1948 United States presidential election in Maryland

1948 United States presidential election in Maryland
All 8 Maryland votes to the Electoral College
Dewey 40-50% 50-60% 60-70%	Truman 40-50% 50-60%
President before election; Harry S. Truman; Democratic	Elected President ; Harry S. Truman; Democratic

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

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Maryland was won by Governor Thomas E. Dewey (R–New York), running with Governor Earl Warren, with 49.40% of the popular vote, against incumbent President Harry S. Truman (D–Missouri), running with Senator Alben W. Barkley, with 48.01% of the popular vote.^[3]^[4] This was the first of three times between 1888 and 2000 that Maryland's popular vote had backed a losing candidate nationwide (along with 1968 and 1980).

To date, this is the last time that a Democratic candidate has won the presidency without carrying Maryland and the only time that the state has backed a losing Republican candidate.^[5]

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Thomas E. Dewey	294,814	49.40%
	Democratic	Harry S. Truman (inc.)	286,521	48.01%
	Progressive	Henry A. Wallace	9,649	1.67%
	Socialist	Norman Thomas	2,941	0.49%
	Write-in	Strom Thurmond	2,476	0.41%
Total votes			596,735	100%

County^[6]	Thomas E. Dewey Republican		Harry S. Truman Democratic		Henry A. Wallace Progressive		Norman Thomas Socialist		Strom Thurmond Write-in		Margin		Total votes cast
County^[6]	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	Total votes cast
Allegany	14,375	49.00%	14,398	49.08%	452	1.54%	110	0.37%			-23	-0.08%	29,335
Anne Arundel	10,973	54.12%	8,713	42.98%	368	1.82%	220	1.09%			2,260	11.14%	20,274
Baltimore	41,846	56.18%	31,883	42.80%	531	0.71%	230	0.31%			9,963	13.38%	74,490
Baltimore City	110,879	43.67%	134,615	53.02%	7,226	2.85%	1,170	0.46%			-23,736	-9.35%	253,890
Calvert	1,919	50.43%	1,851	48.65%	22	0.58%	13	0.34%			68	1.78%	3,805
Caroline	2,746	52.73%	2,430	46.66%	20	0.38%	12	0.23%			316	6.07%	5,208
Carroll	8,003	64.89%	4,226	34.27%	54	0.44%	50	0.41%			3,777	30.62%	12,333
Cecil	3,866	46.94%	4,323	52.49%	32	0.39%	15	0.18%			-457	-5.55%	8,236
Charles	2,703	58.49%	1,878	40.64%	11	0.25%	29	0.63%			825	17.85%	4,621
Dorchester	3,751	44.92%	4,507	53.97%	45	0.54%	48	0.57%			-756	-9.05%	8,351
Frederick	9,934	57.77%	7,142	41.53%	79	0.46%	42	0.24%			2,792	16.24%	17,197
Garrett	3,536	64.34%	1,909	34.73%	28	0.51%	23	0.42%			1,627	29.61%	5,496
Harford	6,168	52.49%	5,494	46.76%	57	0.49%	31	0.26%			674	5.73%	11,750
Howard	3,113	51.64%	2,725	45.21%	158	2.62%	32	0.53%			388	6.43%	6,028
Kent	2,489	49.31%	2,524	50.00%	18	0.36%	17	0.34%			-35	-0.69%	5,048
Montgomery	23,174	60.34%	14,336	37.33%	386	1.01%	511	1.33%			8,838	23.01%	38,407
Prince George's	14,718	49.02%	14,874	49.54%	258	0.86%	174	0.58%			-156	-0.52%	30,024
Queen Anne's	2,038	42.98%	2,660	56.09%	23	0.49%	21	0.44%			-622	-13.11%	4,742
Somerset	3,129	49.67%	3,112	49.40%	14	0.22%	44	0.70%			17	0.27%	6,299
St. Mary's	2,247	48.78%	2,293	49.78%	32	0.69%	34	0.74%			-46	-1.00%	4,606
Talbot	3,585	59.95%	2,344	39.20%	28	0.47%	23	0.38%			1,241	20.75%	5,908
Washington	11,887	52.53%	10,588	46.79%	96	0.42%	59	0.26%			1,299	5.74%	22,630
Wicomico	5,062	48.14%	5,415	51.49%	23	0.22%	16	0.15%			-353	-3.35%	10,516
Worcester	2,673	53.53%	2,281	45.68%	22	0.44%	17	0.34%			392	7.85%	4,993
Totals	294,814	49.40%	286,521	48.01%	9,983	1.67%	2,941	0.49%	2,476	0.41%	8,293	1.39%	596,735

1948 United States presidential election in Maryland

Results

Results by county

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

See also

References

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