1948 United States presidential election in Montana
The 1948 United States presidential election in Montana took place on November 2, 1948 as part of the 1948 United States presidential election. Voters chose four representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
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Montana voted for the Democratic nominee, President Harry Truman, over the Republican nominee, New York Governor Thomas E. Dewey. Truman won Montana by a substantial margin of 9.94%. As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last election in which Carter County and Prairie County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate.[1]
Results
| 1948 United States presidential election in Montana[2] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Democratic | Harry Truman (incumbent) | 119,071 | 53.09% | 4 | |
| Republican | Thomas E. Dewey | 96,770 | 43.15% | 0 | |
| Progressive | Henry Wallace | 7,313 | 3.26% | 0 | |
| Socialist | Norman Thomas | 695 | 0.31% | 0 | |
| Prohibition | Claude Watson | 429 | 0.19% | 0 | |
| Totals | 224,278 | 100.00% | 4 | ||
Results by county
| County | Harry S. Truman Democratic |
Thomas Edmund Dewey Republican |
Henry A. Wallace[3] Progressive |
Various candidates[3] Other parties |
Margin | Total votes cast[4] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Beaverhead | 1,356 | 45.12% | 1,583 | 52.68% | 63 | 2.10% | 3 | 0.10% | -227 | -7.55% | 3,005 |
| Big Horn | 1,328 | 49.15% | 1,334 | 49.37% | 32 | 1.18% | 8 | 0.30% | -6 | -0.22% | 2,702 |
| Blaine | 1,669 | 60.74% | 997 | 36.28% | 59 | 2.15% | 23 | 0.84% | 672 | 24.45% | 2,748 |
| Broadwater | 536 | 42.34% | 704 | 55.61% | 22 | 1.74% | 4 | 0.32% | -168 | -13.27% | 1,266 |
| Carbon | 1,997 | 47.90% | 1,901 | 45.60% | 248 | 5.95% | 23 | 0.55% | 96 | 2.30% | 4,169 |
| Carter | 568 | 52.40% | 501 | 46.22% | 12 | 1.11% | 3 | 0.28% | 67 | 6.18% | 1,084 |
| Cascade | 12,082 | 60.97% | 6,830 | 34.47% | 806 | 4.07% | 99 | 0.50% | 5,252 | 26.50% | 19,817 |
| Chouteau | 1,832 | 58.38% | 1,181 | 37.64% | 116 | 3.70% | 9 | 0.29% | 651 | 20.75% | 3,138 |
| Custer | 2,359 | 55.34% | 1,845 | 43.28% | 46 | 1.08% | 13 | 0.30% | 514 | 12.06% | 4,263 |
| Daniels | 826 | 54.24% | 624 | 40.97% | 70 | 4.60% | 3 | 0.20% | 202 | 13.26% | 1,523 |
| Dawson | 1,397 | 46.30% | 1,555 | 51.54% | 46 | 1.52% | 19 | 0.63% | -158 | -5.24% | 3,017 |
| Deer Lodge | 3,862 | 62.17% | 2,036 | 32.78% | 293 | 4.72% | 21 | 0.34% | 1,826 | 29.39% | 6,212 |
| Fallon | 623 | 46.88% | 678 | 51.02% | 22 | 1.66% | 6 | 0.45% | -55 | -4.14% | 1,329 |
| Fergus | 3,059 | 54.12% | 2,411 | 42.66% | 162 | 2.87% | 20 | 0.35% | 648 | 11.46% | 5,652 |
| Flathead | 4,546 | 49.45% | 4,240 | 46.12% | 326 | 3.55% | 81 | 0.88% | 306 | 3.33% | 9,193 |
| Gallatin | 3,548 | 44.63% | 4,220 | 53.08% | 135 | 1.70% | 47 | 0.59% | -672 | -8.45% | 7,950 |
| Garfield | 451 | 46.35% | 501 | 51.49% | 19 | 1.95% | 2 | 0.21% | -50 | -5.14% | 973 |
| Glacier | 2,238 | 63.80% | 1,238 | 35.29% | 22 | 0.63% | 10 | 0.29% | 1,000 | 28.51% | 3,508 |
| Golden Valley | 295 | 44.49% | 352 | 53.09% | 15 | 2.26% | 1 | 0.15% | -57 | -8.60% | 663 |
| Granite | 567 | 44.72% | 659 | 51.97% | 33 | 2.60% | 9 | 0.71% | -92 | -7.26% | 1,268 |
| Hill | 3,321 | 64.10% | 1,645 | 31.75% | 168 | 3.24% | 47 | 0.91% | 1,676 | 32.35% | 5,181 |
| Jefferson | 836 | 50.85% | 750 | 45.62% | 55 | 3.35% | 3 | 0.18% | 86 | 5.23% | 1,644 |
| Judith Basin | 934 | 56.20% | 609 | 36.64% | 113 | 6.80% | 6 | 0.36% | 325 | 19.55% | 1,662 |
| Lake | 2,177 | 46.82% | 2,295 | 49.35% | 152 | 3.27% | 26 | 0.56% | -118 | -2.54% | 4,650 |
| Lewis and Clark | 4,745 | 46.63% | 5,174 | 50.85% | 230 | 2.26% | 27 | 0.27% | -429 | -4.22% | 10,176 |
| Liberty | 542 | 58.53% | 354 | 38.23% | 27 | 2.92% | 3 | 0.32% | 188 | 20.30% | 926 |
| Lincoln | 1,689 | 58.38% | 1,079 | 37.30% | 105 | 3.63% | 20 | 0.69% | 610 | 21.09% | 2,893 |
| Madison | 1,006 | 42.68% | 1,300 | 55.15% | 45 | 1.91% | 6 | 0.25% | -294 | -12.47% | 2,357 |
| McCone | 702 | 51.20% | 518 | 37.78% | 146 | 10.65% | 5 | 0.36% | 184 | 13.42% | 1,371 |
| Meagher | 497 | 48.02% | 518 | 50.05% | 16 | 1.55% | 4 | 0.39% | -21 | -2.03% | 1,035 |
| Mineral | 475 | 55.23% | 338 | 39.30% | 41 | 4.77% | 6 | 0.70% | 137 | 15.93% | 860 |
| Missoula | 7,005 | 50.49% | 6,426 | 46.32% | 324 | 2.34% | 118 | 0.85% | 579 | 4.17% | 13,873 |
| Musselshell | 1,188 | 47.60% | 1,010 | 40.46% | 285 | 11.42% | 13 | 0.52% | 178 | 7.13% | 2,496 |
| Park | 2,222 | 45.86% | 2,461 | 50.79% | 131 | 2.70% | 31 | 0.64% | -239 | -4.93% | 4,845 |
| Petroleum | 235 | 50.98% | 214 | 46.42% | 12 | 2.60% | 0 | 0.00% | 21 | 4.56% | 461 |
| Phillips | 1,506 | 58.62% | 964 | 37.52% | 92 | 3.58% | 7 | 0.27% | 542 | 21.10% | 2,569 |
| Pondera | 1,555 | 60.98% | 902 | 35.37% | 85 | 3.33% | 8 | 0.31% | 653 | 25.61% | 2,550 |
| Powder River | 480 | 36.84% | 784 | 60.17% | 30 | 2.30% | 9 | 0.69% | -304 | -23.33% | 1,303 |
| Powell | 1,427 | 53.37% | 1,163 | 43.49% | 65 | 2.43% | 19 | 0.71% | 264 | 9.87% | 2,674 |
| Prairie | 527 | 50.58% | 499 | 47.89% | 16 | 1.54% | 0 | 0.00% | 28 | 2.69% | 1,042 |
| Ravalli | 2,159 | 45.71% | 2,354 | 49.84% | 151 | 3.20% | 59 | 1.25% | -195 | -4.13% | 4,723 |
| Richland | 1,673 | 54.14% | 1,332 | 43.11% | 62 | 2.01% | 23 | 0.74% | 341 | 11.04% | 3,090 |
| Roosevelt | 1,820 | 58.18% | 1,142 | 36.51% | 144 | 4.60% | 22 | 0.70% | 678 | 21.68% | 3,128 |
| Rosebud | 1,031 | 47.27% | 1,106 | 50.71% | 29 | 1.33% | 15 | 0.69% | -75 | -3.44% | 2,181 |
| Sanders | 1,425 | 51.50% | 1,191 | 43.04% | 134 | 4.84% | 17 | 0.61% | 234 | 8.46% | 2,767 |
| Sheridan | 1,515 | 61.76% | 699 | 28.50% | 220 | 8.97% | 19 | 0.77% | 816 | 33.27% | 2,453 |
| Silver Bow | 12,715 | 59.60% | 7,305 | 34.24% | 1,236 | 5.79% | 79 | 0.37% | 5,410 | 25.36% | 21,335 |
| Stillwater | 890 | 42.64% | 1,137 | 54.48% | 53 | 2.54% | 7 | 0.34% | -247 | -11.84% | 2,087 |
| Sweet Grass | 499 | 36.53% | 843 | 61.71% | 15 | 1.10% | 9 | 0.66% | -344 | -25.18% | 1,366 |
| Teton | 1,632 | 60.00% | 1,005 | 36.95% | 78 | 2.87% | 5 | 0.18% | 627 | 23.05% | 2,720 |
| Toole | 1,756 | 60.80% | 1,092 | 37.81% | 33 | 1.14% | 7 | 0.24% | 664 | 22.99% | 2,888 |
| Treasure | 291 | 51.96% | 253 | 45.18% | 15 | 2.68% | 1 | 0.18% | 38 | 6.79% | 560 |
| Valley | 2,535 | 61.68% | 1,375 | 33.45% | 183 | 4.45% | 17 | 0.41% | 1,160 | 28.22% | 4,110 |
| Wheatland | 733 | 47.81% | 780 | 50.88% | 14 | 0.91% | 6 | 0.39% | -47 | -3.07% | 1,533 |
| Wibaux | 471 | 52.04% | 421 | 46.52% | 4 | 0.44% | 9 | 0.99% | 50 | 5.52% | 905 |
| Yellowstone | 9,718 | 47.67% | 10,342 | 50.74% | 251 | 1.23% | 73 | 0.36% | -624 | -3.06% | 20,384 |
| Totals | 119,071 | 53.09% | 96,770 | 43.15% | 7,307 | 3.26% | 1,130 | 0.50% | 22,301 | 9.94% | 224,278 |
References
- Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
- David Leip. "1948 Presidential General Election Results – Montana". Dave Leip’s U.S. Atlas. Retrieved 2018-03-19.
- Géoelections; Popular Vote for Henry Wallace (.xlsx file for €15)
- Scammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964; p. 272 ISBN 0405077114
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