1948 United States presidential election in Illinois
Results

1948 United States presidential election in Illinois

Section Title: Results
Table Section Text: None

Party	Candidate	Votes	%

Democratic	Harry S. Truman (inc.)	1,994,715	50.07%

Republican	Thomas Dewey	1,961,103	49.22%

Prohibition	Claude A. Watson	11,959	0.30%

Socialist	Norman Thomas	11,522	0.29%

Write-in	4,747	0.12%

Total votes	3,984,046	100%

Sentence(s)

1948 United States presidential election in Illinois was won by incumbent Harry S. Truman (D) with 50.07% of the votes, against Thomas Dewey (R) with 49.22% of the votes.

final_sentence: 1948 United States presidential election in Illinois was won by incumbent Harry S. Truman (D) with 50.07% of the votes, against Thomas Dewey (R) with 49.22% of the votes.