1944
The 1944 U.S. presidential election was won by Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic) with 432 of 531 electoral votes, defeating Thomas E. Dewey (Republican). Electoral-vote margin: 333 (432 to 99). Popular-vote margin: 7.5 percentage points. Turnout was 55.9%. The cycle falls in the New Deal Coalition era of American electoral history.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt and the 1944 map
Roosevelt won an unprecedented fourth term during World War II, defeating New York Governor Thomas E. Dewey. The war and Roosevelt's wartime leadership made changing presidents unthinkable to most Americans; his slogan was effectively 'Don't change horses midstream.' Harry S. Truman replaced Henry Wallace as VP, a decision of enormous historical consequence. FDR died in April 1945, just three months into his fourth term, leaving Truman to lead the country to victory and into the atomic age.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt died April 12, 1945. He was succeeded by Harry S. Truman.
National Archives, Electoral College results for 1944, archives.gov, read October 3, 2026. Quoted as published.
States · 48 reporting
State results · 1944
- Ohio Dewey by 11,530 · 0.4 pts
- Michigan Roosevelt by 22,476 · 1.0 pts
- New Jersey Roosevelt by 26,539 · 1.4 pts
- Wisconsin Dewey by 24,119 · 1.8 pts
- Wyoming Dewey by 2,502 · 2.5 pts
New YorkRoosevelt won it by 5.0 points; its electoral votes took the total to 297, past the 266 needed.
Line up the states the winner carried from widest margin to narrowest and add up their electoral votes: the tipping point is the state that takes the total past a majority.
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| State | Electoral votes | Franklin D. Roosevelt Dem | Thomas E. Dewey Rep | Margin | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 11 EV | 198,918 81.3% | 44,540 18.2% | 154,378 63.1 pts | Roosevelt Dem |
| Arizona | 4 EV | 80,926 58.8% | 56,287 40.9% | 24,639 17.9 pts | Roosevelt Dem |
| Arkansas | 9 EV | 148,965 70.0% | 63,551 29.8% | 85,414 40.1 pts | Roosevelt Dem |
| California1 | 25 EV | 1,988,5641 56.5% | 1,512,9651 43.0% | 475,599 13.5 pts | Roosevelt Dem |
| Colorado | 6 EV | 234,331 46.4% | 268,731 53.2% | 34,400 6.8 pts | Dewey Rep |
| Connecticut | 8 EV | 435,146 52.3% | 390,527 46.9% | 44,619 5.4 pts | Roosevelt Dem |
| Delaware | 3 EV | 68,166 54.4% | 56,747 45.3% | 11,419 9.1 pts | Roosevelt Dem |
| Florida | 8 EV | 339,377 70.3% | 143,215 29.7% | 196,162 40.6 pts | Roosevelt Dem |
| Georgia2 | 12 EV | 268,1872 81.7% | 56,5062 17.2% | 211,681 64.5 pts | Roosevelt Dem |
| Idaho | 4 EV | 107,399 51.6% | 100,137 48.1% | 7,262 3.5 pts | Roosevelt Dem |
| Illinois | 28 EV | 2,079,479 51.5% | 1,939,314 48.0% | 140,165 3.5 pts | Roosevelt Dem |
| Indiana | 13 EV | 781,403 46.7% | 875,891 52.4% | 94,488 5.7 pts | Dewey Rep |
| Iowa | 10 EV | 499,876 47.5% | 547,267 52.0% | 47,391 4.5 pts | Dewey Rep |
| Kansas | 8 EV | 287,458 39.2% | 442,096 60.2% | 154,638 21.1 pts | Dewey Rep |
| Kentucky | 11 EV | 472,589 54.5% | 392,448 45.2% | 80,141 9.2 pts | Roosevelt Dem |
| Louisiana3 | 10 EV | 281,5643 80.6% | 67,7503 19.4% | 213,814 61.2 pts | Roosevelt Dem |
| Maine | 5 EV | 140,631 47.4% | 155,434 52.4% | 14,803 5.0 pts | Dewey Rep |
| Maryland | 8 EV | 315,490 51.9% | 292,949 48.1% | 22,541 3.7 pts | Roosevelt Dem |
| Massachusetts4 | 16 EV | 1,035,2964 51.5% | 921,3504 45.8% | 113,946 5.7 pts | Roosevelt Dem |
| Michigan5 | 19 EV | 1,106,8995 50.2% | 1,084,4235 49.2% | 22,476 1.0 pts | Roosevelt Dem |
| Minnesota6 | 11 EV | 589,8646 52.4% | 527,4166 46.9% | 62,448 5.5 pts | Roosevelt Dem |
| Mississippi7 | 9 EV | 158,5157 88.0% | 3,7427 2.1% | 154,773 85.9 pts | Roosevelt Dem |
| Missouri | 15 EV | 807,357 51.4% | 761,175 48.4% | 46,182 2.9 pts | Roosevelt Dem |
| Montana | 4 EV | 112,556 54.3% | 93,163 44.9% | 19,393 9.4 pts | Roosevelt Dem |
| Nebraska | 6 EV | 233,246 41.4% | 329,880 58.6% | 96,634 17.2 pts | Dewey Rep |
| Nevada | 3 EV | 29,623 54.6% | 24,611 45.4% | 5,012 9.2 pts | Roosevelt Dem |
| New Hampshire | 4 EV | 119,663 52.1% | 109,916 47.9% | 9,747 4.2 pts | Roosevelt Dem |
| New Jersey | 16 EV | 987,874 50.3% | 961,335 49.0% | 26,539 1.4 pts | Roosevelt Dem |
| New Mexico | 4 EV | 81,389 53.5% | 70,688 46.4% | 10,701 7.0 pts | Roosevelt Dem |
| New York8 | 47 EV | 3,304,2388 52.3% | 2,987,6478 47.3% | 316,591 5.0 pts | Roosevelt Dem |
| North Carolina | 14 EV | 527,399 66.7% | 263,155 33.3% | 264,244 33.4 pts | Roosevelt Dem |
| North Dakota | 4 EV | 100,144 45.5% | 118,535 53.8% | 18,391 8.4 pts | Dewey Rep |
| Ohio | 25 EV | 1,570,763 49.8% | 1,582,293 50.2% | 11,530 0.4 pts | Dewey Rep |
| Oklahoma | 10 EV | 401,549 55.6% | 319,424 44.2% | 82,125 11.4 pts | Roosevelt Dem |
| Oregon | 6 EV | 248,635 51.8% | 225,365 46.9% | 23,270 4.8 pts | Roosevelt Dem |
| Pennsylvania9 | 35 EV | 1,940,4799 51.1% | 1,835,0489 48.4% | 105,431 2.8 pts | Roosevelt Dem |
| Rhode Island | 4 EV | 175,356 58.6% | 123,487 41.3% | 51,869 17.3 pts | Roosevelt Dem |
| South Carolina10 | 8 EV | 90,60110 87.6% | 4,54710 4.4% | 86,054 83.2 pts | Roosevelt Dem |
| South Dakota | 4 EV | 96,711 41.7% | 135,365 58.3% | 38,654 16.7 pts | Dewey Rep |
| Tennessee | 12 EV | 308,707 60.4% | 200,311 39.2% | 108,396 21.2 pts | Roosevelt Dem |
| Texas11 | 23 EV | 821,60511 71.4% | 191,42511 16.6% | 630,180 54.8 pts | Roosevelt Dem |
| Utah | 4 EV | 150,088 60.4% | 97,891 39.4% | 52,197 21.0 pts | Roosevelt Dem |
| Vermont12 | 3 EV | 53,82012 42.9% | 71,52712 57.1% | 17,707 14.1 pts | Dewey Rep |
| Virginia | 11 EV | 242,276 62.4% | 145,243 37.4% | 97,033 25.0 pts | Roosevelt Dem |
| Washington | 8 EV | 486,774 56.8% | 361,689 42.2% | 125,085 14.6 pts | Roosevelt Dem |
| West Virginia | 8 EV | 392,777 54.9% | 322,819 45.1% | 69,958 9.8 pts | Roosevelt Dem |
| Wisconsin | 12 EV | 650,413 48.6% | 674,532 50.4% | 24,119 1.8 pts | Dewey Rep |
| Wyoming | 3 EV | 49,419 48.8% | 51,921 51.2% | 2,502 2.5 pts | Dewey Rep |
Shares are of each state’s total vote for president. “Not named”: the figures do not give that candidate a line of their own in that state — for example under 1% of the vote, not on the ballot there, or counted on an unnamed line (see the state’s note). Margin is the leader’s lead over the second-placed candidate.
Notes on the figures
- California The official table notes: Thomas and Teichert figures are write-in votes (footnote 2). Others: scattering (footnote 3).
- Georgia The official table notes: Others: Independent Democrats 3,373 votes and scattering 9 votes (footnote 4).
- Louisiana The official table notes: Others: Independents (footnote 5).
- Massachusetts The official table notes: Others: blanks 49,328 and scattering 266 votes (footnote 6).
- Michigan The official table notes: Others: America First Party (footnote 7).
- Minnesota The official table notes: Roosevelt figure is the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party vote (footnote 8). Teichert ran as the Industrial Government Party candidate (footnote 1).
- Mississippi The official table notes: Others: Regular Democrats 9,964 votes and Independent Republicans 7,859 votes (footnote 9).
- New York The official table notes: Roosevelt figure includes 496,405 American Labor Party votes and 329,235 Liberal Party votes (footnote 10); the table gives one figure for Roosevelt and does not print the lines as separate columns. Teichert ran as the Industrial Government Party candidate (footnote 1).
- Pennsylvania The official table notes: Teichert ran as the Industrial Government Party candidate (footnote 1).
- South Carolina The official table notes: Others: Southern Democrats 7,799 votes and Republican (Tolbert Faction) 63 votes (footnote 11).
- Texas The official table notes: Others: Texas Regulars 135,439 votes and America First 250 votes (footnote 12).
- Vermont The official table notes: Others: scattering (footnote 3).
SourceStatistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 7, 1944 . How these figures were compiled
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