1948 United States presidential election in Arizona
1948 United States presidential election in Arizona
County results
Truman 40–50%
50–60%
60–70%
The 1948 United States presidential election in Arizona took place on November 2, 1948, as part of the 1948 United States presidential election . State voters chose four[ 2] Electoral College , who voted for president and vice president .
Arizona was won by incumbent President Harry S. Truman (D –Missouri ), running with Senator Alben W. Barkley , with 53.79% of the popular vote, against Governor Thomas Dewey (R –New York ), running with Governor Earl Warren , with 43.82% of the popular vote.[ 3] [ 4]
As of the 2024 presidential election [update] Yavapai County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate.[ 5] Maricopa County would not vote Democratic again until 2020. Coconino County would not vote Democratic again until 1992 , Navajo County not until 1976 , while Apache , Cochise , Mohave and Pima Counties would next vote Democratic for Lyndon Johnson in 1964 .[ 6]
This is also the last election where a candidate carried every county in the state and the last time a Democrat won the state with an outright majority. It is also the last time Arizona voted more Democratic than the nation as a whole. Arizona would vote Republican in every election thereafter except 1996 and 2020 .
Results
Results by county
County[ 7]
Harry S. Truman
Thomas E. Dewey
Henry A. Wallace
Claude A. Watson
Edward A. Teichert
Margin
Total votes cast
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
Apache
1,480
60.29%
970
39.51%
5
0.20%
0
0.00%
0
0.00%
510
20.78%
2,455
Cochise
6,198
59.77%
3,854
37.16%
284
2.74%
29
0.28%
5
0.05%
2,344
22.61%
10,370
Coconino
2,309
51.99%
2,093
47.13%
26
0.59%
11
0.25%
2
0.05%
216
4.86%
4,441
Gila
4,780
65.79%
2,329
32.06%
120
1.65%
31
0.43%
5
0.07%
2,451
33.73%
7,265
Graham
2,139
63.17%
1,209
35.71%
31
0.92%
6
0.18%
1
0.03%
930
27.46%
3,386
Greenlee
2,069
69.88%
680
22.97%
202
6.82%
8
0.27%
2
0.07%
1,389
46.91%
2,961
Maricopa
40,498
51.27%
36,585
46.31%
1,403
1.78%
459
0.58%
47
0.06%
3,913
4.96%
78,992
Mohave
1,499
55.27%
1,167
43.03%
32
1.18%
8
0.29%
6
0.22%
332
12.24%
2,712
Navajo
2,669
58.45%
1,841
40.32%
45
0.99%
8
0.18%
3
0.07%
828
18.13%
4,566
Pima
17,692
49.66%
16,968
47.63%
807
2.27%
120
0.34%
38
0.11%
724
2.03%
35,625
Pinal
3,572
60.68%
2,232
37.91%
61
1.04%
20
0.34%
2
0.03%
1,340
22.77%
5,887
Santa Cruz
1,424
56.53%
1,058
42.00%
26
1.03%
10
0.40%
1
0.04%
366
14.53%
2,519
Yavapai
4,439
49.75%
4,287
48.05%
132
1.48%
60
0.67%
4
0.04%
152
1.70%
8,922
Yuma
4,483
64.37%
2,324
33.37%
141
2.02%
11
0.16%
5
0.07%
2,159
31.00%
6,964
Totals
95,251
53.79%
77,597
43.82%
3,310
1.87%
786
0.44%
121
0.07%
17,654
9.97%
177,065
Electors
Electors were chosen by their party's voters in primary elections held on September 7, 1948.[ 8]
See also
References
^ "United States Presidential election of 1948 – Encyclopædia Britannica" . Retrieved October 25, 2017 .^ "1948 Election for the Forty-First Term (1949–53)" . Retrieved October 25, 2017 .^ "1948 Presidential General Election Results – Arizona" . Retrieved October 25, 2017 .^ "The American Presidency Project – Election of 1948" . Retrieved October 25, 2017 .^ Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’ ; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review ; June 29, 2016
^ Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868–2004 , p. 148 ISBN 0786422173
^ a b "Official Canvass General Election Returns, November 2, 1948" . Arizona Secretary of State. Retrieved July 30, 2024 .^ "Primary Election Returns, State of Arizona, September 7, 1948" . Arizona Secretary of State. Retrieved July 30, 2024 .
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