North Carolina 1948 Presidential Election

the Democratic candidate won the North Carolina 1948 presidential election with 459,070 votes (58.0%), a margin of D+25.3. North Carolina's 16 electoral votes went to the Democratic ticket.

Statewide Results

58.0%

32.7%

459,070

Democrat (58.0%)

258,572

Republican (32.7%)

Total Votes: 791,209|Margin: D+25.3

County Results

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County Results (100 counties)

County	Margin	1980 Pres	1984 Pres	Total Votes	Swing
Greene County	D+94.1	D+12.0	R+7.1	2,786	D+2.7%
Bertie County	D+93.0	D+38.5	D+15.6	3,170	D+0.6%
Martin County	D+92.2	D+29.5	R+4.9	4,853	R+2.0%
Northampton County	D+87.6	D+45.0	D+22.8	3,896	R+3.0%
Franklin County	D+86.8	D+21.1	R+11.3	4,957	D+0.4%
Pitt County	D+83.1	R+0.9	R+16.9	9,522	R+5.9%
Edgecombe County	D+83.1	D+14.4	D+4.5	7,142	R+4.5%
Hertford County	D+80.8	D+37.1	D+17.2	2,438	R+7.5%
Nash County	D+80.5	R+14.6	R+33.6	8,576	D+1.3%
Lenoir County	D+80.2	R+12.9	R+21.7	6,150	R+0.8%
Jones County	D+80.0	D+22.0	R+0.9	1,406	D+9.5%
Halifax County	D+79.7	D+15.9	D+2.5	7,109	R+8.4%
Onslow County	D+79.0	R+8.9	R+41.7	3,799	D+6.6%
Warren County	D+78.8	D+39.9	D+19.4	2,771	R+3.4%
Gates County	D+78.7	D+42.6	D+13.5	1,080	D+3.0%
Granville County	D+77.1	D+22.1	R+9.4	4,121	R+4.5%
Wilson County	D+76.7	R+1.7	R+18.9	6,966	R+2.1%
Chowan County	D+74.3	D+19.7	R+11.1	1,274	R+3.3%
Currituck County	D+74.1	D+8.2	R+26.7	1,368	D+10.2%
Hoke County	D+72.2	D+47.7	D+13.5	1,659	R+11.4%
Person County	D+69.5	D+11.0	R+24.8	3,752	D+8.5%
Craven County	D+68.4	R+4.6	R+28.3	6,278	R+2.6%
Vance County	D+67.6	D+12.3	R+7.5	4,627	R+9.6%
Perquimans County	D+67.4	D+12.3	R+14.7	1,060	D+10.8%
Duplin County	D+67.1	D+16.2	R+6.0	7,220	D+8.7%
Robeson County	D+65.9	D+42.5	D+8.2	9,133	R+7.5%
Washington County	D+65.2	D+21.1	D+6.5	2,057	D+8.9%
Anson County	D+60.5	D+42.4	D+14.8	3,711	R+14.6%
Beaufort County	D+60.0	R+5.7	R+21.5	6,030	R+1.2%
Columbus County	D+59.8	D+29.4	R+2.4	7,369	D+2.5%
Bladen County	D+59.6	D+37.6	D+3.7	3,914	D+4.2%
Richmond County	D+57.7	D+30.2	D+4.8	6,082	R+12.7%
Camden County	D+57.6	D+19.1	R+8.8	779	R+0.2%
Scotland County	D+56.7	D+34.1	R+0.6	2,819	R+20.7%
Hyde County	D+55.7	D+20.0	R+8.7	1,052	D+7.5%
Lee County	D+54.3	D+5.5	R+35.2	4,348	R+7.7%
Caswell County	D+54.2	D+23.8	D+2.0	2,399	R+5.1%
Wake County	D+53.6	R+0.7	R+23.5	24,423	R+10.2%
Wayne County	D+53.3	R+14.3	R+28.4	8,348	D+0.4%
Union County	D+51.9	D+5.4	R+41.0	5,144	R+15.6%
Harnett County	D+51.9	D+9.2	R+22.3	8,916	D+17.2%
Pender County	D+48.2	D+18.1	R+7.7	2,138	R+11.2%
Johnston County	D+46.0	R+4.1	R+34.8	12,997	D+15.6%
Haywood County	D+45.7	D+14.9	R+12.1	10,266	D+0.4%
Rockingham County	D+45.2	D+2.1	R+25.5	12,415	R+3.4%
Cleveland County	D+44.6	D+5.9	R+24.8	9,261	R+6.6%
Pasquotank County	D+43.7	D+10.2	R+9.3	2,916	R+5.7%
Durham County	D+39.7	D+11.9	D+5.0	17,613	R+15.4%
Carteret County	D+38.2	R+8.5	R+32.8	5,160	D+0.2%
Cumberland County	D+35.9	D+1.2	R+16.5	9,062	R+17.4%
Tyrrell County	D+35.6	D+30.7	D+2.1	1,113	R+1.4%
Dare County	D+35.3	R+5.3	R+44.0	1,214	R+22.4%
Pamlico County	D+31.2	D+18.9	R+8.5	2,197	D+2.6%
Orange County	D+29.3	D+20.9	D+13.7	5,843	R+8.8%
Chatham County	D+24.0	D+13.1	R+7.1	5,795	D+1.3%
Jackson County	D+22.1	D+7.7	R+12.2	6,725	D+1.3%
Alamance County	D+20.6	R+8.9	R+39.7	15,380	R+9.2%
Yancey County	D+20.6	D+8.6	R+8.1	5,832	D+4.8%
New Hanover County	D+19.7	R+11.1	R+30.7	11,193	R+34.3%
Surry County	D+18.9	R+5.6	R+29.9	12,253	R+1.2%
Buncombe County	D+18.2	R+2.4	R+23.5	30,851	R+19.7%
Swain County	D+15.4	D+15.1	R+0.3	3,367	R+1.3%
McDowell County	D+15.3	R+9.2	R+30.4	7,152	R+12.6%
Graham County	D+15.2	R+9.8	R+25.4	2,715	R+1.3%
Gaston County	D+14.7	R+13.5	R+46.9	18,968	R+24.4%
Stokes County	D+14.4	R+11.4	R+31.5	7,891	D+4.6%
Rutherford County	D+14.0	R+0.3	R+24.7	11,750	R+8.2%
Polk County	D+11.1	R+11.5	R+30.0	3,991	R+5.4%
Iredell County	D+10.9	R+10.3	R+40.5	12,136	R+15.5%
Moore County	D+9.2	R+11.0	R+35.0	6,750	R+7.2%
Alleghany County	D+9.0	D+4.7	R+12.5	3,241	R+0.5%
Guilford County	D+8.6	R+8.6	R+22.7	35,349	R+20.2%
Mecklenburg County	D+8.5	R+1.0	R+25.6	33,185	R+38.1%
Forsyth County	D+8.3	R+4.2	R+23.3	24,725	R+15.8%
Macon County	D+7.5	R+6.9	R+30.1	5,309	D+1.0%
Rowan County	D+6.9	R+22.2	R+40.6	15,702	R+17.9%
Cabarrus County	D+6.0	R+21.0	R+45.2	12,826	R+30.4%
Montgomery County	D+4.2	D+6.9	R+14.3	4,558	R+11.0%
Ashe County	D+4.0	R+11.5	R+24.4	9,127	D+5.8%
Clay County	D+3.6	R+22.9	R+25.4	2,575	D+4.4%
Brunswick County	D+3.3	D+6.6	R+17.6	4,683	R+4.7%
Cherokee County	D+2.8	R+10.4	R+27.6	5,572	D+3.6%
Transylvania County	D+1.9	R+8.9	R+30.1	6,163	R+12.7%
Caldwell County	D+0.4	R+18.9	R+39.8	10,785	R+10.3%
Sampson County	D+0.3	D+5.6	R+7.8	10,548	D+18.2%
Lincoln County	R+0.8	R+7.1	R+35.5	8,358	R+7.0%
Burke County	R+1.1	R+5.0	R+28.8	13,488	R+8.5%
Catawba County	R+3.1	R+23.8	R+45.7	19,937	R+20.1%
Davidson County	R+3.2	R+21.5	R+45.2	17,314	R+3.2%
Alexander County	R+5.3	R+16.5	R+40.6	4,823	D+7.8%
Watauga County	R+6.4	R+9.4	R+28.9	7,400	D+3.9%
Randolph County	R+11.5	R+31.8	R+54.8	15,682	R+2.2%
Stanly County	R+12.7	R+10.9	R+36.2	11,674	R+7.7%
Madison County	R+13.1	D+9.6	R+10.1	5,995	D+18.3%
Davie County	R+15.4	R+30.5	R+47.6	4,959	D+2.4%
Wilkes County	R+17.0	R+27.2	R+46.2	14,400	D+7.0%
Henderson County	R+17.2	R+27.0	R+45.5	9,632	R+27.6%
Yadkin County	R+26.1	R+31.8	R+48.9	5,934	D+1.9%
Avery County	R+51.4	R+37.7	R+60.2	4,008	D+6.8%
Mitchell County	R+54.9	R+40.8	R+57.2	3,809	R+3.4%

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County Results (100 counties)

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