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The1948 United States presidential election in New York took place on November 2, 1948. All contemporary 48 states were part of the1948 United States presidential election. Voters chose 47 electors to theElectoral College, which selected thepresident andvice president.
New York was won by localRepublicanGovernorThomas E. Dewey, who was running against incumbentDemocratic PresidentHarry S. Truman. Dewey ran withCaliforniaGovernorEarl Warren for vice president, and Truman ran withKentuckySenatorAlben W. Barkley. Dewey took 45.99% of the vote to Truman's 45.01%, a margin of 0.98%.Progressive Party candidateHenry A. Wallace, a former DemocraticVice President who ran to the left of Truman and was nominated by the localAmerican Labor Party, finished a strong third, with 8.25%.
New York weighed in for this election as 1% morethird-party than the national average, and less Democratic and Republican than the national average, despite New York being Governor Dewey's home state. The presidential election of 1948 was a verymulti-partisan election for New York, with more than nine percent of the people who voted doing so for third parties.[2] In typical form for the time, the highly populated urban centers ofNew York City,Buffalo, andAlbany, voted primarily Democratic, while most of the smallercounties in New York turned out for Dewey as the Republican candidate.
Henry Wallace's relatively strong third party support as a Progressive candidate was concentrated in the New York City area; in the three Democratic boroughs of New York City (Manhattan,Brooklyn, andthe Bronx), Wallace took percentages in the double digits. Wallace'svote splitting among left-leaning voters in New York City contributed to Dewey narrowly defeating Truman in the state, after New York had voted Democratic forFranklin D. Roosevelt—himself a former governor andfavorite son—in the preceding four elections. Although Truman lost the state, he did pick upOneida County, which Roosevelt had lost in all his four elections and which had last been won for the Democrats byWoodrow Wilson in the three-way1912 election, and before that byGrover Cleveland in1884.
Dewey won the election in New York by a narrow margin of less than one percentage point, despite it being his home state, and more importantly despite not facing a local opponent like he hadfour years earlier when he was defeated by the then-incumbent President (and former New York Governor)Franklin D. Roosevelt.
For the first presidential election since1916, New York did not back the winning candidate. This was also the first election wherein the losing major-party candidate carried their home state sinceCharles Evans Hughes carried New York in 1916, and the only instance between that election and 1960. AlongsideStrom Thurmond’swin inSouth Carolina, this was the first time sinceRobert M. La Follette carriedWisconsin in1924 thatany losing candidate had done so.
Truman is the last Democrat to win a presidential election without winning New York, and Dewey's victory made him the third and final Republican presidential candidate to win New York without winning the election, the first beingJohn C. Frémont in1856 and the second Hughes in 1916. Dewey's victory was the first of three consecutive Republican victories in the state, as New York would not vote Democratic again untilJohn F. Kennedy won the state in1960.
| 1948 United States presidential election in New York | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Republican | Thomas E. Dewey | 2,841,163 | 45.99% | 47 | |
| Democratic | Harry S. Truman | 2,557,642 | 41.40% | 0 | |
| Liberal | Harry S. Truman | 222,562 | 3.60% | 0 | |
| Total | Harry S. Truman (incumbent) | 2,780,204 | 45.01% | 0 | |
| American Labor (Progressive)[a] | Henry A. Wallace | 509,559 | 8.25% | 0 | |
| Socialist | Norman Thomas | 40,879 | 0.66% | 0 | |
| Socialist Labor | Edward Teichert | 2,729 | 0.04% | 0 | |
| Socialist Workers | Farrell Dobbs | 2,675 | 0.04% | 0 | |
| Write-ins | 128 | <0.01% | 0 | ||
| Totals | 6,177,337 | 100.0% | 47 | ||
| 1948 Presidential Election in New York City | Manhattan | The Bronx | Brooklyn | Queens | Staten Island | Total | |||
| Democratic- Liberal | Harry S. Truman | 380,310 | 337,129 | 579,922 | 268,742 | 30,442 | 1,596,545 | 50.57% | |
| 51.52% | 54.17% | 53.51% | 42.02% | 41.62% | |||||
| Republican | Thomas E. Dewey | 241,752 | 173,044 | 330,494 | 323,459 | 39,539 | 1,108,288 | 35.10% | |
| 32.75% | 27.80% | 30.49% | 50.58% | 54.06% | |||||
| American Labor | Henry A. Wallace | 106,509 | 106,762 | 163,896 | 42,409 | 2,779 | 422,355 | 13.38% | |
| 14.43% | 17.15% | 15.12% | 6.63% | 3.80% | |||||
| Socialist | Norman Thomas | 8,685 | 4,649 | 7,734 | 4,580 | 349 | 25,997 | 0.82% | |
| 1.18% | 0.75% | 0.71% | 0.72% | 0.48% | |||||
| Socialist Workers | Farrell Dobbs | 493 | 387 | 1,122 | 108 | 9 | 2,119 | 0.06% | |
| 0.07% | 0.06% | 0.10% | 0.02% | 0.01% | |||||
| Socialist Labor | Edward A. Teichert | 488 | 384 | 535 | 245 | 16 | 1,668 | 0.05% | |
| 0.07% | 0.06% | 0.05% | 0.04% | 0.02% | |||||
| TOTAL | 738,237 | 622,355 | 1,083,801 | 639,543 | 73,134 | 3,157,070 | 100.00% | ||
| County | Thomas Edmund Dewey[3] Republican | Harry S. Truman[3] Democratic/Liberal | Henry Agard Wallace[4] American Labor[a] | Various candidates Other parties | Margin | Total votes cast | |||||
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| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Albany | 59,965 | 42.61% | 75,419 | 53.59% | 4,903 | 3.48% | 443 | 0.31% | -15,454 | -10.98% | 140,730 |
| Allegany | 12,689 | 71.94% | 4,711 | 26.71% | 168 | 0.95% | 71 | 0.40% | 7,978 | 45.23% | 17,639 |
| Bronx | 173,044 | 27.80% | 337,129 | 54.17% | 106,762 | 17.15% | 5,420 | 0.87% | -164,085 | -26.37% | 622,355 |
| Broome | 43,110 | 60.73% | 25,654 | 36.14% | 1,992 | 2.81% | 230 | 0.32% | 17,456 | 24.59% | 70,986 |
| Cattaraugus | 18,246 | 60.03% | 11,289 | 37.14% | 752 | 2.47% | 106 | 0.35% | 6,957 | 22.89% | 30,393 |
| Cayuga | 19,017 | 56.35% | 14,317 | 42.42% | 293 | 0.87% | 120 | 0.36% | 4,700 | 13.93% | 33,747 |
| Chautauqua | 29,969 | 57.47% | 20,683 | 39.67% | 1,251 | 2.40% | 241 | 0.46% | 9,286 | 17.81% | 52,144 |
| Chemung | 22,754 | 61.63% | 13,352 | 36.17% | 673 | 1.82% | 140 | 0.38% | 9,402 | 25.47% | 36,919 |
| Chenango | 11,988 | 70.59% | 4,764 | 28.05% | 175 | 1.03% | 55 | 0.32% | 7,224 | 42.54% | 16,982 |
| Clinton | 9,694 | 49.07% | 9,357 | 47.37% | 646 | 3.27% | 58 | 0.29% | 337 | 1.71% | 19,755 |
| Columbia | 13,758 | 65.89% | 6,527 | 31.26% | 522 | 2.50% | 73 | 0.35% | 7,231 | 34.63% | 20,880 |
| Cortland | 10,433 | 68.27% | 4,614 | 30.19% | 189 | 1.24% | 47 | 0.31% | 5,819 | 38.07% | 15,283 |
| Delaware | 14,226 | 73.05% | 4,965 | 25.50% | 220 | 1.13% | 63 | 0.32% | 9,261 | 47.56% | 19,474 |
| Dutchess | 34,067 | 64.23% | 17,439 | 32.88% | 1,240 | 2.34% | 293 | 0.55% | 16,628 | 31.35% | 53,039 |
| Erie | 175,118 | 45.68% | 197,618 | 51.55% | 8,885 | 2.32% | 1,751 | 0.46% | -22,500 | -5.87% | 383,372 |
| Essex | 10,287 | 69.90% | 4,088 | 27.78% | 297 | 2.02% | 45 | 0.31% | 6,199 | 42.12% | 14,717 |
| Franklin | 8,993 | 55.17% | 6,799 | 41.71% | 454 | 2.78% | 56 | 0.34% | 2,194 | 13.46% | 16,302 |
| Fulton | 12,787 | 60.50% | 7,667 | 36.28% | 600 | 2.84% | 80 | 0.38% | 5,120 | 24.23% | 21,134 |
| Genesee | 12,650 | 62.80% | 7,024 | 34.87% | 415 | 2.06% | 53 | 0.26% | 5,626 | 27.93% | 20,142 |
| Greene | 10,566 | 66.52% | 4,955 | 31.20% | 321 | 2.02% | 41 | 0.26% | 5,611 | 35.33% | 15,883 |
| Hamilton | 2,000 | 71.68% | 744 | 26.67% | 41 | 1.47% | 5 | 0.18% | 1,256 | 45.02% | 2,790 |
| Herkimer | 14,688 | 51.83% | 12,577 | 44.38% | 1,002 | 3.54% | 71 | 0.25% | 2,111 | 7.45% | 28,338 |
| Jefferson | 19,661 | 58.95% | 13,176 | 39.51% | 412 | 1.24% | 102 | 0.31% | 6,485 | 19.44% | 33,351 |
| Kings | 330,494 | 30.49% | 579,922 | 53.51% | 163,896 | 15.12% | 9,489 | 0.88% | -249,428 | -23.01% | 1,083,801 |
| Lewis | 5,692 | 62.70% | 3,211 | 35.37% | 147 | 1.62% | 28 | 0.31% | 2,481 | 27.33% | 9,078 |
| Livingston | 11,310 | 62.62% | 6,409 | 35.48% | 282 | 1.56% | 61 | 0.34% | 4,901 | 27.13% | 18,062 |
| Madison | 13,413 | 68.23% | 5,937 | 30.20% | 198 | 1.01% | 110 | 0.56% | 7,476 | 38.03% | 19,658 |
| Monroe | 109,608 | 48.12% | 110,641 | 48.57% | 6,461 | 2.84% | 1,080 | 0.47% | -1,033 | -0.45% | 227,790 |
| Montgomery | 14,212 | 48.90% | 14,085 | 48.46% | 696 | 2.39% | 71 | 0.24% | 127 | 0.44% | 29,064 |
| Nassau | 184,284 | 69.48% | 70,492 | 26.58% | 8,121 | 3.06% | 2,341 | 0.88% | 113,792 | 42.90% | 265,238 |
| New York | 241,752 | 32.75% | 380,310 | 51.52% | 106,509 | 14.43% | 9,666 | 1.31% | -138,558 | -18.77% | 738,237 |
| Niagara | 35,858 | 49.65% | 34,119 | 47.24% | 2,046 | 2.83% | 196 | 0.27% | 1,739 | 2.41% | 72,219 |
| Oneida | 46,755 | 47.90% | 48,332 | 49.51% | 2,269 | 2.32% | 257 | 0.26% | -1,577 | -1.62% | 97,613 |
| Onondaga | 84,370 | 53.86% | 66,295 | 42.32% | 4,971 | 3.17% | 1,012 | 0.65% | 18,075 | 11.54% | 156,648 |
| Ontario | 16,156 | 63.51% | 8,852 | 34.80% | 333 | 1.31% | 98 | 0.39% | 7,304 | 28.71% | 25,439 |
| Orange | 38,351 | 63.08% | 20,638 | 33.95% | 1,559 | 2.56% | 248 | 0.41% | 17,713 | 29.14% | 60,796 |
| Orleans | 9,566 | 69.15% | 4,009 | 28.98% | 233 | 1.68% | 26 | 0.19% | 5,557 | 40.17% | 13,834 |
| Oswego | 19,095 | 58.03% | 12,820 | 38.96% | 884 | 2.69% | 105 | 0.32% | 6,275 | 19.07% | 32,904 |
| Otsego | 15,437 | 66.55% | 7,174 | 30.93% | 495 | 2.13% | 91 | 0.39% | 8,263 | 35.62% | 23,197 |
| Putnam | 8,222 | 63.85% | 4,012 | 31.16% | 504 | 3.91% | 139 | 1.08% | 4,210 | 32.69% | 12,877 |
| Queens | 323,459 | 50.58% | 268,742 | 42.02% | 42,409 | 6.63% | 4,933 | 0.77% | 54,717 | 8.56% | 639,543 |
| Rensselaer | 40,375 | 56.71% | 28,468 | 39.98% | 2,080 | 2.92% | 274 | 0.38% | 11,907 | 16.72% | 71,197 |
| Richmond | 39,539 | 54.06% | 30,442 | 41.62% | 2,779 | 3.80% | 374 | 0.51% | 9,097 | 12.44% | 73,134 |
| Rockland | 20,661 | 57.90% | 13,066 | 36.62% | 1,583 | 4.44% | 371 | 1.04% | 7,595 | 21.29% | 35,681 |
| St. Lawrence | 21,160 | 60.59% | 13,200 | 37.80% | 471 | 1.35% | 94 | 0.27% | 7,960 | 22.79% | 34,925 |
| Saratoga | 20,706 | 61.50% | 11,457 | 34.03% | 1,354 | 4.02% | 149 | 0.44% | 9,249 | 27.47% | 33,666 |
| Schenectady | 35,495 | 52.67% | 28,225 | 41.88% | 3,093 | 4.59% | 578 | 0.86% | 7,270 | 10.79% | 67,391 |
| Schoharie | 6,751 | 61.27% | 4,032 | 36.59% | 208 | 1.89% | 28 | 0.25% | 2,719 | 24.68% | 11,019 |
| Schuyler | 4,452 | 69.23% | 1,868 | 29.05% | 97 | 1.51% | 14 | 0.22% | 2,584 | 40.18% | 6,431 |
| Seneca | 7,266 | 58.05% | 4,897 | 39.13% | 318 | 2.54% | 35 | 0.28% | 2,369 | 18.93% | 12,516 |
| Steuben | 22,938 | 62.44% | 12,895 | 35.10% | 789 | 2.15% | 114 | 0.31% | 10,043 | 27.34% | 36,736 |
| Suffolk | 75,519 | 69.75% | 29,104 | 26.88% | 2,842 | 2.63% | 800 | 0.74% | 46,415 | 42.87% | 108,265 |
| Sullivan | 11,253 | 53.20% | 7,654 | 36.19% | 2,107 | 9.96% | 138 | 0.65% | 3,599 | 17.01% | 21,152 |
| Tioga | 8,673 | 70.16% | 3,385 | 27.38% | 258 | 2.09% | 46 | 0.37% | 5,288 | 42.78% | 12,362 |
| Tompkins | 13,719 | 67.11% | 5,721 | 27.98% | 656 | 3.21% | 348 | 1.70% | 7,998 | 39.12% | 20,444 |
| Ulster | 28,941 | 64.30% | 14,441 | 32.08% | 1,407 | 3.13% | 223 | 0.50% | 14,500 | 32.21% | 45,012 |
| Warren | 12,884 | 68.89% | 5,486 | 29.33% | 274 | 1.47% | 59 | 0.32% | 7,398 | 39.56% | 18,703 |
| Washington | 13,975 | 68.29% | 6,017 | 29.40% | 396 | 1.94% | 76 | 0.37% | 7,958 | 38.89% | 20,464 |
| Wayne | 16,167 | 69.48% | 6,749 | 29.00% | 291 | 1.25% | 63 | 0.27% | 9,418 | 40.47% | 23,270 |
| Westchester | 177,077 | 61.11% | 95,681 | 33.02% | 14,084 | 4.86% | 2,923 | 1.01% | 81,396 | 28.09% | 289,765 |
| Wyoming | 9,871 | 67.78% | 4,508 | 30.95% | 155 | 1.06% | 30 | 0.21% | 5,363 | 36.82% | 14,564 |
| Yates | 5,997 | 73.50% | 2,040 | 25.00% | 91 | 1.12% | 31 | 0.38% | 3,957 | 48.50% | 8,159 |
| Totals | 2,841,163 | 45.99% | 2,780,204 | 45.01% | 509,559 | 8.25% | 46,283 | 0.75% | 60,959 | 0.99% | 6,177,209 |
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