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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
| previous_election = 1944 United States presidential election in Idaho
| previous_year = 1944
| next_election = 1952 United States presidential election in Idaho
| next_year = 1952
| votes_for_election = All 4 [[Idaho]] votes to the [[
| election_date = November 2, 1948<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/event/United-States-presidential-election-of-1948|title=United States Presidential election of 1948 - Encyclopædia Britannica|
| image_size = x200px
| image1 = Harry S Truman, bw half-length photo portrait, facing front, 1945 (cropped).jpg
| nominee1 = '''[[Harry S. Truman]]'''
| party1 = Democratic Party (United States)
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| electoral_vote1 = '''4'''
| popular_vote1 = '''107,370'''
| percentage1 = '''49.
| image2 =
| nominee2 = [[Thomas Dewey]]
| party2 = Republican Party (United States)
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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
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}
'''Truman'''
{{legend|#b9d7ff|40-50%}}
{{legend|#86b6f2|50-60%}}
{{legend|#4389e3|60-70%}}
{{col-2}}
'''Dewey'''
{{legend|#f2b3be|40-50%}}
{{legend|#e27f90|50-60%}}
{{legend|#cc2f4a|60-70%}}
{{col-end}}
| title = President
| before_election = [[Harry S. Truman]]
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| after_party = Democratic Party (United States)
}}
{{Elections in Idaho sidebar}}
The '''1948 United States presidential election in Idaho''' took place on November 2, 1948, as part of the [[
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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| title = 1948 United States presidential election in Idaho
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
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{{Election box total no change
| votes = 214,816
| percentage= 100.00%
}}
{{Election box end}}
===Results by county===
{| width="75%" class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"| County
! style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Harry S. Truman <br />Democratic
! style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Thomas Edmund Dewey<br />Republican
! style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Henry Agard Wallace<ref>Géoelections; [http://geoelections.free.fr/USA/elec_comtes/1948wall.htm Popular Vote for Henry Wallace] (.xlsx file for €15)</ref><br />Progressive
! style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"|
! style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Norman Mattoon Thomas<ref name="Our"/><br />Socialist
! style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Margin
! style="text-align:center;"
|-
! style="text-align:center;" data-sort-type="number"| #
! style="text-align:center;" data-sort-type="number"| %
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! style="text-align:center;" data-sort-type="number"| %
! style="text-align:center;" data-sort-type="number"| #
! style="text-align:center;" data-sort-type="number"| %
|- style="text-align:center;"
| {{party shading/Republican}}| [[Ada County, Idaho|Ada]]
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| {{party shading/Progressive}}| 389
| {{party shading/Progressive}}| 1.46%
| {{party shading/Prohibition}}| 48
| {{party shading/Prohibition}}| 0.18%
| {{party shading/Socialist}}| 43
| {{party shading/Socialist}}| 0.16%
| {{party shading/Republican}}| -3,719
| {{party shading/Republican}}| -13.93%
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| {{party shading/Progressive}}| 19
| {{party shading/Progressive}}| 1.49%
| {{party shading/Prohibition}}| 4
| {{party shading/Prohibition}}| 0.31%
| {{party shading/Socialist}}| 1
| {{party shading/Socialist}}| 0.08%
| {{party shading/Democratic}}| 44
| {{party shading/Democratic}}| 3.45%
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| {{party shading/Progressive}}| 289
| {{party shading/Progressive}}| 1.86%
| {{party shading/Prohibition}}| 4
| {{party shading/Prohibition}}| 0.03%
| {{party shading/Socialist}}| 8
| {{party shading/Socialist}}| 0.05%
| {{party shading/Democratic}}| 4,099
| {{party shading/Democratic}}| 26.34%
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| {{party shading/Progressive}}| 25
| {{party shading/Progressive}}| 0.76%
| {{party shading/Prohibition}}| 1
|
| {{party shading/Socialist}}| 0
| {{party shading/Socialist}}| 0.00%
| {{party shading/Democratic}}| 74
| {{party shading/Democratic}}| 2.26%
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| {{party shading/Progressive}}| 85
| {{party shading/Progressive}}| 3.11%
| {{party shading/Prohibition}}| 11
| {{party shading/Prohibition}}| 0.40%
| {{party shading/Socialist}}| 7
| {{party shading/Socialist}}| 0.26%
| {{party shading/Democratic}}| 552
| {{party shading/Democratic}}| 20.21%
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| {{party shading/Progressive}}| 84
| {{party shading/Progressive}}| 1.30%
| {{party shading/Prohibition}}| 5
|
| {{party shading/Socialist}}| 0
| {{party shading/Socialist}}| 0.00%
| {{party shading/Democratic}}| 35
| {{party shading/Democratic}}| 0.54%
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| {{party shading/Progressive}}| 34
| {{party shading/Progressive}}| 1.57%
| {{party shading/Prohibition}}| 1
|
| {{party shading/Socialist}}| 0
| {{party shading/Socialist}}| 0.00%
| {{party shading/Democratic}}| 237
| {{party shading/Democratic}}| 10.96%
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| {{party shading/Progressive}}| 24
| {{party shading/Progressive}}| 2.55%
| {{party shading/Prohibition}}| 0
|
| {{party shading/Socialist}}| 0
| {{party shading/Socialist}}| 0.00%
| {{party shading/Democratic}}| 42
| {{party shading/Democratic}}| 4.47%
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| {{party shading/Progressive}}| 268
| {{party shading/Progressive}}| 4.57%
| {{party shading/Prohibition}}| 8
| {{party shading/Prohibition}}| 0.14%
| {{party shading/Socialist}}| 9
| {{party shading/Socialist}}| 0.15%
| {{party shading/Democratic}}| 250
| {{party shading/Democratic}}| 4.26%
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| {{party shading/Progressive}}| 100
| {{party shading/Progressive}}| 1.00%
| {{party shading/Prohibition}}| 3
| {{party shading/Prohibition}}| 0.03%
| {{party shading/Socialist}}| 17
| {{party shading/Socialist}}| 0.17%
| {{party shading/Democratic}}| 883
| {{party shading/Democratic}}| 8.83%
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| {{party shading/Progressive}}| 142
| {{party shading/Progressive}}| 6.77%
| {{party shading/Prohibition}}| 2
| {{party shading/Prohibition}}| 0.10%
| {{party shading/Socialist}}| 16
| {{party shading/Socialist}}| 0.76%
| {{party shading/Democratic}}| 119
| {{party shading/Democratic}}| 5.67%
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| {{party shading/Progressive}}| 8
| {{party shading/Progressive}}| 0.95%
| {{party shading/Prohibition}}| 0
|
| {{party shading/Socialist}}| 0
| {{party shading/Socialist}}| 0.00%
| {{party shading/Democratic}}| 14
| {{party shading/Democratic}}| 1.65%
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| {{party shading/Progressive}}| 8
| {{party shading/Progressive}}| 1.39%
| {{party shading/Prohibition}}| 0
|
| {{party shading/Socialist}}| 0
| {{party shading/Socialist}}| 0.00%
| {{party shading/Republican}}| -11
| {{party shading/Republican}}| -1.91%
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| {{party shading/Progressive}}| 389
| {{party shading/Progressive}}| 2.12%
| {{party shading/Prohibition}}| 323
| {{party shading/Prohibition}}| 1.76%
| {{party shading/Socialist}}| 43
| {{party shading/Socialist}}| 0.23%
| {{party shading/Republican}}| -1,797
| {{party shading/Republican}}| -9.79%
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| {{party shading/Progressive}}| 7
| {{party shading/Progressive}}| 0.75%
| {{party shading/Prohibition}}| 1
|
| {{party shading/Socialist}}| 0
| {{party shading/Socialist}}| 0.00%
| {{party shading/Democratic}}| 28
| {{party shading/Democratic}}| 3.01%
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| {{party shading/Progressive}}| 63
| {{party shading/Progressive}}| 1.35%
| {{party shading/Prohibition}}| 3
| {{party shading/Prohibition}}| 0.06%
| {{party shading/Socialist}}| 3
| {{party shading/Socialist}}| 0.06%
| {{party shading/Republican}}| -246
| {{party shading/Republican}}| -5.27%
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| {{party shading/Progressive}}| 4
| {{party shading/Progressive}}| 0.93%
| {{party shading/Prohibition}}| 1
|
| {{party shading/Socialist}}| 0
| {{party shading/Socialist}}| 0.00%
| {{party shading/Republican}}| -97
| {{party shading/Republican}}| -22.45%
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| {{party shading/Progressive}}| 132
| {{party shading/Progressive}}| 5.18%
| {{party shading/Prohibition}}| 20
| {{party shading/Prohibition}}| 0.78%
| {{party shading/Socialist}}| 6
| {{party shading/Socialist}}| 0.24%
| {{party shading/Democratic}}| 751
| {{party shading/Democratic}}| 29.46%
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| {{party shading/Progressive}}| 16
| {{party shading/Progressive}}| 1.27%
| {{party shading/Prohibition}}| 4
|
| {{party shading/Socialist}}| 0
| {{party shading/Socialist}}| 0.00%
| {{party shading/Democratic}}| 13
| {{party shading/Democratic}}| 1.03%
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| {{party shading/Progressive}}| 51
| {{party shading/Progressive}}| 2.04%
| {{party shading/Prohibition}}| 5
| {{party shading/Prohibition}}| 0.20%
| {{party shading/Socialist}}| 4
| {{party shading/Socialist}}| 0.16%
| {{party shading/Democratic}}| 735
| {{party shading/Democratic}}| 29.36%
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| {{party shading/Progressive}}| 21
| {{party shading/Progressive}}| 0.55%
| {{party shading/Prohibition}}| 1
|
| {{party shading/Socialist}}| 0
| {{party shading/Socialist}}| 0.00%
| {{party shading/Republican}}| -265
| {{party shading/Republican}}| -6.95%
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| {{party shading/Progressive}}| 16
| {{party shading/Progressive}}| 0.42%
| {{party shading/Prohibition}}| 4
|
| {{party shading/Socialist}}| 0
| {{party shading/Socialist}}| 0.00%
| {{party shading/Democratic}}| 237
| {{party shading/Democratic}}| 6.22%
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| {{party shading/Progressive}}| 85
| {{party shading/Progressive}}| 2.48%
| {{party shading/Prohibition}}| 29
| {{party shading/Prohibition}}| 0.85%
| {{party shading/Socialist}}| 3
| {{party shading/Socialist}}| 0.09%
| {{party shading/Democratic}}| 139
| {{party shading/Democratic}}| 4.06%
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| {{party shading/Progressive}}| 51
| {{party shading/Progressive}}| 1.27%
| {{party shading/Prohibition}}| 6
| {{party shading/Prohibition}}| 0.15%
| {{party shading/Socialist}}| 3
| {{party shading/Socialist}}| 0.07%
| {{party shading/Republican}}| -267
| {{party shading/Republican}}| -6.65%
Line 423 ⟶ 495:
| {{party shading/Progressive}}| 117
| {{party shading/Progressive}}| 2.77%
| {{party shading/Prohibition}}| 7
| {{party shading/Prohibition}}| 0.17%
| {{party shading/Socialist}}| 4
| {{party shading/Socialist}}| 0.09%
| {{party shading/Democratic}}| 510
| {{party shading/Democratic}}| 12.09%
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| {{party shading/Progressive}}| 56
| {{party shading/Progressive}}| 1.57%
| {{party shading/Prohibition}}| 5
|
| {{party shading/Socialist}}| 0
| {{party shading/Socialist}}| 0.00%
| {{party shading/Democratic}}| 527
| {{party shading/Democratic}}| 14.77%
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| {{party shading/Progressive}}| 48
| {{party shading/Progressive}}| 1.11%
| {{party shading/Prohibition}}| 2
| {{party shading/Prohibition}}| 0.05%
| {{party shading/Socialist}}| 3
| {{party shading/Socialist}}| 0.07%
| {{party shading/Republican}}| -4
| {{party shading/Republican}}| -0.09%
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| {{party shading/Progressive}}| 668
| {{party shading/Progressive}}| 6.51%
| {{party shading/Prohibition}}| 13
| {{party shading/Prohibition}}| 0.13%
| {{party shading/Socialist}}| 32
| {{party shading/Socialist}}| 0.31%
| {{party shading/Democratic}}| 1,019
| {{party shading/Democratic}}| 9.93%
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| {{party shading/Progressive}}| 225
| {{party shading/Progressive}}| 2.85%
| {{party shading/Prohibition}}| 31
| {{party shading/Prohibition}}| 0.39%
| {{party shading/Socialist}}| 18
| {{party shading/Socialist}}| 0.23%
| {{party shading/Democratic}}| 5
| {{party shading/Democratic}}| 0.06%
Line 488 ⟶ 570:
| {{party shading/Progressive}}| 36
| {{party shading/Progressive}}| 1.86%
| {{party shading/Prohibition}}| 1
|
| {{party shading/Socialist}}| 0
| {{party shading/Socialist}}| 0.00%
| {{party shading/Republican}}| -173
| {{party shading/Republican}}| -8.93%
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| {{party shading/Progressive}}| 46
| {{party shading/Progressive}}| 2.61%
| {{party shading/Prohibition}}| 3
| {{party shading/Prohibition}}| 0.17%
| {{party shading/Socialist}}| 3
| {{party shading/Socialist}}| 0.17%
| {{party shading/Democratic}}| 737
| {{party shading/Democratic}}| 41.80%
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| {{party shading/Progressive}}| 18
| {{party shading/Progressive}}| 1.11%
| {{party shading/Prohibition}}| 0
|
| {{party shading/Socialist}}| 0
| {{party shading/Socialist}}| 0.00%
| {{party shading/Republican}}| -103
| {{party shading/Republican}}| -6.37%
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| {{party shading/Progressive}}| 21
| {{party shading/Progressive}}| 0.58%
| {{party shading/Prohibition}}| 0
|
| {{party shading/Socialist}}| 0
| {{party shading/Socialist}}| 0.00%
| {{party shading/Democratic}}| 422
| {{party shading/Democratic}}| 11.57%
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| {{party shading/Progressive}}| 101
| {{party shading/Progressive}}| 2.94%
| {{party shading/Prohibition}}| 4
| {{party shading/Prohibition}}| 0.12%
| {{party shading/Socialist}}| 5
| {{party shading/Socialist}}| 0.15%
| {{party shading/Democratic}}| 14
| {{party shading/Democratic}}| 0.41%
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| {{party shading/Progressive}}| 357
| {{party shading/Progressive}}| 3.83%
| {{party shading/Prohibition}}| 27
| {{party shading/Prohibition}}| 0.29%
| {{party shading/Socialist}}| 23
| {{party shading/Socialist}}| 0.25%
| {{party shading/Democratic}}| 2,579
| {{party shading/Democratic}}| 27.67%
Line 566 ⟶ 660:
| {{party shading/Progressive}}| 10
| {{party shading/Progressive}}| 0.50%
| {{party shading/Prohibition}}| 2
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| {{party shading/Socialist}}| 0
| {{party shading/Socialist}}| 0.00%
| {{party shading/Democratic}}| 46
| {{party shading/Democratic}}| 2.32%
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| {{party shading/Progressive}}| 32
| {{party shading/Progressive}}| 1.65%
| {{party shading/Prohibition}}| 9
| {{party shading/Prohibition}}| 0.46%
| {{party shading/Socialist}}| 2
| {{party shading/Socialist}}| 0.10%
| {{party shading/Republican}}| -44
| {{party shading/Republican}}| -2.27%
Line 592 ⟶ 690:
| {{party shading/Progressive}}| 58
| {{party shading/Progressive}}| 1.42%
| {{party shading/Prohibition}}| 16
| {{party shading/Prohibition}}| 0.39%
| {{party shading/Socialist}}| 9
| {{party shading/Socialist}}| 0.22%
| {{party shading/Republican}}| -862
| {{party shading/Republican}}| -21.12%
Line 605 ⟶ 705:
| {{party shading/Progressive}}| 7
| {{party shading/Progressive}}| 0.42%
| {{party shading/Prohibition}}| 4
|
| {{party shading/Socialist}}| 0
| {{party shading/Socialist}}| 0.00%
| {{party shading/Republican}}| -80
| {{party shading/Republican}}| -4.76%
Line 618 ⟶ 720:
| {{party shading/Progressive}}| 569
| {{party shading/Progressive}}| 6.89%
| {{party shading/Prohibition}}| 8
| {{party shading/Prohibition}}| 0.10%
| {{party shading/Socialist}}| 12
| {{party shading/Socialist}}| 0.15%
| {{party shading/Democratic}}| 1,272
| {{party shading/Democratic}}| 15.40%
Line 631 ⟶ 735:
| {{party shading/Progressive}}| 4
| {{party shading/Progressive}}| 0.31%
| {{party shading/Prohibition}}| 1
| {{party shading/Prohibition}}| 0.08%
| {{party shading/Socialist}}| 2
| {{party shading/Socialist}}| 0.16%
| {{party shading/Democratic}}| 79
| {{party shading/Democratic}}| 6.21%
Line 644 ⟶ 750:
| {{party shading/Progressive}}| 172
| {{party shading/Progressive}}| 1.22%
| {{party shading/Prohibition}}| 21
| {{party shading/Prohibition}}| 0.15%
| {{party shading/Socialist}}| 16
| {{party shading/Socialist}}| 0.11%
| {{party shading/Republican}}| -1,814
| {{party shading/Republican}}| -12.90%
Line 657 ⟶ 765:
| {{party shading/Progressive}}| 65
| {{party shading/Progressive}}| 3.53%
| {{party shading/Prohibition}}| 3
| {{party shading/Prohibition}}| 0.16%
| {{party shading/Socialist}}| 6
| {{party shading/Socialist}}| 0.33%
| {{party shading/Republican}}| -111
| {{party shading/Republican}}| -6.03%
Line 670 ⟶ 780:
| {{party shading/Progressive}}| 52
| {{party shading/Progressive}}| 1.49%
| {{party shading/Prohibition}}| 10
| {{party shading/Prohibition}}| 0.29%
| {{party shading/Socialist}}| 6
| {{party shading/Socialist}}| 0.17%
| {{party shading/Republican}}| -13
| {{party shading/Republican}}| -0.37%
| {{party shading/Republican}}| 3,481
|- style="text-align:center;"
!Totals!!107,370!!49.98%!!101,514!!47.26%!!4,972!!2.31%!!
|}
==See also==
* [[United States presidential elections in Idaho]]
==Notes==
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==References==
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{{State Results of the 1948 U.S. presidential election}}
{{United States elections}}
[[Category:1948 United States presidential election by state|Idaho]]
[[Category:United States presidential elections in Idaho|1948]]
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