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Election 1948 Results

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1948 presidential election in Oklahoma

Harry S. Truman (Democrat) beat Thomas E. Dewey (Republican) in Oklahoma in 1948, 62.7% to 37.3%, a margin of 25.5 points and 183,965 votes.

Oklahoma voted 21.0 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 67 of the 77 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 10. The largest, Oklahoma, cast 100,115 votes and went to the Democrat by 19.8 points. The closest was Woods, where 11 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	452,782	62.7%
Thomas E. Dewey	Republican	268,817	37.3%
Total		721,599

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Total	Margin
Oklahoma	59,954 59.9%	40,161 40.1%	100,115	D+19.8
Tulsa	38,548 47.3%	42,892 52.7%	81,440	R+5.3
Muskogee	13,860 67.8%	6,592 32.2%	20,452	D+35.5
Kay	10,119 53.0%	8,982 47.0%	19,101	D+6.0
Garfield	8,217 44.3%	10,352 55.7%	18,569	R+11.5
Creek	9,198 58.5%	6,532 41.5%	15,730	D+16.9
Pottawatomie	10,220 68.2%	4,760 31.8%	14,980	D+36.4
Okmulgee	10,467 70.6%	4,368 29.4%	14,835	D+41.1
Payne	7,390 56.0%	5,799 44.0%	13,189	D+12.1
Pittsburg	9,576 76.8%	2,893 23.2%	12,469	D+53.6
Caddo	8,110 68.1%	3,793 31.9%	11,903	D+36.3
Carter	9,474 81.5%	2,147 18.5%	11,621	D+63.0
Ottawa	7,243 62.7%	4,304 37.3%	11,547	D+25.5
Seminole	8,122 70.4%	3,423 29.6%	11,545	D+40.7
Washington	5,508 47.7%	6,036 52.3%	11,544	R+4.6
Osage	7,156 64.4%	3,951 35.6%	11,107	D+28.9
Grady	8,136 73.8%	2,882 26.2%	11,018	D+47.7
Comanche	7,955 74.1%	2,787 25.9%	10,742	D+48.1
Cleveland	6,556 64.1%	3,671 35.9%	10,227	D+28.2
Pontotoc	7,750 77.2%	2,289 22.8%	10,039	D+54.4
Le Flore	6,786 70.6%	2,821 29.4%	9,607	D+41.3
Canadian	5,568 59.9%	3,729 40.1%	9,297	D+19.8
Bryan	7,748 85.0%	1,366 15.0%	9,114	D+70.0
Lincoln	4,913 55.8%	3,898 44.2%	8,811	D+11.5
Stephens	6,702 77.8%	1,909 22.2%	8,611	D+55.7
Garvin	6,779 80.1%	1,681 19.9%	8,460	D+60.3
Logan	4,109 51.8%	3,817 48.2%	7,926	D+3.7
McCurtain	6,223 85.1%	1,091 14.9%	7,314	D+70.2
Custer	4,618 64.3%	2,568 35.7%	7,186	D+28.5
Hughes	5,492 76.6%	1,676 23.4%	7,168	D+53.2
Mayes	4,201 59.5%	2,854 40.5%	7,055	D+19.1
Rogers	4,197 59.6%	2,849 40.4%	7,046	D+19.1
Cherokee	4,249 60.4%	2,785 39.6%	7,034	D+20.8
Craig	4,182 59.8%	2,807 40.2%	6,989	D+19.7
Sequoyah	4,449 68.2%	2,077 31.8%	6,526	D+36.3
Jackson	5,450 85.5%	923 14.5%	6,373	D+71.0
Wagoner	3,389 56.0%	2,666 44.0%	6,055	D+11.9
Washita	4,326 72.5%	1,637 27.5%	5,963	D+45.1
Beckham	4,544 77.6%	1,310 22.4%	5,854	D+55.2
Kiowa	4,263 73.6%	1,530 26.4%	5,793	D+47.2
Choctaw	4,750 82.1%	1,036 17.9%	5,786	D+64.2
Woods	2,882 50.1%	2,871 49.9%	5,753	D+0.2
Delaware	3,157 57.4%	2,343 42.6%	5,500	D+14.8
Adair	3,067 56.0%	2,407 44.0%	5,474	D+12.1
Blaine	2,595 47.8%	2,835 52.2%	5,430	R+4.4
Kingfisher	2,488 45.9%	2,931 54.1%	5,419	R+8.2
Pawnee	2,721 50.7%	2,651 49.3%	5,372	D+1.3
Noble	2,770 53.3%	2,430 46.7%	5,200	D+6.5
Tillman	4,071 79.4%	1,058 20.6%	5,129	D+58.7
McIntosh	3,674 71.8%	1,442 28.2%	5,116	D+43.6
Okfuskee	3,335 67.3%	1,624 32.7%	4,959	D+34.5
Nowata	2,688 55.9%	2,119 44.1%	4,807	D+11.8
Alfalfa	1,838 39.9%	2,765 60.1%	4,603	R+20.1
Grant	2,126 46.2%	2,471 53.8%	4,597	R+7.5
Haskell	3,206 69.8%	1,390 30.2%	4,596	D+39.5
Woodward	2,180 47.7%	2,391 52.3%	4,571	R+4.6
Texas	2,693 61.6%	1,676 38.4%	4,369	D+23.3
McClain	3,451 79.2%	908 20.8%	4,359	D+58.3
Atoka	3,104 75.0%	1,033 25.0%	4,137	D+50.1
Jefferson	3,326 85.7%	556 14.3%	3,882	D+71.4
Murray	3,054 79.3%	798 20.7%	3,852	D+58.6
Pushmataha	2,977 79.0%	789 21.0%	3,766	D+58.1
Greer	3,044 81.0%	713 19.0%	3,757	D+62.0
Major	1,227 33.2%	2,467 66.8%	3,694	R+33.6
Dewey	2,049 57.8%	1,494 42.2%	3,543	D+15.7
Johnston	2,936 83.4%	584 16.6%	3,520	D+66.8
Latimer	2,536 73.4%	919 26.6%	3,455	D+46.8
Cotton	2,613 78.0%	738 22.0%	3,351	D+56.0
Beaver	1,596 52.9%	1,420 47.1%	3,016	D+5.8
Ellis	1,420 48.3%	1,522 51.7%	2,942	R+3.5
Marshall	2,455 84.0%	469 16.0%	2,924	D+67.9
Roger Mills	2,176 81.0%	509 19.0%	2,685	D+62.1
Harmon	2,340 89.8%	266 10.2%	2,606	D+79.6
Coal	2,124 82.1%	464 17.9%	2,588	D+64.1
Harper	1,281 51.2%	1,221 48.8%	2,502	D+2.4
Love	2,191 89.8%	249 10.2%	2,440	D+79.6
Cimarron	894 57.9%	650 42.1%	1,544	D+15.8

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.

Oklahoma in every presidential election we hold

Year	Winner	Margin
2024	Donald Trump (R)	R+34.3
2020	Donald Trump (R)	R+33.1
2016	Donald Trump (R)	R+36.4
2012	Mitt Romney (R)	R+33.5
2008	John McCain (R)	R+31.3
2004	George W. Bush (R)	R+31.1
2000	George W. Bush (R)	R+21.9
1996	Bob Dole (R)	R+7.8
1992	George H. W. Bush (R)	R+8.6
1988	George H. W. Bush (R)	R+16.6
1984	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+37.9
1980	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+25.5
1976	Gerald Ford (R)	R+1.2
1972	Richard Nixon (R)	R+49.7
1968	Richard Nixon (R)	R+15.7
1964	Lyndon B. Johnson (D)	D+11.5
1960	Richard Nixon (R)	R+18.0
1956	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)	R+10.3
1952	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)	R+9.2
1948	Harry S. Truman (D)	D+25.5
1944	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+11.4
1940	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+15.2
1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+34.1
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+46.6
1928	Herbert Hoover (R)	R+28.3
1924	John W. Davis (D)	D+5.6
1920	Warren G. Harding (R)	R+5.5
1916	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+17.4
1912	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+11.2
1908	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+5.2

1948 presidential election in Oklahoma

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