This election marks one of three times in the 20th century that the state voted for the losing candidate, along with 1932 and 1916. As this was the last election until 2000 when Delaware failed to support the overall winner of the presidency, and the electoral college after which the state has leaned Democratic. However, it has since voted for the popular vote loser only once, in 2004.
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1948 United States presidential election in Delaware
1948, united, states, presidential, election, delaware, main, article, 1948, united, states, presidential, election, took, place, november, 1948, part, 1948, united, states, presidential, election, state, voters, chose, three, representatives, electors, electo. Main article 1948 United States presidential election The 1948 United States presidential election in Delaware took place on November 2 1948 as part of the 1948 United States presidential election State voters chose three 2 representatives or electors to the Electoral College who voted for president and vice president 1948 United States presidential election in Delaware 1944 November 2 1948 1 1952 All 3 Delaware votes to the Electoral College Nominee Thomas E Dewey Harry S Truman Party Republican Democratic Home state New York Missouri Running mate Earl Warren Alben W Barkley Electoral vote 3 0 Popular vote 69 588 67 813 Percentage 50 04 48 76 County results Dewey 50 60 Truman 40 50 President before election Harry S Truman Democratic Elected President Harry S Truman Democratic Delaware was won by Governor Thomas Dewey R New York running with Governor Earl Warren with 50 04 of the popular vote against incumbent President Harry S Truman D Missouri running with Senator Alben W Barkley with 48 76 of the popular vote 3 4 This is the last time that New Castle County did not back the statewide winner and when the Democratic candidate would win a presidential election without Delaware This election marks one of three times in the 20th century that the state voted for the losing candidate along with 1932 and 1916 As this was the last election until 2000 when Delaware failed to support the overall winner of the presidency and the electoral college after which the state has leaned Democratic However it has since voted for the popular vote loser only once in 2004 Results edit1948 United States presidential election in Delaware Party Candidate Votes Republican Thomas Dewey 69 588 50 04 Democratic Harry S Truman inc 67 813 48 76 Progressive Henry A Wallace 1 050 0 75 Write in 622 0 45 Total votes 139 073 100 00 See also editUnited States presidential elections in DelawareReferences edit United States Presidential election of 1948 Encyclopaedia Britannica Retrieved December 19 2017 1948 Election for the Forty First Term 1949 53 Retrieved December 19 2017 1948 Presidential General Election Results Delaware Retrieved December 19 2017 The American Presidency Project Election of 1948 Retrieved December 19 2017 nbsp nbsp This Delaware elections related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1948 United States presidential election in Delaware amp oldid 1189402818, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
