November 5, 1944

Franklin D. Roosevelt Wins 1944

Franklin D. Roosevelt defeats Thomas E. Dewey with 447 electoral votes, winning 36 states.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

447 EV

270 to win

Thomas E. Dewey

81 EV

447

270

Franklin D. Roosevelt wins

447

Electoral Votes

53.4%

Popular Vote

States Carried

47,977,089

Total Votes Cast

Franklin D. Roosevelt won the 1944 presidential election with 447 electoral votes to Thomas E. Dewey's 81. Franklin D. Roosevelt received 53.4% of the popular vote and carried 36 states. Compared to the previous election, 246 counties changed parties—221 flipped Republican and 25 flipped Democratic.

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Recent Presidential Elections

Year	Democrat	Republican	Electoral	Popular	Winner
1944	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Thomas E. Dewey	447-81	D+7.5%	DEM
1940	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Wendell Willkie	462-66	D+9.9%	DEM
1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Alf Landon	521-7	D+24.3%	DEM
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Herbert Hoover	488-40	D+17.8%	DEM
1928	Al Smith	Herbert Hoover	69-459	R+17.5%	GOP

State-by-State Results

36 Dem12 Rep

Battleground States (Margin < 5%)

State	EV	1944	1940	1936	1932	1928
Mississippi	6	D+87.1	D+91.5	D+94.3	D+92.4	D+64.3
South Carolina	9	D+83.2	D+91.3	D+98.6	D+98.0	D+82.8
Georgia	16	D+63.5	D+69.9	D+74.5	D+83.8	D+12.0
Alabama	9	D+63.1	D+70.9	D+73.6	D+70.6	D+3.0
Louisiana	8	D+61.2	D+71.8	D+77.7	D+85.8	D+52.6
Texas	40	D+54.8	D+62.0	D+74.8	D+77.0	R+3.9
Florida	30	D+40.6	D+48.0	D+52.2	D+49.8	R+16.7
Arkansas	6	D+40.1	D+57.4	D+63.9	D+73.9	D+20.9
North Carolina	16	D+33.4	D+48.1	D+46.8	D+40.6	R+9.9
Virginia	13	D+25.0	D+36.5	D+40.8	D+38.4	R+8.0
Tennessee	11	D+21.2	D+34.9	D+38.0	D+34.0	R+11.1
Utah	6	D+21.0	D+24.7	D+39.5	D+15.5	R+7.7
Arizona	11	D+17.9	D+27.5	D+42.9	D+36.5	R+15.3
Rhode Island	4	D+17.3	D+13.6	D+12.9	D+11.8	D+0.6
Washington	12	D+14.6	D+17.6	D+36.5	D+23.5	R+35.8
California	54	D+13.5	D+16.1	D+35.3	D+21.0	R+30.5
Oklahoma	7	D+11.4	D+15.2	D+34.1	D+46.6	R+28.3
West Virginia	4	D+9.8	D+14.2	D+21.4	D+10.0	R+17.4
Montana	4	D+9.3	D+18.6	D+41.7	D+22.7	R+17.9
Nevada	6	D+9.2	D+20.1	D+45.6	D+38.8	R+13.1
Kentucky	8	D+9.2	D+15.2	D+18.6	D+18.9	R+18.9
Delaware	3	D+9.1	D+9.7	D+9.8	R+2.4	R+32.0
New Mexico	5	D+7.0	D+13.3	D+26.2	D+27.0	R+18.2
Massachusetts	11	D+5.8	D+6.8	D+9.5	D+4.0	D+1.1
Minnesota	10	D+5.5	D+3.8	D+30.8	D+23.6	R+16.9
Connecticut	7	D+5.4	D+7.1	D+15.0	R+1.1	R+8.1
New York	28	D+5.0	D+3.5	D+19.9	D+12.7	R+2.4
Oregon	8	D+4.8	D+8.1	D+34.8	D+21.1	R+30.0
New Hampshire	4	D+4.2	D+6.4	D+1.8	R+1.4	R+17.6
Maryland	10	D+3.7	D+17.4	D+25.3	D+25.5	R+14.7
Idaho	4	D+3.5	D+9.1	D+29.8	D+20.4	R+29.3
Illinois	19	D+3.5	D+2.4	D+18.0	D+13.2	R+14.7
Missouri	10	D+2.9	D+4.8	D+22.6	D+28.6	R+11.4
Pennsylvania	19	D+2.8	D+6.9	D+16.0	R+5.5	R+31.4
New Jersey	14	D+1.4	D+3.6	D+20.0	D+1.9	R+20.0
Michigan	15	D+1.0	R+0.3	D+17.6	D+7.9	R+41.4
Ohio	17	R+0.4	D+4.4	D+20.6	D+2.9	R+30.4
Wisconsin	10	R+1.8	D+1.8	D+33.5	D+32.3	R+9.2
Wyoming	3	R+2.5	D+5.9	D+23.1	D+15.3	R+28.3
Iowa	6	R+4.5	R+4.4	D+11.7	D+17.7	R+24.2
Maine	4	R+5.0	R+2.3	R+14.0	R+12.6	R+37.7
Indiana	11	R+5.7	R+1.4	D+14.7	D+11.7	R+20.1
Colorado	10	R+6.8	R+2.5	D+23.3	D+13.4	R+30.8
North Dakota	3	R+8.3	R+10.9	D+33.0	D+41.6	R+10.3
Vermont	3	R+14.1	R+9.9	R+13.2	R+16.6	R+34.0
South Dakota	3	R+16.7	R+14.8	D+11.5	D+29.2	R+21.0
Nebraska	5	R+17.2	R+14.4	D+16.4	D+27.7	R+27.0
Kansas	6	R+21.1	R+14.5	D+7.7	D+9.4	R+45.0

Counties That Changed Parties

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Flipped Republican

221 total

Bandera County, Texas, TXR+42.2%Eureka County, Nevada, NVR+29.6%Greene County, Virginia, VAR+29.0%Mono County, California, CAR+28.3%Stafford County, Virginia, VAR+27.9%

216 more counties(Seeker)

Flipped Democratic

25 total

Sumter County, South Carolina, SCD+0.0%Washington County, Texas, TXD+33.8%Lee County, Texas, TXD+17.6%Slope County, North Dakota, NDD+16.1%

20 more counties(Seeker)

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