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Election 1948 Results

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1948 presidential election in Wisconsin

Harry S. Truman (Democrat) beat Thomas E. Dewey (Republican) in Wisconsin in 1948, 50.7% to 46.3%, a margin of 4.4 points and 56,351 votes.

Wisconsin voted 0.1 points more Republican than the country as a whole, where the margin was D+4.5.

Wisconsin changed party: in 1944 it went Republican, for Thomas E. Dewey.

Democrats led in 40 of the 71 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 31. The largest, Milwaukee, cast 342,910 votes and went to the Democrat by 14.3 points. The closest was Pepin, where 48 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 647,310 50.7%
Thomas E. Dewey Republican 590,959 46.3%
All other candidates 38,531 3.0%
Total1,276,800

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Milwaukee 187,637 54.7% 138,672 40.4% 16,601 342,910 D+14.3
Dane 35,486 58.5% 22,934 37.8% 2,244 60,664 D+20.7
Racine 23,266 53.1% 19,029 43.4% 1,502 43,797 D+9.7
Brown 18,449 50.5% 17,729 48.5% 380 36,558 D+2.0
Rock 16,150 47.9% 17,068 50.7% 474 33,692 R+2.7
Kenosha 17,987 56.0% 12,780 39.8% 1,342 32,109 D+16.2
Waukesha 13,952 43.7% 17,324 54.2% 674 31,950 R+10.6
Winnebago 13,116 42.2% 17,165 55.2% 829 31,110 R+13.0
Sheboygan 15,339 53.0% 12,459 43.0% 1,144 28,942 D+10.0
Marathon 15,898 56.6% 11,494 40.9% 687 28,079 D+15.7
Outagamie 11,233 40.6% 16,161 58.4% 278 27,672 R+17.8
Manitowoc 13,401 53.9% 10,947 44.0% 515 24,863 D+9.9
La Crosse 12,345 53.1% 10,525 45.2% 390 23,260 D+7.8
Fond Du Lac 8,904 38.6% 13,760 59.6% 419 23,083 R+21.0
Dodge 8,212 42.6% 10,831 56.2% 245 19,288 R+13.6
Douglas 12,278 63.8% 6,252 32.5% 718 19,248 D+31.3
Eau Claire 9,971 55.3% 7,825 43.4% 246 18,042 D+11.9
Wood 7,999 49.2% 8,073 49.7% 175 16,247 R+0.5
Walworth 5,377 33.3% 10,509 65.1% 265 16,151 R+31.8
Jefferson 7,256 46.1% 8,244 52.4% 228 15,728 R+6.3
Grant 6,575 43.6% 8,299 55.0% 215 15,089 R+11.4
Chippewa 7,702 54.6% 6,146 43.6% 254 14,102 D+11.0
Portage 8,154 59.1% 5,424 39.3% 213 13,791 D+19.8
Sauk 5,831 43.8% 7,140 53.7% 336 13,307 R+9.8
Waupaca 4,020 31.0% 8,764 67.5% 198 12,982 R+36.5
Marinette 6,468 51.5% 5,869 46.7% 228 12,565 D+4.8
Columbia 5,615 46.1% 6,406 52.6% 148 12,169 R+6.5
Barron 6,148 51.2% 5,516 45.9% 352 12,016 D+5.3
Washington 4,495 38.9% 6,876 59.5% 194 11,565 R+20.6
Clark 4,840 43.3% 5,885 52.7% 450 11,175 R+9.4
St. Croix 6,173 57.7% 4,326 40.4% 202 10,701 D+17.3
Shawano 4,192 39.3% 6,286 59.0% 181 10,659 R+19.6
Monroe 4,970 47.4% 5,347 51.0% 173 10,490 R+3.6
Polk 5,330 55.7% 3,974 41.5% 268 9,572 D+14.2
Vernon 5,226 55.2% 4,139 43.7% 105 9,470 D+11.5
Dunn 4,894 52.2% 4,319 46.0% 169 9,382 D+6.1
Oconto 4,269 46.2% 4,865 52.6% 113 9,247 R+6.4
Ozaukee 4,159 45.2% 4,866 52.8% 183 9,208 R+7.7
Trempealeau 4,711 55.7% 3,650 43.1% 102 8,463 D+12.5
Green 3,881 46.2% 4,403 52.4% 114 8,398 R+6.2
Pierce 4,395 52.9% 3,753 45.2% 158 8,306 D+7.7
Langlade 4,346 53.8% 3,441 42.6% 294 8,081 D+11.2
Oneida 4,081 50.9% 3,729 46.5% 205 8,015 D+4.4
Lincoln 3,368 42.7% 4,339 55.0% 187 7,894 R+12.3
Iowa 3,917 50.3% 3,745 48.0% 132 7,794 D+2.2
Ashland 4,110 54.7% 3,135 41.7% 264 7,509 D+13.0
Door 2,440 32.7% 4,911 65.8% 108 7,459 R+33.1
Crawford 3,639 50.6% 3,465 48.2% 81 7,185 D+2.4
Lafayette 3,740 52.6% 3,288 46.3% 76 7,104 D+6.4
Calumet 2,662 38.5% 4,185 60.6% 62 6,909 R+22.0
Richland 2,990 43.3% 3,836 55.5% 80 6,906 R+12.3
Juneau 2,889 42.4% 3,793 55.7% 127 6,809 R+13.3
Price 3,373 49.7% 2,952 43.5% 460 6,785 D+6.2
Kewaunee 2,746 42.4% 3,646 56.3% 86 6,478 R+13.9
Rusk 3,401 54.5% 2,623 42.0% 215 6,239 D+12.5
Taylor 3,184 52.0% 2,579 42.1% 361 6,124 D+9.9
Bayfield 3,081 52.8% 2,338 40.1% 416 5,835 D+12.7
Green Lake 1,722 30.1% 3,939 68.8% 68 5,729 R+38.7
Jackson 2,921 52.5% 2,553 45.9% 89 5,563 D+6.6
Waushara 1,430 27.7% 3,594 69.6% 140 5,164 R+41.9
Buffalo 2,563 51.3% 2,350 47.1% 80 4,993 D+4.3
Washburn 2,708 55.0% 2,059 41.8% 158 4,925 D+13.2
Vilas 1,688 36.9% 2,665 58.3% 218 4,571 R+21.4
Sawyer 2,177 47.8% 2,257 49.5% 125 4,559 R+1.8
Iron 2,665 63.3% 1,281 30.4% 263 4,209 D+32.9
Burnett 2,177 55.8% 1,590 40.8% 132 3,899 D+15.1
Forest 2,208 62.0% 1,251 35.1% 104 3,563 D+26.9
Marquette 1,095 34.6% 2,033 64.2% 38 3,166 R+29.6
Pepin 1,381 50.0% 1,333 48.2% 50 2,764 D+1.7
Adams 1,419 51.4% 1,259 45.6% 83 2,761 D+5.8
Florence 885 50.3% 756 43.0% 117 1,758 D+7.3

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.

Wisconsin in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Donald Trump (R) R+0.9
2020 Joe Biden (D) D+0.6
2016 Donald Trump (R) R+0.8
2012 Barack Obama (D) D+6.9
2008 Barack Obama (D) D+13.9
2004 John Kerry (D) D+0.4
2000 Al Gore (D) D+0.2
1996 Bill Clinton (D) D+10.3
1992 Bill Clinton (D) D+4.4
1988 Michael Dukakis (D) D+3.6
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+9.2
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+4.7
1976 Jimmy Carter (D) D+1.7
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+9.7
1968 Richard Nixon (R) R+3.6
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+24.3
1960 Richard Nixon (R) R+3.7
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+23.7
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+22.2
1948 Harry S. Truman (D) D+4.4
1944 Thomas E. Dewey (R) R+1.8
1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+1.8
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+33.5
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+32.3
1928 Herbert Hoover (R) R+9.2
1924 Robert M. La Follette (other)
1920 Warren G. Harding (R) R+54.9
1916 Charles Evans Hughes (R) R+6.6
1912 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+8.4
1908 William Howard Taft (R) R+17.8
1904 Theodore Roosevelt (R) R+35.2
1900 William McKinley (R) R+24.1
1896 William McKinley (R) R+22.9
1892 Grover Cleveland (D) D+1.7
1888 Benjamin Harrison (R) R+6.0
1884 James G. Blaine (R) R+4.6
1880 James A. Garfield (R) R+11.1
1876 Rutherford B. Hayes (R) R+2.4
1872 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+9.2
1868 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+12.5