1948 United States presidential election in Idaho: Difference between revisions

| election_name = 1948 [[United States presidential election]] in Idaho

| percentage1 = '''49.998%'''

| percentage2 = 47.326%

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In his four election campaigns, [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] had carried [[Idaho]] eachin time,all thoughfour byof steadilyhis decreasingpresidential margins.runs, Aftercarrying beatingthe [[Alf Landon]]stateby29.77more than percentage20 points in [[19361932 United States presidential election in Idaho|19361932]], and [[Wendell1936 WillkieUnited States presidential election in Idaho|1936]], lostbutbyonlya narrower9.05 percentage points in [[1940 United States presidential election in Idaho|1940]] and Dewey by only 3.49 percentage5 points in [[1944 United States presidential election in Idaho|1944]]. However, Oregon Senator Wayne Morse said that Dewey would fail to maintain these gains in the West if [[United States Bureau of Reclamation|Bureau of Reclamation]] programs were cut as demanded by the [[United States House Committee on Appropriations|House Appropriations Committee]].<ref>Donaldson, Gary; ''Truman Defeats Dewey''; p. 43 {{ISBN|081312851X}}</ref> Truman campaigned heavily in the West, including Idaho, arguing that the region was an economic colony of [[Wall Street]] under the GOP and that only the Democratic Party could give the Westregion direct access to its natural resources.<ref>Truman, Harry S.; ''Miracle of '48: Harry Truman's Major Campaign Speeches & Selected Whistle-stops''; pp. 86-89 {{ISBN|0809325578}}</ref> While in Pocatello, Truman also defended himself against charges of corruption by [[Political machine|machine politics]] from his days in [[Kansas City, Missouri|Kansas City]].<ref>Goldzwig, Steven R.; ''Truman's Whistle-stop Campaign'', pp. 26-27 {{ISBN|1603440062}}</ref>

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