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County Results
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The 1948 United States presidential election in Washington took place on November 2, 1948, as part of the 1948 United States presidential election. Voters chose eight[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Washington was won by incumbent President Harry S. Truman (D–Missouri), running with Kentucky Senator Alben W. Barkley, with 52.61 percent of the popular vote, against Governor Thomas Dewey (R–New York), running with California Governor Earl Warren, with 42.68 percent of the popular vote.[3][4]
As of the 2020 presidential election[update], this is the last occasion Lincoln County has voted for a Democratic Presidential candidate.[5]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | Harry S. Truman (inc.) | 475,165 | 52.56% | |
| Republican | Thomas Dewey | 386,314 | 42.73% | |
| Progressive | Henry A. Wallace | 31,692 | 3.51% | |
| Prohibition | Claude A. Watson | 6,117 | 0.68% | |
| Socialist | Norman Thomas | 3,534 | 0.39% | |
| Socialist Labor | Edward A. Teichert | 1,133 | 0.13% | |
| Socialist Workers | Farrell Dobbs | 103 | 0.01% | |
| Total votes | 904,058 | 100% | ||
| County | Harry S. Truman Democratic |
Thomas Edmund Dewey Republican |
Henry Agard Wallace Progressive |
Claude A. Watson Prohibition |
Norman M. Thomas Socialist |
Edward A. Teichert Socialist Labor |
Farrell Dobbs Socialist Workers |
Margin | Total votes cast[6] | ||||||||
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| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adams | 1,267 | 47.22% | 1,394 | 51.96% | 14 | 0.52% | 2 | 0.07% | 6 | 0.22% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | -127 | -4.73% | 2,683 |
| Asotin | 2,054 | 57.33% | 1,384 | 38.63% | 117 | 3.27% | 22 | 0.61% | 6 | 0.17% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 670 | 18.70% | 3,583 |
| Benton | 8,458 | 58.46% | 5,852 | 40.45% | 116 | 0.80% | 13 | 0.09% | 28 | 0.19% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 2,606 | 18.01% | 14,467 |
| Chelan | 7,702 | 50.17% | 7,392 | 48.15% | 147 | 0.96% | 81 | 0.53% | 28 | 0.18% | 1 | 0.01% | 0 | 0% | 310 | 2.02% | 15,351 |
| Clallam | 5,412 | 53.60% | 4,178 | 41.38% | 456 | 4.52% | 25 | 0.25% | 22 | 0.22% | 3 | 0.03% | 1 | 0.01% | 1,234 | 12.22% | 10,097 |
| Clark | 17,154 | 56.93% | 11,546 | 38.32% | 1,041 | 3.45% | 225 | 0.75% | 141 | 0.47% | 22 | 0.07% | 3 | 0.01% | 5,608 | 18.61% | 30,132 |
| Columbia | 1,015 | 48.06% | 1,062 | 50.28% | 25 | 1.18% | 9 | 0.43% | 1 | 0.05% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | -47 | -2.23% | 2,112 |
| Cowlitz | 11,075 | 58.59% | 7,098 | 37.55% | 625 | 3.31% | 31 | 0.16% | 62 | 0.33% | 11 | 0.06% | 0 | 0% | 3,977 | 21.04% | 18,902 |
| Douglas | 2,251 | 55.81% | 1,703 | 42.23% | 32 | 0.79% | 30 | 0.74% | 15 | 0.37% | 1 | 0.02% | 1 | 0.02% | 548 | 13.59% | 4,033 |
| Ferry | 824 | 61.49% | 473 | 35.30% | 38 | 2.84% | 0 | 0% | 5 | 0.37% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 351 | 26.19% | 1,340 |
| Franklin | 2,525 | 61.14% | 1,541 | 37.31% | 46 | 1.11% | 10 | 0.24% | 8 | 0.19% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 984 | 23.83% | 4,130 |
| Garfield | 747 | 48.79% | 749 | 48.92% | 6 | 0.39% | 27 | 1.76% | 2 | 0.13% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | -2 | -0.13% | 1,531 |
| Grant | 4,067 | 64.79% | 2,081 | 33.15% | 107 | 1.70% | 9 | 0.14% | 12 | 0.19% | 1 | 0.02% | 0 | 0% | 1,986 | 31.64% | 6,277 |
| Grays Harbor | 13,660 | 58.84% | 8,357 | 36.00% | 1,034 | 4.45% | 67 | 0.29% | 51 | 0.22% | 44 | 0.19% | 2 | 0.01% | 5,303 | 22.84% | 23,215 |
| Island | 1,694 | 46.03% | 1,805 | 49.05% | 148 | 4.02% | 15 | 0.41% | 18 | 0.49% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | -111 | -3.02% | 3,680 |
| Jefferson | 1,911 | 51.99% | 1,610 | 43.80% | 129 | 3.51% | 5 | 0.14% | 20 | 0.54% | 1 | 0.03% | 0 | 0% | 301 | 8.19% | 3,676 |
| King | 143,295 | 49.14% | 131,039 | 44.93% | 11,857 | 4.07% | 3,182 | 1.09% | 1,554 | 0.53% | 652 | 0.22% | 56 | 0.02% | 12,256 | 4.20% | 291,635 |
| Kitsap | 19,538 | 63.69% | 9,869 | 32.17% | 1,077 | 3.51% | 86 | 0.28% | 98 | 0.32% | 9 | 0.03% | 1 | 0% | 9,669 | 31.52% | 30,678 |
| Kittitas | 4,588 | 54.96% | 3,446 | 41.28% | 272 | 3.26% | 12 | 0.14% | 29 | 0.35% | 1 | 0.01% | 0 | 0% | 1,142 | 13.68% | 8,348 |
| Klickitat | 2,206 | 51.88% | 1,951 | 45.88% | 58 | 1.36% | 9 | 0.21% | 16 | 0.38% | 12 | 0.28% | 0 | 0% | 255 | 6.00% | 4,252 |
| Lewis | 8,394 | 46.76% | 9,047 | 50.39% | 415 | 2.31% | 48 | 0.27% | 46 | 0.26% | 2 | 0.01% | 1 | 0.01% | -653 | -3.64% | 17,953 |
| Lincoln | 2,518 | 51.14% | 2,348 | 47.68% | 48 | 0.97% | 3 | 0.06% | 4 | 0.08% | 2 | 0.04% | 1 | 0.02% | 170 | 3.45% | 4,924 |
| Mason | 3,613 | 55.58% | 2,524 | 38.82% | 333 | 5.12% | 8 | 0.12% | 21 | 0.32% | 2 | 0.03% | 0 | 0% | 1,089 | 16.75% | 6,501 |
| Okanogan | 5,644 | 56.81% | 4,083 | 41.10% | 150 | 1.51% | 35 | 0.35% | 22 | 0.22% | 1 | 0.01% | 0 | 0% | 1,561 | 15.71% | 9,935 |
| Pacific | 3,902 | 55.33% | 2,749 | 38.98% | 360 | 5.1% | 7 | 0.1% | 28 | 0.4% | 5 | 0.19% | 1 | 0.01% | 1,153 | 16.35% | 7,052 |
| Pend Oreille | 1,465 | 57.07% | 1,009 | 39.31% | 80 | 3.12% | 7 | 0.27% | 5 | 0.19% | 1 | 0.04% | 0 | 0% | 456 | 17.76% | 2,567 |
| Pierce | 50,674 | 55.82% | 34,396 | 37.89% | 4,355 | 4.80% | 761 | 0.84% | 417 | 0.46% | 163 | 0.18% | 20 | 0.02% | 16,278 | 17.93% | 90,786 |
| San Juan | 636 | 40.38% | 881 | 55.94% | 51 | 3.24% | 2 | 0.13% | 5 | 0.32% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | -245 | -15.56% | 1,575 |
| Skagit | 9,080 | 49.91% | 8,176 | 44.94% | 782 | 4.30% | 103 | 0.57% | 41 | 0.23% | 10 | 0.05% | 0 | 0% | 904 | 4.97% | 18,192 |
| Skamania | 1,067 | 57.93% | 707 | 38.38% | 52 | 2.82% | 7 | 0.38% | 9 | 0.49% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 360 | 19.54% | 1,842 |
| Snohomish | 25,924 | 56.04% | 17,018 | 36.79% | 2,737 | 5.92% | 308 | 0.67% | 190 | 0.41% | 79 | 0.17% | 4 | 0.01% | 8,906 | 19.25% | 46,260 |
| Spokane | 49,649 | 55.79% | 37,086 | 41.68% | 1,778 | 2.00% | 169 | 0.19% | 255 | 0.29% | 45 | 0.05% | 6 | 0.01% | 12,563 | 14.12% | 88,988 |
| Stevens | 4,205 | 56.56% | 2,977 | 40.05% | 218 | 2.93% | 20 | 0.27% | 12 | 0.16% | 2 | 0.03% | 0 | 0% | 1,228 | 16.52% | 7,434 |
| Thurston | 10,461 | 50.28% | 9,511 | 45.72% | 700 | 3.36% | 66 | 0.32% | 61 | 0.29% | 5 | 0.02% | 0 | 0% | 950 | 4.57% | 20,804 |
| Wahkiakum | 877 | 54.92% | 622 | 38.95% | 80 | 5.01% | 6 | 0.38% | 2 | 0.13% | 10 | 0.63% | 0 | 0% | 255 | 15.97% | 1,597 |
| Walla Walla | 7,102 | 46.18% | 7,993 | 51.98% | 126 | 0.82% | 110 | 0.72% | 45 | 0.29% | 2 | 0.01% | 0 | 0% | -891 | -5.79% | 15,378 |
| Whatcom | 12,736 | 46.40% | 12,850 | 46.81% | 1,383 | 4.86% | 337 | 1.23% | 107 | 0.39% | 36 | 0.13% | 2 | 0.01% | -114 | -0.41% | 27,451 |
| Whitman | 6,015 | 47.21% | 6,411 | 50.32% | 209 | 1.64% | 43 | 0.34% | 59 | 0.46% | 3 | 0.02% | 0 | 0% | -396 | -3.11% | 12,740 |
| Yakima | 19,760 | 47.10% | 21,396 | 51.00% | 490 | 1.17% | 217 | 0.52% | 83 | 0.2% | 7 | 0.02% | 4 | 0.01% | -1,636 | -3.90% | 41,957 |
| Totals | 475,165 | 52.56% | 386,314 | 42.73% | 31,692 | 3.51% | 6,117 | 0.68% | 3,534 | 0.39% | 1,133 | 0.13% | 103 | 0.01% | 88,851 | 9.83% | 904,058 |
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