1948 United States presidential election in Minnesota
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%
The 1948 United States presidential election in Minnesota took place on November 2, 1948, as part of the 1948 United States presidential election . Voters chose 11 electors, or representatives to the Electoral College , who voted for president and vice president.
Minnesota was won by the Democratic candidate, incumbent President Harry S. Truman , who had assumed the presidency following the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1945, won the state over New 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 every prediction 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.
Results
Results by county
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
See also
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