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Parents > United States > Illinois > President
Parent RaceUS President National Vote
OfficePresident
TypeGeneral Election
Filing Deadline June 01, 1948 - 12:00pm
Polls Open November 02, 1948 - 06:00am
Polls Close November 02, 1948 - 11:00pm
Term Start January 20, 1949 - 12:00pm
Term End January 20, 1953 - 12:00pm
ContributorBarack O-blame-a
Last Modifiedev March 05, 2023 08:50pm
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LAST GENERAL ELECTION
PartyDemocratic Won11/07/1944
NameFranklin D. Roosevelt Votes2,079,479 (51.52%)
Term01/20/1945 - 01/20/1949 Margin140,165 (+3.47%)
PRIMARY/OTHER SCHEDULE
Apr 13, 1948 IL US President - R Primary Riley A. Bender
Apr 13, 1948 IL US President - D Primary Harry S. Truman
COUNTY-LEVEL RESULTS
KEY RACE? 0.0000000000 Average
LEANING PREDICTIONS    Detail
MATCHUP POLL GRAPH

08/00/1948 10/29/1948

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Name (I) Pres. Harry S. Truman Gov. Thomas E. Dewey Claude A. Watson Party Leader Norman M. Thomas Edward A. Teichert (W) Write-In
PartyDemocratic Republican Prohibition Socialist Socialist Labor Nonpartisan
Votes1,994,715 (50.07%) 1,961,103 (49.22%) 11,959 (0.30%) 11,522 (0.29%) 3,118 (0.08%) 1,629 (0.04%)
Margin0 (0.00%) -33,612 (-0.84%) -1,982,756 (-49.77%) -1,983,193 (-49.78%) -1,991,597 (-49.99%) -1,993,086 (-50.03%)
Predict Avg.0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Finances$0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
MATCHUP POLLS
Gallup 
10/26-10/29		 46.00% (+0.0) 54.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Lyons 
09/00-09/00		 44.00% (+6.5) 45.50% (+1.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Lyons 
08/00-08/00		 37.50% (+0.0) 44.50% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
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