County | Harry S. Truman[7] Democratic |
Thomas Edmund Dewey[7] Republican |
Henry Agard Wallace[8] Progressive |
Claude A. Watson[8] Prohibition |
Edward A. Teichert[8] Socialist Labor |
Margin | Total votes cast | ||||||
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| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Apache | 1,480 | 60.29% | 970 | 39.51% | 5 | 0.20% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 510 | 20.77% | 2,455 |
| Cochise | 6,198 | 59.77% | 3,854 | 37.16% | 284 | 2.74% | 29 | 0.28% | 5 | 0.05% | 2,344 | 22.60% | 10,370 |
| Coconino | 2,309 | 51.99% | 2,093 | 47.13% | 26 | 0.59% | 11 | 0.25% | 2 | 0.05% | 216 | 4.86% | 4,441 |
| Gila | 4,780 | 65.79% | 2,329 | 32.06% | 120 | 1.65% | 31 | 0.43% | 5 | 0.07% | 2,451 | 33.74% | 7,265 |
| Graham | 2,139 | 63.17% | 1,209 | 35.71% | 31 | 0.92% | 6 | 0.18% | 1 | 0.03% | 930 | 27.47% | 3,386 |
| Greenlee | 2,069 | 69.88% | 680 | 22.97% | 202 | 6.82% | 8 | 0.27% | 2 | 0.07% | 1,389 | 46.91% | 2,961 |
| Maricopa | 40,498 | 51.27% | 36,585 | 46.31% | 1,403 | 1.78% | 459 | 0.58% | 47 | 0.06% | 3,913 | 4.95% | 78,992 |
| Mohave | 1,499 | 55.27% | 1,167 | 43.03% | 32 | 1.18% | 8 | 0.29% | 6 | 0.22% | 332 | 12.24% | 2,712 |
| Navajo | 2,669 | 58.45% | 1,841 | 40.32% | 45 | 0.99% | 8 | 0.18% | 3 | 0.07% | 828 | 18.13% | 4,566 |
| Pima | 17,692 | 49.66% | 16,968 | 47.63% | 807 | 2.27% | 120 | 0.34% | 38 | 0.11% | 724 | 2.03% | 35,625 |
| Pinal | 3,572 | 60.68% | 2,232 | 37.91% | 61 | 1.04% | 20 | 0.34% | 2 | 0.03% | 1,340 | 22.76% | 5,887 |
| Santa Cruz | 1,424 | 56.53% | 1,058 | 42.00% | 26 | 1.03% | 10 | 0.40% | 1 | 0.04% | 366 | 14.53% | 2,519 |
| Yavapai | 4,439 | 49.75% | 4,287 | 48.05% | 132 | 1.48% | 60 | 0.67% | 4 | 0.04% | 152 | 1.70% | 8,922 |
| Yuma | 4,483 | 64.37% | 2,324 | 33.37% | 141 | 2.02% | 11 | 0.16% | 5 | 0.07% | 2,159 | 31.00% | 6,964 |
| Totals | 95,251 | 53.79% | 77,597 | 43.82% | 3,310 | 1.87% | 786 | 0.44% | 121 | 0.07% | 17,654 | 9.97% | 177,065 |
References
- "United States Presidential election of 1948 - Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved October 25, 2017.
- "1948 Election for the Forty-First Term (1949-53)". Retrieved October 25, 2017.
- "1948 Presidential General Election Results - Arizona". Retrieved October 25, 2017.
- "The American Presidency Project - Election of 1948". Retrieved October 25, 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
- Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004, p. 148 ISBN 0786422173
- Géoelections; 1948 Presidential Election Popular Vote (.xlsx file for €15)
- Our Campaigns; AZ US President Race, November 02, 1948
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