Who won the 1944 presidential election?

Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic) won the 1944 presidential election with 410 electoral votes and 51.7% of the popular vote.

What was the Electoral College result in 1944?

The 1944 Electoral College result was 410 Democratic to 121 Republican (531 total electoral votes, 266 needed to win).

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1944

Presidential Election · 1944

Elected President

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Democraticdefeating Thomas E. Dewey

410

Roosevelt

Electoral

Votes

266 to win

121

Dewey

410 EV266 needed to win121 EV

Popular Vote

Roosevelt(DEM)51.7%

Dewey(REP)45.6%

candidates(OTH)2.7%

National margin:D+6.1%

48,531,421 total votes cast

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Roosevelt: 36 states · 410 EV|Dewey: 12 states · 121 EV

	State	EV	Cum. EV ▲	Roosevelt %	Votes	Dewey %	Votes	Other %	Margin	Swing
▶	South Carolina	8	8	87.6%	90,601	4.4%	4,562	8.0%	D+83.2	↓ R+10.6
▶	Mississippi	9	17	87.5%	150,826	2.2%	3,739	10.3%	D+85.3	↓ R+8.8
▶	Georgia	12	29	81.7%	268,187	17.2%	56,507	—	D+64.5	↓ R+12.6
▶	Alabama	11	40	81.3%	198,904	18.2%	44,478	—	D+63.1	↓ R+7.8
▶	Louisiana	10	50	80.6%	281,564	19.4%	67,744	—	D+61.2	↓ R+10.6
▶	Texas	23	73	71.4%	820,048	16.7%	191,372	11.9%	D+54.7	↓ R+7.4
▶	Florida	8	81	70.3%	339,377	29.7%	143,215	—	D+40.6	↓ R+7.4
▶	Arkansas	9	90	70.0%	148,965	29.8%	63,556	—	D+40.1	↓ R+17.3
▶	North Carolina	14	104	66.7%	527,408	33.3%	263,155	—	D+33.4	↓ R+14.6
▶	Virginia	11	115	62.4%	242,276	37.4%	145,243	—	D+25.0	↓ R+11.5
▶	Tennessee	12	127	60.5%	308,707	39.2%	200,311	—	D+21.2	↓ R+13.7
▶	Utah	4	131	60.5%	150,088	39.4%	97,833	—	D+21.1	↓ R+3.6
▶	Arizona	4	135	58.8%	80,942	40.9%	56,287	—	D+17.9	↓ R+9.6
▶	Rhode Island	4	139	58.6%	175,356	41.3%	123,487	—	D+17.3	↑ D+3.8
▶	Washington	8	147	56.8%	486,774	42.2%	361,689	—	D+14.6	↓ R+3.0
▶	California	25	172	56.5%	1,988,564	43.0%	1,512,965	—	D+13.5	↓ R+2.6
▶	Oklahoma	10	182	55.6%	401,549	44.2%	319,424	—	D+11.4	↓ R+3.8
▶	West Virginia	8	190	54.9%	392,777	45.1%	322,819	—	D+9.8	↓ R+4.4
▶	Montana	4	194	54.3%	112,566	44.9%	93,163	—	D+9.4	↓ R+9.3
▶	Nevada	3	197	54.6%	29,623	45.4%	24,611	—	D+9.2	↓ R+10.9
▶	Kentucky	11	208	54.5%	472,589	45.2%	392,448	—	D+9.2	↓ R+5.9
▶	Delaware	3	211	54.4%	68,166	45.3%	56,747	—	D+9.1	↓ R+0.5
▶	Maryland	8	219	54.2%	479,476	45.8%	404,967	—	D+8.4	↓ R+9.0
▶	New Mexico	4	223	53.5%	81,370	46.5%	70,603	—	D+7.1	↓ R+6.2
▶	Massachusetts	16	239	52.8%	1,035,296	47.0%	921,350	—	D+5.8	↓ R+0.9
▶	Minnesota	11	250	52.4%	589,864	46.9%	527,416	—	D+5.5	↑ D+1.7
▶	Connecticut	8	258	52.3%	435,146	46.9%	390,527	—	D+5.4	↓ R+1.9
▶	Oregon	6	264	51.8%	248,635	46.9%	225,365	—	D+4.8	↓ R+3.2
▶	Ohio	25	289	52.2%	1,733,139	47.8%	1,586,773	—	D+4.4	→ Even
▶	New Hampshire	4	293	52.1%	119,663	47.9%	109,916	—	D+4.2	↓ R+2.2
▶	Idaho	4	297	51.5%	107,399	48.1%	100,137	—	D+3.5	↓ R+5.6
▶	Illinois	28	325	51.5%	2,079,479	48.0%	1,939,314	—	D+3.5	↑ D+1.0
▶	Pennsylvania	35	360	51.1%	1,940,481	48.4%	1,835,054	—	D+2.8	↓ R+4.1
▶	Missouri	15	375	47.7%	807,812	45.0%	761,524	7.4%	D+2.7	↓ R+1.8
▶	New Jersey	16	391	50.3%	987,874	49.0%	961,335	—	D+1.4	↓ R+2.3
▶	Michigan	19	410	50.2%	1,106,899	49.2%	1,084,423	—	D+1.0	↑ D+1.4
▶	Kansas	8	8	39.2%	287,458	60.3%	442,096	—	R+21.1	↓ R+6.6
▶	Nebraska	6	14	41.4%	233,246	58.6%	329,880	—	R+17.2	↓ R+2.8
▶	South Dakota	4	18	41.7%	96,711	58.3%	135,365	—	R+16.7	↓ R+1.8
▶	Vermont	3	21	43.0%	53,806	57.0%	71,420	—	R+14.1	↓ R+4.2
▶	North Dakota	4	25	45.5%	100,144	53.8%	118,535	—	R+8.3	↑ D+2.5
▶	New York	47	72	39.2%	2,478,598	47.3%	2,987,647	13.5%	R+8.1	↓ R+5.0
▶	Colorado	6	78	46.4%	234,331	53.2%	268,731	—	R+6.8	↓ R+4.3
▶	Indiana	13	91	46.7%	781,403	52.4%	875,891	—	R+5.7	↓ R+4.2
▶	Maine	5	96	47.5%	140,631	52.4%	155,434	—	R+5.0	↓ R+2.7
▶	Iowa	10	106	47.5%	499,876	52.0%	547,267	—	R+4.5	↓ R+0.1
▶	Wyoming	3	109	48.8%	49,419	51.2%	51,921	—	R+2.5	↓ R+8.4
▶	Wisconsin	12	121	48.6%	650,413	50.4%	674,532	—	R+1.8	↓ R+3.6

Margin = (Dem votes − Rep votes) ÷ total votes × 100. Swing = current margin − 1940 margin. Cum. EV orders each winning ticket's states from largest win to closest win and accumulates the official EV awarded in each state, so the closest state is that candidate's final cumulative total.Other % shown when > 5% of total votes.

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