PaPres 1948

Pennsylvania Presidential Election Returns 1948
County	Total Vote	Republican	Democratic	Plurality	Winner	Progressive	Socialist	Prohibition	Militant Workers	Industria Government	Scattering	Pct Rep	Pct Dem	Pct Other
		Thomas E. Dewey	Harry S. Truman			Henry A. Wallace	Norman Thomas	Claude A. Watson	Farrell Dobbs	Edward A. Teichert
Pennsylvania	3735348	1902197	1752426	149771	R	55161	11325	10538	2133	1461	107	50.92	46.91	2.16
Adams	13509	7988	5409	2579	R	49	30	22	2	2	7	59.13	40.04	0.83
Allegheny	594506	253272	326303	-73031	D	11164	2034	1053	455	191	34	42.60	54.89	2.51
Armstrong	21912	11712	9900	1812	R	120	28	127	2	23		53.45	45.18	1.37
Beaver	50936	22324	26629	-4305	D	1588	95	210	13	69	8	43.83	52.28	3.89
Bedford	9879	6028	3851	2177	R							61.02	38.98	0.00
Berks	81726	35608	43075	-7467	D	665	2133	207	23	15		43.57	52.71	3.72
Blair	36886	22382	14050	8332	R	256	84	102	2	10		60.68	38.09	1.23
Bradford	16367	11783	4421	7362	R	51	23	83	1	4	1	71.99	27.01	1.00
Bucks	47084	29411	16655	12756	R	619	295	60	18	8	18	62.46	35.37	2.16
Butler	27724	17449	9818	7631	R	196	54	199	6	2		62.94	35.41	1.65
Cambria	70422	27725	41533	-13808	D	959	59	110	16	20		39.37	58.98	1.65
Cameron	2465	1596	858	738	R	6	1	4				64.75	34.81	0.45
Carbon	19578	9744	9438	306	R	226	48	96	11	13	2	49.77	48.21	2.02
Centre	16931	10416	6515	3901	R							61.52	38.48	0.00
Chester	44478	29258	14670	14588	R	243	154	136	3	14		65.78	32.98	1.24
Clarion	11850	6866	4984	1882	R							57.94	42.06	0.00
Clearfield	23644	11810	11347	463	R	259	69	152	1	6		49.95	47.99	2.06
Clinton	10631	5618	5013	605	R							52.85	47.15	0.00
Columbia	18784	9417	9367	50	R							50.13	49.87	0.00
Crawford	23335	14161	9174	4987	R							60.69	39.31	0.00
Cumberland	29695	18028	11421	6607	R	84	48	97	8	5	4	60.71	38.46	0.83
Dauphin	75386	46861	27729	19132	R	394	153	217	17	15		62.16	36.78	1.06
Delaware	153315	93412	57156	36256	R	1562	698	433	25	29		60.93	37.28	1.79
Elk	10511	5148	5363	-215	D							48.98	51.02	0.00
Erie	63245	33806	28159	5647	R	660	202	379	5	34		53.45	44.52	2.02
Fayette	56367	20401	34971	-14570	D	468	104	382	18	23		36.19	62.04	1.77
Forest	1941	1209	687	522	R	16		29				62.29	35.39	2.32
Franklin	19664	12151	7352	4799	R	67	29	53	1	7	4	61.79	37.39	0.82
Fulton	3475	1760	1684	76	R	15	2	11	2	1		50.65	48.46	0.89
Greene	12934	4717	8015	-3298	D	144	5	44	5	4		36.47	61.97	1.56
Huntingdon	10247	6943	3304	3639	R							67.76	32.24	0.00
Indiana	21183	12640	8543	4097	R							59.67	40.33	0.00
Jefferson	15295	9395	5632	3763	R	86	26	140	14	2		61.43	36.82	1.75
Juniata	5459	3121	2299	822	R	14	5	18		2		57.17	42.11	0.71
Lackawanna	111749	46283	64495	-18212	D	738	70	134	17	12		41.42	57.71	0.87
Lancaster	68499	46306	21308	24998	R	369	191	198	7	112	8	67.60	31.11	1.29
Lawrence	32599	17186	14632	2554	R	421	58	255	38	9		52.72	44.88	2.40
Lebanon	25241	15553	9418	6135	R	132	66	63	3	3	3	61.62	37.31	1.07
Lehigh	60022	32202	26826	5376	R	594	193	183	17	7		53.65	44.69	1.66
Luzerne	135611	71674	61869	9805	R	977	201	591	36	263		52.85	45.62	1.52
Lycoming	33436	19118	13692	5426	R	254	60	304	2	1	5	57.18	40.95	1.87
McKean	15272	10218	4785	5433	R	108	32	127	1	1		66.91	31.33	1.76
Mercer	35886	18916	16108	2808	R	540	52	225	27	16	2	52.71	44.89	2.40
Mifflin	10523	5666	4762	904	R	37	19	34	5			53.84	45.25	0.90
Monroe	12587	6674	5913	761	R							53.02	46.98	0.00
Montgomery	128626	85576	41112	44464	R	1089	630	174	6	39		66.53	31.96	1.51
Montour	4670	2690	1964	726	R	11	2	3				57.60	42.06	0.34
Northampton	61504	27030	33209	-6179	D	721	182	287	21	54		43.95	53.99	2.06
Northumberland	40485	23535	16478	7057	R	306	78	73	3	12		58.13	40.70	1.17
Perry	8040	5444	2596	2848	R							67.71	32.29	0.00
Philadelphia	885297	425962	432699	-6737	D	20745	2377	1993	1242	276	3	48.12	48.88	3.01
Pike	4101	2893	1208	1685	R							70.54	29.46	0.00
Potter	5401	3672	1729	1943	R							67.99	32.01	0.00
Schuylkill	73492	44176	28194	15982	R	842	170	88	13	9		60.11	38.36	1.53
Snyder	6671	5181	1490	3691	R							77.66	22.34	0.00
Somerset	22978	13910	8727	5183	R	252	20	53	6	10		60.54	37.98	1.48
Sullivan	2862	1752	1084	668	R	13	6	4	1	2		61.22	37.88	0.91
Susquehanna	11716	7945	3621	4324	R	85	11	45	1	8		67.81	30.91	1.28
Tioga	13002	10016	2986	7030	R							77.03	22.97	0.00
Union	6587	5058	1442	3616	R	29	28	26		4		76.79	21.89	1.32
Venango	17536	11920	5144	6776	R	44	21	403	1	3		67.97	29.33	2.69
Warren	12814	8378	4103	4275	R	52	34	237	3	6	1	65.38	32.02	2.60
Washington	75166	26860	46327	-19467	D	1688	79	185	12	15		35.73	61.63	2.63
Wayne	9992	7708	2284	5424	R							77.14	22.86	0.00
Westmoreland	106814	41709	61901	-20192	D	2585	275	238	14	92		39.05	57.95	3.00
Wyoming	6127	4332	1674	2658	R	63	13	42	1	2		70.70	27.32	1.97
York	68678	32494	33321	-827	D	2555	78	209	8	6	7	47.31	48.52	4.17

Source: The Pennsylvania Manual, 1949, p. 103.
(Revised 26 November 1998)

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