1948 United States presidential election in Illinois explained

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The 1948 United States presidential election in Illinois took place on November 2, 1948, as part of the 1948 United States presidential election. State voters chose 28^[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Illinois was won by incumbent President Harry S. Truman (D–Missouri), running with Senator Alben W. Barkley, with 50.07% of the popular vote, against Governor Thomas Dewey (R–New York), running with Governor Earl Warren, with 49.22% of the popular vote.^{[3] [4]}

Primaries

The primaries and general elections coincided with those for other federal offices (Senate and House), as well as those for state offices.^[5]

Turnout

The total vote in the state-run primary elections (Democratic and Republican) was 354,254.^[5]

The total vote in the general election was 3,984,046.^[5] Both major parties held non-binding state-run preferential primaries on April 13.^[5]

Democratic

The 1948 Illinois Democratic presidential primary was held on April 13, 1948, in the U.S. state of Illinois as one of the Democratic Party's state primaries ahead of the 1948 presidential election.

The popular vote was a non-binding "beauty contest". Delegates were instead elected by direct votes by congressional district on delegate candidates.^[5]

Incumbent president Harry S. Truman won the state's Democratic primary by a large margin.

While on the ballot in Illinois, neither Dwight D. Eisenhower nor Scott W. Lucas were declared candidates.

1948 Illinois Democratic presidential primary! style="text-align:left;"

Candidate	Votes	%
Harry S. Truman	16,299	82.12
Dwight D. Eisenhower	1,609	8.11
Scott W. Lucas	427	2.15
Write-ins	1,513	7.62
Total	19,848	100

Republican

The 1948 Illinois Republican presidential primary was held on April 13, 1948, in the U.S. state of Illinois as one of the Republican Party's state primaries ahead of the 1948 presidential election.

The preference vote was a "beauty contest". Delegates were instead selected by direct-vote in each congressional districts on delegate candidates.^[5]

Illinois businessman Riley A. Bender appeared only on Illinois' primary ballot, running as a favorite son. He won the primary.

1948 Illinois Republican presidential primary^[6] ! style="text-align:left;"

Candidate	Votes	%
Riley A. Bender	324,029	96.90
Douglas A. MacArthur	6,672	2.00
Harold E. Stassen	1,572	0.47
Thomas E. Dewey	953	0.29
Robert A. Taft	705	0.21
Write-ins	475	0.14
Total	334,406	100

Results

Results by county

County	Harry S. Truman Democratic		Thomas E. Dewey Republican		Various candidates Other parties		Margin		Total votes cast[7]
	data-sort-type="number"		data-sort-type="number"	%	data-sort-type="number"		data-sort-type="number"	%		data-sort-type="number"		data-sort-type="number"	%	data-sort-type="number"		data-sort-type="number"	%
	Adams		14,960		50.81%		14,329		48.67%		152		0.52%		631		2.14%		29,441
	Alexander		4,641		49.91%		4,561		49.05%		96		1.03%		80		0.86%		9,298
	Bond		2,837		43.76%		3,438		53.03%		208		3.21%		-601		-9.27%		6,483
	Boone		1,941		28.20%		4,916		71.43%		25		0.36%		-2,975		-43.23%		6,882
	Brown		1,805		53.26%		1,562		46.09%		22		0.65%		243		7.17%		3,389
	Bureau		6,463		36.42%		11,207		63.15%		78		0.44%		-4,744		-26.73%		17,748
	Calhoun		1,377		47.11%		1,526		52.21%		20		0.68%		-149		-5.10%		2,923
	Carroll		2,809		34.30%		5,318		64.94%		62		0.76%		-2,509		-30.64%		8,189
	Cass		3,776		52.32%		3,391		46.99%		50		0.69%		385		5.33%		7,217
	Champaign		11,572		36.78%		19,156		60.88%		737		2.34%		-7,584		-24.10%		31,465
	Christian		9,366		54.89%		7,576		44.40%		120		0.70%		1,790		10.49%		17,062
	Clark		3,714		44.73%		4,477		53.92%		112		1.35%		-763		-9.19%		8,303
	Clay		3,160		44.46%		3,782		53.21%		166		2.34%		-622		-8.75%		7,108
	Clinton		4,773		47.91%		5,128		51.47%		62		0.62%		-355		-3.56%		9,963
	Coles		8,393		49.13%		8,638		50.56%		53		0.31%		-245		-1.43%		17,084
	Cook		1,216,636		54.17%		1,015,800		45.23%		13,463		0.60%		200,836		8.94%		2,245,899
	Crawford		4,150		44.32%		5,111		54.58%		103		1.10%		-961		-10.26%		9,364
	Cumberland		2,353		48.70%		2,451		50.72%		28		0.58%		-98		-2.02%		4,832
	DeKalb		5,082		30.68%		11,380		68.69%		105		0.63%		-6,298		-38.01%		16,567
	DeWitt		3,290		43.79%		4,178		55.61%		45		0.60%		-888		-11.82%		7,513
	Douglas		2,893		40.58%		4,181		58.65%		55		0.77%		-1,288		-18.07%		7,129
	DuPage		15,528		24.95%		45,794		73.58%		916		1.47%		-30,266		-48.63%		62,238
	Edgar		5,121		44.65%		6,282		54.77%		67		0.58%		-1,161		-10.12%		11,470
	Edwards		1,206		31.99%		2,491		66.07%		73		1.94%		-1,285		-34.08%		3,770
	Effingham		4,940		50.11%		4,823		48.92%		96		0.97%		117		1.19%		9,859
	Fayette		5,771		49.72%		5,717		49.25%		120		1.03%		54		0.47%		11,608
	Ford		2,079		29.64%		4,903		69.89%		33		0.47%		-2,824		-40.25%		7,015
	Franklin		11,750		54.79%		9,407		43.87%		287		1.34%		2,343		10.92%		21,444
	Fulton		8,226		45.87%		9,504		53.00%		203		1.13%		-1,278		-7.13%		17,933
	Gallatin		2,385		56.79%		1,789		42.60%		26		0.62%		596		14.19%		4,200
	Greene		4,035		52.22%		3,639		47.09%		53		0.69%		396		5.13%		7,727
	Grundy		3,255		35.23%		5,954		64.44%		31		0.34%		-2,699		-29.21%		9,240
	Hamilton		2,750		48.51%		2,887		50.93%		32		0.56%		-137		-2.42%		5,669
	Hancock		5,559		43.50%		7,098		55.54%		122		0.95%		-1,539		-12.04%		12,779
	Hardin		1,358		43.99%		1,713		55.49%		16		0.52%		-355		-11.50%		3,087
	Henderson		1,465		38.17%		2,336		60.87%		37		0.96%		-871		-22.70%		3,838
	Henry		8,489		40.40%		12,363		58.84%		159		0.76%		-3,874		-18.44%		21,011
	Iroquois		4,823		34.45%		9,051		64.65%		127		0.91%		-4,228		-30.20%		14,001
	Jackson		6,939		45.04%		8,288		53.79%		181		1.17%		-1,349		-8.75%		15,408
	Jasper		2,936		49.40%		2,957		49.76%		50		0.84%		-21		-0.36%		5,943
	Jefferson		8,928		54.70%		7,393		45.30%		0		0.00%		1,535		9.40%		16,321
	Jersey		3,092		50.37%		3,021		49.21%		26		0.42%		71		1.16%		6,139
	Jo Daviess		3,220		37.57%		5,299		61.83%		51		0.60%		-2,079		-24.26%		8,570
	Johnson		1,510		35.04%		2,778		64.47%		21		0.49%		-1,268		-29.43%		4,309
	Kane		21,176		34.72%		39,284		64.41%		532		0.87%		-18,108		-29.69%		60,992
	Kankakee		11,305		41.56%		15,699		57.71%		197		0.72%		-4,394		-16.15%		27,201
	Kendall		1,517		27.74%		3,925		71.77%		27		0.49%		-2,408		-44.03%		5,469
	Knox		9,772		39.16%		15,016		60.18%		164		0.66%		-5,244		-21.02%		24,952
	Lake		22,192		35.58%		39,456		63.26%		720		1.15%		-17,264		-27.68%		62,368
	LaSalle		19,666		44.25%		24,453		55.02%		321		0.72%		-4,787		-10.77%		44,440
	Lawrence		4,391		48.48%		4,472		49.38%		194		2.14%		-81		-0.90%		9,057
	Lee		4,368		32.50%		9,001		66.97%		72		0.54%		-4,633		-34.47%		13,441
	Livingston		5,618		33.29%		11,184		66.27%		74		0.44%		-5,566		-32.98%		16,876
	Logan		4,832		39.25%		7,431		60.36%		49		0.40%		-2,599		-21.11%		12,312
	Macon		21,487		53.11%		18,719		46.27%		250		0.62%		2,768		6.84%		40,456
	Macoupin		11,742		52.66%		10,198		45.74%		358		1.61%		1,544		6.92%		22,298
	Madison		40,897		61.68%		25,059		37.79%		350		0.53%		15,838		23.89%		66,306
	Marion		8,878		52.58%		7,798		46.19%		208		1.23%		1,080		6.39%		16,884
	Marshall		2,514		39.79%		3,785		59.91%		19		0.30%		-1,271		-20.12%		6,318
	Mason		3,503		49.52%		3,525		49.83%		46		0.65%		-22		-0.31%		7,074
	Massac		1,842		35.94%		3,201		62.46%		82		1.60%		-1,359		-26.52%		5,125
	McDonough		4,206		33.99%		8,058		65.13%		109		0.88%		-3,852		-31.14%		12,373
	McHenry		5,459		26.06%		15,387		73.45%		103		0.49%		-9,928		-47.39%		20,949
	McLean		12,904		40.94%		18,430		58.48%		183		0.58%		-5,526		-17.54%		31,517
	Menard		2,043		41.12%		2,899		58.35%		26		0.52%		-856		-17.23%		4,968
	Mercer		3,117		37.02%		5,267		62.55%		36		0.43%		-2,150		-25.53%		8,420
	Monroe		2,026		37.30%		3,403		62.65%		3		0.06%		-1,377		-25.35%		5,432
	Montgomery		7,902		48.02%		8,348		50.73%		205		1.25%		-446		-2.71%		16,455
	Morgan		6,798		44.56%		8,398		55.05%		59		0.39%		-1,600		-10.49%		15,255
	Moultrie		3,037		49.29%		3,043		49.39%		81		1.31%		-6		-0.10%		6,161
	Ogle		3,796		28.37%		9,519		71.15%		63		0.47%		-5,723		-42.78%		13,378
	Peoria		31,026		46.76%		35,018		52.78%		308		0.46%		-3,992		-6.02%		66,352
	Perry		5,043		49.32%		5,109		49.96%		74		0.72%		-66		-0.64%		10,226
	Piatt		2,361		38.93%		3,646		60.13%		57		0.94%		-1,285		-21.20%		6,064
	Pike		5,674		54.07%		4,722		45.00%		98		0.93%		952		9.07%		10,494
	Pope		916		33.98%		1,764		65.43%		16		0.59%		-848		-31.45%		2,696
	Pulaski		2,344		46.57%		2,658		52.81%		31		0.62%		-314		-6.24%		5,033
	Putnam		905		38.74%		1,405		60.15%		26		1.11%		-500		-21.41%		2,336
	Randolph		6,852		49.72%		6,867		49.83%		62		0.45%		-15		-0.11%		13,781
	Richland		2,438		38.02%		3,884		60.56%		91		1.42%		-1,446		-22.54%		6,413
	Rock Island		24,542		51.98%		22,192		47.01%		477		1.01%		2,350		4.97%		47,211
	Saline		7,718		49.84%		7,676		49.57%		91		0.59%		42		0.27%		15,485
	Sangamon		29,196		46.14%		33,714		53.28%		363		0.57%		-4,518		-7.14%		63,273
	Schuyler		2,464		48.56%		2,519		49.65%		91		1.79%		-55		-1.09%		5,074
	Scott		1,735		48.36%		1,840		51.28%		13		0.36%		-105		-2.92%		3,588
	Shelby		5,589		50.68%		5,282		47.89%		158		1.43%		307		2.79%		11,029
	St. Clair		54,260		63.38%		30,883		36.07%		474		0.55%		23,377		27.31%		85,617
	Stark		1,163		31.37%		2,537		68.44%		7		0.19%		-1,374		-37.07%		3,707
	Stephenson		7,409		40.88%		10,564		58.29%		149		0.82%		-3,155		-17.41%		18,122
	Tazewell		14,131		52.77%		12,504		46.70%		143		0.53%		1,627		6.07%		26,778
	Union		4,479		53.33%		3,864		46.01%		55		0.65%		615		7.32%		8,398
	Vermilion		16,173		45.37%		18,994		53.29%		479		1.34%		-2,821		-7.92%		35,646
	Wabash		2,857		48.44%		2,916		49.44%		125		2.12%		-59		-1.00%		5,898
	Warren		3,367		33.08%		6,738		66.20%		74		0.73%		-3,371		-33.12%		10,179
	Washington		2,737		37.34%		4,544		61.99%		49		0.67%		-1,807		-24.65%		7,330
	Wayne		4,070		44.66%		4,984		54.69%		60		0.66%		-914		-10.03%		9,114
	White		4,761		50.99%		4,498		48.17%		79		0.85%		263		2.82%		9,338
	Whiteside		5,299		28.84%		12,922		70.32%		154		0.84%		-7,623		-41.48%		18,375
	Will		26,430		47.51%		28,601		51.41%		597		1.07%		-2,171		-3.90%		55,628
	Williamson		9,841		48.34%		10,386		51.02%		130		0.64%		-545		-2.68%		20,357
	Winnebago		27,145		47.36%		29,537		51.54%		631		1.10%		-2,392		-4.18%		57,313
	Woodford		3,446		37.15%		5,784		62.35%		46		0.50%		-2,338		-25.20%		9,276
Totals	1,994,715	50.07%	1,961,103	49.22%	28,228	0.71%	33,612	0.85%	3,984,046

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

• • • • • • • Adams Alexander Effingham Fayette Jersey Saline Shelby
• White

See also

• United States presidential elections in Illinois

Notes and References

1. Web site: United States Presidential election of 1948 - Encyclopædia Britannica. October 26, 2017.
2. Web site: 1948 Election for the Forty-First Term (1949-53). October 26, 2017.
3. Web site: 1948 Presidential General Election Results - Illinois. October 26, 2017.
4. Web site: The American Presidency Project - Election of 1948. October 26, 2017.
5. Web site: OFFICIAL VOTE of the STATE OF ILLINOIS Cast at the General Election, November 2, 1948 Judicial elections, 1947–1948, • Primary Election General Primary, April 13, 1948. Illinois State Board of Elections. 11 July 2020.
6. Book: Illinois Blue Book 1947-1948. Illinois Secretary of State . 747 . 29 March 2020.
7. Our Campaigns; IL US President Race, November 02, 1948