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Strom Thurmond vs Thomas E. Dewey

Strom Thurmond vs Thomas E. Dewey in 1948: electoral votes, popular vote and every state, side by side.

Strom Thurmond

Elections
1 (1948)
Won
0
Electoral votes, all runs
39
Best popular vote
2.4% in 1948
Parties
States' Rights
vs

Thomas E. Dewey

Elections
2 (1944, 1948)
Won
0
Electoral votes, all runs
288
Best popular vote
45.9% in 1944
Parties
Republican

1948

Strom Thurmond states
4
Thomas E. Dewey states
16
Popular vote
2.4% – 45.1%
Alabama: Strom ThurmondAlaskaArizona: another candidateArkansas: another candidateCalifornia: another candidateColorado: another candidateConnecticut: Thomas E. DeweyDelaware: Thomas E. DeweyDistrict of ColumbiaFlorida: another candidateGeorgia: another candidateHawaiiIdaho: another candidateIllinois: another candidateIndiana: Thomas E. DeweyIowa: another candidateKansas: Thomas E. DeweyKentucky: another candidateLouisiana: Strom ThurmondMaine: Thomas E. DeweyMaryland: Thomas E. DeweyMassachusetts: another candidateMichigan: Thomas E. DeweyMinnesota: another candidateMississippi: Strom ThurmondMissouri: another candidateMontana: another candidateNebraska: Thomas E. DeweyNevada: another candidateNew Hampshire: Thomas E. DeweyNew Jersey: Thomas E. DeweyNew Mexico: another candidateNew York: Thomas E. DeweyNorth Carolina: another candidateNorth Dakota: Thomas E. DeweyOhio: another candidateOklahoma: another candidateOregon: Thomas E. DeweyPennsylvania: Thomas E. DeweyRhode Island: another candidateSouth Carolina: Strom ThurmondSouth Dakota: Thomas E. DeweyTennessee: another candidateTexas: another candidateUtah: another candidateVermont: Thomas E. DeweyVirginia: another candidateWashington: another candidateWest Virginia: another candidateWisconsin: another candidateWyoming: another candidateVermont: Thomas E. DeweyNew Hampshire: Thomas E. DeweyMassachusetts: another candidateRhode Island: another candidateConnecticut: Thomas E. DeweyNew Jersey: Thomas E. DeweyDelaware: Thomas E. DeweyMaryland: Thomas E. DeweyDistrict of Columbia
Every state, 1948
StateStrom ThurmondThomas E. DeweyGap (pts)EV
Alabama 79.7% 11 19.0% 60.7 11
Arizona 0.0% 43.8% -43.8 4
Arkansas 16.5% 21.0% -4.5 9
California 0.0% 47.1% -47.1 25
Colorado 0.0% 46.5% -46.5 6
Connecticut 0.0% 49.5% 8 -49.5 8
Delaware 0.0% 50.0% 3 -50.0 3
Florida 15.5% 33.6% -18.1 8
Georgia 20.3% 18.3% 2.0 12
Idaho 0.0% 47.3% -47.3 4
Illinois 0.0% 49.2% -49.2 28
Indiana 0.0% 49.6% 13 -49.6 13
Iowa 0.0% 47.6% -47.6 10
Kansas 0.0% 53.6% 8 -53.6 8
Kentucky 1.3% 41.5% -40.2 11
Louisiana 49.1% 10 17.5% 31.6 10
Maine 0.0% 56.7% 5 -56.7 5
Maryland 0.4% 49.4% 8 -49.0 8
Massachusetts 0.0% 43.2% -43.2 16
Michigan 0.0% 49.2% 19 -49.2 19
Minnesota 0.0% 39.9% -39.9 11
Mississippi 87.2% 9 2.6% 84.6 9
Missouri 0.0% 41.5% -41.5 15
Montana 0.0% 43.1% -43.1 4
Nebraska 0.0% 54.2% 6 -54.2 6
Nevada 0.0% 47.3% -47.3 3
New Hampshire 0.0% 52.4% 4 -52.4 4
New Jersey 0.0% 50.3% 16 -50.3 16
New Mexico 0.0% 42.9% -42.9 4
New York 0.0% 46.0% 47 -46.0 47
North Carolina 8.8% 32.7% -23.9 14
North Dakota 0.2% 52.2% 4 -52.0 4
Ohio 0.0% 49.2% -49.2 25
Oklahoma 0.0% 37.3% -37.3 10
Oregon 0.0% 49.8% 6 -49.8 6
Pennsylvania 0.0% 50.9% 35 -50.9 35
Rhode Island 0.0% 41.4% -41.4 4
South Carolina 72.0% 8 3.8% 68.2 8
South Dakota 0.0% 51.8% 4 -51.8 4
Tennessee 13.4% 1 36.9% -23.5 12
Texas 9.3% 24.6% -15.3 23
Utah 0.0% 45.0% -45.0 4
Vermont 0.0% 61.5% 3 -61.5 3
Virginia 10.4% 41.0% -30.6 11
Washington 0.0% 42.7% -42.7 8
West Virginia 0.0% 42.2% -42.2 8
Wisconsin 0.0% 46.3% -46.3 12
Wyoming 0.0% 47.3% -47.3 3

Questions and answers

Who won between Strom Thurmond and Thomas E. Dewey in 1948?

Neither won the presidency. Electoral votes: Strom Thurmond 39, Thomas E. Dewey 189. Popular vote: Strom Thurmond 2.4%, Thomas E. Dewey 45.1%.

How many states did Strom Thurmond and Thomas E. Dewey each win in 1948?

Strom Thurmond carried 4 and Thomas E. Dewey carried 16.

Official results As published by The American Presidency Project (UC Santa Barbara) and the state documents it links. How we use this data