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Election 1948 Results

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1948 presidential election in Minnesota

Harry S. Truman (Democrat) beat Thomas E. Dewey (Republican) in Minnesota in 1948, 57.2% to 39.9%, a margin of 17.3 points and 209,349 votes.

Minnesota voted 12.8 points more Democratic than the country as a whole, where the margin was D+4.5.

The Democratic hold continued from 1944, when Franklin D. Roosevelt won.

Democrats led in 74 of the 87 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 13. The largest, Hennepin, cast 282,234 votes and went to the Democrat by 10.9 points. The closest was Cook, where 14 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Result

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Harry S. Truman won	Democratic	692,966	57.2%
Thomas E. Dewey	Republican	483,617	39.9%
All other candidates		35,643	2.9%
Total		1,212,226

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	Margin
Hennepin	151,920 53.8%	121,169 42.9%	9,145	282,234	D+10.9
Ramsey	88,528 62.8%	48,142 34.2%	4,217	140,887	D+28.7
St. Louis	62,553 64.3%	28,490 29.3%	6,249	97,292	D+35.0
Stearns	15,261 59.4%	10,153 39.5%	292	25,706	D+19.9
Dakota	12,487 63.6%	6,819 34.8%	317	19,623	D+28.9
Otter Tail	6,546 36.0%	11,131 61.3%	495	18,172	R+25.2
Olmsted	9,155 52.4%	8,131 46.6%	181	17,467	D+5.9
Winona	8,281 54.1%	6,880 44.9%	152	15,313	D+9.1
Mower	9,468 61.9%	5,672 37.1%	161	15,301	D+24.8
Blue Earth	7,272 48.6%	7,520 50.3%	162	14,954	R+1.7
Itasca	9,653 65.6%	4,334 29.5%	729	14,716	D+36.1
Polk	9,279 63.6%	4,662 32.0%	639	14,580	D+31.7
Goodhue	7,313 51.4%	6,704 47.1%	205	14,222	D+4.3
Washington	8,039 57.5%	5,686 40.7%	245	13,970	D+16.8
Freeborn	7,825 58.9%	5,238 39.5%	213	13,276	D+19.5
Rice	5,832 47.3%	6,301 51.1%	188	12,321	R+3.8
Anoka	7,730 64.8%	3,853 32.3%	346	11,929	D+32.5
Crow Wing	6,773 57.2%	4,702 39.7%	370	11,845	D+17.5
Kandiyohi	7,204 62.1%	3,666 31.6%	723	11,593	D+30.5
Wright	5,523 48.9%	5,589 49.5%	185	11,297	R+0.6
Clay	6,624 59.4%	4,302 38.6%	219	11,145	D+20.8
Martin	6,015 55.9%	4,662 43.3%	87	10,764	D+12.6
Carlton	6,967 68.6%	2,742 27.0%	448	10,157	D+41.6
Fillmore	4,414 43.6%	5,587 55.2%	127	10,128	R+11.6
Morrison	6,026 59.7%	3,922 38.9%	144	10,092	D+20.8
Brown	4,804 48.0%	5,068 50.6%	144	10,016	R+2.6
Faribault	5,261 52.5%	4,619 46.1%	134	10,014	D+6.4
Becker	5,885 60.5%	3,495 35.9%	347	9,727	D+24.6
Renville	5,227 54.0%	4,297 44.4%	155	9,679	D+9.6
Beltrami	6,020 62.8%	3,126 32.6%	434	9,580	D+30.2
Todd	5,157 54.1%	4,166 43.7%	212	9,535	D+10.4
Lyon	6,144 66.2%	3,054 32.9%	88	9,286	D+33.3
Douglas	5,022 56.0%	3,744 41.7%	207	8,973	D+14.2
Le Sueur	4,890 55.4%	3,858 43.7%	80	8,828	D+11.7
Steele	4,305 48.8%	4,451 50.5%	60	8,816	R+1.7
McLeod	3,987 45.7%	4,623 53.0%	106	8,716	R+7.3
Redwood	4,182 49.5%	4,160 49.3%	103	8,445	D+0.3
Pine	4,978 59.2%	3,069 36.5%	360	8,407	D+22.7
Nobles	5,090 60.7%	3,203 38.2%	89	8,382	D+22.5
Meeker	4,333 53.7%	3,620 44.9%	112	8,065	D+8.8
Carver	2,816 37.6%	4,582 61.2%	84	7,482	R+23.6
Nicollet	3,663 50.0%	3,576 48.8%	86	7,325	D+1.2
Cass	3,933 54.0%	3,179 43.7%	166	7,278	D+10.4
Wabasha	3,730 52.5%	3,297 46.4%	75	7,102	D+6.1
Yellow Medicine	4,164 59.4%	2,693 38.4%	155	7,012	D+21.0
Jackson	4,541 65.2%	2,288 32.8%	140	6,969	D+32.3
Koochiching	4,968 71.3%	1,718 24.7%	282	6,968	D+46.6
Scott	4,278 61.7%	2,583 37.2%	74	6,935	D+24.4
Waseca	3,120 46.7%	3,511 52.6%	49	6,680	R+5.9
Chippewa	3,888 58.5%	2,569 38.7%	189	6,646	D+19.8
Cottonwood	3,333 50.3%	3,222 48.6%	77	6,632	D+1.7
Marshall	4,126 63.4%	2,090 32.1%	291	6,507	D+31.3
Swift	4,082 63.1%	2,109 32.6%	277	6,468	D+30.5
Houston	2,623 42.1%	3,540 56.8%	68	6,231	R+14.7
Sibley	2,818 45.8%	3,260 52.9%	79	6,157	R+7.2
Lac Qui Parle	3,690 60.5%	2,330 38.2%	80	6,100	D+22.3
Chisago	3,184 52.5%	2,704 44.6%	177	6,065	D+7.9
Mille Lacs	3,343 55.4%	2,502 41.4%	194	6,039	D+13.9
Benton	3,632 60.4%	2,297 38.2%	86	6,015	D+22.2
Aitkin	3,277 54.6%	2,466 41.1%	264	6,007	D+13.5
Watonwan	3,039 53.3%	2,581 45.3%	78	5,698	D+8.0
Pennington	3,402 60.7%	1,759 31.4%	447	5,608	D+29.3
Murray	3,594 64.2%	1,951 34.8%	57	5,602	D+29.3
Roseau	3,674 66.5%	1,458 26.4%	396	5,528	D+40.1
Pope	3,251 59.5%	2,114 38.7%	97	5,462	D+20.8
Pipestone	2,804 54.1%	2,281 44.0%	95	5,180	D+10.1
Norman	3,245 62.9%	1,695 32.9%	217	5,157	D+30.1
Isanti	2,758 55.2%	1,918 38.4%	318	4,994	D+16.8
Dodge	2,523 50.9%	2,381 48.0%	57	4,961	D+2.9
Wadena	2,556 52.0%	2,272 46.2%	89	4,917	D+5.8
Grant	2,378 54.2%	1,789 40.8%	221	4,388	D+13.4
Stevens	2,313 54.0%	1,928 45.0%	42	4,283	D+9.0
Hubbard	2,044 48.2%	2,071 48.8%	126	4,241	R+0.6
Rock	2,134 50.4%	2,035 48.1%	65	4,234	D+2.3
Clearwater	2,793 66.3%	1,171 27.8%	248	4,212	D+38.5
Kittson	2,970 71.0%	1,035 24.7%	178	4,183	D+46.3
Lincoln	2,694 65.9%	1,312 32.1%	84	4,090	D+33.8
Wilkin	2,291 56.4%	1,700 41.9%	69	4,060	D+14.6
Kanabec	2,305 58.1%	1,531 38.6%	134	3,970	D+19.5
Sherburne	1,958 50.3%	1,828 46.9%	109	3,895	D+3.3
Big Stone	2,466 63.5%	1,321 34.0%	99	3,886	D+29.5
Lake	2,555 68.5%	924 24.8%	250	3,729	D+43.7
Traverse	2,151 66.7%	1,008 31.3%	64	3,223	D+35.5
Mahnomen	2,125 76.6%	579 20.9%	71	2,775	D+55.7
Red Lake	1,771 71.8%	592 24.0%	105	2,468	D+47.8
Lake Of The Woods	1,302 64.9%	583 29.1%	120	2,005	D+35.9
Cook	688 48.9%	674 47.9%	44	1,406	D+1.0

Counties as they stood in 1948; some have since been split, merged or renamed. Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

Minnesota in every presidential election we hold

Year	Winner	Margin
2024	Kamala Harris (D)	D+4.2
2020	Joe Biden (D)	D+7.1
2016	Hillary Clinton (D)	D+1.5
2012	Barack Obama (D)	D+7.7
2008	Barack Obama (D)	D+10.2
2004	John Kerry (D)	D+3.5
2000	Al Gore (D)	D+2.4
1996	Bill Clinton (D)	D+16.1
1992	Bill Clinton (D)	D+11.6
1988	Michael Dukakis (D)	D+7.0
1984	Walter Mondale (D)	D+0.2
1980	Jimmy Carter (D)	D+3.9
1976	Jimmy Carter (D)	D+12.9
1972	Richard Nixon (R)	R+5.5
1968	Hubert Humphrey (D)	D+12.5
1964	Lyndon B. Johnson (D)	D+27.8
1960	John F. Kennedy (D)	D+1.4
1956	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)	R+7.6
1952	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)	R+11.2
1948	Harry S. Truman (D)	D+17.3
1944	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+5.5
1940	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+3.8
1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+30.8
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+23.6
1928	Herbert Hoover (R)	R+16.9
1924	Calvin Coolidge (R)	R+44.4
1920	Warren G. Harding (R)	R+51.2
1916	Charles Evans Hughes (R)	R+0.1
1912	Theodore Roosevelt (other)
1908	William Howard Taft (R)	R+26.2
1904	Theodore Roosevelt (R)	R+55.1
1900	William McKinley (R)	R+24.5
1896	William McKinley (R)	R+15.4
1892	Benjamin Harrison (R)	R+8.2
1888	Benjamin Harrison (R)	R+14.5
1884	James G. Blaine (R)	R+21.9
1880	James A. Garfield (R)	R+26.9
1876	Rutherford B. Hayes (R)	R+19.4
1872	Ulysses S. Grant (R)	R+22.7
1868	Ulysses S. Grant (R)	R+21.8

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