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  2. 1948 United States presidential election - Wikipedia

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    Presidential elections were held in the United States on November 2, 1948. Incumbent Democratic President Harry S. Truman defeated heavily favored Republican New York Governor Thomas E. Dewey, and third-party candidates, becoming the third president to succeed to the presidency upon his predecessor's death and be elected to a full term.

  3. 1948 United States elections - Wikipedia

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    The 1948 United States elections were held on November 2, 1948. The election took place during the beginning stages of the Cold War. Democratic incumbent President Harry S. Truman was elected to a full term in an upset, defeating Republican nominee New York Governor Thomas E. Dewey and two erstwhile Democrats.

  4. 1948 United States presidential election in Massachusetts

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    Despite the national race being much closer, Truman in 1948 outperformed any of Roosevelt's four victories in the state of Massachusetts. FDR had never won the state with more than a single-digit margin; Roosevelt's largest margin of victory was by 9.46% in 1936 and he never took a vote share higher than the 53.11% he received in 1940 .

  5. 1948 United States presidential election in New York

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    The presidential election of 1948 was a very multi-partisan election for New York, with more than nine percent of the people who voted doing so for third parties. [2] In typical form for the time, the highly populated urban centers of New York City , Buffalo , and Albany , voted primarily Democratic, while most of the smaller counties in New ...

  6. 1948 United States presidential election in Connecticut

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    The 1948 United States presidential election in Connecticut took place on November 2, 1948, as part of the 1948 United States presidential election. State voters chose eight electors to the Electoral College , which selected the president and vice president .

  7. 1948 United States presidential election in Florida - Wikipedia

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    The 1948 United States presidential election in Florida was held on November 2, 1948. Voters chose eight electors, or representatives to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Harry S. Truman won by 87,708 votes or 15.19 percentage points over his Republican opponent Thomas E. Dewey.

  8. 1948 United States presidential election in Washington (state)

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    The 1948 United States presidential election in Washington 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 .

  9. 1948 United States presidential election in Mississippi

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    The 1948 United States presidential election in Mississippi took place on November 2, 1948, in Mississippi as part of the wider United States presidential election of 1948. The Democratic Party candidate, South Carolina governor Strom Thurmond , overwhelmingly won Mississippi against fellow Democrat, incumbent President Harry S. Truman by a ...