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1948 United States presidential election in Montana
← 1944 November 2, 1948 1952 →
 
Nominee Harry S. Truman Thomas E. Dewey
Party Democratic Republican
Home state Missouri New York
Running mate Alben W. Barkley Earl Warren
Electoral vote 4 0
Popular vote 119,071 96,770
Percentage 53.09% 43.15%
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Truman

  40-50%   50-60%   60-70%

Dewey

  40-50%   50-60%   60-70%

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Harry S. Truman
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Harry S. Truman
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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.

Montana voted for the Democratic nominee, President Harry S. Truman, over the Republican nominee, New York Governor Thomas E. Dewey. Truman won Montana by a substantial margin of 9.94%. As of the 2024 presidential election, this is the last election in which Carter County and Prairie County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate. This (and the prior election) also mark the last time that Montana has voted Democratic in two consecutive presidential elections.

Results

1948 United States presidential election in Montana
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 A. 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
Progressive 		Various candidates
Other parties 		Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # % # %
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

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

See also

References

  1. Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
  2. David Leip. "1948 Presidential General Election Results – Montana". Dave Leip’s U.S. Atlas. Retrieved March 19, 2018.
  3. ^ Géoelections; Popular Vote for Henry Wallace (.xlsx file for €15)
  4. Scammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964; p. 272 ISBN 0405077114
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