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Election 1948 Results

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1948 presidential election in Virginia

Harry S. Truman (Democrat) beat Thomas E. Dewey (Republican) in Virginia in 1948, 47.9% to 41.0%, a margin of 6.8 points and 28,716 votes.

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

Democrats led in 87 of the 125 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 37 and other candidates in 1. The largest, Richmond, cast 35,301 votes and went to the Democrat by 5.4 points. The closest was Fredericksburg, where 6 votes separated the top two.

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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	200,786	47.9%
Thomas E. Dewey	Republican	172,070	41.0%
Strom Thurmond	States' Rights Democratic	43,393	10.4%
All other candidates		3,007	0.7%
Total		419,256

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	Margin
Richmond	16,466 46.6%	14,549 41.2%	4,286	35,301	D+5.4
Arlington	7,798 38.8%	10,774 53.6%	1,539	20,111	R+14.8
Norfolk	9,370 50.8%	7,556 40.9%	1,534	18,460	D+9.8
Roanoke	5,343 40.5%	6,542 49.6%	1,315	13,200	R+9.1
Fairfax	3,719 39.2%	4,930 52.0%	840	9,489	R+12.8
Alexandria	3,917 45.0%	3,903 44.8%	887	8,707	D+0.2
Lee	4,069 48.1%	4,297 50.8%	100	8,466	R+2.7
Wise	4,862 62.0%	2,836 36.2%	147	7,845	D+25.8
Roanoke	2,876 38.6%	3,988 53.5%	591	7,455	R+14.9
Portsmouth	4,612 62.5%	2,056 27.9%	713	7,381	D+34.6
Norfolk (Ext)	4,696 66.2%	1,830 25.8%	563	7,089	D+40.4
Lynchburg	2,480 36.8%	2,373 35.2%	1,894	6,747	D+1.6
Grayson	2,741 41.7%	3,669 55.9%	158	6,568	R+14.1
Scott	2,676 42.7%	3,520 56.1%	76	6,272	R+13.5
Washington	2,510 44.1%	2,972 52.2%	211	5,693	R+8.1
Pittsylvania	3,149 55.6%	1,164 20.5%	1,353	5,666	D+35.0
Danville	2,334 42.8%	1,579 29.0%	1,535	5,448	D+13.9
Buchanan	3,174 59.6%	2,085 39.2%	66	5,325	D+20.5
Russell	2,689 51.3%	2,447 46.7%	107	5,243	D+4.6
Newport News	3,420 65.3%	1,453 27.7%	366	5,239	D+37.5
Rockingham	1,680 32.4%	3,219 62.1%	283	5,182	R+29.7
Shenandoah	1,603 30.9%	3,349 64.7%	228	5,180	R+33.7
Dickenson	2,945 56.9%	2,197 42.5%	30	5,172	D+14.5
Henrico	2,321 46.7%	2,092 42.1%	557	4,970	D+4.6
Smyth	1,750 36.3%	2,897 60.1%	175	4,822	R+23.8
Elizabeth City (Ext)	2,744 57.3%	1,617 33.8%	427	4,788	D+23.5
Chesterfield	2,600 55.0%	1,428 30.2%	702	4,730	D+24.8
Tazewell	2,258 48.0%	2,278 48.4%	170	4,706	R+0.4
Page	1,611 39.7%	2,236 55.1%	208	4,055	R+15.4
Halifax	1,323 34.2%	521 13.5%	2,026	3,870	Others
Alleghany	2,253 58.5%	1,425 37.0%	172	3,850	D+21.5
Petersburg	2,019 52.7%	1,189 31.0%	623	3,831	D+21.7
Carroll	1,196 32.0%	2,456 65.7%	85	3,737	R+33.7
Princess Anne (Ext)	2,008 54.1%	1,329 35.8%	378	3,715	D+18.3
Bedford	1,556 43.1%	1,084 30.0%	969	3,609	D+13.1
Montgomery	1,126 32.4%	2,070 59.6%	277	3,473	R+27.2
Augusta	1,355 39.2%	1,690 48.9%	409	3,454	R+9.7
Pulaski	1,412 40.9%	1,691 49.0%	349	3,452	R+8.1
Charlottesville	1,527 45.4%	1,419 42.1%	421	3,367	D+3.2
Wythe	976 29.3%	2,077 62.3%	283	3,336	R+33.0
Loudoun	1,545 47.6%	1,430 44.1%	270	3,245	D+3.5
Warwick (Ext)	1,822 57.6%	1,014 32.0%	329	3,165	D+25.5
Giles	1,529 49.1%	1,448 46.5%	138	3,115	D+2.6
Accomack	1,669 53.8%	1,088 35.1%	347	3,104	D+18.7
Mecklenburg	2,117 69.3%	513 16.8%	423	3,053	D+52.5
Campbell	1,554 54.0%	668 23.2%	654	2,876	D+30.8
Franklin	1,343 47.7%	1,100 39.1%	370	2,813	D+8.6
Nansemond (Ext)	2,115 76.3%	413 14.9%	245	2,773	D+61.4
Staunton	914 34.2%	1,323 49.5%	436	2,673	R+15.3
Fauquier	1,291 48.4%	1,102 41.3%	274	2,667	D+7.1
Botetourt	1,026 39.0%	1,363 51.8%	242	2,631	R+12.8
Winchester	894 35.1%	1,272 50.0%	380	2,546	R+14.8
Henry	1,318 52.0%	730 28.8%	489	2,537	D+23.2
Warren	1,291 52.0%	1,016 40.9%	176	2,483	D+11.1
Amherst	1,481 60.1%	460 18.7%	525	2,466	D+41.4
Bristol	1,451 58.9%	879 35.7%	132	2,462	D+23.2
Albemarle	1,178 48.2%	984 40.3%	281	2,443	D+7.9
Frederick	1,244 51.7%	921 38.3%	239	2,404	D+13.4
Harrisonburg	751 31.9%	1,377 58.5%	224	2,352	R+26.6
Rockbridge	994 43.5%	1,062 46.5%	228	2,284	R+3.0
Brunswick	1,067 48.5%	229 10.4%	906	2,202	D+38.1
Hanover	1,048 47.6%	838 38.1%	316	2,202	D+9.5
Southampton	1,462 69.6%	339 16.1%	299	2,100	D+53.5
Prince William	1,162 55.8%	760 36.5%	161	2,083	D+19.3
Suffolk	1,030 49.8%	741 35.8%	299	2,070	D+14.0
Martinsville	814 39.5%	642 31.1%	605	2,061	D+8.3
Hopewell	1,242 62.7%	570 28.8%	169	1,981	D+33.9
Nottoway	1,004 51.1%	486 24.8%	473	1,963	D+26.4
Fredericksburg	816 42.3%	810 41.9%	305	1,931	D+0.3
Orange	856 46.2%	726 39.2%	270	1,852	D+7.0
Patrick	760 41.3%	648 35.2%	432	1,840	D+6.1
Waynesboro	839 46.8%	833 46.4%	122	1,794	D+0.3
Radford	826 46.8%	850 48.2%	89	1,765	R+1.4
Northampton	997 56.7%	525 29.9%	236	1,758	D+26.8
Floyd	434 24.9%	1,266 72.6%	45	1,745	R+47.7
Nelson	1,204 69.2%	371 21.3%	166	1,741	D+47.8
Lunenburg	1,126 65.5%	251 14.6%	341	1,718	D+50.9
Prince Edward	740 43.1%	459 26.7%	519	1,718	D+16.4
Culpeper	804 47.3%	682 40.1%	213	1,699	D+7.2
Louisa	782 46.2%	701 41.5%	208	1,691	D+4.8
Charlotte	964 57.8%	285 17.1%	418	1,667	D+40.7
Appomattox	1,182 70.9%	238 14.3%	246	1,666	D+56.7
Bland	738 45.3%	822 50.5%	68	1,628	R+5.2
Isle Of Wight	1,064 66.9%	442 27.8%	85	1,591	D+39.1
Stafford	708 44.8%	732 46.4%	139	1,579	R+1.5
Spotsylvania	818 54.2%	517 34.2%	175	1,510	D+19.9
Dinwiddie	961 64.1%	261 17.4%	278	1,500	D+46.7
Greensville	710 49.8%	301 21.1%	416	1,427	D+28.7
Clifton Forge	818 58.2%	451 32.1%	136	1,405	D+26.1
York	826 60.0%	418 30.4%	132	1,376	D+29.7
Caroline	731 55.7%	397 30.3%	184	1,312	D+25.5
South Norfolk	857 66.8%	347 27.0%	79	1,283	D+39.8
Westmoreland	503 39.4%	568 44.5%	205	1,276	R+5.1
Gloucester	719 56.4%	434 34.1%	121	1,274	D+22.4
Buckingham	728 57.5%	354 27.9%	185	1,267	D+29.5
Hampton	727 58.9%	371 30.0%	137	1,235	D+28.8
Sussex	614 50.3%	244 20.0%	362	1,220	D+30.3
Prince George	745 61.6%	317 26.2%	148	1,210	D+35.4
Madison	428 36.0%	662 55.7%	98	1,188	R+19.7
Lancaster	560 47.7%	459 39.1%	155	1,174	D+8.6
Clarke	482 41.6%	384 33.2%	292	1,158	D+8.5
Northumberland	429 37.4%	535 46.7%	182	1,146	R+9.2
Goochland	683 59.9%	292 25.6%	165	1,140	D+34.3
Highland	423 38.8%	579 53.1%	88	1,090	R+14.3
Amelia	443 41.9%	372 35.2%	243	1,058	D+6.7
Rappahannock	617 59.7%	311 30.1%	106	1,034	D+29.6
Mathews	458 44.4%	490 47.5%	83	1,031	R+3.1
King William	476 49.0%	348 35.8%	147	971	D+13.2
Bath	375 40.0%	488 52.0%	75	938	R+12.0
Middlesex	457 52.0%	271 30.8%	151	879	D+21.2
Fluvanna	447 52.5%	319 37.4%	86	852	D+15.0
Williamsburg	312 36.7%	334 39.3%	203	849	R+2.6
Cumberland	424 52.2%	219 26.9%	170	813	D+25.2
Craig	456 57.3%	317 39.8%	23	796	D+17.5
Surry	460 59.4%	134 17.3%	180	774	D+42.1
King George	248 34.4%	316 43.9%	156	720	R+9.4
Greene	261 36.6%	420 58.8%	33	714	R+22.3
Powhatan	338 51.0%	238 35.9%	87	663	D+15.1
Essex	329 50.5%	221 33.9%	101	651	D+16.6
Richmond	240 39.0%	296 48.1%	79	615	R+9.1
Buena Vista	297 52.8%	234 41.6%	32	563	D+11.2
King And Queen	293 53.6%	171 31.3%	83	547	D+22.3
New Kent	277 53.9%	140 27.2%	97	514	D+26.7
Charles City	258 51.9%	167 33.6%	72	497	D+18.3
James City	198 44.5%	177 39.8%	70	445	D+4.7

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.

Virginia in every presidential election we hold

Year	Winner	Margin
2024	Kamala Harris (D)	D+5.8
2020	Joe Biden (D)	D+10.1
2016	Hillary Clinton (D)	D+5.3
2012	Barack Obama (D)	D+3.9
2008	Barack Obama (D)	D+6.3
2004	George W. Bush (R)	R+8.2
2000	George W. Bush (R)	R+8.0
1996	Bob Dole (R)	R+2.0
1992	George H. W. Bush (R)	R+4.4
1988	George H. W. Bush (R)	R+20.5
1984	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+25.2
1980	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+12.7
1976	Gerald Ford (R)	R+1.3
1972	Richard Nixon (R)	R+37.7
1968	Richard Nixon (R)	R+10.9
1964	Lyndon B. Johnson (D)	D+7.4
1960	Richard Nixon (R)	R+5.5
1956	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)	R+17.0
1952	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)	R+13.0
1948	Harry S. Truman (D)	D+6.8
1944	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+25.0
1940	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+36.5
1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+40.8
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+38.4
1928	Herbert Hoover (R)	R+8.0
1924	John W. Davis (D)	D+29.7
1920	James M. Cox (D)	D+23.7
1916	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+35.2
1912	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+48.9
1908	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+22.2
1904	Alton B. Parker (D)	D+24.8
1900	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+11.5
1896	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+6.6
1892	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+17.5
1888	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+0.5
1884	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+2.2
1880	Winfield Scott Hancock (D)	D+21.1
1876	Samuel J. Tilden (D)	D+19.2
1872	Ulysses S. Grant (R)	R+1.0

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