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Elections in Kentucky |
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Government |
The 1948 United States presidential election in Kentucky took place on November 2, 1948, as part of the 1948 United States presidential election. Kentucky voters chose 11[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Kentucky was won by incumbent President Harry S. Truman (D–Missouri), running with Senator Alben W. Barkley, with 56.74 percent of the popular vote, against Governor Thomas E. Dewey (R–New York), running with Governor Earl Warren, with 41.48 percent of the popular vote.[3][4]
Dewey performed worse than he had four years previously, with both his margin of loss increasing, and the percentage of the vote he received decreasing, even as he fared much better nationally than he had four years prior. This discrepancy was at least in part due to the choice of President Truman's running mate, Senator Barkley, who himself came from Kentucky.
Presidential candidate | Running mate | Party | Electoral vote (EV) | Popular vote (PV) | |
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Harry S. Truman of Missouri | Alben Barkley | Democratic | 11 | 466,756 | 56.74% |
Thomas E. Dewey | Earl Warren | Republican | 0 | 341,210 | 41.48% |
J. Strom Thurmond | Fielding Wright | State's Rights | 0 | 10,411 | 1.27% |
Henry A. Wallace | Glen H. Taylor | New Progressive | 0 | 1,567 | 0.19% |
Norman Thomas | Tucker P. Smith | Socialist | 0 | 1,284 | 0.16% |
Claude Watson | Dale H. Learn | Prohibition | 0 | 1,245 | 0.15% |
Edward A. Teichert | Stephen Emery | Socialist Labor | 0 | 185 | 0.02% |
County[5] | Harry S. Truman Democratic |
Thomas E. Dewey Republican |
Strom Thurmond Dixiecrat |
Henry A. Wallace Progressive |
Various candidates Other parties |
Margin | Total votes cast | ||||||
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# | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Adair | 2,144 | 42.57% | 2,839 | 56.37% | 35 | 0.69% | 1 | 0.02% | 17 | 0.34% | -695 | -13.80% | 5,036 |
Allen | 1,605 | 40.28% | 2,280 | 57.21% | 48 | 1.20% | 2 | 0.05% | 50 | 1.25% | -675 | -16.93% | 3,985 |
Anderson | 2,135 | 67.69% | 971 | 30.79% | 35 | 1.11% | 6 | 0.19% | 7 | 0.22% | 1,164 | 36.90% | 3,154 |
Ballard | 2,702 | 84.57% | 454 | 14.21% | 35 | 1.10% | 0 | 0.00% | 4 | 0.13% | 2,248 | 70.36% | 3,195 |
Barren | 4,095 | 60.98% | 2,437 | 36.29% | 148 | 2.20% | 5 | 0.07% | 30 | 0.45% | 1,658 | 24.69% | 6,715 |
Bath | 2,287 | 63.69% | 1,276 | 35.53% | 19 | 0.53% | 3 | 0.08% | 6 | 0.17% | 1,011 | 28.16% | 3,591 |
Bell | 5,708 | 56.38% | 4,327 | 42.74% | 57 | 0.56% | 8 | 0.08% | 24 | 0.24% | 1,381 | 13.64% | 10,124 |
Boone | 2,320 | 65.85% | 1,151 | 32.67% | 44 | 1.25% | 0 | 0.00% | 8 | 0.23% | 1,169 | 33.18% | 3,523 |
Bourbon | 3,562 | 67.18% | 1,610 | 30.37% | 121 | 2.28% | 2 | 0.04% | 7 | 0.13% | 1,952 | 36.81% | 5,302 |
Boyd | 9,006 | 56.84% | 6,707 | 42.33% | 79 | 0.50% | 19 | 0.12% | 33 | 0.21% | 2,299 | 14.51% | 15,844 |
Boyle | 3,338 | 62.56% | 1,897 | 35.55% | 72 | 1.35% | 5 | 0.09% | 24 | 0.45% | 1,441 | 27.01% | 5,336 |
Bracken | 1,863 | 59.44% | 1,239 | 39.53% | 24 | 0.77% | 0 | 0.00% | 8 | 0.26% | 624 | 19.91% | 3,134 |
Breathitt | 3,295 | 77.27% | 957 | 22.44% | 1 | 0.02% | 1 | 0.02% | 10 | 0.23% | 2,338 | 54.83% | 4,264 |
Breckinridge | 2,623 | 51.33% | 2,407 | 47.10% | 48 | 0.94% | 5 | 0.10% | 27 | 0.53% | 216 | 4.23% | 5,110 |
Bullitt | 1,681 | 70.48% | 673 | 28.22% | 21 | 0.88% | 2 | 0.08% | 8 | 0.34% | 1,008 | 42.26% | 2,385 |
Butler | 1,105 | 30.21% | 2,494 | 68.18% | 42 | 1.15% | 4 | 0.11% | 13 | 0.36% | -1,389 | -37.97% | 3,658 |
Caldwell | 2,210 | 55.46% | 1,626 | 40.80% | 137 | 3.44% | 8 | 0.20% | 4 | 0.10% | 584 | 14.66% | 3,985 |
Calloway | 4,896 | 86.38% | 681 | 12.01% | 73 | 1.29% | 7 | 0.12% | 11 | 0.19% | 4,215 | 74.37% | 5,668 |
Campbell | 13,008 | 51.56% | 11,851 | 46.97% | 216 | 0.86% | 96 | 0.38% | 60 | 0.24% | 1,157 | 4.59% | 25,231 |
Carlisle | 1,899 | 86.36% | 279 | 12.69% | 11 | 0.50% | 4 | 0.18% | 6 | 0.27% | 1,620 | 73.67% | 2,199 |
Carroll | 2,626 | 78.51% | 639 | 19.10% | 70 | 2.09% | 3 | 0.09% | 7 | 0.21% | 1,987 | 59.41% | 3,345 |
Carter | 3,082 | 46.86% | 3,472 | 52.79% | 2 | 0.03% | 7 | 0.11% | 14 | 0.21% | -390 | -5.93% | 6,577 |
Casey | 1,495 | 30.44% | 3,380 | 68.83% | 9 | 0.18% | 4 | 0.08% | 23 | 0.47% | -1,885 | -38.39% | 4,911 |
Christian | 5,582 | 58.75% | 3,242 | 34.12% | 633 | 6.66% | 7 | 0.07% | 38 | 0.40% | 2,340 | 24.63% | 9,502 |
Clark | 3,292 | 67.07% | 1,508 | 30.73% | 95 | 1.94% | 7 | 0.14% | 6 | 0.12% | 1,784 | 36.34% | 4,908 |
Clay | 1,468 | 31.39% | 3,142 | 67.19% | 41 | 0.88% | 1 | 0.02% | 24 | 0.51% | -1,674 | -35.80% | 4,676 |
Clinton | 709 | 23.26% | 2,295 | 75.30% | 16 | 0.52% | 2 | 0.07% | 26 | 0.85% | -1,586 | -52.04% | 3,048 |
Crittenden | 1,497 | 43.25% | 1,927 | 55.68% | 24 | 0.69% | 0 | 0.00% | 13 | 0.38% | -430 | -12.43% | 3,461 |
Cumberland | 794 | 28.61% | 1,947 | 70.16% | 18 | 0.65% | 2 | 0.07% | 14 | 0.50% | -1,153 | -41.55% | 2,775 |
Daviess | 8,682 | 63.25% | 4,873 | 35.50% | 126 | 0.92% | 8 | 0.06% | 38 | 0.28% | 3,809 | 27.75% | 13,727 |
Edmonson | 1,031 | 33.83% | 1,984 | 65.09% | 15 | 0.49% | 2 | 0.07% | 16 | 0.52% | -953 | -31.26% | 3,048 |
Elliott | 2,095 | 83.40% | 410 | 16.32% | 0 | 0.00% | 4 | 0.16% | 3 | 0.12% | 1,685 | 67.08% | 2,512 |
Estill | 1,937 | 47.89% | 2,056 | 50.83% | 19 | 0.47% | 4 | 0.10% | 29 | 0.72% | -119 | -2.94% | 4,045 |
Fayette | 13,202 | 52.48% | 10,959 | 43.57% | 773 | 3.07% | 96 | 0.38% | 125 | 0.50% | 2,243 | 8.91% | 25,155 |
Fleming | 2,722 | 56.10% | 2,088 | 43.03% | 23 | 0.47% | 4 | 0.08% | 15 | 0.31% | 634 | 13.07% | 4,852 |
Floyd | 8,823 | 73.43% | 3,127 | 26.02% | 18 | 0.15% | 28 | 0.23% | 20 | 0.17% | 5,696 | 47.41% | 12,016 |
Franklin | 6,679 | 75.71% | 1,962 | 22.24% | 169 | 1.92% | 2 | 0.02% | 10 | 0.11% | 4,717 | 53.47% | 8,822 |
Fulton | 2,497 | 80.29% | 450 | 14.47% | 161 | 5.18% | 1 | 0.03% | 1 | 0.03% | 2,047 | 65.82% | 3,110 |
Gallatin | 1,381 | 79.78% | 342 | 19.76% | 8 | 0.46% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,039 | 60.02% | 1,731 |
Garrard | 1,725 | 47.18% | 1,890 | 51.70% | 31 | 0.85% | 1 | 0.03% | 9 | 0.25% | -165 | -4.52% | 3,656 |
Grant | 2,633 | 69.23% | 1,154 | 30.34% | 7 | 0.18% | 1 | 0.03% | 8 | 0.21% | 1,479 | 38.89% | 3,803 |
Graves | 8,682 | 84.49% | 1,442 | 14.03% | 134 | 1.30% | 7 | 0.07% | 11 | 0.11% | 7,240 | 70.46% | 10,276 |
Grayson | 2,174 | 42.69% | 2,880 | 56.56% | 18 | 0.35% | 6 | 0.12% | 14 | 0.27% | -706 | -13.87% | 5,092 |
Green | 1,628 | 42.18% | 2,186 | 56.63% | 30 | 0.78% | 1 | 0.03% | 15 | 0.39% | -558 | -14.45% | 3,860 |
Greenup | 4,186 | 56.52% | 3,168 | 42.78% | 19 | 0.26% | 18 | 0.24% | 15 | 0.20% | 1,018 | 13.74% | 7,406 |
Hancock | 1,146 | 53.38% | 985 | 45.88% | 7 | 0.33% | 4 | 0.19% | 5 | 0.23% | 161 | 7.50% | 2,147 |
Hardin | 3,990 | 61.89% | 2,297 | 35.63% | 126 | 1.95% | 5 | 0.08% | 29 | 0.45% | 1,693 | 26.26% | 6,447 |
Harlan | 9,158 | 66.80% | 4,402 | 32.11% | 113 | 0.82% | 29 | 0.21% | 8 | 0.06% | 4,756 | 34.69% | 13,710 |
Harrison | 3,494 | 72.76% | 1,224 | 25.49% | 64 | 1.33% | 6 | 0.12% | 14 | 0.29% | 2,270 | 47.27% | 4,802 |
Hart | 2,495 | 51.28% | 2,311 | 47.50% | 43 | 0.88% | 3 | 0.06% | 13 | 0.27% | 184 | 3.78% | 4,865 |
Henderson | 5,499 | 71.92% | 1,904 | 24.90% | 167 | 2.18% | 13 | 0.17% | 63 | 0.82% | 3,595 | 47.02% | 7,646 |
Henry | 3,398 | 73.23% | 1,193 | 25.71% | 33 | 0.71% | 2 | 0.04% | 14 | 0.30% | 2,205 | 47.52% | 4,640 |
Hickman | 2,143 | 83.58% | 326 | 12.71% | 87 | 3.39% | 2 | 0.08% | 6 | 0.23% | 1,817 | 70.87% | 2,564 |
Hopkins | 6,149 | 65.65% | 2,608 | 27.85% | 572 | 6.11% | 6 | 0.06% | 31 | 0.33% | 3,541 | 37.80% | 9,366 |
Jackson | 429 | 13.31% | 2,781 | 86.31% | 1 | 0.03% | 1 | 0.03% | 10 | 0.31% | -2,352 | -73.00% | 3,222 |
Jefferson | 70,756 | 48.18% | 69,645 | 47.42% | 1,965 | 1.34% | 617 | 0.42% | 646 | 0.44% | 1,111 | 0.76% | 143,629 |
Jessamine | 2,301 | 59.33% | 1,414 | 36.46% | 117 | 3.02% | 7 | 0.18% | 39 | 1.01% | 887 | 22.87% | 3,878 |
Johnson | 2,378 | 37.20% | 3,993 | 62.47% | 5 | 0.08% | 10 | 0.16% | 6 | 0.09% | -1,615 | -25.27% | 6,392 |
Kenton | 18,918 | 61.60% | 10,771 | 35.07% | 359 | 1.17% | 98 | 0.32% | 54 | 0.18% | 8,147 | 26.53% | 30,711 |
Knott | 4,660 | 86.07% | 754 | 13.93% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 3,906 | 72.14% | 5,414 |
Knox | 2,814 | 39.51% | 4,241 | 59.54% | 18 | 0.25% | 34 | 0.48% | 16 | 0.22% | -1,427 | -20.03% | 7,123 |
LaRue | 1,864 | 58.14% | 1,277 | 39.83% | 49 | 1.53% | 4 | 0.12% | 12 | 0.37% | 587 | 18.31% | 3,206 |
Laurel | 2,187 | 34.57% | 4,107 | 64.92% | 14 | 0.22% | 6 | 0.09% | 12 | 0.19% | -1,920 | -30.35% | 6,326 |
Lawrence | 2,372 | 52.47% | 2,117 | 46.83% | 16 | 0.35% | 3 | 0.07% | 13 | 0.29% | 255 | 5.64% | 4,521 |
Lee | 1,058 | 45.66% | 1,233 | 53.22% | 14 | 0.60% | 7 | 0.30% | 5 | 0.22% | -175 | -7.56% | 2,317 |
Leslie | 783 | 24.38% | 2,397 | 74.65% | 8 | 0.25% | 4 | 0.12% | 19 | 0.59% | -1,614 | -50.27% | 3,211 |
Letcher | 4,741 | 56.96% | 3,560 | 42.77% | 6 | 0.07% | 3 | 0.04% | 14 | 0.17% | 1,181 | 14.19% | 8,324 |
Lewis | 1,449 | 34.73% | 2,708 | 64.91% | 2 | 0.05% | 3 | 0.07% | 10 | 0.24% | -1,259 | -30.18% | 4,172 |
Lincoln | 2,920 | 52.01% | 2,593 | 46.19% | 67 | 1.19% | 3 | 0.05% | 31 | 0.55% | 327 | 5.82% | 5,614 |
Livingston | 1,622 | 70.19% | 671 | 29.04% | 11 | 0.48% | 3 | 0.13% | 4 | 0.17% | 951 | 41.15% | 2,311 |
Logan | 4,355 | 74.25% | 1,352 | 23.05% | 126 | 2.15% | 8 | 0.14% | 24 | 0.41% | 3,003 | 51.20% | 5,865 |
Lyon | 1,505 | 69.84% | 582 | 27.01% | 42 | 1.95% | 7 | 0.32% | 19 | 0.88% | 923 | 42.83% | 2,155 |
Madison | 5,344 | 52.62% | 4,619 | 45.48% | 110 | 1.08% | 18 | 0.18% | 65 | 0.64% | 725 | 7.14% | 10,156 |
Magoffin | 2,253 | 54.49% | 1,882 | 45.51% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 371 | 8.98% | 4,135 |
Marion | 3,008 | 71.20% | 1,171 | 27.72% | 31 | 0.73% | 7 | 0.17% | 8 | 0.19% | 1,837 | 43.48% | 4,225 |
Marshall | 2,942 | 80.10% | 711 | 19.36% | 12 | 0.33% | 2 | 0.05% | 6 | 0.16% | 2,231 | 60.74% | 3,673 |
Martin | 911 | 31.44% | 1,964 | 67.77% | 1 | 0.03% | 8 | 0.28% | 14 | 0.48% | -1,053 | -36.33% | 2,898 |
Mason | 3,620 | 58.31% | 2,519 | 40.58% | 53 | 0.85% | 6 | 0.10% | 10 | 0.16% | 1,101 | 17.73% | 6,208 |
McCracken | 11,183 | 75.80% | 3,251 | 22.03% | 254 | 1.72% | 26 | 0.18% | 40 | 0.27% | 7,932 | 53.77% | 14,754 |
McCreary | 933 | 23.45% | 3,031 | 76.19% | 1 | 0.03% | 3 | 0.08% | 10 | 0.25% | -2,098 | -52.74% | 3,978 |
McLean | 2,104 | 64.30% | 1,112 | 33.99% | 43 | 1.31% | 2 | 0.06% | 11 | 0.34% | 992 | 30.31% | 3,272 |
Meade | 1,915 | 70.28% | 773 | 28.37% | 29 | 1.06% | 2 | 0.07% | 6 | 0.22% | 1,142 | 41.91% | 2,725 |
Menifee | 1,112 | 71.10% | 435 | 27.81% | 11 | 0.70% | 1 | 0.06% | 5 | 0.32% | 677 | 43.29% | 1,564 |
Mercer | 2,682 | 61.47% | 1,599 | 36.65% | 70 | 1.60% | 4 | 0.09% | 8 | 0.18% | 1,083 | 24.82% | 4,363 |
Metcalfe | 1,683 | 50.30% | 1,640 | 49.01% | 8 | 0.24% | 1 | 0.03% | 14 | 0.42% | 43 | 1.29% | 3,346 |
Monroe | 1,249 | 30.49% | 2,812 | 68.64% | 20 | 0.49% | 0 | 0.00% | 16 | 0.39% | -1,563 | -38.15% | 4,097 |
Montgomery | 2,731 | 68.96% | 1,083 | 27.35% | 133 | 3.36% | 1 | 0.03% | 12 | 0.30% | 1,648 | 41.61% | 3,960 |
Morgan | 3,488 | 77.74% | 987 | 22.00% | 4 | 0.09% | 6 | 0.13% | 2 | 0.04% | 2,501 | 55.74% | 4,487 |
Muhlenberg | 4,426 | 55.11% | 3,478 | 43.31% | 72 | 0.90% | 22 | 0.27% | 33 | 0.41% | 948 | 11.80% | 8,031 |
Nelson | 3,556 | 66.64% | 1,715 | 32.14% | 46 | 0.86% | 9 | 0.17% | 10 | 0.19% | 1,841 | 34.50% | 5,336 |
Nicholas | 1,885 | 68.75% | 815 | 29.72% | 27 | 0.98% | 0 | 0.00% | 15 | 0.55% | 1,070 | 39.03% | 2,742 |
Ohio | 2,721 | 44.56% | 3,300 | 54.05% | 55 | 0.90% | 5 | 0.08% | 25 | 0.41% | -579 | -9.49% | 6,106 |
Oldham | 1,703 | 60.20% | 1,036 | 36.62% | 76 | 2.69% | 4 | 0.14% | 10 | 0.35% | 667 | 23.58% | 2,829 |
Owen | 3,056 | 85.29% | 504 | 14.07% | 15 | 0.42% | 2 | 0.06% | 6 | 0.17% | 2,552 | 71.22% | 3,583 |
Owsley | 437 | 20.22% | 1,718 | 79.50% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 6 | 0.28% | -1,281 | -59.28% | 2,161 |
Pendleton | 1,958 | 58.03% | 1,373 | 40.69% | 24 | 0.71% | 5 | 0.15% | 14 | 0.41% | 585 | 17.34% | 3,374 |
Perry | 5,614 | 59.39% | 3,755 | 39.72% | 44 | 0.47% | 21 | 0.22% | 19 | 0.20% | 1,859 | 19.67% | 9,453 |
Pike | 11,423 | 58.16% | 8,097 | 41.22% | 56 | 0.29% | 27 | 0.14% | 39 | 0.20% | 3,326 | 16.94% | 19,642 |
Powell | 975 | 56.92% | 719 | 41.97% | 11 | 0.64% | 1 | 0.06% | 7 | 0.41% | 256 | 14.95% | 1,713 |
Pulaski | 3,844 | 33.40% | 7,549 | 65.59% | 68 | 0.59% | 8 | 0.07% | 41 | 0.36% | -3,705 | -32.19% | 11,510 |
Robertson | 864 | 65.75% | 442 | 33.64% | 6 | 0.46% | 1 | 0.08% | 1 | 0.08% | 422 | 32.11% | 1,314 |
Rockcastle | 1,309 | 28.68% | 3,236 | 70.90% | 8 | 0.18% | 1 | 0.02% | 10 | 0.22% | -1,927 | -42.22% | 4,564 |
Rowan | 2,097 | 57.90% | 1,502 | 41.47% | 18 | 0.50% | 3 | 0.08% | 2 | 0.06% | 595 | 16.43% | 3,622 |
Russell | 1,191 | 32.96% | 2,404 | 66.54% | 5 | 0.14% | 2 | 0.06% | 11 | 0.30% | -1,213 | -33.58% | 3,613 |
Scott | 3,548 | 70.76% | 1,352 | 26.96% | 91 | 1.81% | 4 | 0.08% | 19 | 0.38% | 2,196 | 43.80% | 5,014 |
Shelby | 3,840 | 68.30% | 1,626 | 28.92% | 141 | 2.51% | 6 | 0.11% | 9 | 0.16% | 2,214 | 39.38% | 5,622 |
Simpson | 2,752 | 76.04% | 762 | 21.06% | 74 | 2.04% | 4 | 0.11% | 27 | 0.75% | 1,990 | 54.98% | 3,619 |
Spencer | 1,298 | 71.63% | 493 | 27.21% | 19 | 1.05% | 0 | 0.00% | 2 | 0.11% | 805 | 44.42% | 1,812 |
Taylor | 2,415 | 52.72% | 2,087 | 45.56% | 42 | 0.92% | 4 | 0.09% | 33 | 0.72% | 328 | 7.16% | 4,581 |
Todd | 2,929 | 75.10% | 827 | 21.21% | 121 | 3.10% | 4 | 0.10% | 19 | 0.49% | 2,102 | 53.89% | 3,900 |
Trigg | 2,485 | 73.46% | 816 | 24.12% | 69 | 2.04% | 2 | 0.06% | 11 | 0.33% | 1,669 | 49.34% | 3,383 |
Trimble | 1,746 | 88.72% | 194 | 9.86% | 9 | 0.46% | 1 | 0.05% | 18 | 0.91% | 1,552 | 78.86% | 1,968 |
Union | 3,607 | 81.87% | 744 | 16.89% | 37 | 0.84% | 11 | 0.25% | 7 | 0.16% | 2,863 | 64.98% | 4,406 |
Warren | 6,768 | 60.49% | 3,919 | 35.03% | 451 | 4.03% | 7 | 0.06% | 44 | 0.39% | 2,849 | 25.46% | 11,189 |
Washington | 2,121 | 53.53% | 1,813 | 45.76% | 19 | 0.48% | 2 | 0.05% | 7 | 0.18% | 308 | 7.77% | 3,962 |
Wayne | 2,029 | 44.61% | 2,480 | 54.53% | 14 | 0.31% | 11 | 0.24% | 14 | 0.31% | -451 | -9.92% | 4,548 |
Webster | 3,288 | 73.74% | 1,087 | 24.38% | 57 | 1.28% | 3 | 0.07% | 24 | 0.54% | 2,201 | 49.36% | 4,459 |
Whitley | 2,932 | 33.88% | 5,611 | 64.84% | 57 | 0.66% | 23 | 0.27% | 30 | 0.35% | -2,679 | -30.96% | 8,653 |
Wolfe | 1,918 | 70.18% | 813 | 29.75% | 0 | 0.00% | 2 | 0.07% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,105 | 40.43% | 2,733 |
Woodford | 2,175 | 61.18% | 1,229 | 34.57% | 142 | 3.99% | 3 | 0.08% | 6 | 0.17% | 946 | 26.61% | 3,555 |
Totals | 466,756 | 56.74% | 341,210 | 41.48% | 10,411 | 1.27% | 1,567 | 0.19% | 2,714 | 0.33% | 125,546 | 15.26% | 822,658 |