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The1948 United States presidential election in New Jersey took place on November 2, 1948. All contemporary 48 states were part of the1948 United States presidential election. Voters chose 16 electors to theElectoral College, which selected thepresident andvice president.
New Jersey 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 carried New Jersey with 50.33% of the vote to Truman's 45.93%, a margin of 4.39%. Wallace came in a distant third, with 2.19%.[2]
Despite the closeness of the statewide result, Dewey won 15 of the state's 21 counties, while Truman won 6. However, Truman won several of the most heavily populated urban counties in the state, taking over 60% of the vote inHudson County, winning majorities inMercer,Camden, andMiddlesex counties, and in ruralSalem County, and winning with a plurality inPassaic County. However, Dewey won majorities in several heavily populated counties, includingBergen,Morris,Union,Monmouth, andOcean counties, and also narrowly winningEssex County with a plurality, along with winning most of the state's Southern and rural counties. Wallace for his part performed most strongly inNorth Jersey, particularly in Essex, Union, and Passaic Counties.
New Jersey in this era was usually aswing state with a Republican lean, and its results in 1948 adhered to that pattern. As Truman narrowly defeated Dewey nationally in anupset victory, Dewey's narrow victory in New Jersey made the state almost 9% more Republican than the national average. Republicans won Burlington, Atlantic, Gloucester, and Cumberland counties for the first time since 1932. This is the last time Democrats won the presidency without Essex County.
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Neither of the major parties held primaries for presidential candidates, but some counties held unofficial nonpartisan primaries. The sums of such elections are shown below. Most votes were Republican candidates, withThomas E. Dewey andHarold Stassen as the top candidates.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | Thomas E. Dewey | 3,714 | 36.54 | |
| Republican | Harold Stassen | 3,123 | 30.72 | |
| Democratic | Harry S. Truman | 1,100 | 10.82 | |
| Republican | Douglas MacArthur | 718 | 7.06 | |
| Republican | Arthur Vandenberg | 516 | 5.08 | |
| Republican | Robert A. Taft | 495 | 4.87 | |
| Independent | Dwight D. Eisenhower | 288 | 2.83 | |
| Progressive | Henry A. Wallace | 87 | 0.86 | |
| Republican | Joseph W. Martin Jr. | 64 | 0.63 | |
| Republican | Alfred E. Driscoll | 44 | 0.43 | |
| Republican | Earl Warren | 14 | 0.14 | |
| Democratic | Elmer H. Wene | 1 | 0.01 | |
| Democratic | Justice William O. Douglas | 1 | 0.01 | |
| Total votes | 10,165 | 100.0 | ||
| 1948 United States presidential election in New Jersey | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Republican | Thomas E. Dewey | 981,124 | 50.33% | 16 | |
| Democratic | Harry S. Truman (incumbent) | 895,455 | 45.93% | 0 | |
| Progressive | Henry A. Wallace | 42,683 | 2.19% | 0 | |
| National Prohibition | Claude A. Watson | 10,593 | 0.54% | 0 | |
| Socialist | Norman Thomas | 10,521 | 0.54% | 0 | |
| Socialist Workers | Farrell Dobbs | 5,825 | 0.30% | 0 | |
| Socialist Labor | Edward A. Teichert | 3,354 | 0.17% | 0 | |
| Totals | 1,949,555 | 100.0% | 16 | ||
| County | Thomas E. Dewey[4] Republican | Harry S. Truman[4] Democratic | Henry A. Wallace[4] Independent Progressive | Claude A. Watson[4] National Prohibition | Norman M. Thomas[4] Socialist | Farrell Dobbs[4] Socialist Workers | Edward A. Teichert[4] Socialist Labor | Margin | Total votes cast | ||||||||
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| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Atlantic | 31,608 | 54.43% | 25,313 | 43.59% | 995 | 1.71% | 56 | 0.10% | 79 | 0.14% | 8 | 0.01% | 12 | 0.02% | 6,295 | 10.84% | 58,071 |
| Bergen | 142,657 | 65.70% | 69,132 | 31.84% | 3,503 | 1.61% | 327 | 0.15% | 1,312 | 0.60% | 82 | 0.04% | 118 | 0.05% | 73,525 | 33.86% | 217,131 |
| Burlington | 21,183 | 49.92% | 20,801 | 49.02% | 278 | 0.66% | 41 | 0.10% | 126 | 0.30% | 1 | 0.00% | 2 | 0.00% | 382 | 0.90% | 42,432 |
| Camden | 51,977 | 42.91% | 66,388 | 54.81% | 1,886 | 1.56% | 117 | 0.10% | 419 | 0.35% | 313 | 0.26% | 32 | 0.03% | -14,411 | -11.90% | 121,132 |
| Cape May | 11,227 | 64.46% | 6,031 | 34.63% | 118 | 0.68% | 14 | 0.08% | 20 | 0.11% | 5 | 0.03% | 2 | 0.01% | 5,196 | 29.83% | 17,417 |
| Cumberland | 16,556 | 51.24% | 15,195 | 47.02% | 449 | 1.39% | 42 | 0.13% | 46 | 0.14% | 7 | 0.02% | 18 | 0.06% | 1,361 | 4.21% | 32,313 |
| Essex | 166,963 | 48.60% | 155,468 | 45.25% | 11,741 | 3.42% | 6,560 | 1.91% | 2,004 | 0.58% | 343 | 0.10% | 488 | 0.14% | 11,495 | 3.35% | 343,567 |
| Gloucester | 19,477 | 54.46% | 15,785 | 44.14% | 349 | 0.98% | 47 | 0.13% | 97 | 0.27% | 7 | 0.02% | 3 | 0.01% | 3,692 | 10.32% | 35,765 |
| Hudson | 111,113 | 36.47% | 182,979 | 60.06% | 6,049 | 1.99% | 2,920 | 0.96% | 1,146 | 0.38% | 148 | 0.05% | 298 | 0.10% | -71,866 | -23.59% | 304,653 |
| Hunterdon | 10,654 | 60.85% | 6,515 | 37.21% | 250 | 1.43% | 18 | 0.10% | 61 | 0.35% | 1 | 0.01% | 10 | 0.06% | 4,139 | 23.64% | 17,509 |
| Mercer | 37,794 | 42.26% | 49,690 | 55.56% | 1,451 | 1.62% | 31 | 0.03% | 457 | 0.51% | 6 | 0.01% | 7 | 0.01% | -11,896 | -13.30% | 89,436 |
| Middlesex | 49,810 | 42.86% | 61,634 | 53.04% | 2,649 | 2.28% | 94 | 0.08% | 1,791 | 1.54% | 136 | 0.12% | 96 | 0.08% | -11,824 | -10.17% | 116,210 |
| Monmouth | 52,908 | 62.22% | 30,507 | 35.88% | 1,343 | 1.58% | 48 | 0.06% | 214 | 0.25% | 5 | 0.01% | 8 | 0.01% | 22,401 | 26.34% | 85,033 |
| Morris | 42,558 | 68.01% | 18,864 | 30.15% | 746 | 1.19% | 22 | 0.04% | 362 | 0.58% | 4 | 0.01% | 18 | 0.03% | 23,694 | 37.87% | 62,574 |
| Ocean | 16,740 | 70.43% | 6,366 | 26.79% | 579 | 2.44% | 6 | 0.03% | 74 | 0.31% | 2 | 0.01% | 0 | 0.00% | 10,374 | 43.65% | 23,767 |
| Passaic | 59,675 | 45.75% | 60,147 | 46.11% | 4,870 | 3.73% | 70 | 0.05% | 574 | 0.44% | 4,685 | 3.59% | 409 | 0.31% | -472 | -0.36% | 130,430 |
| Salem | 8,961 | 48.65% | 9,278 | 50.37% | 127 | 0.69% | 25 | 0.14% | 20 | 0.11% | 2 | 0.01% | 5 | 0.03% | -317 | -1.72% | 18,418 |
| Somerset | 22,034 | 59.77% | 14,104 | 38.26% | 543 | 1.47% | 13 | 0.04% | 162 | 0.44% | 3 | 0.01% | 3 | 0.01% | 7,930 | 21.51% | 36,862 |
| Sussex | 9,269 | 66.50% | 4,527 | 32.48% | 101 | 0.72% | 5 | 0.04% | 34 | 0.24% | 1 | 0.01% | 2 | 0.01% | 4,742 | 34.02% | 13,939 |
| Union | 87,402 | 53.89% | 66,759 | 41.16% | 4,514 | 2.78% | 127 | 0.08% | 1,493 | 0.92% | 66 | 0.04% | 1,819 | 1.12% | 20,643 | 12.73% | 162,180 |
| Warren | 10,558 | 50.97% | 9,972 | 48.14% | 142 | 0.69% | 10 | 0.05% | 30 | 0.14% | 2 | 0.01% | 2 | 0.01% | 586 | 2.83% | 20,716 |
| Totals | 981,124 | 50.33% | 895,455 | 45.93% | 42,683 | 2.19% | 10,593 | 0.54% | 10,521 | 0.54% | 5,825 | 0.30% | 3,354 | 0.17% | 85,669 | 4.39% | 1,949,555 |
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