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Election 1948 Results

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1948 presidential election in North Carolina

Harry S. Truman (Democrat) beat Thomas E. Dewey (Republican) in North Carolina in 1948, 58.0% to 32.7%, a margin of 25.3 points and 200,498 votes.

North Carolina voted 20.9 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 85 of the 100 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 15. The largest, Guilford, cast 35,349 votes and went to the Democrat by 8.6 points. The closest was Sampson, where 33 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

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Harry S. Truman won Democratic 459,070 58.0%
Thomas E. Dewey Republican 258,572 32.7%
Strom Thurmond States' Rights Democratic 69,652 8.8%
All other candidates 3,915 0.5%
Total791,209

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Guilford 17,224 48.7% 14,167 40.1% 3,958 35,349 D+8.6
Mecklenburg 14,353 43.3% 11,518 34.7% 7,314 33,185 D+8.5
Buncombe 17,072 55.3% 11,460 37.1% 2,319 30,851 D+18.2
Forsyth 12,201 49.3% 10,147 41.0% 2,377 24,725 D+8.3
Wake 17,939 73.5% 4,850 19.9% 1,634 24,423 D+53.6
Catawba 8,844 44.4% 9,471 47.5% 1,622 19,937 R+3.1
Gaston 8,966 47.3% 6,180 32.6% 3,822 18,968 D+14.7
Durham 11,530 65.5% 4,531 25.7% 1,552 17,613 D+39.7
Davidson 7,991 46.2% 8,539 49.3% 784 17,314 R+3.2
Rowan 6,799 43.3% 5,722 36.4% 3,181 15,702 D+6.9
Randolph 6,567 41.9% 8,372 53.4% 743 15,682 R+11.5
Alamance 8,287 53.9% 5,124 33.3% 1,969 15,380 D+20.6
Wilkes 5,784 40.2% 8,234 57.2% 382 14,400 R+17.0
Burke 6,226 46.2% 6,374 47.3% 888 13,488 R+1.1
Johnston 9,188 70.7% 3,211 24.7% 598 12,997 D+46.0
Cabarrus 5,059 39.4% 4,294 33.5% 3,473 12,826 D+6.0
Rockingham 8,553 68.9% 2,936 23.6% 926 12,415 D+45.2
Surry 6,956 56.8% 4,643 37.9% 654 12,253 D+18.9
Iredell 5,761 47.5% 4,441 36.6% 1,934 12,136 D+10.9
Rutherford 5,992 51.0% 4,342 37.0% 1,416 11,750 D+14.0
Stanly 4,415 37.8% 5,902 50.6% 1,357 11,674 R+12.7
New Hanover 5,364 47.9% 3,162 28.2% 2,667 11,193 D+19.7
Caldwell 5,033 46.7% 4,987 46.2% 765 10,785 D+0.4
Sampson 4,965 47.1% 4,932 46.8% 651 10,548 D+0.3
Haywood 7,373 71.8% 2,684 26.1% 209 10,266 D+45.7
Henderson 3,311 34.4% 4,971 51.6% 1,350 9,632 R+17.2
Pitt 8,519 89.5% 602 6.3% 401 9,522 D+83.1
Cleveland 6,039 65.2% 1,905 20.6% 1,317 9,261 D+44.6
Robeson 7,056 77.3% 1,036 11.3% 1,041 9,133 D+65.9
Ashe 4,633 50.8% 4,266 46.7% 228 9,127 D+4.0
Cumberland 4,996 55.1% 1,741 19.2% 2,325 9,062 D+35.9
Harnett 6,608 74.1% 1,985 22.3% 323 8,916 D+51.9
Nash 7,590 88.5% 684 8.0% 302 8,576 D+80.5
Lincoln 3,570 42.7% 3,635 43.5% 1,153 8,358 R+0.8
Wayne 6,111 73.2% 1,658 19.9% 579 8,348 D+53.3
Stokes 4,431 56.2% 3,291 41.7% 169 7,891 D+14.4
Watauga 3,379 45.7% 3,851 52.0% 170 7,400 R+6.4
Columbus 5,511 74.8% 1,105 15.0% 753 7,369 D+59.8
Duplin 5,866 81.2% 1,024 14.2% 330 7,220 D+67.1
McDowell 3,805 53.2% 2,709 37.9% 638 7,152 D+15.3
Edgecombe 6,410 89.8% 478 6.7% 254 7,142 D+83.1
Halifax 6,172 86.8% 505 7.1% 432 7,109 D+79.7
Wilson 6,008 86.2% 665 9.5% 293 6,966 D+76.7
Moore 3,341 49.5% 2,719 40.3% 690 6,750 D+9.2
Jackson 4,005 59.6% 2,520 37.5% 200 6,725 D+22.1
Craven 5,039 80.3% 745 11.9% 494 6,278 D+68.4
Transylvania 2,975 48.3% 2,861 46.4% 327 6,163 D+1.8
Lenoir 5,445 88.5% 515 8.4% 190 6,150 D+80.2
Richmond 4,376 72.0% 866 14.2% 840 6,082 D+57.7
Beaufort 4,675 77.5% 1,055 17.5% 300 6,030 D+60.0
Madison 2,558 42.7% 3,341 55.7% 96 5,995 R+13.1
Yadkin 2,083 35.1% 3,631 61.2% 220 5,934 R+26.1
Orange 3,523 60.3% 1,813 31.0% 507 5,843 D+29.3
Yancey 3,481 59.7% 2,282 39.1% 69 5,832 D+20.6
Chatham 3,396 58.6% 2,008 34.7% 391 5,795 D+24.0
Cherokee 2,771 49.7% 2,615 46.9% 186 5,572 D+2.8
Macon 2,785 52.5% 2,388 45.0% 136 5,309 D+7.5
Carteret 3,491 67.7% 1,520 29.5% 149 5,160 D+38.2
Union 3,407 66.2% 738 14.3% 999 5,144 D+51.9
Davie 1,917 38.7% 2,679 54.0% 363 4,959 R+15.4
Franklin 4,538 91.5% 234 4.7% 185 4,957 D+86.8
Martin 4,636 95.5% 163 3.4% 54 4,853 D+92.2
Alexander 2,057 42.6% 2,314 48.0% 452 4,823 R+5.3
Brunswick 2,052 43.8% 1,896 40.5% 735 4,683 D+3.3
Vance 3,679 79.5% 549 11.9% 399 4,627 D+67.6
Montgomery 2,165 47.5% 1,975 43.3% 418 4,558 D+4.2
Lee 3,234 74.4% 871 20.0% 243 4,348 D+54.3
Granville 3,513 85.2% 334 8.1% 274 4,121 D+77.1
Avery 933 23.3% 2,995 74.7% 80 4,008 R+51.4
Polk 2,078 52.1% 1,636 41.0% 277 3,991 D+11.1
Bladen 2,831 72.3% 500 12.8% 583 3,914 D+59.6
Northampton 3,591 92.2% 179 4.6% 126 3,896 D+87.6
Mitchell 818 21.5% 2,908 76.3% 83 3,809 R+54.9
Onslow 3,318 87.3% 316 8.3% 165 3,799 D+79.0
Person 3,087 82.3% 480 12.8% 185 3,752 D+69.5
Anson 2,692 72.5% 447 12.0% 572 3,711 D+60.5
Swain 1,908 56.7% 1,389 41.3% 70 3,367 D+15.4
Alleghany 1,667 51.4% 1,374 42.4% 200 3,241 D+9.0
Bertie 3,034 95.7% 85 2.7% 51 3,170 D+93.0
Pasquotank 1,976 67.8% 701 24.0% 239 2,916 D+43.7
Scotland 1,957 69.4% 359 12.7% 503 2,819 D+56.7
Greene 2,687 96.4% 65 2.3% 34 2,786 D+94.1
Warren 2,376 85.7% 192 6.9% 203 2,771 D+78.8
Graham 1,527 56.2% 1,115 41.1% 73 2,715 D+15.2
Clay 1,307 50.8% 1,213 47.1% 55 2,575 D+3.7
Hertford 2,165 88.8% 196 8.0% 77 2,438 D+80.8
Caswell 1,651 68.8% 351 14.6% 397 2,399 D+54.2
Pamlico 1,370 62.4% 685 31.2% 142 2,197 D+31.2
Pender 1,334 62.4% 304 14.2% 500 2,138 D+48.2
Washington 1,675 81.4% 333 16.2% 49 2,057 D+65.2
Hoke 1,339 80.7% 142 8.6% 178 1,659 D+72.2
Jones 1,238 88.1% 113 8.0% 55 1,406 D+80.0
Currituck 1,144 83.6% 130 9.5% 94 1,368 D+74.1
Chowan 1,070 84.0% 124 9.7% 80 1,274 D+74.3
Dare 802 66.1% 373 30.7% 39 1,214 D+35.3
Tyrrell 732 65.8% 336 30.2% 45 1,113 D+35.6
Gates 939 86.9% 89 8.2% 52 1,080 D+78.7
Perquimans 849 80.1% 135 12.7% 76 1,060 D+67.4
Hyde 800 76.0% 214 20.3% 38 1,052 D+55.7
Camden 576 73.9% 127 16.3% 76 779 D+57.6

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.

North Carolina in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Donald Trump (R) R+3.2
2020 Donald Trump (R) R+1.3
2016 Donald Trump (R) R+3.7
2012 Mitt Romney (R) R+2.0
2008 Barack Obama (D) D+0.3
2004 George W. Bush (R) R+12.4
2000 George W. Bush (R) R+12.8
1996 Bob Dole (R) R+4.7
1992 George H. W. Bush (R) R+0.8
1988 George H. W. Bush (R) R+16.3
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+24.0
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+2.1
1976 Jimmy Carter (D) D+11.0
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+40.6
1968 Richard Nixon (R) R+10.3
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+12.3
1960 John F. Kennedy (D) D+4.2
1956 Adlai Stevenson II (D) D+1.3
1952 Adlai Stevenson II (D) D+7.8
1948 Harry S. Truman (D) D+25.3
1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+33.4
1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+48.1
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+46.8
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+40.6
1928 Herbert Hoover (R) R+9.9
1924 John W. Davis (D) D+19.2
1920 James M. Cox (D) D+13.5
1916 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+16.4
1912 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+47.3
1908 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+8.7
1904 Alton B. Parker (D) D+20.0
1900 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+8.5
1896 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+5.8
1892 Grover Cleveland (D) D+11.6
1888 Grover Cleveland (D) D+4.6
1884 Grover Cleveland (D) D+6.7
1880 Winfield Scott Hancock (D) D+3.6
1876 Samuel J. Tilden (D) D+7.2
1872 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+14.5
1868 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+6.8