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The 1944 elections

Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) faced Thomas E. Dewey (R); Roosevelt won the presidency. National popular vote: D+7.5.

1944 presidential election
RooseveltD+7.5
1944 presidential margin by stateA map of the United States with each state filled by its 1944 result — deep red (Republican) through neutral to deep blue (Democratic), and gold where an independent or third-party candidate carried the state.Alabama · D+63.1 · 11 electoral votesAlaska · —Arizona · D+17.9 · 4 electoral votesColorado · R+6.8 · 6 electoral votesFlorida · D+40.6 · 8 electoral votesGeorgia · D+63.5 · 12 electoral votesIndiana · R+5.7 · 13 electoral votesKansas · R+21.1 · 8 electoral votesMaine · R+5.0 · 5 electoral votesMassachusetts · D+5.8 · 16 electoral votesMinnesota · D+5.5 · 11 electoral votesNew Jersey · D+1.4 · 16 electoral votesNorth Carolina · D+33.4 · 14 electoral votesNorth Dakota · R+8.4 · 4 electoral votesOklahoma · D+11.4 · 10 electoral votesPennsylvania · D+2.8 · 35 electoral votesSouth Dakota · R+16.7 · 4 electoral votesTexas · D+54.8 · 23 electoral votesWyoming · R+2.5 · 3 electoral votesConnecticut · D+5.4 · 8 electoral votesMissouri · D+2.9 · 15 electoral votesWest Virginia · D+9.8 · 8 electoral votesIllinois · D+3.5 · 28 electoral votesNew Mexico · D+7.0 · 4 electoral votesArkansas · D+40.1 · 9 electoral votesCalifornia · D+13.5 · 25 electoral votesDelaware · D+9.1 · 3 electoral votesDistrict of Columbia · —Hawaii · —Iowa · R+4.5 · 10 electoral votesKentucky · D+9.2 · 11 electoral votesMaryland · D+3.7 · 8 electoral votesMichigan · D+1.0 · 19 electoral votesMississippi · D+87.1 · 9 electoral votesMontana · D+9.4 · 4 electoral votesNew Hampshire · D+4.2 · 4 electoral votesNew York · D+5.0 · 47 electoral votesOhio · R+0.4 · 25 electoral votesOregon · D+4.8 · 6 electoral votesTennessee · D+21.2 · 12 electoral votesUtah · D+21.0 · 4 electoral votesVirginia · D+25.0 · 11 electoral votesWashington · D+14.6 · 8 electoral votesWisconsin · R+1.8 · 12 electoral votesNebraska · R+17.2 · 6 electoral votesSouth Carolina · D+83.2 · 8 electoral votesIdaho · D+3.5 · 4 electoral votesNevada · D+9.2 · 3 electoral votesVermont · R+14.1 · 3 electoral votesLouisiana · D+61.2 · 10 electoral votesRhode Island · D+17.3 · 4 electoral votes
1944presidential margin
D+60
R+60
Fifty states and DC, each filled by its 1944 result. Hover any state for the detail and its electoral votes.
Smaller states, enlarged
VTR+14.13 EVNHD+4.24 EVMAD+5.816 EVRID+17.34 EVCTD+5.48 EVNJD+1.416 EVDED+9.13 EVMDD+3.78 EV
Blue and red show the Democratic-vs-Republican margin; gold marks a state an independent or third-party candidate carried.
President — national popular vote
Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) vs Thomas E. Dewey (R)
Roosevelt (D)
25,613,054
53.4%
Dewey (R)
22,017,937
45.9%
All others
346,077
0.7%
Margin
D+7.5

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