1948 United States presidential election in Nevada
The 1948 United States presidential election in Nevada took place on November 2, 1948, as part of the 1948 United States presidential election. State voters chose three[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
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 County Results
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| Elections in Nevada |
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Nevada was won by incumbent President Harry S. Truman (D–Missouri), running with Senator Alben W. Barkley, with 50.37% of the popular vote, against Governor Thomas Dewey (R–New York), running with Governor Earl Warren, with 47.26% of the popular vote.[3][4]
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | Harry S. Truman (inc.) | 31,291 | 50.37% | |
| Republican | Thomas Dewey | 29,357 | 47.26% | |
| Progressive | Henry A. Wallace | 1,469 | 2.36% | |
| Total votes | 62,117 | 100% | ||
Results by county
| County | Harry S. Truman Democratic |
Thomas Edmund Dewey Republican |
Henry Agard Wallace Progressive |
Margin | Total votes cast[5] | ||||
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| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Churchill | 1,055 | 44.48% | 1,206 | 50.84% | 111 | 4.68% | -151 | -6.37% | 2,372 |
| Clark | 10,787 | 61.81% | 6,382 | 36.57% | 284 | 1.63% | 4,405 | 25.24% | 17,453 |
| Douglas | 298 | 28.88% | 719 | 69.67% | 15 | 1.45% | -421 | -40.79% | 1,032 |
| Elko | 2,026 | 53.73% | 1,683 | 44.63% | 62 | 1.64% | 343 | 9.10% | 3,771 |
| Esmeralda | 183 | 50.14% | 164 | 44.93% | 18 | 4.93% | 19 | 5.21% | 365 |
| Eureka | 278 | 46.10% | 312 | 51.74% | 13 | 2.16% | -34 | -5.64% | 603 |
| Humboldt | 886 | 48.39% | 901 | 49.21% | 44 | 2.40% | -15 | -0.82% | 1,831 |
| Lander | 298 | 42.33% | 397 | 56.39% | 9 | 1.28% | -99 | -14.06% | 704 |
| Lincoln | 1,004 | 64.65% | 520 | 33.48% | 29 | 1.87% | 484 | 31.17% | 1,553 |
| Lyon | 629 | 38.52% | 967 | 59.22% | 37 | 2.27% | -338 | -20.70% | 1,633 |
| Mineral | 1,194 | 61.93% | 706 | 36.62% | 28 | 1.45% | 488 | 25.31% | 1,928 |
| Nye | 595 | 42.81% | 722 | 51.94% | 73 | 5.25% | -127 | -9.14% | 1,390 |
| Ormsby | 681 | 37.81% | 1,095 | 60.80% | 25 | 1.39% | -414 | -22.99% | 1,801 |
| Pershing | 541 | 42.87% | 677 | 53.65% | 44 | 3.49% | -136 | -10.78% | 1,262 |
| Storey | 184 | 47.42% | 187 | 48.20% | 17 | 4.38% | -3 | -0.77% | 388 |
| Washoe | 8,365 | 41.44% | 11,323 | 56.09% | 500 | 2.48% | -2,958 | -14.65% | 20,188 |
| White Pine | 2,287 | 59.51% | 1,396 | 36.33% | 160 | 4.16% | 891 | 23.19% | 3,843 |
| Totals | 31,291 | 51.59% | 29,357 | 48.41% | 1,469 | 2.36% | 1,934 | 3.19% | 60,648 |
References
- "United States Presidential election of 1948 – Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved October 26, 2017.
- "1948 Election for the Forty-First Term (1949-53)". Retrieved October 26, 2017.
- "1948 Presidential General Election Results – Nevada". Retrieved October 26, 2017.
- "The American Presidency Project – Election of 1948". Retrieved October 26, 2017.
- Scammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964; p. 290 ISBN 0405077114
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