Who won Kansas in the 1948 presidential election?

Dewey (Republican) carried Kansas in 1948, winning its 8 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Kansas have in 1948?

Kansas cast 8 electoral votes in the 1948 presidential election.

Did Kansas vote for the national winner in 1948?

No. Kansas backed Dewey, while Harry S. Truman won the presidency nationally.

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1948

Kansas: Dewey carries 8 EV.

Kansas cast its 8 electoral votes for Dewey (Republican). National winner: Harry S. Truman (Democratic) — Kansas voted against the national winner this cycle.

What happened in Kansas, 1948

In 1948, Kansas awarded its 8 electoral votes to Dewey of the Republican party. Nationally the result broke the other way — Harry S. Truman (Democratic) won the presidency, leaving Kansas among the states he did not carry.

It marked the 4th consecutive election in which Kansas backed the Republican party, a streak reaching back to 1936. The region divided — Nebraska joined Kansas for the Republican ticket, while Missouri, Oklahoma, and Colorado did not. Across the 41 presidential elections Kansas has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Republican party (34 times). The vote fell within the New Deal Coalition — FDR, civil rights, and the long Democratic majority.

In the national count, Harry S. Truman took 303 of the 531 electoral votes, against Thomas E. Dewey's 189. Harry S. Truman led the national popular vote with 49.55% of the ballots cast.

The 1948 national map

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