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The1948 United States presidential election in Maine took place on November 2, 1948, as part of the1948 United States presidential election. State voters chose five electors to theElectoral College, which selected thepresident andvice president.
Maine was won byRepublican candidateNew YorkgovernorThomas E. Dewey overDemocratic candidate,incumbentPresidentHarry S. Truman.
Dewey won Maine by a margin of 14.47%. With 56.74% of the popular vote, it would be his second strongest state after nearbyVermont.[1]
| 1948 United States presidential election in Maine[2] | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Running mate | Popular vote | Electoral vote | ||||
| Count | % | Count | % | |||||
| Republican | Thomas Edmund Dewey ofNew York | Earl Warren ofCalifornia | 150,234 | 56.74% | 5 | 100.00% | ||
| Democratic | Harry S. Truman ofMissouri | Alben William Barkley ofKentucky | 111,916 | 42.27% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Progressive | Henry Agard Wallace ofIowa | Glen Hearst Taylor ofIdaho | 1,884 | 0.71% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Socialist | Norman Thomas ofNew York | Tucker Powell Smith ofMichigan | 548 | 0.21% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Socialist Labor | Edward A. Teichert ofPennsylvania | Stephen Emery ofNew York | 206 | 0.07% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| N/A | Others | Others | 1 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Total | 264,789 | 100.00% | 5 | 100.00% | ||||
| County[3] | Thomas E. Dewey Republican | Harry S. Truman Democratic | Henry A. Wallace Progressive | Various candidates Other parties | Margin | Total votes cast | |||||
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| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Androscoggin | 11,443 | 39.24% | 17,405 | 59.68% | 214 | 0.73% | 103 | 0.35% | -5,962 | -20.44% | 29,165 |
| Aroostook | 9,459 | 56.51% | 7,183 | 42.91% | 57 | 0.34% | 41 | 0.24% | 2,276 | 13.60% | 16,740 |
| Cumberland | 30,284 | 60.71% | 18,913 | 37.91% | 527 | 1.06% | 161 | 0.32% | 11,371 | 22.80% | 49,885 |
| Franklin | 3,741 | 63.19% | 2,135 | 36.06% | 29 | 0.49% | 15 | 0.25% | 1,606 | 27.13% | 5,920 |
| Hancock | 6,863 | 77.72% | 1,878 | 21.27% | 48 | 0.54% | 41 | 0.46% | 4,985 | 56.45% | 8,830 |
| Kennebec | 13,923 | 55.12% | 11,163 | 44.19% | 114 | 0.45% | 60 | 0.24% | 2,760 | 10.93% | 25,260 |
| Knox | 5,374 | 72.67% | 1,924 | 26.02% | 80 | 1.08% | 17 | 0.23% | 3,450 | 46.65% | 7,395 |
| Lincoln | 4,743 | 80.47% | 1,095 | 18.58% | 42 | 0.71% | 14 | 0.24% | 3,648 | 61.89% | 5,894 |
| Oxford | 7,444 | 58.24% | 5,183 | 40.55% | 127 | 0.99% | 28 | 0.22% | 2,261 | 17.69% | 12,782 |
| Penobscot | 16,367 | 59.92% | 10,705 | 39.19% | 152 | 0.56% | 91 | 0.33% | 5,662 | 20.73% | 27,315 |
| Piscataquis | 3,227 | 59.34% | 2,181 | 40.11% | 25 | 0.46% | 5 | 0.09% | 1,046 | 19.23% | 5,438 |
| Sagadahoc | 3,745 | 58.77% | 2,556 | 40.11% | 61 | 0.96% | 10 | 0.16% | 1,189 | 18.66% | 6,372 |
| Somerset | 6,301 | 60.48% | 4,034 | 38.72% | 63 | 0.60% | 20 | 0.19% | 2,267 | 21.76% | 10,418 |
| Waldo | 4,371 | 74.21% | 1,469 | 24.94% | 29 | 0.49% | 21 | 0.36% | 2,902 | 49.27% | 5,890 |
| Washington | 5,130 | 58.64% | 3,538 | 40.44% | 54 | 0.62% | 26 | 0.30% | 1,592 | 18.20% | 8,748 |
| York | 17,819 | 46.00% | 20,554 | 53.06% | 262 | 0.68% | 102 | 0.26% | -2,735 | -7.06% | 38,737 |
| Totals | 150,234 | 56.74% | 111,916 | 42.27% | 1,884 | 0.71% | 755 | 0.29% | 38,318 | 14.47% | 264,789 |
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