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{{Main|1948 United States presidential election}}
{{Infobox election
| election_name = 1948 [[United States presidential election]] in Idaho
| country = Idaho
| flag_year = 1927
| type = presidential
| ongoing = no
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| electoral_vote1 = '''4'''
| popular_vote1 = '''107,370'''
| percentage1 = '''49.
| image2 = Thomas Dewey (3x4 crop).jpg
| nominee2 = [[Thomas Dewey]]
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| electoral_vote2 = 0
| popular_vote2 = 101,514
| percentage2 = 47.
| map_image = Idaho Presidential Election Results 1948.svg
| map_size = 300px
| map_caption = County Results
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'''Truman'''
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Idaho was won by [[incumbent]] President [[Harry S. Truman]] ([[Democratic Party (United States)|D]]–[[Missouri]]), running with [[United States Senate|Senator]] [[Alben W. Barkley]], with 49.98% of the popular vote, against [[Governor of New York|Governor]] [[Thomas E. Dewey|Thomas Dewey]] ([[Republican Party (United States)|R]]–[[New York (state)|New York]]), running with [[Governor of California|Governor]] [[Earl Warren]], with 47.26% of the popular vote.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?f=0&fips=16&year=1948|title=1948 Presidential General Election Results - Idaho|access-date=October 25, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/showelection.php?year=1948|title=The American Presidency Project - Election of 1948|access-date=October 25, 2017}}</ref>
This election marked the conclusion of Idaho's status as a swing state, as it would quickly become one of the most Republican states in the nation. Since this election, Idaho has supported a Democratic presidential nominee only once, when [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] carried the state by 1.83 points in [[1964 United States presidential election in Idaho|1964]], amidst a national Democratic landslide. Furthermore, other than Johnson, no Democrat except [[John F. Kennedy]] in [[1960 United States presidential election in Idaho|1960]] has won even 40% of the state's vote. Republicans would also score landslide wins in the 1950 state elections,<ref>Weatherby, James B. and Stapilus, Randy; ''Governing Idaho: Politics, People and Power'', p. 44 {{ISBN|0870045210}}</ref> This is the last election in which the southeastern Mormon counties of [[Bonneville County, Idaho|Bonneville]], [[Bingham County, Idaho|Bingham]], [[Jefferson County, Idaho|Jefferson]], [[Madison County, Idaho|Madison]], [[Minidoka County, Idaho|Minidoka]] and [[Oneida County, Idaho|Oneida]] (now known as some of the most heavily Republican counties in the nation) voted for a Democratic presidential candidate.<ref>Sullivan, Robert David; [http://www.americamagazine.org/content/unconventional-wisdom/how-red-and-blue-map-evolved-over-past-century ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’]; ''America Magazine'' in ''The National Catholic Review''; June 29, 2016</ref>
This is one of only three states outside the former [[Confederate States of America|confederacy]], the others being [[Arizona]] and [[Oklahoma]], in which Truman's margin has not been matched by any subsequent Democrat. In every other non-southern state (as well as few southern ones), Lyndon Johnson outran Truman's narrow victory in his [[1964 United States presidential election|1964 landslide]].
==Results==
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