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Tuesday, November 7, 1944

1944 presidential election results

Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic) and running mate Harry S Truman won with 432 electoral votes and 53.4% of the popular vote.

Tipping-point state: New York, D+5.0 (nation D+7.5). It delivered electoral vote number 266 for the winner. What is a tipping-point state?

Nominees
CandidateRunning matePartyElectoral votesPopular voteShareStates won
Franklin D. Roosevelt Won Harry S Truman Democratic 432 25,612,61053.40% 36
Thomas E. Dewey John W. Bricker Republican 99 22,014,16045.90% 12
Total popular votes counted47,976,670

Electoral College map

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Alabama: Franklin D. Roosevelt +63.1 (11 EV)AlaskaArizona: Franklin D. Roosevelt +17.9 (4 EV)Arkansas: Franklin D. Roosevelt +40.1 (9 EV)California: Franklin D. Roosevelt +13.5 (25 EV)Colorado: Thomas E. Dewey +6.8 (6 EV)Connecticut: Franklin D. Roosevelt +5.4 (8 EV)Delaware: Franklin D. Roosevelt +9.1 (3 EV)District of ColumbiaFlorida: Franklin D. Roosevelt +40.6 (8 EV)Georgia: Franklin D. Roosevelt +64.5 (12 EV)HawaiiIdaho: Franklin D. Roosevelt +3.5 (4 EV)Illinois: Franklin D. Roosevelt +3.5 (28 EV)Indiana: Thomas E. Dewey +5.7 (13 EV)Iowa: Thomas E. Dewey +4.5 (10 EV)Kansas: Thomas E. Dewey +21.1 (8 EV)Kentucky: Franklin D. Roosevelt +9.2 (11 EV)Louisiana: Franklin D. Roosevelt +61.2 (10 EV)Maine: Thomas E. Dewey +5.0 (5 EV)Maryland: Franklin D. Roosevelt +3.7 (8 EV)Massachusetts: Franklin D. Roosevelt +5.8 (16 EV)Michigan: Franklin D. Roosevelt +1.0 (19 EV)Minnesota: Franklin D. Roosevelt +5.6 (11 EV)Mississippi: Franklin D. Roosevelt +87.1 (9 EV)Missouri: Franklin D. Roosevelt +2.9 (15 EV)Montana: Franklin D. Roosevelt +9.4 (4 EV)Nebraska: Thomas E. Dewey +17.2 (6 EV)Nevada: Franklin D. Roosevelt +9.2 (3 EV)New Hampshire: Franklin D. Roosevelt +4.2 (4 EV)New Jersey: Franklin D. Roosevelt +1.4 (16 EV)New Mexico: Franklin D. Roosevelt +7.0 (4 EV)New York: Franklin D. Roosevelt +5.0 (47 EV)North Carolina: Franklin D. Roosevelt +33.4 (14 EV)North Dakota: Thomas E. Dewey +8.4 (4 EV)Ohio: Thomas E. Dewey +0.4 (25 EV)Oklahoma: Franklin D. Roosevelt +11.4 (10 EV)Oregon: Franklin D. Roosevelt +4.9 (6 EV)Pennsylvania: Franklin D. Roosevelt +2.8 (35 EV)Rhode Island: Franklin D. Roosevelt +17.3 (4 EV)South Carolina: Franklin D. Roosevelt +83.2 (8 EV)South Dakota: Thomas E. Dewey +16.7 (4 EV)Tennessee: Franklin D. Roosevelt +21.2 (12 EV)Texas: Franklin D. Roosevelt +54.8 (23 EV)Utah: Franklin D. Roosevelt +21.0 (4 EV)Vermont: Thomas E. Dewey +14.1 (3 EV)Virginia: Franklin D. Roosevelt +25.0 (11 EV)Washington: Franklin D. Roosevelt +14.6 (8 EV)West Virginia: Franklin D. Roosevelt +9.8 (8 EV)Wisconsin: Thomas E. Dewey +1.8 (12 EV)Wyoming: Thomas E. Dewey +2.5 (3 EV)Vermont: Thomas E. Dewey +14.1 (3 EV)New Hampshire: Franklin D. Roosevelt +4.2 (4 EV)Massachusetts: Franklin D. Roosevelt +5.8 (16 EV)Rhode Island: Franklin D. Roosevelt +17.3 (4 EV)Connecticut: Franklin D. Roosevelt +5.4 (8 EV)New Jersey: Franklin D. Roosevelt +1.4 (16 EV)Delaware: Franklin D. Roosevelt +9.1 (3 EV)Maryland: Franklin D. Roosevelt +3.7 (8 EV)District of Columbia
Tap a state for its full result. Shading shows the winning margin.

Margin:<55–1010–2020+points. Grey: no popular vote / no data.

Results by state

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State Franklin D. Roosevelt Thomas E. Dewey MarginEVTotal votes
Alabama 81.3% 11 18.2% 63.1 11 244,743
Arizona 58.8% 4 40.9% 17.9 4 137,634
Arkansas 70.0% 9 29.8% 40.1 9 212,954
California 56.5% 25 43.0% 13.5 25 3,520,875
Colorado 46.4% 53.2% 6 6.8 6 505,039
Connecticut 52.3% 8 46.9% 5.4 8 831,990
Delaware 54.4% 3 45.3% 9.1 3 125,361
Florida 70.3% 8 29.7% 40.6 8 482,803
Georgia 81.7% 12 17.2% 64.5 12 328,129
Idaho 51.6% 4 48.1% 3.5 4 208,321
Illinois 51.5% 28 48.0% 3.5 28 4,036,061
Indiana 46.7% 52.4% 13 5.7 13 1,672,091
Iowa 47.5% 52.0% 10 4.5 10 1,052,599
Kansas 39.2% 60.2% 8 21.1 8 733,776
Kentucky 54.5% 11 45.2% 9.2 11 867,924
Louisiana 80.6% 10 19.4% 61.2 10 349,383
Maine 47.4% 52.4% 5 5.0 5 296,400
Maryland 51.9% 8 48.1% 3.7 8 608,439
Massachusetts 52.8% 16 47.0% 5.8 16 1,960,665
Michigan 50.2% 19 49.2% 1.0 19 2,205,223
Minnesota 52.4% 11 46.9% 5.6 11 1,125,504
Mississippi 93.6% 9 6.4% 87.1 9 180,234
Missouri 51.4% 15 48.4% 2.9 15 1,571,697
Montana 54.3% 4 44.9% 9.4 4 207,355
Nebraska 41.4% 58.6% 6 17.2 6 563,126
Nevada 54.6% 3 45.4% 9.2 3 54,234
New Hampshire 52.1% 4 47.9% 4.2 4 229,625
New Jersey 50.3% 16 49.0% 1.4 16 1,963,761
New Mexico 53.5% 4 46.4% 7.0 4 152,225
New York 52.3% 47 47.3% 5.0 47 6,316,790
North Carolina 66.7% 14 33.3% 33.4 14 790,554
North Dakota 45.5% 53.8% 4 8.4 4 220,182
Ohio 49.8% 50.2% 25 0.4 25 3,153,056
Oklahoma 55.6% 10 44.2% 11.4 10 722,636
Oregon 51.8% 6 46.9% 4.9 6 480,147
Pennsylvania 51.1% 35 48.4% 2.8 35 3,794,793
Rhode Island 58.6% 4 41.3% 17.3 4 299,276
South Carolina 87.6% 8 4.4% 83.2 8 103,382
South Dakota 41.7% 58.3% 4 16.7 4 232,076
Tennessee 60.4% 12 39.2% 21.2 12 510,692
Texas 71.4% 23 16.6% 54.8 23 1,150,334
Utah 60.4% 4 39.4% 21.0 4 248,319
Vermont 42.9% 57.1% 3 14.1 3 125,361
Virginia 62.4% 11 37.4% 25.0 11 388,485
Washington 56.8% 8 42.2% 14.6 8 856,328
West Virginia 54.9% 8 45.1% 9.8 8 715,596
Wisconsin 48.6% 50.4% 12 1.8 12 1,339,152
Wyoming 48.8% 51.2% 3 2.5 3 101,340

Shares are of the votes counted for president; bold numbers are electoral votes won. Margin is the winner’s lead over the runner-up in points.

Closest states in 1944

  1. Ohio Thomas E. Dewey by 11,530 votes (0.37 pts)
  2. Michigan Franklin D. Roosevelt by 22,476 votes (1.02 pts)
  3. New Jersey Franklin D. Roosevelt by 26,539 votes (1.35 pts)
  4. Wisconsin Thomas E. Dewey by 24,119 votes (1.80 pts)
  5. Wyoming Thomas E. Dewey by 2,502 votes (2.47 pts)
  6. Pennsylvania Franklin D. Roosevelt by 105,425 votes (2.78 pts)
  7. Missouri Franklin D. Roosevelt by 46,181 votes (2.94 pts)
  8. Illinois Franklin D. Roosevelt by 140,165 votes (3.47 pts)

Flipped since 1940

  • Michigan: Republican → Democratic (19 EV)
  • Ohio: Democratic → Republican (25 EV)
  • Wisconsin: Democratic → Republican (12 EV)
  • Wyoming: Democratic → Republican (3 EV)

Swing in every state, 1940 to 1944 →

Source: 1944

Questions and answers

Who won the 1944 presidential election?

Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic) won the 1944 election with 432 electoral votes, with Harry S Truman as vice president.

How many electoral votes did each candidate win in 1944?

Franklin D. Roosevelt 432; Thomas E. Dewey 99 (out of 531).

Who won the popular vote in 1944?

Franklin D. Roosevelt received the most popular votes: 25,612,610 (53.4%) of 47,976,670 counted.

What was the closest state in 1944?

Ohio, which Thomas E. Dewey won by 11,530 votes (0.37 points).

Which states flipped in 1944?

Compared with 1940, 4 states changed party: Michigan (to Democratic), Ohio (to Republican), Wisconsin (to Republican) and Wyoming (to Republican).

What was the tipping-point state in 1944?

New York. Ranking the states by the winner's margin, it delivered electoral vote number 266; it voted Democratic by 5.0 points, against Democratic by 7.5 points nationally.

Official results As published by The American Presidency Project (UC Santa Barbara) and the state documents it links. How we use this data

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