United States presidential election in Maine, 1948

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United States presidential election in Maine, 1948

November 2, 1948

x195px Nominee Thomas E. Dewey Harry S. Truman Party Republican Democratic Home state New York Missouri Running mate Earl Warren Alben William Barkley Electoral vote 5 0 Popular vote 150,234 111,916 Percentage 56.74% 42.27%

President before election Harry S. Truman Democratic Elected President Harry S. Truman Democratic

The 1948 United States presidential election in Maine took place on November 7, 1944 as part of the 1948 United States presidential election. State voters chose five electors to the Electoral College, which selected the President and Vice President.

Maine was won by Republican candidate New York governor Thomas E. Dewey over Democratic candidate, incumbent President Harry S. Truman.

Dewey won Maine by a margin of 14.47 percent.

Results

United States presidential election in Maine, 1948
Party		Candidate	Running mate	Popular vote		Electoral vote
				Count	%	Count	%
	Republican	Thomas Edmund Dewey of New York	Earl Warren of Ohio	150,234	56.74%	5	100.00%
	Democratic	Harry S. Truman of Missouri	Alben William Barkley of Kentucky	111,916	42.27%	0	0.00%
	Progressive	Henry Agard Wallace of Iowa	Glen Hearst Taylor of Idaho	1,884	0.71%	0	0.00%
	Socialist	Norman Thomas of New York	Tucker Powell Smith of Michigan	548	0.21%	0	0.00%
	Socialist Labor	Edward A. Teichert of Pennsylvania	Stephen Emery of New York	206	0.07%	0	0.00%
	N/A	Others	Others	1	0.01%	0	0.00%
Total				264,789	100.00%	5	100.00%