United States presidential election in Texas, 1948

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Nominee Harry S. Truman Thomas E. Dewey Strom Thurmond
Party Democratic Republican Dixiecrat
Running mate Alben W. Barkley Earl Warren Fielding L. Wright
Electoral vote 23 0 0
Popular vote 824,235 303,467 113,776
Percentage 66.0% 24.3% 9.1%

President before election

Harry S. Truman
Democratic

Elected President

Harry S. Truman
Democratic

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The 1948 United States presidential election in Texas was held on November 2, 1948. Texas voters chose 23 electors to represent the state in the Electoral College, which chose the President and Vice President.

Texas voted for the Democratic nominee Harry S. Truman, who received 66% of the vote. Texas was Truman's strongest state.

Results

United States presidential election in Texas, 1948[1]
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Democratic Harry S. Truman 824,235 65.96% 23
Republican Thomas E. Dewey 303,467 24.29% 0
Dixiecrat Strom Thurmond 113,776 9.11% 0
Progressive Henry A. Wallace 3,920 0.31% 0
Prohibition Claude Watson 3,115 0.25% 0
Socialist Norman Thomas 919 0.07% 0
Other Write-ins 145 0.01% 0
Total 1,249,577 100.0% 23

References

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