Who won Florida in the 1944 presidential election?

Roosevelt (Democratic) carried Florida in 1944, winning its 8 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Florida have in 1944?

Florida cast 8 electoral votes in the 1944 presidential election.

Did Florida vote for the national winner in 1944?

Yes. Florida backed Franklin D. Roosevelt, who won the presidency that year.

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1944

Florida: Roosevelt carries 8 EV.

Florida cast its 8 electoral votes for Roosevelt (Democratic). National winner: Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic) — Florida voted with the national winner this cycle.

Reading the 1944 result in Florida

Florida backed Roosevelt (Democratic) in the 1944 presidential election, casting 8 electoral votes for the ticket. Florida ended up on the winning side — Franklin D. Roosevelt captured the White House that year.

It marked the 4th consecutive election in which Florida backed the Democratic party, a streak reaching back to 1932. Florida did not move alone — neighboring Alabama and Georgia broke the same way in 1944. Across the 45 presidential elections Florida has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Democratic party (28 times). The vote fell within the New Deal Coalition — FDR, civil rights, and the long Democratic majority.

In the national count, Franklin D. Roosevelt took 432 of the 531 electoral votes, against Thomas E. Dewey's 99. Franklin D. Roosevelt led the national popular vote with 53.39% of the ballots cast.

The 1944 national map

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