1948_United_States_presidential_election_in_Rhode_Island

1948 United States presidential election in Rhode Island
Truman 50-60% 60-70% 70-80%	Dewey 50-60% 60-70% 70-80%
President before election; Harry S. Truman; Democratic	Elected President ; Harry S. Truman; Democratic

1948 United States presidential election in Rhode Island

Election in Rhode Island

The 1948 United States presidential election in Rhode Island took place on November 2, 1948, as part of the 1948 United States presidential election. State voters chose four electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.

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Rhode Island was won by Democratic candidate, incumbent President Harry S. Truman of Missouri, over the Republican candidate, Governor Thomas E. Dewey of New York. Truman ran with Senator Alben W. Barkley of Kentucky as his running mate, while Dewey ran with Governor Earl Warren of California as his running mate.

Truman won Rhode Island by a margin of 16.15%.

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"1948 Presidential General Election Results - Rhode Island". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved December 23, 2013.

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"RI.gov: Election Results". www.ri.gov. Retrieved February 15, 2024.

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1948 United States presidential election in Rhode Island^[1]
Party		Candidate	Running mate	Popular vote		Electoral vote
Party		Candidate	Running mate	Count	%	Count	%
	Democratic	Harry S. Truman of Missouri	Alben William Barkley of Kentucky	188,736	57.59%	4	100.00%
	Republican	Thomas Edmund Dewey of New York	Earl Warren of California	135,787	41.44%	0	0.00%
	Progressive	Henry Agard Wallace of Iowa	Glen Hearst Taylor of Idaho	2,619	0.80%	0	0.00%
	Socialist	Norman Thomas of New York	Tucker Powell Smith of Michigan	429	0.13%	0	0.00%
	Socialist Labor	Edward A. Teichert of Pennsylvania	Stephen Emery of New York	131	0.04%	0	0.00%
Total				327,702	100.00%	4	100.00%

1948 United States presidential election in Rhode Island (by county) ^[2]
County	Harry Truman Democratic		Thomas Dewey Republican		Other candidates Various parties		Total
County	%	#	%	#	%	#	#
Bristol	58.2%	7,562	41.2%	5,343	0.6%	77	12,982
Kent	48.1%	15,287	51.3%	16,299	0.6%	199	31,785
Newport	45.9%	9,254	53.4%	10,756	0.7%	136	20,146
Providence	60.7%	149,254	38.2%	93,867	1.1%	2,627	245,748
Washington	43.3%	7,379	55.9%	9,522	0.8%	140	17,041

1948_United_States_presidential_election_in_Rhode_Island

1948 United States presidential election in Rhode Island

Results

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See also

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