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The1948 United States presidential election in New Hampshire took place on November 2, 1948, as part of the1948 United States presidential election, held throughout all contemporary 48 states. Voters chose four representatives, or electors to theElectoral College, who voted forpresident andvice president.
New Hampshire was won by theRepublican nominees, formerGovernorThomas E. Dewey ofNew York and his running mateGovernorEarl Warren ofCalifornia. Dewey and Warren defeated theDemocratic nominees, incumbentPresidentHarry S. Truman ofMissouri and his running mateSenatorAlben W. Barkley ofKentucky. Also in the running was theProgressive Party candidate, former DemocraticVice PresidentHenry A. Wallace, who ran with formerSenatorGlen H. Taylor ofIdaho.
Dewey took 52.41% of the vote to Truman's 46.66%, a margin of 5.75%. Wallace came in a distant third, with 0.85%.
Dewey won seven counties to Truman's three; however, the race was kept close statewide by Truman's victories in the state's more populous counties.
SinceFranklin D. Roosevelt won them in1932, the counties ofHillsborough County,Strafford County, andCoos County had become reliableNew Deal Democratic base counties, voting for Roosevelt all four times. Truman's most significant victory was winning a majority in populous Hillsborough County, home toManchester andNashua, which had been a reliable Democratic bastion since voting for DemocratAl Smith in1928.
Carroll County had long been the most Republican county in New Hampshire, voting 60% against FDR all four times, and would vote over 70% for Thomas E. Dewey.
As Truman narrowly won an upset victory over Dewey nationally, New Hampshire's result would make the state about ten percentage points more Republican than the national average. Dewey's 52.41% of the popular vote made New Hampshire his fifth strongest state afterVermont,Maine,Nebraska andKansas.[1]
| 1948 United States presidential election in New Hampshire[2] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Republican | Thomas E. Dewey | 121,299 | 52.41% | 4 | |
| Democratic | Harry S. Truman (incumbent) | 107,995 | 46.66% | 0 | |
| Progressive | Henry A. Wallace | 1,970 | 0.85% | 0 | |
| Socialist | Norman Thomas | 86 | 0.04% | 0 | |
| Socialist Labor | Edward A. Teichert | 83 | 0.04% | 0 | |
| Dixiecrat (write-in) | Strom Thurmond (write-in) | 7 | 0.00% | 0 | |
| Totals | 231,440 | 100.00% | 4 | ||
| County | Thomas E. Dewey Republican | Harry S. Truman Democratic | Henry A. Wallace Progressive | Various candidates Other parties | Margin | Total votes cast[3] | |||||
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| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | |
| Belknap | 7,152 | 64.79% | 3,822 | 34.62% | 53 | 0.48% | 12 | 0.11% | 3,330 | 30.17% | 11,039 |
| Carroll | 6,127 | 76.11% | 1,869 | 23.22% | 48 | 0.60% | 6 | 0.07% | 4,258 | 52.89% | 8,050 |
| Cheshire | 9,043 | 58.32% | 6,337 | 40.87% | 116 | 0.75% | 10 | 0.06% | 2,706 | 17.45% | 15,506 |
| Coös | 7,005 | 46.19% | 7,930 | 52.29% | 221 | 1.46% | 9 | 0.06% | -925 | -6.10% | 15,165 |
| Grafton | 12,248 | 63.52% | 6,841 | 35.48% | 154 | 0.80% | 38 | 0.20% | 5,407 | 28.04% | 19,281 |
| Hillsborough | 28,257 | 39.95% | 41,789 | 59.07% | 647 | 0.91% | 46 | 0.07% | -13,532 | -19.12% | 70,739 |
| Merrimack | 16,586 | 59.37% | 11,171 | 39.99% | 161 | 0.58% | 17 | 0.06% | 5,415 | 19.38% | 27,935 |
| Rockingham | 18,890 | 60.68% | 11,937 | 38.35% | 292 | 0.94% | 9 | 0.03% | 6,953 | 22.33% | 31,128 |
| Strafford | 9,988 | 45.87% | 11,603 | 53.29% | 179 | 0.82% | 3 | 0.01% | -1,615 | -7.42% | 21,773 |
| Sullivan | 6,003 | 55.50% | 4,696 | 43.41% | 99 | 0.92% | 19 | 0.18% | 1,307 | 12.09% | 10,817 |
| Totals | 121,299 | 52.41% | 107,995 | 46.66% | 1,970 | 0.85% | 176 | 0.08% | 13,304 | 5.75% | 231,440 |
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