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1948 United States presidential election

← 1944 November 2, 1948 1952 →

682 members of the Electoral College
342 electoral votes needed to win
Turnout53.0%[1] Decrease 2.9 pp
 
Nominee Harry S. Truman Thomas E. Dewey
Party Democratic Republican
Home state Missouri New York
Running mate Alben W. Barkley Earl Warren
Electoral vote 369 236
States carried 26 16
Popular vote 23,477,707 21,561,863
Percentage 48.12% 44.19%

 
Nominee Strom Thurmond Henry A. Wallace
Party Dixiecrat Progressive
Home state South Carolina Iowa
Running mate Fielding Wright Glen H. Taylor
Electoral vote 77 0
States carried 6 0
Popular vote 1,664,632 1,941,982
Percentage 3.41% 3.98%

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Presidential election results map. Blue denotes states won by Truman/Barkley, red denotes those won by Dewey/Warren, light blue denotes those won by Thurmond/Wright, including a Tennessee faithless elector. Numbers indicate the number of electoral votes allotted to each state.

President before election

Harry S. Truman
Democratic

Elected President

Harry S. Truman
Democratic

1988 United States presidential election

← 1984 November 8, 1988 1992 →

All 982 electoral votes of the Electoral College
492 electoral votes needed to win
 
Nominee George H. W. Bush Michael Dukakis Todd Robinson
Party Republican Democratic Independent (United States)
Home state Texas Massachusetts Minnesota
Running mate Dan Quayle Lloyd Bentsen Buddy Roemer
Electoral vote 672 237 90
States carried 33 11 + DC 6
Popular vote 33,065,681 30,959,003 27,020,432
Percentage 36.1% 33.8% 29.5%

President before election

Ronald Reagan
Republican

Elected President

George H. W. Bush
Republican

This accounts for all the details on all the elections for my story, Longest Novel

Popular vote 1948
Truman
47.85%
Dewey
44.19%
Wallace
3.98%
Thurmond
3.37%
Others
0.61%

Thurmond gains 0.96 in PV from real life

Wallace gains 1.61 in PV from real life

In this universe, Wallace DOES beat Thurmond, in the PV

Electoral vote 1948
Truman
54.11%
Dewey
34.60%
Thurmond
11.29%

369 Truman, 236 Dewey, 77 Thurmond (Thurmond picks up AR, and GA from real life due to picking up the democratic nominations there as well as LA, AL, MS, and SC)

Popular vote 1988
Bush
36.1%
Dukakis
33.8%
Robinson
29.5%
Electoral vote 1988
Bush
68.43%
Dukakis
24.13%
Robinson
9.16%

Bush loses AZ, LA, CO, MS, IL, AL and MT from real life

Dukakis Gains AZ, IL and CO from real life, loses MN and WI

Robinson wins MN, LA, MT, MS, WI, and AL

1988 represents the last time to date that Arizona has voted for the Democratic candidate, although Clinton got close in 92 and 96, as well as Biden in 20

  1. ^ "Voter Turnout in Presidential Elections". The American Presidency Project. UC Santa Barbara.