1948 United States presidential election in Minnesota County Results
Truman
40–50%
50–60%
60–70%
70–80%
Dewey
40–50%
50–60%
60–70%
The1948 United States presidential election in Minnesota took place on November 2, 1948, as part of the1948 United States presidential election . Voters chose 11 electors, or representatives to theElectoral College , who voted for president and vice president.
Minnesota was won by theDemocratic candidate,incumbent President Harry S. Truman , who had assumed the presidency following the death ofFranklin D. Roosevelt in 1945, won the state overNew York governor Thomas E. Dewey by a margin of 209,349 votes, or 17.27%. Nationally, the election was the greatest election upset in American history; nearly everyprediction forecast that Truman would be defeated by Dewey, but in the end, Truman won the election with 303 electoral votes and a comfortable 4.5% lead over Dewey in the popular vote.
County[ 2] Harry S. Truman Thomas E. Dewey Henry A. Wallace Various candidates Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % # % # % Aitkin 3,277 54.55% 2,466 41.05% 227 3.78% 37 0.62% 811 13.50% 6,007 Anoka 7,730 64.80% 3,853 32.30% 291 2.44% 55 0.46% 3,877 32.50% 11,929 Becker 5,885 60.50% 3,495 35.93% 314 3.23% 33 0.34% 2,390 24.57% 9,727 Beltrami 6,020 62.84% 3,126 32.63% 405 4.23% 29 0.30% 2,894 30.21% 9,580 Benton 3,632 60.38% 2,297 38.19% 66 1.10% 20 0.33% 1,335 22.19% 6,015 Big Stone 2,466 63.46% 1,321 33.99% 81 2.08% 18 0.46% 1,145 29.47% 3,886 Blue Earth 7,272 48.63% 7,520 50.29% 109 0.73% 53 0.35% -248 -1.66% 14,954 Brown 4,804 47.96% 5,068 50.60% 80 0.80% 64 0.64% -264 -2.64% 10,016 Carlton 6,967 68.59% 2,742 27.00% 404 3.98% 44 0.43% 4,225 41.59% 10,157 Carver 2,816 37.64% 4,582 61.24% 60 0.80% 24 0.32% -1,766 -23.60% 7,482 Cass 3,933 54.04% 3,179 43.68% 141 1.94% 25 0.34% 754 10.36% 7,278 Chippewa 3,888 58.50% 2,569 38.65% 163 2.45% 26 0.39% 1,319 19.85% 6,646 Chisago 3,184 52.50% 2,704 44.58% 160 2.64% 17 0.28% 480 7.92% 6,065 Clay 6,624 59.43% 4,302 38.60% 176 1.58% 43 0.39% 2,322 20.83% 11,145 Clearwater 2,793 66.31% 1,171 27.80% 230 5.46% 18 0.43% 1,622 38.51% 4,212 Cook 688 48.93% 674 47.94% 38 2.70% 6 0.43% 14 0.99% 1,406 Cottonwood 3,333 50.26% 3,222 48.58% 40 0.60% 37 0.56% 111 1.68% 6,632 Crow Wing 6,773 57.18% 4,702 39.70% 325 2.74% 45 0.38% 2,071 17.48% 11,845 Dakota 12,487 63.63% 6,819 34.75% 229 1.17% 88 0.45% 5,668 28.88% 19,623 Dodge 2,523 50.86% 2,381 47.99% 39 0.79% 18 0.36% 142 2.87% 4,961 Douglas 5,022 55.97% 3,744 41.73% 178 1.98% 29 0.32% 1,278 14.24% 8,973 Faribault 5,261 52.54% 4,619 46.13% 93 0.93% 41 0.41% 642 6.41% 10,014 Fillmore 4,414 43.58% 5,587 55.16% 104 1.03% 23 0.23% -1,173 -11.58% 10,128 Freeborn 7,825 58.94% 5,238 39.45% 171 1.29% 42 0.32% 2,587 19.49% 13,276 Goodhue 7,313 51.42% 6,704 47.14% 141 0.99% 64 0.45% 609 4.28% 14,222 Grant 2,378 54.19% 1,789 40.77% 211 4.81% 10 0.23% 589 13.42% 4,388 Hennepin 151,920 53.83% 121,169 42.93% 7,090 2.51% 2,055 0.73% 30,751 10.90% 282,234 Houston 2,623 42.10% 3,540 56.81% 41 0.66% 27 0.43% -917 -14.71% 6,231 Hubbard 2,044 48.20% 2,071 48.83% 112 2.64% 14 0.33% -27 -0.63% 4,241 Isanti 2,758 55.23% 1,918 38.41% 208 4.16% 110 2.20% 840 16.82% 4,994 Itasca 9,653 65.60% 4,334 29.45% 638 4.34% 91 0.62% 5,319 36.15% 14,716 Jackson 4,541 65.16% 2,288 32.83% 112 1.61% 28 0.40% 2,253 32.33% 6,969 Kanabec 2,305 58.06% 1,531 38.56% 104 2.62% 30 0.76% 774 19.50% 3,970 Kandiyohi 7,204 62.14% 3,666 31.62% 679 5.86% 44 0.38% 3,538 30.52% 11,593 Kittson 2,970 71.00% 1,035 24.74% 160 3.83% 18 0.43% 1,935 46.26% 4,183 Koochiching 4,968 71.30% 1,718 24.66% 247 3.54% 35 0.50% 3,250 46.64% 6,968 Lac qui Parle 3,690 60.49% 2,330 38.20% 65 1.07% 15 0.25% 1,360 22.29% 6,100 Lake 2,555 68.52% 924 24.78% 216 5.79% 34 0.91% 1,631 43.74% 3,729 Lake of the Woods 1,302 64.94% 583 29.08% 101 5.04% 19 0.95% 719 35.86% 2,005 Le Sueur 4,890 55.39% 3,858 43.70% 53 0.60% 27 0.31% 1,032 11.69% 8,828 Lincoln 2,694 65.87% 1,312 32.08% 60 1.47% 24 0.59% 1,382 33.79% 4,090 Lyon 6,144 66.16% 3,054 32.89% 61 0.66% 27 0.29% 3,090 33.27% 9,286 Mahnomen 2,125 76.58% 579 20.86% 61 2.20% 10 0.36% 1,546 55.72% 2,775 Marshall 4,126 63.41% 2,090 32.12% 266 4.09% 25 0.38% 2,036 31.29% 6,507 Martin 6,015 55.88% 4,662 43.31% 58 0.54% 29 0.27% 1,353 12.57% 10,764 McLeod 3,987 45.74% 4,623 53.04% 74 0.85% 32 0.37% -636 -7.30% 8,716 Meeker 4,333 53.73% 3,620 44.89% 89 1.10% 23 0.29% 713 8.84% 8,065 Mille Lacs 3,343 55.36% 2,502 41.43% 163 2.70% 31 0.51% 841 13.93% 6,039 Morrison 6,026 59.71% 3,922 38.86% 105 1.04% 39 0.39% 2,104 20.85% 10,092 Mower 9,468 61.88% 5,672 37.07% 104 0.68% 57 0.37% 3,796 24.81% 15,301 Murray 3,594 64.16% 1,951 34.83% 40 0.71% 17 0.30% 1,643 29.33% 5,602 Nicollet 3,663 50.01% 3,576 48.82% 57 0.78% 29 0.40% 87 1.19% 7,325 Nobles 5,090 60.73% 3,203 38.21% 66 0.79% 23 0.27% 1,887 22.52% 8,382 Norman 3,245 62.92% 1,695 32.87% 186 3.61% 31 0.60% 1,550 30.05% 5,157 Olmsted 9,155 52.41% 8,131 46.55% 112 0.64% 69 0.40% 1,024 5.86% 17,467 Otter Tail 6,546 36.02% 11,131 61.25% 437 2.40% 58 0.32% -4,585 -25.23% 18,172 Pennington 3,402 60.66% 1,759 31.37% 416 7.42% 31 0.55% 1,643 29.29% 5,608 Pine 4,978 59.21% 3,069 36.51% 320 3.81% 40 0.48% 1,909 22.70% 8,407 Pipestone 2,804 54.13% 2,281 44.03% 74 1.43% 21 0.41% 523 10.10% 5,180 Polk 9,279 63.64% 4,662 31.98% 573 3.93% 66 0.45% 4,617 31.66% 14,580 Pope 3,251 59.52% 2,114 38.70% 78 1.43% 19 0.35% 1,137 20.82% 5,462 Ramsey 88,528 62.84% 48,142 34.17% 2,485 1.76% 1,732 1.23% 40,386 28.67% 140,887 Red Lake 1,771 71.76% 592 23.99% 95 3.85% 10 0.41% 1,179 47.77% 2,468 Redwood 4,182 49.52% 4,160 49.26% 70 0.83% 33 0.39% 22 0.26% 8,445 Renville 5,227 54.00% 4,297 44.40% 115 1.19% 40 0.41% 930 9.60% 9,679 Rice 5,832 47.33% 6,301 51.14% 110 0.89% 78 0.63% -469 -3.81% 12,321 Rock 2,134 50.40% 2,035 48.06% 56 1.32% 9 0.21% 99 2.34% 4,234 Roseau 3,674 66.46% 1,458 26.37% 381 6.89% 15 0.27% 2,216 40.09% 5,528 St. Louis 62,553 64.29% 28,490 29.28% 5,154 5.30% 1,095 1.13% 34,063 35.01% 97,292 Scott 4,278 61.69% 2,583 37.25% 45 0.65% 29 0.42% 1,695 24.44% 6,935 Sherburne 1,958 50.27% 1,828 46.93% 98 2.52% 11 0.28% 130 3.34% 3,895 Sibley 2,818 45.77% 3,260 52.95% 51 0.83% 28 0.45% -442 -7.18% 6,157 Stearns 15,261 59.37% 10,153 39.50% 202 0.79% 90 0.35% 5,108 19.87% 25,706 Steele 4,305 48.83% 4,451 50.49% 38 0.43% 22 0.25% -146 -1.66% 8,816 Stevens 2,313 54.00% 1,928 45.02% 31 0.72% 11 0.26% 385 8.98% 4,283 Swift 4,082 63.11% 2,109 32.61% 254 3.93% 23 0.36% 1,973 30.50% 6,468 Todd 5,157 54.08% 4,166 43.69% 155 1.63% 57 0.60% 991 10.39% 9,535 Traverse 2,151 66.74% 1,008 31.28% 49 1.52% 15 0.47% 1,143 35.46% 3,223 Wabasha 3,730 52.52% 3,297 46.42% 42 0.59% 33 0.46% 433 6.10% 7,102 Wadena 2,556 51.98% 2,272 46.21% 76 1.55% 13 0.26% 284 5.77% 4,917 Waseca 3,120 46.71% 3,511 52.56% 28 0.42% 21 0.31% -391 -5.85% 6,680 Washington 8,039 57.54% 5,686 40.70% 175 1.25% 70 0.50% 2,353 16.84% 13,970 Watonwan 3,039 53.33% 2,581 45.30% 52 0.91% 26 0.46% 458 8.03% 5,698 Wilkin 2,291 56.43% 1,700 41.87% 58 1.43% 11 0.27% 591 14.56% 4,060 Winona 8,281 54.08% 6,880 44.93% 66 0.43% 86 0.56% 1,401 9.15% 15,313 Wright 5,523 48.89% 5,589 49.47% 145 1.28% 40 0.35% -66 -0.58% 11,297 Yellow Medicine 4,164 59.38% 2,693 38.41% 133 1.90% 22 0.31% 1,471 20.97% 7,012 Totals 692,966 57.16% 483,617 39.89% 27,866 2.30% 7,777 0.64% 209,349 17.27% 1,212,226
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic [ edit ]
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