1948 United States presidential election in Kansas information
Election in Kansas
Main article: 1948 United States presidential election
1948 United States presidential election in Kansas
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November 2, 1948[1]
1952 →
All 8 Kansas votes to the Electoral College
Nominee
Thomas Dewey
Harry S. Truman
Party
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Democratic
Home state
New York
Missouri
Running mate
Earl Warren
Alben W. Barkley
Electoral vote
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0
Popular vote
423,039
351,902
Percentage
53.63%
44.61%
County Results
Dewey
40-50%
50-60%
60-70%
Truman
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Harry S. Truman
Democratic
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Harry S. Truman
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The 1948 United States presidential election in Kansas 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.
Kansas was won by Governor Thomas Dewey (R–New York), running with Governor Earl Warren, with 53.63 percent of the popular vote, against incumbent President Harry S. Truman (D–Missouri), running with Senator Alben W. Barkley, with 44.61 percent of the popular vote.[3][4]
With 53.63 percent of the popular vote, Kansas would prove to be Dewey's fourth strongest state in the nation after Vermont, Maine and Nebraska.[5]
^"United States Presidential election of 1948 - Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved December 20, 2017.
^"1948 Election for the Forty-First Term (1949-53)". Retrieved December 20, 2017.
^"1948 Presidential General Election Results -Kansas". Retrieved December 20, 2017.
^"The American Presidency Project - Election of 1948". Retrieved December 20, 2017.
^"1948 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
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