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The1948 United States presidential election in Rhode Island took place on November 2, 1948, as part of the1948 United States presidential election. State voters chose four electors to the Electoral College, which selected thepresident andvice president.
Rhode Island was won byDemocratic candidate,incumbentPresidentHarry S. Truman ofMissouri, over theRepublican candidate,GovernorThomas E. Dewey ofNew York. Truman ran withSenatorAlben W. Barkley ofKentucky as his running mate, while Dewey ran withGovernorEarl Warren ofCalifornia as his running mate.
Truman won Rhode Island by a margin of 16.15%.
| 1948 United States presidential election in Rhode Island[1] | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Running mate | Popular vote | Electoral vote | ||||
| Count | % | Count | % | |||||
| Democratic | Harry S. Truman ofMissouri | Alben William Barkley ofKentucky | 188,736 | 57.59% | 4 | 100.00% | ||
| Republican | Thomas Edmund Dewey ofNew York | Earl Warren ofCalifornia | 135,787 | 41.44% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Progressive | Henry Agard Wallace ofIowa | Glen Hearst Taylor ofIdaho | 2,619 | 0.80% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Socialist | Norman Thomas ofNew York | Tucker Powell Smith ofMichigan | 429 | 0.13% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Socialist Labor | Edward A. Teichert ofPennsylvania | Stephen Emery ofNew York | 131 | 0.04% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Total | 327,702 | 100.00% | 4 | 100.00% | ||||
| County | Harry S. Truman Democratic | Thomas E. Dewey Republican | Various candidates Other parties | Margin | Total votes cast | ||||
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| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Bristol | 7,562 | 58.25% | 5,343 | 41.16% | 77 | 0.59% | 2,219 | 17.09% | 12,982 |
| Kent | 15,287 | 48.10% | 16,299 | 51.28% | 199 | 0.62% | -1,012 | -3.18% | 31,785 |
| Newport | 9,254 | 45.93% | 10,756 | 53.39% | 136 | 0.68% | -1,502 | -7.46% | 20,146 |
| Providence | 149,254 | 60.73% | 93,867 | 38.20% | 2,627 | 1.07% | 55,387 | 22.53% | 245,748 |
| Washington | 7,379 | 43.30% | 9,522 | 55.88% | 140 | 0.82% | -2,143 | -12.58% | 17,041 |
| Totals | 188,736 | 57.59% | 135,787 | 41.44% | 3,179 | 0.97% | 52,949 | 16.15% | 327,702 |
State and district results of the1948 United States presidential election | ||
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