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Election 1948 Results

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1948 presidential election in North Dakota

Thomas E. Dewey (Republican) beat Harry S. Truman (Democrat) in North Dakota in 1948, 52.2% to 43.4%, a margin of 8.8 points and 19,327 votes.

North Dakota voted 13.2 points more Republican than the country as a whole, where the margin was D+4.5.

The Republican hold continued from 1944, when Thomas E. Dewey also won.

Republicans led in 39 of the 53 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 14. The largest, Cass, cast 21,836 votes and went to the Republican by 6.8 points. The closest was Renville, where 26 votes separated the two parties.

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Result

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Thomas E. Dewey won Republican 115,139 52.2%
Harry S. Truman Democratic 95,812 43.4%
All other candidates 9,765 4.4%
Total220,716

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Cass 9,937 45.5% 11,430 52.3% 469 21,836 R+6.8
Grand Forks 6,996 50.7% 6,374 46.2% 419 13,789 D+4.5
Ward 5,189 45.8% 5,514 48.6% 634 11,337 R+2.9
Burleigh 3,117 36.7% 5,049 59.4% 327 8,493 R+22.7
Stutsman 3,415 42.9% 4,208 52.9% 334 7,957 R+10.0
Richland 3,413 48.2% 3,448 48.7% 214 7,075 R+0.5
Walsh 4,170 59.3% 2,646 37.6% 215 7,031 D+21.7
Barnes 2,892 43.9% 3,385 51.3% 317 6,594 R+7.5
Morton 2,521 39.4% 3,607 56.4% 266 6,394 R+17.0
Ramsey 2,458 44.2% 2,891 52.0% 206 5,555 R+7.8
McLean 2,283 41.4% 2,762 50.1% 468 5,513 R+8.7
Williams 2,571 46.8% 2,133 38.8% 791 5,495 D+8.0
Stark 2,017 37.7% 3,222 60.1% 118 5,357 R+22.5
Pembina 2,666 51.7% 2,406 46.7% 83 5,155 D+5.0
McHenry 1,770 38.8% 2,578 56.4% 219 4,567 R+17.7
Traill 1,874 41.9% 2,328 52.0% 275 4,477 R+10.1
Benson 2,216 51.2% 1,920 44.3% 195 4,331 D+6.8
Bottineau 1,571 37.1% 2,513 59.4% 147 4,231 R+22.3
Cavalier 2,198 52.9% 1,864 44.8% 96 4,158 D+8.0
Wells 1,492 37.4% 2,385 59.8% 109 3,986 R+22.4
La Moure 1,481 39.9% 1,999 53.9% 228 3,708 R+14.0
Nelson 1,629 46.0% 1,672 47.3% 237 3,538 R+1.2
Emmons 1,187 33.9% 2,223 63.5% 93 3,503 R+29.6
Ransom 1,595 45.8% 1,772 50.8% 118 3,485 R+5.1
Mountrail 1,521 46.0% 1,395 42.2% 388 3,304 D+3.8
Dickey 1,264 39.1% 1,774 54.9% 194 3,232 R+15.8
Sargent 1,506 49.7% 1,387 45.7% 140 3,033 D+3.9
Pierce 1,147 38.8% 1,738 58.9% 68 2,953 R+20.0
Mercer 643 21.8% 2,219 75.3% 86 2,948 R+53.5
Rolette 1,565 54.5% 1,179 41.1% 125 2,869 D+13.5
McIntosh 513 18.5% 2,203 79.4% 60 2,776 R+60.9
McKenzie 1,227 47.4% 1,168 45.1% 196 2,591 D+2.3
Dunn 1,074 44.3% 1,244 51.3% 105 2,423 R+7.0
Burke 972 40.9% 1,212 50.9% 195 2,379 R+10.1
Kidder 773 32.6% 1,510 63.7% 87 2,370 R+31.1
Hettinger 752 31.9% 1,517 64.3% 89 2,358 R+32.4
Griggs 1,180 50.5% 1,036 44.3% 122 2,338 D+6.2
Steele 1,163 49.7% 1,052 45.0% 123 2,338 D+4.7
Grant 689 29.7% 1,555 66.9% 79 2,323 R+37.3
Towner 1,100 47.8% 1,145 49.8% 56 2,301 R+2.0
Logan 557 25.1% 1,585 71.5% 76 2,218 R+46.3
Foster 1,089 52.0% 938 44.8% 66 2,093 D+7.2
Divide 887 43.5% 981 48.1% 170 2,038 R+4.6
Eddy 919 45.2% 952 46.9% 161 2,032 R+1.6
Sheridan 372 18.9% 1,554 78.9% 43 1,969 R+60.0
Adams 753 42.3% 908 51.0% 119 1,780 R+8.7
Renville 838 48.1% 812 46.6% 92 1,742 D+1.5
Bowman 597 41.1% 723 49.8% 131 1,451 R+8.7
Golden Valley 585 41.8% 788 56.2% 28 1,401 R+14.5
Sioux 465 39.9% 667 57.2% 34 1,166 R+17.3
Oliver 304 27.5% 749 67.8% 51 1,104 R+40.3
Slope 388 43.8% 447 50.5% 50 885 R+6.7
Billings 311 42.3% 372 50.5% 53 736 R+8.3

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 Dakota in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Donald Trump (R) R+36.4
2020 Donald Trump (R) R+33.3
2016 Donald Trump (R) R+35.7
2012 Mitt Romney (R) R+19.6
2008 John McCain (R) R+8.6
2004 George W. Bush (R) R+27.4
2000 George W. Bush (R) R+27.6
1996 Bob Dole (R) R+6.8
1992 George H. W. Bush (R) R+12.0
1988 George H. W. Bush (R) R+13.1
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+31.0
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+38.0
1976 Gerald Ford (R) R+5.9
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+26.3
1968 Richard Nixon (R) R+17.7
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+16.1
1960 Richard Nixon (R) R+10.9
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+23.6
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+42.6
1948 Thomas E. Dewey (R) R+8.8
1944 Thomas E. Dewey (R) R+8.4
1940 Wendell Willkie (R) R+10.9
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+33.0
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+41.6
1928 Herbert Hoover (R) R+10.3
1924 Calvin Coolidge (R) R+40.7
1920 Warren G. Harding (R) R+59.6
1916 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+1.5
1912 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+7.5
1908 William Howard Taft (R) R+26.2
1904 Theodore Roosevelt (R) R+54.7
1900 William McKinley (R) R+26.6
1896 William McKinley (R) R+11.9
1892 James B. Weaver (other)