The 1948 United States presidential election in New Hampshire took place on November 2, 1948, as part of the 1948 United States presidential election, held throughout all contemporary 48 states. Voters chose four representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

New Hampshire was won by the Republican nominees, former Governor Thomas E. Dewey of New York and his running mate Governor Earl Warren of California. Dewey and Warren defeated the Democratic nominees, incumbent President Harry S. Truman of Missouri and his running mate Senator Alben W. Barkley of Kentucky. Also in the running was the Progressive Party candidate, former Democratic Vice President Henry A. Wallace, who ran with former Senator Glen H. Taylor of Idaho.

Dewey took 52.41% of the vote to Truman's 46.66%, a margin of 5.75%. Wallace came in a distant third, with 0.85%.

Dewey won seven counties to Truman's three; however, the race was kept close statewide by Truman's victories in the state's more populous counties.

Since Franklin D. Roosevelt won them in 1932, the counties of Hillsborough County, Strafford County, and Coos County had become reliable New Deal Democratic base counties, voting for Roosevelt all four times. Truman's most significant victory was winning a majority in populous Hillsborough County, home to Manchester and Nashua, which had been a reliable Democratic bastion since voting for Democrat Al Smith in 1928.

Carroll County had long been the most Republican county in New Hampshire, voting 60% against FDR all four times, and would vote over 70% for Thomas E. Dewey.

As Truman narrowly won an upset victory over Dewey nationally, New Hampshire's result would make the state about ten percentage points more Republican than the national average. Dewey's 52.41% of the popular vote made New Hampshire his fifth strongest state after Vermont, Maine, Nebraska and Kansas.

Results 1948 United States presidential election in New HampshirePartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes Republican Thomas E. Dewey 121,299 52.41% 4 Democratic Harry S. Truman (incumbent) 107,995 46.66% 0 Progressive Henry A. Wallace 1,970 0.85% 0 Socialist Norman Thomas 86 0.04% 0 Socialist Labor Edward A. Teichert 83 0.04% 0 Dixiecrat (write-in) Strom Thurmond (write-in) 7 0.00% 0 Totals 231,440 100.00% 4

Results by county County Thomas E. DeweyRepublican Harry S. TrumanDemocratic Henry A. WallaceProgressive Various candidatesOther parties Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % # % # % # Belknap 7,152 64.79% 3,822 34.62% 53 0.48% 12 0.11% 3,330 30.17% 11,039 Carroll 6,127 76.11% 1,869 23.22% 48 0.60% 6 0.07% 4,258 52.89% 8,050 Cheshire 9,043 58.32% 6,337 40.87% 116 0.75% 10 0.06% 2,706 17.45% 15,506 Coös 7,005 46.19% 7,930 52.29% 221 1.46% 9 0.06% -925 -6.10% 15,165 Grafton 12,248 63.52% 6,841 35.48% 154 0.80% 38 0.20% 5,407 28.04% 19,281 Hillsborough 28,257 39.95% 41,789 59.07% 647 0.91% 46 0.07% -13,532 -19.12% 70,739 Merrimack 16,586 59.37% 11,171 39.99% 161 0.58% 17 0.06% 5,415 19.38% 27,935 Rockingham 18,890 60.68% 11,937 38.35% 292 0.94% 9 0.03% 6,953 22.33% 31,128 Strafford 9,988 45.87% 11,603 53.29% 179 0.82% 3 0.01% -1,615 -7.42% 21,773 Sullivan 6,003 55.50% 4,696 43.41% 99 0.92% 19 0.18% 1,307 12.09% 10,817Totals121,29952.41%107,99546.66%1,9700.85%1760.08%13,3045.75%231,440

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Sullivan

See also Presidency of Harry S. Truman United States presidential elections in New Hampshire

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