The American Vote
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Candidate

Strom Thurmond

States' Rights Democratic

Elections
1
Won
0
Electoral votes, all elections
39
Years
1948

Record

Strom Thurmond: result of each presidential election
YearElectoral votesPopular voteResult
1948
39
of 531
Not computed
minor-party votes not named in every state
Lost

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

Election by election

1948States' Rights Democratic · Lost

States carried · 4 of 48
Closest states won
  1. Louisianaby 67,946 · 16.3 pts
  2. South Carolinaby 68,184 · 47.8 pts
  3. Alabamaby 130,513 · 60.7 pts
Closest states lost
  1. FloridaTruman by 192,233 · 33.3 pts
  2. TennesseeTruman by 196,587 · 35.7 pts
  3. VirginiaTruman by 157,393 · 37.5 pts

Margins computed for 12 of 48 states: those with a sourced popular vote that names Thurmond.

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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