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Parents > United States > Iowa > President
Parent RaceUS President National Vote
OfficePresident
HonorificPresident - Abbr: President
Type General Election
Filing Deadline June 01, 1948 - 12:00pm Central
Polls Open November 02, 1948 - 06:00am Central
Polls Close November 02, 1948 - 11:00pm Central
Term Start January 20, 1949 - 12:00pm
Term End January 20, 1953 - 12:00pm
ContributorBarack O-blame-a
Last ModifiedRBH March 11, 2022 05:16pm
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Description
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyRepublican Won11/07/1944
NameThomas E. Dewey Votes547,267 (51.99%)
Term01/20/1945 - 01/20/1949 Margin47,391 (+4.50%)
NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyRepublican Won11/04/1952
NameDwight D. Eisenhower Votes808,906 (63.75%)
Term01/20/1953 - 01/20/1957 Margin357,393 (+28.17%)
PRIMARY/OTHER SCHEDULE
MATCHUP POLL GRAPH
Poll Graph

10/26/1948 10/29/1948

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Name (I) President Harry S. Truman Gov. Thomas E. Dewey Secretary of Commerce Henry A. Wallace Edward A. Teichert Claude A. Watson Party Leader Norman M. Thomas Farrell Dobbs
PartyDemocratic Republican Progressive Socialist Labor Prohibition Socialist Socialist Workers
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Certified Votes 522,380 (50.31%) 494,018 (47.58%) 12,125 (1.17%) 4,274 (0.41%) 3,382 (0.33%) 1,829 (0.18%) 256 (0.03%)
Margin0 (0.00%) -28,362 (-2.73%) -510,255 (-49.15%) -518,106 (-49.90%) -518,998 (-49.99%) -520,551 (-50.14%) -522,124 (-50.29%)
Predict Avg.0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
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MATCHUP POLLS (1 from 1 pollsters)
Adj Poll Avg45.65%-- 51.12%-- 2.02%-- 0.00%-- 0.00%-- 0.00%-- 0.00%--
Gallup 
10/26/48-10/29/48		 43.00% -- 54.00% -- 3.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
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  Des Moines Register
D Fred W. Stover 🔗


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