1948 United States presidential election in Michigan

1948 United States presidential election in Michigan
All 19 Michigan votes to the Electoral College
Turnout	52.2%
Dewey 40-50% 50-60% 60-70% 70-80%	Truman 50-60%
President before election; Harry S. Truman; Democratic	Elected President ; Harry S. Truman; Democratic

The 1948 United States presidential election in Michigan took place on November 2, 1948, as part of the 1948 United States presidential election. Voters chose 19^[3] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Michigan was won by Governor Thomas E. Dewey (R–New York), running with Governor Earl Warren, with 49.23% of the popular vote, against incumbent President Harry S. Truman (D–Missouri), running with Senator Alben W. Barkley, with 47.57% of the popular vote.^[4]^[5]

Michigan weighed in for this election as around 7% more Republican than the nation-at-large. Dewey’s victory was the first of three consecutive Republican victories in the state, as Michigan would not vote for a Democratic candidate again until John F. Kennedy narrowly won the state in 1960.

Results

1948 United States presidential election in Michigan
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Thomas E. Dewey	1,038,595	49.23%
	Democratic	Harry S. Truman (inc.)	1,003,448	47.57%
	Progressive	Henry A. Wallace	46,515	2.20%
	Prohibition	Claude A. Watson	13,052	0.62%
	Socialist	Norman Thomas	6,063	0.29%
	Socialist Labor	Edward A. Teichert	1,263	0.06%
	Socialist Workers	Farrell Dobbs	672	0.03%
	Write-in		1	0.00%
Total votes			2,109,609	100%

Results by county

County	Thomas E. Dewey Republican		Harry S. Truman Democratic		Henry A. Wallace Progressive		Claude A. Watson Prohibition		Various candidates Other parties		Margin		Total votes cast^[6]
County	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	Total votes cast^[6]
Alcona	1,425	65.73%	708	32.66%	8	0.37%	23	1.06%	4	0.18%	717	33.07%	2,168
Alger	1,702	42.73%	2,009	50.44%	245	6.15%	22	0.55%	5	0.13%	-307	-7.71%	3,983
Allegan	10,439	67.68%	4,594	29.78%	148	0.96%	203	1.32%	40	0.26%	5,845	37.90%	15,424
Alpena	4,313	60.30%	2,743	38.35%	45	0.63%	37	0.52%	14	0.20%	1,570	21.95%	7,152
Antrim	2,588	67.24%	1,129	29.33%	51	1.33%	70	1.82%	11	0.29%	1,459	37.91%	3,849
Arenac	1,790	58.86%	1,203	39.56%	23	0.76%	19	0.62%	6	0.20%	587	19.30%	3,041
Baraga	1,878	50.11%	1,656	44.18%	201	5.36%	4	0.11%	9	0.24%	222	5.93%	3,748
Barry	5,677	64.75%	2,726	31.09%	55	0.63%	296	3.38%	14	0.16%	2,951	33.66%	8,768
Bay	13,321	47.58%	14,349	51.25%	117	0.42%	127	0.45%	83	0.30%	-1,028	-3.67%	27,997
Benzie	2,013	65.17%	964	31.21%	69	2.23%	29	0.94%	14	0.45%	1,049	33.96%	3,089
Berrien	22,003	58.89%	14,516	38.85%	460	1.23%	223	0.60%	159	0.43%	7,487	20.04%	37,361
Branch	6,323	63.06%	3,405	33.96%	40	0.40%	241	2.40%	18	0.18%	2,918	29.10%	10,027
Calhoun	19,285	54.95%	15,077	42.96%	233	0.66%	372	1.06%	129	0.37%	4,208	11.99%	35,096
Cass	5,615	62.17%	3,201	35.44%	88	0.97%	95	1.05%	33	0.37%	2,414	26.73%	9,032
Charlevoix	2,911	59.47%	1,847	37.73%	53	1.08%	67	1.37%	17	0.35%	1,064	21.74%	4,895
Cheboygan	3,184	62.32%	1,842	36.05%	34	0.67%	39	0.76%	10	0.20%	1,342	26.27%	5,109
Chippewa	4,977	53.34%	3,860	41.37%	186	1.99%	297	3.18%	11	0.12%	1,117	11.97%	9,331
Clare	2,512	66.02%	1,197	31.46%	31	0.81%	53	1.39%	12	0.32%	1,315	34.56%	3,805
Clinton	7,510	73.69%	2,523	24.76%	50	0.49%	84	0.82%	24	0.24%	4,987	48.93%	10,191
Crawford	849	63.93%	455	34.26%	16	1.20%	7	0.53%	1	0.08%	394	29.67%	1,328
Delta	5,414	42.86%	6,943	54.96%	206	1.63%	34	0.27%	36	0.28%	-1,529	-12.10%	12,633
Dickinson	4,417	39.06%	6,295	55.66%	463	4.09%	93	0.82%	41	0.36%	-1,878	-16.60%	11,309
Eaton	8,637	64.84%	4,264	32.01%	87	0.65%	271	2.03%	61	0.46%	4,373	32.83%	13,320
Emmet	3,565	63.42%	1,922	34.19%	73	1.30%	46	0.82%	15	0.27%	1,643	29.23%	5,621
Genesee	38,270	44.38%	45,032	52.22%	1,954	2.27%	667	0.77%	305	0.35%	-6,762	-7.84%	86,228
Gladwin	2,062	66.43%	963	31.02%	25	0.81%	48	1.55%	6	0.19%	1,099	35.41%	3,104
Gogebic	5,204	41.40%	6,722	53.48%	561	4.46%	44	0.35%	38	0.30%	-1,518	-12.08%	12,569
Grand Traverse	5,473	68.28%	2,365	29.51%	88	1.10%	73	0.91%	16	0.20%	3,108	38.77%	8,015
Gratiot	7,035	70.16%	2,659	26.52%	46	0.46%	271	2.70%	16	0.16%	4,376	43.64%	10,027
Hillsdale	7,232	67.21%	3,095	28.76%	83	0.77%	322	2.99%	28	0.26%	4,137	38.45%	10,760
Houghton	9,541	54.61%	6,925	39.64%	912	5.22%	70	0.40%	23	0.13%	2,616	14.97%	17,471
Huron	7,978	74.92%	2,562	24.06%	50	0.47%	36	0.34%	22	0.21%	5,416	50.86%	10,648
Ingham	31,868	60.61%	19,366	36.83%	499	0.95%	501	0.95%	341	0.65%	12,502	23.78%	52,575
Ionia	7,970	62.60%	4,450	34.95%	44	0.35%	243	1.91%	24	0.19%	3,520	27.65%	12,731
Iosco	2,599	68.90%	1,115	29.56%	24	0.64%	27	0.72%	7	0.19%	1,484	39.34%	3,772
Iron	3,659	44.56%	4,125	50.23%	260	3.17%	109	1.33%	59	0.72%	-466	-5.67%	8,212
Isabella	5,485	67.23%	2,487	30.49%	39	0.48%	127	1.56%	20	0.25%	2,998	36.74%	8,158
Jackson	21,449	61.22%	12,809	36.56%	262	0.75%	429	1.22%	88	0.25%	8,640	24.66%	35,037
Kalamazoo	23,799	57.32%	16,393	39.49%	528	1.27%	515	1.24%	282	0.68%	7,406	17.83%	41,517
Kalkaska	837	65.54%	400	31.32%	15	1.17%	22	1.72%	3	0.23%	437	34.22%	1,277
Kent	53,669	54.33%	43,205	43.74%	881	0.89%	706	0.71%	315	0.32%	10,464	10.59%	98,776
Keweenaw	814	50.09%	647	39.82%	154	9.48%	7	0.43%	3	0.18%	167	10.27%	1,625
Lake	1,348	54.14%	1,077	43.25%	55	2.21%	9	0.36%	1	0.04%	271	10.89%	2,490
Lapeer	8,358	62.85%	4,668	35.10%	105	0.79%	131	0.99%	36	0.27%	3,690	27.75%	13,298
Leelanau	1,928	69.01%	835	29.89%	15	0.54%	9	0.32%	7	0.25%	1,093	39.12%	2,794
Lenawee	14,369	67.49%	6,529	30.67%	94	0.44%	242	1.14%	57	0.27%	7,840	36.82%	21,291
Livingston	7,368	70.99%	2,813	27.10%	83	0.80%	101	0.97%	14	0.13%	4,555	43.89%	10,379
Luce	1,273	67.46%	570	30.21%	29	1.54%	13	0.69%	2	0.11%	703	37.25%	1,887
Mackinac	2,182	64.90%	1,138	33.85%	19	0.57%	21	0.62%	2	0.06%	1,044	31.05%	3,362
Macomb	21,205	44.49%	25,265	53.01%	917	1.92%	136	0.29%	137	0.29%	-4,060	-8.52%	47,660
Manistee	3,913	52.89%	3,339	45.13%	82	1.11%	42	0.57%	23	0.31%	574	7.76%	7,399
Marquette	8,591	45.06%	10,003	52.47%	330	1.73%	84	0.44%	56	0.29%	-1,412	-7.41%	19,064
Mason	4,147	55.99%	2,988	40.34%	191	2.58%	73	0.99%	8	0.11%	1,159	15.65%	7,407
Mecosta	3,803	68.44%	1,572	28.29%	35	0.63%	144	2.59%	3	0.05%	2,231	40.15%	5,557
Menominee	4,420	45.72%	5,094	52.69%	69	0.71%	54	0.56%	30	0.31%	-674	-6.97%	9,667
Midland	5,811	63.19%	3,204	34.84%	56	0.61%	100	1.09%	25	0.27%	2,607	28.35%	9,196
Missaukee	1,742	68.21%	750	29.37%	16	0.63%	43	1.68%	3	0.12%	992	38.84%	2,554
Monroe	11,070	50.72%	10,434	47.81%	153	0.70%	133	0.61%	34	0.16%	636	2.91%	21,824
Montcalm	6,081	65.14%	2,999	32.13%	82	0.88%	148	1.59%	25	0.27%	3,082	33.01%	9,335
Montmorency	1,054	64.11%	553	33.64%	12	0.73%	19	1.16%	6	0.36%	501	30.47%	1,644
Muskegon	15,382	41.45%	20,631	55.60%	555	1.50%	391	1.05%	148	0.40%	-5,249	-14.15%	37,107
Newaygo	4,394	66.92%	2,027	30.87%	73	1.11%	54	0.82%	18	0.27%	2,367	36.05%	6,566
Oakland	62,516	53.49%	51,491	44.06%	1,964	1.68%	455	0.39%	440	0.38%	11,025	9.43%	116,866
Oceana	2,943	60.07%	1,714	34.99%	59	1.20%	169	3.45%	14	0.29%	1,229	25.08%	4,899
Ogemaw	2,062	64.70%	1,038	32.57%	42	1.32%	36	1.13%	9	0.28%	1,024	32.13%	3,187
Ontonagon	2,561	50.18%	2,163	42.38%	369	7.23%	5	0.10%	6	0.12%	398	7.80%	5,104
Osceola	3,122	68.54%	1,276	28.01%	17	0.37%	134	2.94%	6	0.13%	1,846	40.53%	4,555
Oscoda	785	72.08%	285	26.17%	6	0.55%	10	0.92%	3	0.28%	500	45.91%	1,089
Otsego	1,392	60.00%	888	38.28%	23	0.99%	13	0.56%	4	0.17%	504	21.72%	2,320
Ottawa	16,028	63.38%	8,789	34.76%	134	0.53%	225	0.89%	112	0.44%	7,239	28.62%	25,288
Presque Isle	2,271	54.53%	1,872	44.95%	14	0.34%	6	0.14%	2	0.05%	399	9.58%	4,165
Roscommon	2,055	73.89%	687	24.70%	23	0.83%	8	0.29%	8	0.29%	1,368	49.19%	2,781
Saginaw	22,923	56.28%	16,995	41.72%	248	0.61%	482	1.18%	85	0.21%	5,928	14.56%	40,733
Sanilac	8,237	77.66%	2,167	20.43%	45	0.42%	142	1.34%	15	0.14%	6,070	57.23%	10,606
Schoolcraft	1,713	49.70%	1,651	47.90%	44	1.28%	25	0.73%	14	0.41%	62	1.80%	3,447
Shiawassee	10,377	66.97%	4,852	31.31%	93	0.60%	148	0.96%	26	0.17%	5,525	35.66%	15,496
St. Clair	17,883	61.79%	10,647	36.79%	219	0.76%	138	0.48%	55	0.19%	7,236	25.00%	28,942
St. Joseph	8,166	65.66%	3,928	31.59%	60	0.48%	248	1.99%	34	0.27%	4,238	34.07%	12,436
Tuscola	8,125	73.59%	2,676	24.24%	57	0.52%	161	1.46%	22	0.20%	5,449	49.35%	11,041
Van Buren	9,511	67.92%	4,082	29.15%	266	1.90%	104	0.74%	41	0.29%	5,429	38.77%	14,004
Washtenaw	24,588	63.75%	12,721	32.98%	790	2.05%	172	0.45%	296	0.77%	11,867	30.77%	38,567
Wayne	321,773	38.03%	489,654	57.87%	29,615	3.50%	1,268	0.15%	3,796	0.45%	-167,881	-19.84%	846,106
Wexford	3,833	57.06%	2,635	39.23%	49	0.73%	187	2.78%	13	0.19%	1,198	17.83%	6,717
Totals	1,038,595	49.23%	1,003,448	47.57%	46,515	2.20%	13,052	0.62%	7,999	0.38%	35,147	1.66%	2,109,609

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

Menominee

References

^ "United States Presidential election of 1948 - Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved December 20, 2017.
^ "SOS - General Election Voter Registration/Turnout Statistics".
^ "1948 Election for the Forty-First Term (1949-53)". Retrieved December 20, 2017.
^ "1948 Presidential General Election Results - Michigan". Retrieved December 20, 2017.
^ "The American Presidency Project - Election of 1948". Retrieved December 20, 2017.
^ Our Campaigns; MI US President 1948

[1] "United States Presidential election of 1948 - Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved December 20, 2017.

[2] "SOS - General Election Voter Registration/Turnout Statistics".

[3] "1948 Election for the Forty-First Term (1949-53)". Retrieved December 20, 2017.

[4] "1948 Presidential General Election Results - Michigan". Retrieved December 20, 2017.

[5] "The American Presidency Project - Election of 1948". Retrieved December 20, 2017.

[6] Our Campaigns; MI US President 1948

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