Who won Maine in the 1948 presidential election?

Dewey (Republican) carried Maine in 1948, winning its 5 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Maine have in 1948?

Maine cast 5 electoral votes in the 1948 presidential election.

Did Maine vote for the national winner in 1948?

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

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1948

Maine: Dewey carries 5 EV.

Maine cast its 5 electoral votes for Dewey (Republican). National winner: Harry S. Truman (Democratic) — Maine voted against the national winner this cycle.

What happened in Maine, 1948

In 1948, Maine awarded its 5 electoral votes to Dewey of the Republican party. Nationally the result broke the other way — Harry S. Truman (Democratic) won the presidency, leaving Maine among the states he did not carry.

It marked the 4th consecutive election in which Maine backed the Republican party, a streak reaching back to 1936. Maine did not move alone — neighboring New Hampshire broke the same way in 1948. Across the 52 presidential elections Maine has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Republican party (29 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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