1948 United States presidential election in Arizona

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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.

1948 United States presidential election in Arizona

← 1944 November 2, 1948[1] 1952 →
All 4 Arizona votes to the Electoral College
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 95,251 77,597 Percentage 53.79% 43.82%
County results Truman   40–50%   50–60%   60–70%
President before election Harry S. Truman Democratic Elected President Harry S. Truman Democratic

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 2024 presidential election^[update], this is the last election in which Yavapai County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate.^[5] Maricopa County would not vote Democratic again until 2020. Coconino County would not vote Democratic again until 1992, Navajo County not until 1976, while 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 and the last time a Democrat won the state with an outright majority. It is also the last time Arizona voted more Democratic than the nation as a whole. Arizona would vote Republican in every election thereafter except 1996 and 2020.

Results

1948 United States presidential election in Arizona^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Harry S. Truman (inc.)	95,251	53.79%
	Republican	Thomas E. 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%
Majority			17,654	9.97%
Total votes			177,065	100.00%

Results by county

County[7]	Harry S. Truman Democratic		Thomas E. Dewey Republican		Henry A. Wallace Progressive		Claude A. Watson Prohibition		Edward A. Teichert Socialist Labor		Margin		Total votes cast
	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%
Apache	1,480	60.29%	970	39.51%	5	0.20%	0	0.00%	0	0.00%	510	20.78%	2,455
Cochise	6,198	59.77%	3,854	37.16%	284	2.74%	29	0.28%	5	0.05%	2,344	22.61%	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	33.73%	7,265
Graham	2,139	63.17%	1,209	35.71%	31	0.92%	6	0.18%	1	0.03%	930	27.46%	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	4.96%	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	22.77%	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

Electors

Electors were chosen by their party's voters in primary elections held on September 7, 1948.^[8]

Harry S. Truman & Alben W. Barkley Democratic Party	Thomas E. Dewey & Earl Warren Republican Party	Henry A. Wallace & Glen H. Taylor Progressive Party	Claude A. Watson & Dale Learn Prohibition Party	Edward A. Teichert & Stephen Emery Socialist Labor Party
A. J. Beaty Ed Cahill Austin Jay Lorna Lockwood	Richard H. Chambers J. C. Dolan James G. McNary Ed R. Spear	Sarah E. Brown J. A. Russ Al Schlackman Tomas Ybarra	Richard S. Beal Esther LeMay Samuel P. Smith J. F. Yardell	Arthur K. Burden Leo F. Gillespie Jules Golden Nancy Golden

See also

• United States presidential elections in Arizona

References

1. "United States Presidential election of 1948 – Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved October 25, 2017.
2. "1948 Election for the Forty-First Term (1949–53)". Retrieved October 25, 2017.
3. "1948 Presidential General Election Results – Arizona". Retrieved October 25, 2017.
4. "The American Presidency Project – Election of 1948". Retrieved October 25, 2017.
5. Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
6. Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868–2004, p. 148 ISBN 0786422173
7. "Official Canvass General Election Returns, November 2, 1948". Arizona Secretary of State. Retrieved July 30, 2024.
8. "Primary Election Returns, State of Arizona, September 7, 1948". Arizona Secretary of State. Retrieved July 30, 2024.