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The1948 United States presidential election in Arizona took place on November 2, 1948, as part of the1948 United States presidential election. State voters chose four[2] representatives, or electors, to theElectoral College, who voted forpresident andvice president.
Arizona was won byincumbent PresidentHarry S. Truman (D–Missouri), running withSenatorAlben W. Barkley, with 53.79% of the popular vote, againstGovernorThomas Dewey (R–New York), running withGovernorEarl Warren, with 43.82% of the popular vote.[3][4]
As of the2024 presidential election[update], this is the last election in whichYavapai County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate.[5]Maricopa County would not vote Democratic again until 2020.Coconino County would not vote Democratic again until1992,Navajo County not until1976, whileApache,Cochise,Mohave andPima Counties would next vote Democratic forLyndon Johnson in1964.[6]
Nonetheless, Dewey remains the last Republican presidential candidate to never receive Electoral Votes from Arizona.Bob Dole received Electoral Votes from the state during his unsuccessful bid for Vice President in1976, but lost the state in1996.Donald Trump would win the state in2016, and later in2024.
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 except1996 and2020. Arizona has never backed a Democratic nominee who lost the presidential election.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| 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% | ||
| 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 | ||||||
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| 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 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 |
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