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States with the Smallest Margin of Victory

State		EV	Total Vote	T	D	T	W	%Margin	Margin	Truman	Dewey	Thurmond	Wallace	Other
1	OH	25	2,936,071	1	2	0	3	0.24%	7,107	49.48%	49.24%	0.00%	1.28%	0.00%
2	CA	25	4,021,538	1	2	6	3	0.44%	17,865	47.57%	47.13%	0.03%	4.73%	0.54%
3	IN	13	1,656,214	2	1	0	4	0.80%	13,246	48.78%	49.58%	0.00%	0.58%	1.07%
4	IL	28	3,984,046	1	2	0	0	0.84%	33,612	50.07%	49.22%	0.00%	0.00%	0.71%
5	NY	47	6,177,337	2	1	0	3	0.99%	60,959	45.01%	45.99%	0.00%	8.25%	0.75%
6	DE	3	139,073	2	1	0	3	1.28%	1,775	48.76%	50.04%	0.00%	0.75%	0.45%
7	MD	8	596,735	2	1	5	3	1.39%	8,293	48.01%	49.40%	0.41%	1.67%	0.49%
8	CT	8	883,518	2	1	0	3	1.64%	14,457	47.91%	49.55%	0.00%	1.55%	0.99%
9	MI	19	2,109,609	2	1	0	3	1.67%	35,147	47.57%	49.23%	0.00%	2.20%	1.00%
10	ID	4	214,816	1	2	0	3	2.73%	5,856	49.98%	47.26%	0.00%	2.31%	0.45%

States with the Largest Margin of Victory

State		EV	Total Vote	T	D	T	W	%Margin	Margin	Truman	Dewey	Thurmond	Wallace	Other
1	MS	9	192,190	2	3	1	4	77.09%	148,154	10.09%	2.62%	87.17%	0.12%	0.00%
2	AL	11	214,980	0	2	1	3	60.71%	130,513	0.00%	19.04%	79.75%	0.71%	0.50%
3	SC	8	142,571	2	3	1	4	47.82%	68,184	24.14%	3.78%	71.97%	0.11%	0.00%
4	TX	23	1,249,577	1	2	3	4	41.68%	520,768	65.96%	24.29%	9.11%	0.31%	0.33%
5	AR	9	242,475	1	2	3	5	40.71%	98,700	61.72%	21.02%	16.52%	0.31%	0.43%
6	GA	12	418,764	1	3	2	4	40.50%	169,591	60.81%	18.31%	20.31%	0.39%	0.18%
7	OK	10	721,599	1	2	0	0	25.49%	183,965	62.75%	37.25%	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
8	NC	14	791,209	1	2	3	4	25.34%	200,498	58.02%	32.68%	8.80%	0.49%	0.00%
9	VT	3	123,382	2	1	0	3	24.61%	30,369	36.92%	61.54%	0.00%	1.04%	0.50%
10	MN	11	1,212,226	1	2	0	3	17.27%	209,349	57.16%	39.89%	0.00%	2.30%	0.64%

States with Highest Percent of Vote

Truman		Dewey		Thurmond
Texas	65.96%	Vermont	61.54%	Mississippi	87.17%
Oklahoma	62.75%	Maine	56.74%	Alabama	79.75%
Arkansas	61.72%	Nebraska	54.15%	South Carolina	71.97%
Georgia	60.81%	Kansas	53.63%	Louisiana	49.07%
Missouri	58.11%	New Hampshire	52.41%	Georgia	20.31%

Wallace		Thomas		Watson
New York	8.25%	Wisconsin	0.98%	Indiana	0.89%
California	4.73%	Oregon	0.96%	Kansas	0.82%
North Dakota	3.80%	Connecticut	0.79%	Washington	0.68%
Washington	3.50%	New York	0.66%	Michigan	0.62%
Montana	3.26%	New Jersey	0.54%	New Jersey	0.54%

States with Lowest Percent of Vote

Truman		Dewey		Thurmond
Alabama	0.00%	Mississippi	2.62%	Wyoming	0.00%
Mississippi	10.09%	South Carolina	3.78%	Wisconsin	0.00%
South Carolina	24.14%	Louisiana	17.45%	West Virginia	0.00%
Louisiana	32.75%	Georgia	18.31%	Washington	0.00%
Vermont	36.92%	Alabama	19.04%	Vermont	0.00%

State Ranks

Rank	Truman	Dewey	Thurmond	Wallace
1	28	16	4	0
2	19	28	1	0
3	0	4	7	32
4	0	0	0	12

County Ranks

Rank	Truman	Dewey	Thurmond	Wallace
1	1,640	1,193	265	0
2	1,378	1,467	248	1
3	11	435	619	1,281
4	0	0	6	964

Counties with Highest Percent of Vote

Truman		Dewey		Thurmond
Duval, TX	96.52%	Jackson, KY	86.31%	Choctaw, AL	98.83%
Greene, NC	96.45%	Sevier, TN	84.11%	Wilcox, AL	98.81%
King, TX	95.85%	Johnson, TN	82.98%	Bullock, AL	98.76%
Bertie, NC	95.71%	Grant, WV	80.83%	Edgefield, SC	98.20%
Martin, NC	95.53%	Lincoln, ME	80.49%	Monroe, AL	97.86%

Wallace		Thomas		Watson
Bronx, NY	17.31%	Berks, PA	2.61%	Kiowa, KS	5.42%
Kings, NY	15.26%	Taylor, WI	2.60%	Jewell, KS	4.00%
New York, NY	14.62%	Baxter, AR	2.56%	Randolph, IN	3.71%
Williams, ND	13.52%	Lafayette, AR	2.18%	Oceana, MI	3.45%
Musselshell, MT	11.42%	Isanti, MN	2.10%	Barry, MI	3.38%

Counties with Lowest Percent of Vote

Truman		Dewey		Thurmond
Winston, AL	0.00%	McCormick, SC	0.00%	Weston, WY	0.00%
Wilcox, AL	0.00%	Wayne, MS	0.29%	Washakie, WY	0.00%
Washington, AL	0.00%	Edgefield, SC	0.33%	Uinta, WY	0.00%
Walker, AL	0.00%	Walthall, MS	0.39%	Teton, WY	0.00%
Tuscaloosa, AL	0.00%	Calhoun, SC	0.45%	Sweetwater, WY	0.00%

Counties with Highest Number of Votes

Truman		Dewey		Thurmond
Cook, IL	1,216,636	Cook, IL	1,015,800	Orleans, LA	50,234
Los Angeles, CA	812,690	Los Angeles, CA	804,232	Jefferson, AL	30,043
Kings, NY	579,922	Philadelphia, PA	425,962	Shelby, TN	26,396
Wayne, MI	489,654	Kings, NY	330,494	Harris, TX	19,934
Philadelphia, PA	432,699	Queens, NY	323,459	Duval, FL	14,428

Wallace		Thomas		Watson
Kings, NY	163,896	Cook, IL	7,987	Los Angeles, CA	7,244
Bronx, NY	106,762	Milwaukee, WI	6,521	Essex, NJ	6,560
New York, NY	106,509	Fairfield, CT	2,917	Cook, IL	3,451
Los Angeles, CA	101,085	Wayne, MI	2,671	King, WA	3,182
Queens, NY	42,409	Philadelphia, PA	2,377	Hudson, NJ	2,920

Counties with Lowest Number of Votes

Truman		Dewey		Thurmond
Winston, AL	0	McCormick, SC	0	Weston, WY	0
Wilcox, AL	0	Armstrong, SD	1	Washakie, WY	0
Washington, AL	0	Chattahoochee, GA	1	Uinta, WY	0
Walker, AL	0	Calhoun, SC	4	Teton, WY	0
Tuscaloosa, AL	0	Wayne, MS	4	Sweetwater, WY	0

Counties with Lowest Percent of Vote and Win

Truman		Dewey		Thurmond
Lynchburg, VA	36.76%	Lee, FL	39.26%	St. Johns, FL	38.67%
Webster, GA	37.58%	Williamsburg, VA	39.34%	Alachua, FL	38.67%
St. Lucie, FL	38.38%	Lake, FL	43.23%	Shelby, TN	40.50%
Thomas, GA	38.97%	Lincoln, NC	43.49%	Orleans, LA	40.58%
Cabarrus, NC	39.44%	King George, VA	43.89%	Ouachita, LA	44.88%

Counties with Highest Percent of Vote and Lose

Truman		Dewey		Thurmond
Columbia, PA	49.87%	Woods, OK	49.90%	Wilkinson, GA	45.50%
Johnson, MO	49.85%	Wood, WV	49.83%	Stewart, GA	45.07%
Holmes, OH	49.78%	Harding, NM	49.66%	St. Francis, AR	44.41%
Guadalupe, NM	49.76%	Daviess, MO	49.59%	Haywood, TN	43.73%
Cheyenne, NE	49.74%	Saline, IL	49.57%	Cross, AR	41.90%