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Wyandot County, presidential election of 1948

Wyandot County

59.26%Thomas E. Dewey (R), the most votes8,182Votes counted for president

Every election in Wyandot County, 1852-2024Ohio in 1948

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What this is

Wyandot County counted 8,182 votes for president across 3 candidates in 1948. The totals are as certified in the sources below, and every figure on this page is one of them.

The count, as certified

Every candidate on the ballot that year, in the order the count puts them.

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Thomas E. DeweyRepublican4,84959.26%
Harry S. TrumanDemocratic3,30840.43%
Henry A. WallaceProgressive250.31%

Turnout: None found in the records checked

This year in context

Worked out from the certified counts for Ohio and its counties. Lean is the Republican share minus the Democratic share.

Ohio that year
Ohio went to Harry S. Truman (Democratic) with 49.48%, a 0.2-point margin over Thomas E. Dewey. The country elected Harry S. Truman.
Against the state
Wyandot County's lean, the Republican share minus the Democratic share, was R+18.8 against Ohio's D+0.2: 19.1 points more Republican than Ohio. It ranked 16th of 88 counties from most Republican to most Democratic.
Since 1944
From 1944 to 1948 the county's lean moved 12.2 points toward the Democrats, from R+31.1 to R+18.8.
Matched
Wyandot County parted from Ohio and did not vote for the national winner.

Every field this record holds

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Where this appears

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Sources

Where the numbers above came from, in the record's own order.

Data from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0: 1948 United States presidential election in Ohio

  1. 1948 United States presidential election in Ohio · Wikipedia · 1948-11-02 · accessed 2026-09-18 · CC BY-SA 4.0

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