The American Vote
2024 result
Candidate

Harry S. Truman

Democratic

Elections
1
Won
1
Electoral votes, all elections
303
Years
1948

Record

Harry S. Truman: result of each presidential election
YearElectoral votesPopular voteResult
1948
303
of 531
24,105,695
49.4%
Won

Popular vote is the sum of the sourced state counts, shown only where every state that held a popular vote has one; sums from county returns (1868–1972) can run a few tenths of a point below national totals published elsewhere.

Electoral votesNational Archives, Electoral College results: 1948 (public domain, read 2026-10-03). How these figures were compiled

SourceStatistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 2, 1948 (Public domain: a work of the United States government (17 U.S.C. 105), retrieved 2026-10-03). How these figures were compiled

Election by election

1948Democratic · Won

States carried · 28 of 48
Closest states won
  1. Ohioby 7,107 · 0.2 pts
  2. Californiaby 17,865 · 0.4 pts
  3. Illinoisby 33,612 · 0.8 pts
Closest states lost
  1. IndianaDewey by 13,246 · 0.8 pts
  2. New YorkDewey by 60,959 · 1.0 pts
  3. DelawareDewey by 1,775 · 1.3 pts

Margins computed for 47 of 48 states: those with a sourced popular vote that names Truman.

SourceStatistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 2, 1948 (Public domain: a work of the United States government (17 U.S.C. 105), retrieved 2026-10-03). How these figures were compiled

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