The 1948 United States presidential election in Utah was held on November 2, 1948, as part of the 1948 United States presidential election. State voters chose four electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Utah was won by Democratic Party candidate Harry S. Truman, who carried the state with 53.98 percent of the popular vote and winning its four electoral votes. , this is the last election in which Davis County and Uintah County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate.Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016

This was the last election in which Utah voted more Democratic than the nation. After 1948, the state would shift strongly toward the Republican Party, only backing the Democratic presidential nominee once more, during Lyndon B. Johnson's 1964 landslide, and in many election cycles afterward being the most Republican state in the nation. As of 2024 this is also the last time that Utah voted more Democratic than Illinois.

This was the first election in which Utah utilized the short ballot for presidential electors rather than voting for electors directly.

Results

Results by county County Harry S. TrumanDemocratic Thomas E. DeweyRepublican Henry A. WallaceProgressive Farrell DobbsSocialist Workers Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % # % # % Beaver 1,190 52.56% 1,057 46.69% 17 0.75% 0 0.00% 133 5.87% 2,264 Box Elder 3,667 49.06% 3,790 50.70% 18 0.24% 0 0.00% -123 -1.65% 7,475 Cache 6,383 49.30% 6,514 50.32% 46 0.36% 3 0.02% -131 -1.01% 12,946 Carbon 6,397 68.34% 2,704 28.89% 254 2.71% 5 0.05% 3,693 39.46% 9,360 Daggett 95 57.58% 69 41.82% 1 0.61% 0 0.00% 26 15.76% 165 Davis 6,147 56.21% 4,718 43.14% 71 0.65% 0 0.00% 1,429 13.07% 10,936 Duchesne 1,588 55.33% 1,266 44.11% 16 0.56% 0 0.00% 322 11.22% 2,870 Emery 1,511 56.53% 1,147 42.91% 14 0.52% 1 0.04% 364 13.62% 2,673 Garfield 642 40.97% 924 58.97% 1 0.06% 0 0.00% -282 -18.00% 1,567 Grand 400 48.37% 418 50.54% 9 1.09% 0 0.00% -18 -2.18% 827 Iron 1,596 40.81% 2,289 58.53% 24 0.61% 2 0.05% -693 -17.72% 3,911 Juab 1,501 51.55% 1,396 47.94% 13 0.45% 2 0.07% 105 3.61% 2,912 Kane 220 22.24% 769 77.76% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% -549 -55.51% 989 Millard 1,817 45.10% 2,184 54.21% 26 0.65% 2 0.05% -367 -9.11% 4,029 Morgan 670 52.96% 587 46.40% 7 0.55% 1 0.08% 83 6.56% 1,265 Piute 315 41.28% 440 57.67% 8 1.05% 0 0.00% -125 -16.38% 763 Rich 366 47.78% 399 52.09% 1 0.13% 0 0.00% -33 -4.31% 766 Salt Lake 62,957 53.85% 52,479 44.89% 1,453 1.24% 28 0.02% 10,478 8.96% 116,917 San Juan 418 42.52% 558 56.77% 5 0.51% 2 0.20% -140 -14.24% 983 Sanpete 3,041 47.43% 3,336 52.03% 32 0.50% 3 0.05% -295 -4.60% 6,412 Sevier 1,943 40.91% 2,791 58.76% 15 0.32% 1 0.02% -848 -17.85% 4,750 Summit 1,556 48.53% 1,617 50.44% 33 1.03% 0 0.00% -61 -1.90% 3,206 Tooele 2,798 57.29% 2,036 41.69% 48 0.98% 2 0.04% 762 15.60% 4,884 Uintah 1,622 51.44% 1,513 47.99% 17 0.54% 1 0.03% 109 3.46% 3,153 Utah 16,191 54.18% 13,395 44.82% 296 0.99% 4 0.01% 2,796 9.36% 29,886 Wasatch 1,219 51.03% 1,165 48.77% 5 0.21% 0 0.00% 54 2.26% 2,389 Washington 1,580 43.68% 2,029 56.10% 6 0.17% 2 0.06% -449 -12.41% 3,617 Wayne 460 55.35% 367 44.16% 4 0.48% 0 0.00% 93 11.19% 831 Weber 20,861 62.16% 12,445 37.08% 239 0.71% 14 0.04% 8,416 25.08% 33,559Totals149,15153.98%124,40245.02%2,6790.97%730.03%24,7498.96%276,305

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Box Elder Cache Millard Rich Summit Washington

See also United States presidential elections in Utah

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