Who won New Jersey in the 1948 presidential election?

Dewey (Republican) carried New Jersey in 1948, winning its 16 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did New Jersey have in 1948?

New Jersey cast 16 electoral votes in the 1948 presidential election.

Did New Jersey vote for the national winner in 1948?

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

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1948

New Jersey: Dewey carries 16 EV.

New Jersey cast its 16 electoral votes for Dewey (Republican). National winner: Harry S. Truman (Democratic) — New Jersey voted against the national winner this cycle.

What happened in New Jersey, 1948

In 1948, New Jersey awarded its 16 electoral votes to Dewey of the Republican party. Nationally the result broke the other way — Harry S. Truman (Democratic) won the presidency, leaving New Jersey among the states he did not carry.

Dewey's win closed out New Jersey's 4-election run of voting Democratic. New Jersey did not move alone — neighboring New York, Pennsylvania, and Delaware broke the same way in 1948. Across the 60 presidential elections New Jersey has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Democratic party (31 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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