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The 1948 United States presidential election in Arkansas took place on November 2, 1948, as part of the 1948 United States presidential election.State voters chose nine [2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Arkansas was the only state in the 1992 presidential election to be won by a majority of the popular vote; [10] Bill Clinton, its governor at the time, won Arkansas with 53.21 percent of the vote. [11] Since Clinton won re-election in 1996, however, the state has voted consistently for the Republican Party. [12]
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.
Why Truman’s 1948 upset is no template for the 2024 U.S. presidential election, according to the expert who wrote the book on polling failure W. Joseph Campbell April 5, 2024 at 10:27 AM
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.
United States presidential election results for Arkansas [1] ... 1948: 50,959 21.02% 149,659 ... The number of elections in Arkansas varies by year, ...
The 1948 Republican National Convention was held from June 21 to June 25, 1948, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. New York Governor Thomas E. Dewey was nominated for president and California Governor Earl Warren was nominated for vice president. [1] Dewey and Warren went on to lose the general election to the Democratic Party's ticket of incumbent ...
The 1948 Arkansas gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 1948. Incumbent Democratic Governor Benjamin Travis Laney did not seek a third term. [1] Democratic nominee Sid McMath defeated Republican nominee Charles R. Black with 89.37% of the vote.