1948 United States presidential election in Montana
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 County results Truman 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% | Dewey 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% |
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The1948 United States presidential election in Montana took place on November 2, 1948, as part of the1948 United States presidential election. Voters chose four representatives, or electors to theElectoral College, who voted forpresident andvice president.
Montana voted for theDemocratic nominee,PresidentHarry S. Truman, over theRepublican nominee,New York GovernorThomas E. Dewey. Truman won Montana by a substantial margin of 9.94%. As of the2024 presidential election[update], this is the last election in whichCarter County andPrairie County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate.[1] This (and the prior election) also mark the last time that Montana has voted Democratic in two consecutive presidential elections.
| County | Harry S. Truman Democratic | Thomas Edmund Dewey Republican | Henry A. Wallace[3] Progressive | Various candidates[3] Other parties | Margin | Total votes cast[4] |
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| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % |
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| 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 |
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Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
[edit]Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
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