Candidates:Democratic Party: Harry Truman (Missouri) and Alben Barkley (Kentucky)Republican Party: Thomas Dewey (New York) and Earl Warren (California)States’ Rights Party: J. Strom Thurmond (South Carolina) and Fielding Wright (Mississippi)Progressive Party: Henry Wallace (Iowa) and Glen Taylor (Idaho) Election Results: Truman and Barkley: 24.1 million popular votes, 303 electoral votes. Dewey and Warren: 21.9 million popular … Continue reading Election of 1948: Truman and the Divided Electorate