1948 United States presidential election in West Virginia explained

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

West Virginia was won by incumbent President Harry S. Truman (D–Missouri), running with Kentucky Senator Alben W. Barkley, with 57.32 percent of the popular vote, against Governor Thomas E. Dewey (R–New York), running with Governor Earl Warren, with 42.24 percent of the popular vote.^{[3] [4]}

The Progressive Party submitted 10,189 signatures, greater than the 7,155 required, and enough were validated to appear on the ballot. Their candidate in the concurrent gubernatorial election was removed from the ballot by a court ruling.

Results

Results by county

1948 United States presidential election in West Virginia by county^[5]

County	Democratic		Republican		Progressive		Margin
	data-sort-type="number" width="10%"		data-sort-type="number" width="10%"	%	data-sort-type="number"		data-sort-type="number"	%		data-sort-type="number"		data-sort-type="number"	%	data-sort-type="number"		data-sort-type="number"	%
	Barbour		4,238		52.32%		3,834		47.33%		28		0.35%		404		4.99%		8,100
	Berkeley		6,797		52.80%		6,042		46.94%		34		0.26%		755		5.86%		12,873
	Boone		6,769		69.81%		2,909		30.00%		19		0.20%		3,860		39.81%		9,697
	Braxton		4,287		59.89%		2,864		40.01%		7		0.10%		1,423		19.88%		7,158
	Brooke		6,680		63.55%		3,718		35.37%		114		1.08%		2,962		28.18%		10,512
	Cabell		23,680		55.84%		18,599		43.86%		131		0.31%		5,081		11.98%		42,410
	Calhoun		2,126		57.76%		1,549		42.08%		6		0.16%		577		15.68%		3,681
	Clay		2,978		55.64%		2,366		44.21%		8		0.15%		612		11.43%		5,352
	Doddridge		1,166		32.40%		2,433		67.60%		0		0.00%		-1,267		-35.20%		3,599
	Fayette		21,707		74.14%		7,451		25.45%		120		0.41%		14,256		48.69%		29,278
	Gilmer		2,355		62.37%		1,421		37.63%		0		0.00%		934		24.74%		3,776
	Grant		664		19.06%		2,816		80.83%		4		0.11%		-2,152		-61.77%		3,484
	Greenbrier		7,598		60.48%		4,935		39.29%		29		0.23%		2,663		21.20%		12,562
	Hampshire		2,357		63.39%		1,351		36.34%		10		0.27%		1,006		27.06%		3,718
	Hancock		8,242		63.53%		4,561		35.16%		170		1.31%		3,681		28.37%		12,973
	Hardy		2,435		62.79%		1,433		36.95%		10		0.26%		1,002		25.84%		3,878
	Harrison		21,109		59.03%		14,534		40.65%		114		0.32%		6,575		18.39%		35,757
	Jackson		2,639		38.12%		4,277		61.78%		7		0.10%		-1,638		-23.66%		6,923
	Jefferson		3,797		63.19%		2,199		36.60%		13		0.22%		1,598		26.59%		6,009
	Kanawha		53,213		56.19%		41,144		43.45%		338		0.36%		12,069		12.75%		94,695
	Lewis		3,477		41.69%		4,829		57.89%		35		0.42%		-1,352		-16.21%		8,341
	Lincoln		4,433		52.07%		4,065		47.74%		16		0.19%		368		4.32%		8,514
	Logan		16,121		68.43%		7,362		31.25%		76		0.32%		8,759		37.18%		23,559
	Marion		19,866		63.35%		11,201		35.72%		290		0.92%		8,665		27.63%		31,357
	Marshall		7,989		52.83%		6,986		46.20%		147		0.97%		1,003		6.63%		15,122
	Mason		4,038		42.55%		5,453		57.45%		0		0.00%		-1,415		-14.91%		9,491
	McDowell		21,545		68.46%		9,687		30.78%		240		0.76%		11,858		37.68%		31,472
	Mercer		15,201		59.97%		10,065		39.71%		82		0.32%		5,136		20.26%		25,348
	Mineral		4,586		50.98%		4,382		48.71%		28		0.31%		204		2.27%		8,996
	Mingo		10,362		67.76%		4,896		32.02%		34		0.22%		5,466		35.74%		15,292
	Monongalia		12,138		55.98%		9,329		43.02%		216		1.00%		2,809		12.95%		21,683
	Monroe		2,632		47.10%		2,956		52.90%		0		0.00%		-324		-5.80%		5,588
	Morgan		1,104		33.79%		2,159		66.09%		4		0.12%		-1,055		-32.29%		3,267
	Nicholas		5,018		59.51%		3,391		40.22%		23		0.27%		1,627		19.30%		8,432
	Ohio		16,995		51.27%		15,757		47.54%		395		1.19%		1,238		3.73%		33,147
	Pendleton		1,944		54.87%		1,592		44.93%		7		0.20%		352		9.94%		3,543
	Pleasants		1,536		49.56%		1,548		49.95%		15		0.48%		-12		-0.39%		3,099
	Pocahontas		2,754		53.66%		2,373		46.24%		5		0.10%		381		7.42%		5,132
	Preston		3,527		36.75%		6,020		62.73%		49		0.51%		-2,493		-25.98%		9,596
	Putnam		4,426		54.21%		3,722		45.59%		16		0.20%		704		8.62%		8,164
	Raleigh		19,697		65.09%		10,414		34.42%		148		0.49%		9,283		30.68%		30,259
	Randolph		6,586		63.25%		3,802		36.52%		24		0.23%		2,784		26.74%		10,412
	Ritchie		1,712		32.03%		3,619		67.71%		14		0.26%		-1,907		-35.68%		5,345
	Roane		3,684		46.59%		4,213		53.28%		11		0.14%		-529		-6.69%		7,908
	Summers		4,630		62.47%		2,782		37.53%		0		0.00%		1,848		24.93%		7,412
	Taylor		3,888		49.40%		3,948		50.16%		35		0.44%		-60		-0.76%		7,871
	Tucker		2,557		54.49%		2,102		44.79%		34		0.72%		455		9.70%		4,693
	Tyler		1,579		33.22%		3,160		66.48%		14		0.29%		-1,581		-33.26%		4,753
	Upshur		2,323		31.31%		5,068		68.31%		28		0.38%		-2,745		-37.00%		7,419
	Wayne		7,618		63.32%		4,394		36.52%		19		0.16%		3,224		26.80%		12,031
	Webster		3,726		70.74%		1,527		28.99%		14		0.27%		2,199		41.75%		5,267
	Wetzel		4,477		57.18%		3,326		42.48%		26		0.33%		1,151		14.70%		7,829
	Wirt		1,233		48.70%		1,291		50.99%		8		0.32%		-58		-2.29%		2,532
	Wood		14,224		49.92%		14,198		49.83%		71		0.25%		26		0.09%		28,493
	Wyoming		6,725		61.43%		4,198		38.34%		25		0.23%		2,527		23.08%		10,948
Totals	429,188	57.32%	316,251	42.24%	3,311	0.44%	112,937	15.08%	748,750

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

• Barbour
• Berkeley
• Lincoln
• Marshall
• Mineral
• Putnam
• Wood

See also

United States presidential elections in West Virginia

Works cited

• Book: Schmidt, Karl . Henry A. Wallace: Quixotic Crusade 1948 . . 1960 .

Notes and References

1. Web site: United States Presidential election of 1948 — Encyclopædia Britannica. December 19, 2017.
2. Web site: 1948 Election for the Forty-First Term (1949–53). December 19, 2017.
3. Web site: 1948 Presidential General Election Results — West Virginia. December 19, 2017.
4. Web site: The American Presidency Project — Election of 1948. December 19, 2017.
5. Web site: Géoelections. 1948 Presidential Election Popular Vote. (.xlsx file for €15)