1948 United States presidential election in Louisiana

1948 United States presidential election in Louisiana
All 10 Louisiana votes to the Electoral College
President before election; Harry S. Truman; Democratic	Elected President ; Harry S. Truman; Democratic

The 1948 United States presidential election in Louisiana took place on November 2, 1948, as part of the 1948 United States presidential election. State voters chose ten^[3] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Louisiana was won by Governor Strom Thurmond (DX–South Carolina), running with Governor Fielding L. Wright, with 49.07% of the popular vote, against incumbent President Harry S. Truman (D–Missouri), running with Senator Alben W. Barkley, with 32.75% of the popular vote, and Governor Thomas E. Dewey (R–New York), running with Governor Earl Warren, with 17.45% of the popular vote.^[4]^[5]

This marked the first time since 1876 that Louisiana failed to back the Democratic nominee in a presidential election, and the first time ever that a Democrat won the presidency without carrying the state.

52% of white voters supported Thurmond.^[6]

Results

1948 United States presidential election in Louisiana
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Dixiecrat	Strom Thurmond	204,290	49.07%
	Democratic	Harry S. Truman (inc.)	136,344	32.75%
	Republican	Thomas E. Dewey	72,657	17.45%
	Progressive	Henry A. Wallace	3,035	0.73%
	Write-in		10	0.00%
Total votes			416,336	100%

Results by parish

Parish	Strom Thurmond States Rights		Harry S. Truman Democratic		Thomas E. Dewey Republican		Henry A. Wallace Progressive		Margin		Total votes cast^[7]
Parish	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	Total votes cast^[7]
Acadia	3,497	52.37%	2,382	35.67%	784	11.74%	14	0.21%	1,115	16.70%	6,678^[a]
Allen	980	30.44%	1,996	62.01%	241	7.49%	2	0.06%	-1,016	-31.57%	3,219
Ascension	1,420	47.60%	1,126	37.75%	433	14.52%	4	0.13%	294	9.85%	2,983
Assumption	1,000	54.53%	362	19.74%	469	25.57%	3	0.16%	531^[b]	28.96%	1,834
Avoyelles	5,417	76.24%	1,356	19.09%	285	4.01%	44	0.62%	4,061	57.15%	7,105^[c]
Beauregard	1,365	39.30%	1,653	47.60%	449	12.93%	6	0.17%	-288	-8.30%	3,473
Bienville	2,362	79.34%	421	14.14%	191	6.42%	3	0.10%	1,941	65.20%	2,977
Bossier	2,390	61.66%	1,147	29.59%	338	8.72%	1	0.03%	1,243	32.07%	3,876
Caddo	11,292	51.06%	5,985	27.06%	4,777	21.60%	63	0.28%	5,307	24.00%	22,117
Calcasieu	3,400	27.34%	7,074	56.87%	1,940	15.60%	24	0.19%	-3,674	-29.53%	12,438
Caldwell	818	46.80%	777	44.45%	151	8.64%	2	0.11%	41	2.35%	1,748
Cameron	293	26.09%	742	66.07%	87	7.75%	1	0.09%	-449	-39.98%	1,123
Catahoula	1,062	63.75%	515	30.91%	86	5.16%	3	0.18%	547	32.84%	1,666
Claiborne	2,061	73.98%	457	16.40%	265	9.51%	3	0.11%	1,604	57.58%	2,786
Concordia	1,140	72.75%	329	21.00%	98	6.25%	0	0.00%	811	51.75%	1,567
DeSoto	1,889	68.00%	617	22.21%	270	9.72%	2	0.07%	1,272	45.79%	2,778
East Baton Rouge	8,166	38.05%	8,560	39.88%	4,585	21.36%	153	0.71%	-394	-1.83%	21,464
East Carroll	663	60.05%	323	29.26%	116	10.51%	2	0.18%	340	30.79%	1,104
East Feliciana	839	67.99%	267	21.64%	127	10.29%	1	0.08%	572	46.35%	1,234
Evangeline	4,415	76.48%	1,149	19.90%	206	3.57%	3	0.05%	3,266	56.58%	5,773
Franklin	1,872	48.19%	1,857	47.80%	149	3.84%	7	0.18%	15	0.39%	3,885
Grant	1,439	50.67%	1,120	39.44%	273	9.61%	8	0.28%	319	11.23%	2,840
Iberia	2,224	36.12%	1,015	16.49%	2,910	47.26%	8	0.13%	-686^[b]	-11.14%	6,157
Iberville	856	27.91%	1,697	55.33%	506	16.50%	8	0.26%	-841	-27.42%	3,067
Jackson	1,400	61.16%	713	31.15%	169	7.38%	7	0.31%	687	30.01%	2,289
Jefferson	8,822	54.56%	4,654	28.79%	2,620	16.20%	72	0.45%	4,168	25.77%	16,168
Jefferson Davis	1,122	30.82%	1,717	47.16%	793	21.78%	9	0.25%	-595	-16.34%	3,641
Lafayette	3,724	49.01%	1,787	23.52%	2,068	27.21%	20	0.26%	1,656^[b]	21.80%	7,599
Lafourche	3,052	51.62%	1,586	26.82%	1,247	21.09%	28	0.47%	1,466	24.80%	5,913
LaSalle	1,767	64.23%	716	26.03%	266	9.67%	2	0.07%	1,051	38.20%	2,751
Lincoln	2,196	68.60%	625	19.53%	353	11.03%	27	0.84%	1,571	49.07%	3,201
Livingston	1,351	38.92%	1,841	53.04%	264	7.61%	15	0.43%	-490	-14.12%	3,471
Madison	1,033	75.62%	197	14.42%	127	9.30%	9	0.66%	836	61.20%	1,366
Morehouse	1,391	49.43%	1,177	41.83%	242	8.60%	4	0.14%	214	7.60%	2,814
Natchitoches	2,887	53.94%	1,692	31.61%	763	14.26%	10	0.19%	1,195	22.33%	5,352
Orleans	50,234	40.58%	41,900	33.85%	29,442	23.78%	2,203	1.78%	8,334	6.73%	123,785^[d]
Ouachita	4,848	44.88%	4,213	39.00%	1,729	16.01%	12	0.11%	635	5.88%	10,802
Plaquemines	2,597	93.62%	77	2.78%	90	3.24%	10	0.36%	2,507^[b]	90.38%	2,774
Pointe Coupee	1,375	69.48%	402	20.31%	198	10.01%	4	0.20%	973	49.17%	1,979
Rapides	6,581	50.39%	4,730	36.22%	1,707	13.07%	42	0.32%	1,851	14.17%	13,060
Red River	1,535	72.89%	452	21.46%	113	5.37%	6	0.28%	1,083	51.43%	2,106
Richland	1,448	57.12%	960	37.87%	119	4.69%	8	0.32%	488	19.25%	2,535
Sabine	2,249	54.51%	1,405	34.05%	469	11.37%	3	0.07%	844	20.46%	4,126
St. Bernard	2,242	91.70%	91	3.72%	107	4.38%	5	0.20%	2,135^[b]	87.32%	2,445
St. Charles	1,206	50.04%	914	37.93%	286	11.87%	4	0.17%	292	12.11%	2,410
St. Helena	662	55.58%	469	39.38%	59	4.95%	1	0.08%	193	16.20%	1,191
St. James	800	37.79%	859	40.58%	453	21.40%	5	0.24%	-59	-2.79%	2,117
St. John the Baptist	695	36.97%	799	42.50%	379	20.16%	7	0.37%	-104	-5.53%	1,880
St. Landry	5,730	73.96%	1,179	15.22%	829	10.70%	9	0.12%	4,551	58.74%	7,747
St. Martin	2,822	73.80%	307	8.03%	688	17.99%	7	0.18%	2,134^[b]	55.81%	3,824
St. Mary	1,751	49.99%	918	26.21%	824	23.52%	10	0.29%	833	23.78%	3,503
St. Tammany	3,063	60.76%	1,164	23.09%	790	15.67%	24	0.48%	1,899	37.67%	5,041
Tangipahoa	3,919	52.90%	2,184	29.48%	1,287	17.37%	18	0.24%	1,735	23.42%	7,408
Tensas	732	70.05%	239	22.87%	72	6.89%	2	0.19%	493	47.18%	1,045
Terrebonne	2,011	46.40%	1,262	29.12%	1,048	24.18%	13	0.30%	749	17.28%	4,334
Union	1,872	65.50%	724	25.33%	259	9.06%	3	0.10%	1,148	40.17%	2,858
Vermilion	3,236	51.69%	1,806	28.85%	1,212	19.36%	7	0.11%	1,430	22.84%	6,261
Vernon	2,331	50.87%	1,939	42.32%	296	6.46%	16	0.35%	392	8.55%	4,582
Washington	4,141	53.08%	3,267	41.88%	371	4.76%	22	0.28%	874	11.20%	7,801
Webster	2,895	54.72%	1,933	36.53%	455	8.60%	8	0.15%	962	18.19%	5,291
West Baton Rouge	466	39.93%	557	47.73%	141	12.08%	3	0.26%	-91	-7.80%	1,167
West Carroll	1,221	53.16%	921	40.10%	151	6.57%	4	0.17%	300	13.06%	2,297
West Feliciana	377	64.78%	101	17.35%	102	17.53%	2	0.34%	275^[b]	47.25%	582
Winn	1,648	56.25%	940	32.08%	333	11.37%	9	0.31%	708	24.17%	2,930
Totals	204,290	49.07%	136,344	32.75%	72,657	17.45%	3,035	0.73%	67,946	16.32%	416,336

Parishes that flipped from Democratic to Dixiecrat

Parishes that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Iberia

Notes

^ One write-in vote was recorded from this parish.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g In this parish where Truman ran third behind Thurmond and Dewey, margin given is Dewey vote minus Thurmond vote and percentage margin Dewey percentage minus Thurmond percentage.
^ 3 write-in votes were recorded from this parish
^ 6 write-in votes were recorded from this parish.

References

^ "United States Presidential election of 1948 - Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved December 20, 2017.
^ See ‘The Gallup Poll: Dewey May Get Just Less Than 50 Percent of the Popular Vote but Is the Winner’; The Clarion-Ledger, November 1, 1948, p. 1
^ "1948 Election for the Forty-First Term (1949-53)". Retrieved December 20, 2017.
^ "1948 Presidential General Election Results - Louisiana". Retrieved December 20, 2017.
^ "The American Presidency Project - Election of 1948". Retrieved December 20, 2017.
^ Black & Black 1992, p. 147.
^ "LA US President Race, November 02, 1948". Our Campaigns.

Works cited

Black, Earl; Black, Merle (1992). The Vital South: How Presidents Are Elected. Harvard University Press. ISBN 0674941306.

[8] One write-in vote was recorded from this parish.

[DeweydTruman-9] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g In this parish where Truman ran third behind Thurmond and Dewey, margin given is Dewey vote minus Thurmond vote and percentage margin Dewey percentage minus Thurmond percentage.

[10] 3 write-in votes were recorded from this parish

[11] 6 write-in votes were recorded from this parish.

[1] "United States Presidential election of 1948 - Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved December 20, 2017.

[2] See ‘The Gallup Poll: Dewey May Get Just Less Than 50 Percent of the Popular Vote but Is the Winner’; The Clarion-Ledger, November 1, 1948, p. 1

[3] "1948 Election for the Forty-First Term (1949-53)". Retrieved December 20, 2017.

[4] "1948 Presidential General Election Results - Louisiana". Retrieved December 20, 2017.

[5] "The American Presidency Project - Election of 1948". Retrieved December 20, 2017.

[FOOTNOTEBlackBlack1992147-6] Black & Black 1992, p. 147.

[Our-7] "LA US President Race, November 02, 1948". Our Campaigns.

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