The 1948 United States presidential election in Nebraska took place on November 2, 1948, as part of the 1948 United States presidential election . Voters chose six[2] Electoral College , who voted for president and vice president .
Nebraska was won by Governor Thomas Dewey (R –New York ), running with Governor Earl Warren , with 54.15% of the popular vote, against incumbent President Harry S. Truman (D –Missouri ), running with Senator Alben W. Barkley , with 45.85% of the popular vote.[3] [4] 2020 presidential election , this is the last occasion Wheeler County has voted for a Democratic presidential candidate.[5]
Dewey won the Cornhusker State by an 8.3% margin, a significantly reduced margin from his 1944 run, when he won by 17.2%. His underperformance in Nebraska was part of a nationwide bad night for the GOP, as prior to the election, polling had indicated a significant Dewey victory. However, Truman vastly outperformed expectations, managing to overcome his low approval ratings to win a full term in office. This election marks the last time that a political party has won 5 consecutive terms in the White House .
Largely due to his defeat in 1944, when many had said he was too hawkish, Dewey ran a low risk campaign and largely avoided attacking Truman. His opponent, however, ran an energetic campaign blaming the nation's problems on the Republican controlled Congress, which he called "the worst". At the time, America was suffering through a post-WWII recession, and because Dewey avoided responding to his attacks, Truman successfully convinced voters that the Republicans were to blame, which not only resulted in his reelection, but Democrats regaining control of Congress in the concurrent Senate and House races.
Though he failed to win the state, Truman's performance in Nebraska was the best for a Democrat since Franklin Roosevelt's victory in 1936 , and would remain the best until Lyndon B. Johnson 's narrow victory in 1964 .
With 54.15% of the popular vote, Nebraska would prove to be Dewey's third strongest state in the nation after Vermont and Maine .[6]
Results edit
Results by county edit County[7] Thomas Edmund Dewey Harry S. Truman Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % Adams 5,560 54.45% 4,652 45.55% 908 8.89% 10,212 Antelope 2,868 60.49% 1,873 39.51% 995 20.99% 4,741 Arthur 199 57.51% 147 42.49% 52 15.03% 346 Banner 309 57.43% 229 42.57% 80 14.87% 538 Blaine 252 50.40% 248 49.60% 4 0.80% 500 Boone 2,235 55.69% 1,778 44.31% 457 11.39% 4,013 Box Butte 2,351 53.75% 2,023 46.25% 328 7.50% 4,374 Boyd 1,060 50.60% 1,035 49.40% 25 1.19% 2,095 Brown 1,174 62.65% 700 37.35% 474 25.29% 1,874 Buffalo 4,862 56.68% 3,716 43.32% 1,146 13.36% 8,578 Burt 2,656 58.30% 1,900 41.70% 756 16.59% 4,556 Butler 2,105 44.69% 2,605 55.31% -500 -10.62% 4,710 Cass 3,527 53.70% 3,041 46.30% 486 7.40% 6,568 Cedar 2,616 50.37% 2,578 49.63% 38 0.73% 5,194 Chase 1,094 59.78% 736 40.22% 358 19.56% 1,830 Cherry 2,141 58.93% 1,492 41.07% 649 17.86% 3,633 Cheyenne 2,161 50.26% 2,139 49.74% 22 0.51% 4,300 Clay 2,511 61.24% 1,589 38.76% 922 22.49% 4,100 Colfax 1,928 50.41% 1,897 49.59% 31 0.81% 3,825 Cuming 2,930 63.88% 1,657 36.12% 1,273 27.75% 4,587 Custer 4,057 54.73% 3,356 45.27% 701 9.46% 7,413 Dakota 1,379 36.76% 2,372 63.24% -993 -26.47% 3,751 Dawes 2,399 61.54% 1,499 38.46% 900 23.09% 3,898 Dawson 4,203 61.75% 2,603 38.25% 1,600 23.51% 6,806 Deuel 1,043 71.68% 412 28.32% 631 43.37% 1,455 Dixon 1,899 52.44% 1,722 47.56% 177 4.89% 3,621 Dodge 5,848 54.56% 4,870 45.44% 978 9.12% 10,718 Douglas 47,175 48.92% 49,258 51.08% -2,083 -2.16% 96,433 Dundy 935 59.14% 646 40.86% 289 18.28% 1,581 Fillmore 2,677 58.54% 1,896 41.46% 781 17.08% 4,573 Franklin 1,555 53.71% 1,340 46.29% 215 7.43% 2,895 Frontier 1,307 60.71% 846 39.29% 461 21.41% 2,153 Furnas 2,258 60.18% 1,494 39.82% 764 20.36% 3,752 Gage 5,311 56.29% 4,124 43.71% 1,187 12.58% 9,435 Garden 923 64.01% 519 35.99% 404 28.02% 1,442 Garfield 702 56.43% 542 43.57% 160 12.86% 1,244 Gosper 621 52.05% 572 47.95% 49 4.11% 1,193 Grant 273 66.26% 139 33.74% 134 32.52% 412 Greeley 829 39.59% 1,265 60.41% -436 -20.82% 2,094 Hall 5,694 55.37% 4,590 44.63% 1,104 10.74% 10,284 Hamilton 2,406 61.46% 1,509 38.54% 897 22.91% 3,915 Harlan 1,490 54.98% 1,220 45.02% 270 9.96% 2,710 Hayes 529 55.86% 418 44.14% 111 11.72% 947 Hitchcock 1,208 56.69% 923 43.31% 285 13.37% 2,131 Holt 3,147 54.55% 2,622 45.45% 525 9.10% 5,769 Hooker 249 74.33% 86 25.67% 163 48.66% 335 Howard 1,133 37.44% 1,893 62.56% -760 -25.12% 3,026 Jefferson 3,352 60.29% 2,208 39.71% 1,144 20.58% 5,560 Johnson 1,817 58.46% 1,291 41.54% 526 16.92% 3,108 Kearney 1,440 50.70% 1,400 49.30% 40 1.41% 2,840 Keith 1,600 59.06% 1,109 40.94% 491 18.12% 2,709 Keya Paha 538 57.54% 397 42.46% 141 15.08% 935 Kimball 1,024 60.38% 672 39.62% 352 20.75% 1,696 Knox 2,778 51.68% 2,597 48.32% 181 3.37% 5,375 Lancaster 23,620 56.29% 18,338 43.71% 5,282 12.59% 41,958 Lincoln 4,419 51.68% 4,131 48.32% 288 3.37% 8,550 Logan 254 52.16% 233 47.84% 21 4.31% 487 Loup 294 52.78% 263 47.22% 31 5.57% 557 Madison 5,486 62.41% 3,304 37.59% 2,182 24.82% 8,790 McPherson 209 68.08% 98 31.92% 111 36.16% 307 Merrick 2,074 62.08% 1,267 37.92% 807 24.15% 3,341 Morrill 1,478 52.82% 1,320 47.18% 158 5.65% 2,798 Nance 1,339 56.79% 1,019 43.21% 320 13.57% 2,358 Nemaha 2,413 58.85% 1,687 41.15% 726 17.71% 4,100 Nuckolls 2,036 52.71% 1,827 47.29% 209 5.41% 3,863 Otoe 4,060 61.75% 2,515 38.25% 1,545 23.50% 6,575 Pawnee 1,725 57.58% 1,271 42.42% 454 15.15% 2,996 Perkins 904 51.16% 863 48.84% 41 2.32% 1,767 Phelps 2,489 57.83% 1,815 42.17% 674 15.66% 4,304 Pierce 1,866 57.43% 1,383 42.57% 483 14.87% 3,249 Platte 3,812 53.47% 3,317 46.53% 495 6.94% 7,129 Polk 2,026 59.21% 1,396 40.79% 630 18.41% 3,422 Red Willow 2,610 53.84% 2,238 46.16% 372 7.67% 4,848 Richardson 3,778 51.77% 3,519 48.23% 259 3.55% 7,297 Rock 809 64.00% 455 36.00% 354 28.01% 1,264 Saline 2,641 42.33% 3,598 57.67% -957 -15.34% 6,239 Sarpy 2,367 47.32% 2,635 52.68% -268 -5.36% 5,002 Saunders 3,660 47.91% 3,979 52.09% -319 -4.18% 7,639 Scotts Bluff 5,409 55.22% 4,386 44.78% 1,023 10.44% 9,795 Seward 2,916 56.18% 2,274 43.82% 642 12.37% 5,190 Sheridan 2,180 54.62% 1,811 45.38% 369 9.25% 3,991 Sherman 1,003 38.41% 1,608 61.59% -605 -23.17% 2,611 Sioux 657 55.82% 520 44.18% 137 11.64% 1,177 Stanton 1,259 56.01% 989 43.99% 270 12.01% 2,248 Thayer 2,601 57.39% 1,931 42.61% 670 14.78% 4,532 Thomas 312 56.73% 238 43.27% 74 13.45% 550 Thurston 1,149 37.81% 1,890 62.19% -741 -24.38% 3,039 Valley 1,670 54.66% 1,385 45.34% 285 9.33% 3,055 Washington 2,400 55.74% 1,906 44.26% 494 11.47% 4,306 Wayne 2,323 66.73% 1,158 33.27% 1,165 33.47% 3,481 Webster 1,964 59.00% 1,365 41.00% 599 17.99% 3,329 Wheeler 264 44.67% 327 55.33% -63 -10.66% 591 York 3,960 65.44% 2,091 34.56% 1,869 30.89% 6,051 Totals 264,774 54.15% 224,165 45.85% 40,609 8.31% 488,940
See also edit Notes edit ^ This write-in vote was not listed by county but as part of the state-wide total.[7] References edit ^ "United States Presidential election of 1948 - Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved December 20, 2017 . ^ "1948 Election for the Forty-First Term (1949-53)". Retrieved December 20, 2017 . ^ "1948 Presidential General Election Results – Nebraska". Retrieved December 20, 2017 . ^ "The American Presidency Project - Election of 1948". Retrieved December 20, 2017 . ^ Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review ; June 29, 2016 ^ "1948 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved March 5, 2018 . ^ a b "NE US President Race, November 02, 1948". Our Campaigns.
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Main article 1948 United States presidential election The 1948 United States presidential election in Nebraska took place on November 2 1948 as part of the 1948 United States presidential election Voters chose six 2 representatives or electors to the Electoral College who voted for president and vice president 1948 United States presidential election in Nebraska 1944 November 2 1948 1 1952 All 6 Nebraska votes to the Electoral College Nominee Thomas Dewey Harry S TrumanParty Republican DemocraticHome state New York MissouriRunning mate Earl Warren Alben W BarkleyElectoral vote 6 0Popular vote 264 774 224 165Percentage 54 15 45 85 County Results Dewey 50 60 60 70 70 80 Truman 50 60 60 70 President before electionHarry S TrumanDemocratic Elected President Harry S TrumanDemocraticNebraska was won by Governor Thomas Dewey R New York running with Governor Earl Warren with 54 15 of the popular vote against incumbent President Harry S Truman D Missouri running with Senator Alben W Barkley with 45 85 of the popular vote 3 4 As of the 2020 presidential election this is the last occasion Wheeler County has voted for a Democratic presidential candidate 5 Dewey won the Cornhusker State by an 8 3 margin a significantly reduced margin from his 1944 run when he won by 17 2 His underperformance in Nebraska was part of a nationwide bad night for the GOP as prior to the election polling had indicated a significant Dewey victory However Truman vastly outperformed expectations managing to overcome his low approval ratings to win a full term in office This election marks the last time that a political party has won 5 consecutive terms in the White House Largely due to his defeat in 1944 when many had said he was too hawkish Dewey ran a low risk campaign and largely avoided attacking Truman His opponent however ran an energetic campaign blaming the nation s problems on the Republican controlled Congress which he called the worst At the time America was suffering through a post WWII recession and because Dewey avoided responding to his attacks Truman successfully convinced voters that the Republicans were to blame which not only resulted in his reelection but Democrats regaining control of Congress in the concurrent Senate and House races Though he failed to win the state Truman s performance in Nebraska was the best for a Democrat since Franklin Roosevelt s victory in 1936 and would remain the best until Lyndon B Johnson s narrow victory in 1964 With 54 15 of the popular vote Nebraska would prove to be Dewey s third strongest state in the nation after Vermont and Maine 6 Contents 1 Results 1 1 Results by county 2 See also 3 Notes 4 ReferencesResults edit1948 United States presidential election in Nebraska Party Candidate Votes Republican Thomas Dewey 264 774 54 15 Democratic Harry S Truman inc 224 165 45 85 Write in 1 a 0 00 Total votes 488 940 100 Results by county edit County 7 Thomas Edmund DeweyRepublican Harry S TrumanDemocratic Margin Total votes cast Adams 5 560 54 45 4 652 45 55 908 8 89 10 212Antelope 2 868 60 49 1 873 39 51 995 20 99 4 741Arthur 199 57 51 147 42 49 52 15 03 346Banner 309 57 43 229 42 57 80 14 87 538Blaine 252 50 40 248 49 60 4 0 80 500Boone 2 235 55 69 1 778 44 31 457 11 39 4 013Box Butte 2 351 53 75 2 023 46 25 328 7 50 4 374Boyd 1 060 50 60 1 035 49 40 25 1 19 2 095Brown 1 174 62 65 700 37 35 474 25 29 1 874Buffalo 4 862 56 68 3 716 43 32 1 146 13 36 8 578Burt 2 656 58 30 1 900 41 70 756 16 59 4 556Butler 2 105 44 69 2 605 55 31 500 10 62 4 710Cass 3 527 53 70 3 041 46 30 486 7 40 6 568Cedar 2 616 50 37 2 578 49 63 38 0 73 5 194Chase 1 094 59 78 736 40 22 358 19 56 1 830Cherry 2 141 58 93 1 492 41 07 649 17 86 3 633Cheyenne 2 161 50 26 2 139 49 74 22 0 51 4 300Clay 2 511 61 24 1 589 38 76 922 22 49 4 100Colfax 1 928 50 41 1 897 49 59 31 0 81 3 825Cuming 2 930 63 88 1 657 36 12 1 273 27 75 4 587Custer 4 057 54 73 3 356 45 27 701 9 46 7 413Dakota 1 379 36 76 2 372 63 24 993 26 47 3 751Dawes 2 399 61 54 1 499 38 46 900 23 09 3 898Dawson 4 203 61 75 2 603 38 25 1 600 23 51 6 806Deuel 1 043 71 68 412 28 32 631 43 37 1 455Dixon 1 899 52 44 1 722 47 56 177 4 89 3 621Dodge 5 848 54 56 4 870 45 44 978 9 12 10 718Douglas 47 175 48 92 49 258 51 08 2 083 2 16 96 433Dundy 935 59 14 646 40 86 289 18 28 1 581Fillmore 2 677 58 54 1 896 41 46 781 17 08 4 573Franklin 1 555 53 71 1 340 46 29 215 7 43 2 895Frontier 1 307 60 71 846 39 29 461 21 41 2 153Furnas 2 258 60 18 1 494 39 82 764 20 36 3 752Gage 5 311 56 29 4 124 43 71 1 187 12 58 9 435Garden 923 64 01 519 35 99 404 28 02 1 442Garfield 702 56 43 542 43 57 160 12 86 1 244Gosper 621 52 05 572 47 95 49 4 11 1 193Grant 273 66 26 139 33 74 134 32 52 412Greeley 829 39 59 1 265 60 41 436 20 82 2 094Hall 5 694 55 37 4 590 44 63 1 104 10 74 10 284Hamilton 2 406 61 46 1 509 38 54 897 22 91 3 915Harlan 1 490 54 98 1 220 45 02 270 9 96 2 710Hayes 529 55 86 418 44 14 111 11 72 947Hitchcock 1 208 56 69 923 43 31 285 13 37 2 131Holt 3 147 54 55 2 622 45 45 525 9 10 5 769Hooker 249 74 33 86 25 67 163 48 66 335Howard 1 133 37 44 1 893 62 56 760 25 12 3 026Jefferson 3 352 60 29 2 208 39 71 1 144 20 58 5 560Johnson 1 817 58 46 1 291 41 54 526 16 92 3 108Kearney 1 440 50 70 1 400 49 30 40 1 41 2 840Keith 1 600 59 06 1 109 40 94 491 18 12 2 709Keya Paha 538 57 54 397 42 46 141 15 08 935Kimball 1 024 60 38 672 39 62 352 20 75 1 696Knox 2 778 51 68 2 597 48 32 181 3 37 5 375Lancaster 23 620 56 29 18 338 43 71 5 282 12 59 41 958Lincoln 4 419 51 68 4 131 48 32 288 3 37 8 550Logan 254 52 16 233 47 84 21 4 31 487Loup 294 52 78 263 47 22 31 5 57 557Madison 5 486 62 41 3 304 37 59 2 182 24 82 8 790McPherson 209 68 08 98 31 92 111 36 16 307Merrick 2 074 62 08 1 267 37 92 807 24 15 3 341Morrill 1 478 52 82 1 320 47 18 158 5 65 2 798Nance 1 339 56 79 1 019 43 21 320 13 57 2 358Nemaha 2 413 58 85 1 687 41 15 726 17 71 4 100Nuckolls 2 036 52 71 1 827 47 29 209 5 41 3 863Otoe 4 060 61 75 2 515 38 25 1 545 23 50 6 575Pawnee 1 725 57 58 1 271 42 42 454 15 15 2 996Perkins 904 51 16 863 48 84 41 2 32 1 767Phelps 2 489 57 83 1 815 42 17 674 15 66 4 304Pierce 1 866 57 43 1 383 42 57 483 14 87 3 249Platte 3 812 53 47 3 317 46 53 495 6 94 7 129Polk 2 026 59 21 1 396 40 79 630 18 41 3 422Red Willow 2 610 53 84 2 238 46 16 372 7 67 4 848Richardson 3 778 51 77 3 519 48 23 259 3 55 7 297Rock 809 64 00 455 36 00 354 28 01 1 264Saline 2 641 42 33 3 598 57 67 957 15 34 6 239Sarpy 2 367 47 32 2 635 52 68 268 5 36 5 002Saunders 3 660 47 91 3 979 52 09 319 4 18 7 639Scotts Bluff 5 409 55 22 4 386 44 78 1 023 10 44 9 795Seward 2 916 56 18 2 274 43 82 642 12 37 5 190Sheridan 2 180 54 62 1 811 45 38 369 9 25 3 991Sherman 1 003 38 41 1 608 61 59 605 23 17 2 611Sioux 657 55 82 520 44 18 137 11 64 1 177Stanton 1 259 56 01 989 43 99 270 12 01 2 248Thayer 2 601 57 39 1 931 42 61 670 14 78 4 532Thomas 312 56 73 238 43 27 74 13 45 550Thurston 1 149 37 81 1 890 62 19 741 24 38 3 039Valley 1 670 54 66 1 385 45 34 285 9 33 3 055Washington 2 400 55 74 1 906 44 26 494 11 47 4 306Wayne 2 323 66 73 1 158 33 27 1 165 33 47 3 481Webster 1 964 59 00 1 365 41 00 599 17 99 3 329Wheeler 264 44 67 327 55 33 63 10 66 591York 3 960 65 44 2 091 34 56 1 869 30 89 6 051Totals 264 774 54 15 224 165 45 85 40 609 8 31 488 940See also editUnited States presidential elections in NebraskaNotes edit This write in vote was not listed by county but as part of the state wide total 7 References edit United States Presidential election of 1948 Encyclopaedia Britannica Retrieved December 20 2017 1948 Election for the Forty First Term 1949 53 Retrieved December 20 2017 1948 Presidential General Election Results Nebraska Retrieved December 20 2017 The American Presidency Project Election of 1948 Retrieved December 20 2017 Sullivan Robert David How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century America Magazine in The National Catholic Review June 29 2016 1948 Presidential Election Statistics Dave Leip s Atlas of U S Presidential Elections Retrieved March 5 2018 a b NE US 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