Elections / 1944 · President

Franklin D. Roosevelt defeated Thomas E. Dewey.

Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) vs Thomas E. Dewey (R). Every state below links to its full contest page with county-level results.

Nominees: Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) · Thomas E. Dewey (R)

1944 presidential election

RooseveltD+7.5

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 EV NHD+4.24 EV MAD+5.816 EV RID+17.34 EV CTD+5.48 EV NJD+1.416 EV DED+9.13 EV MDD+3.78 EV

Blue and red show the Democratic-vs-Republican margin; gold marks a state an independent or third-party candidate carried.

Electoral college

531 electors · 266 for a majority

Roosevelt won 432 of 531 electoral votes.

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National popular vote

47,977,067 votes counted

Roosevelt (D)

25,613,054

53.4%

Dewey (R)

22,017,937

45.9%

All others

346,077

0.7%

Margin

D+7.5

The county map

3,089 county-level results on record for 1944

Democrats carried 1,748 counties, Republicans 1,340, third-party candidates 1. 245 counties flipped parties from the previous cycle.

Biggest county swings: Winn Parish, LA (R+51.1 swing) · Lincoln Parish, LA (R+49.1 swing) · Vermilion Parish, LA (D+43.8 swing) · Monroe County, GA (R+43.5 swing) · Bandera County, TX (R+42.2 swing) · Union Parish, LA (R+39.5 swing)

Results by state

Every row links to the state's contest page with its county map.

State	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Alabama	D	+63.1%	198,918	44,540	244,742
Arkansas	D	+40.1%	148,965	63,551	212,954
Arizona	D	+17.9%	80,926	56,287	137,634
California	D	+13.5%	1,988,564	1,512,965	3,520,875
Colorado	R	−6.8%	234,331	268,731	505,039
Connecticut	D	+5.4%	435,134	390,518	831,968
Delaware	D	+9.1%	68,166	56,747	125,361
Florida	D	+40.6%	339,377	143,215	482,592
Georgia	D	+63.5%	268,187	59,880	328,109
Iowa	R	−4.5%	499,876	547,267	1,052,599
Idaho	D	+3.5%	107,399	100,137	208,321
Illinois	D	+3.5%	2,079,479	1,939,314	4,035,881
Indiana	R	−5.7%	781,403	875,891	1,672,091
Kansas	R	−21.1%	287,458	442,096	733,776
Kentucky	D	+9.2%	472,589	392,448	867,921
Louisiana	D	+61.2%	281,564	67,750	349,383
Massachusetts	D	+5.8%	1,035,296	921,350	1,960,665
Maryland	D	+3.7%	315,490	292,949	608,439
Maine	R	−5.0%	140,631	155,434	296,400
Michigan	D	+1.0%	1,106,899	1,084,423	2,205,223
Minnesota	D	+5.5%	589,864	527,416	1,125,504
Missouri	D	+2.9%	807,812	761,524	1,572,502
Mississippi	D	+87.1%	168,621	11,613	180,234
Montana	D	+9.4%	112,556	93,163	207,355
North Carolina	D	+33.4%	527,399	263,155	790,554
North Dakota	R	−8.4%	100,144	118,535	220,182
Nebraska	R	−17.2%	233,246	329,880	563,126
New Hampshire	D	+4.2%	119,663	109,916	229,627
New Jersey	D	+1.4%	987,874	961,335	1,963,761
New Mexico	D	+7.0%	81,389	70,688	152,225
Nevada	D	+9.2%	29,623	24,611	54,234
New York	D	+5.0%	3,304,238	2,987,647	6,316,817
Ohio	R	−0.4%	1,570,763	1,582,293	3,153,056
Oklahoma	D	+11.4%	401,549	319,424	722,636
Oregon	D	+4.8%	248,635	225,365	480,147
Pennsylvania	D	+2.8%	1,940,479	1,835,054	3,794,793
Rhode Island	D	+17.3%	175,356	123,487	299,276
South Carolina	D	+83.2%	90,601	4,617	103,382
South Dakota	R	−16.7%	96,711	135,365	232,076
Tennessee	D	+21.2%	308,707	200,311	510,692
Texas	D	+54.8%	821,605	191,423	1,150,334
Utah	D	+21.0%	150,088	97,891	248,319
Virginia	D	+25.0%	242,276	145,243	388,485
Vermont	R	−14.1%	53,820	71,527	125,361
Washington	D	+14.6%	486,774	361,689	856,328
Wisconsin	R	−1.8%	650,413	674,532	1,339,152
West Virginia	D	+9.8%	392,777	322,819	715,596
Wyoming	R	−2.5%	49,419	51,921	101,340