Who won Georgia in the 1944 presidential election?

Roosevelt (Democratic) carried Georgia in 1944, winning its 12 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Georgia have in 1944?

Georgia cast 12 electoral votes in the 1944 presidential election.

Did Georgia vote for the national winner in 1944?

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

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1944

Georgia: Roosevelt carries 12 EV.

Georgia cast its 12 electoral votes for Roosevelt (Democratic). National winner: Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic) — Georgia voted with the national winner this cycle.

Georgia in 1944

The 1944 contest saw Georgia line up behind Roosevelt, delivering 12 electoral votes to the Democratic ticket. Georgia ended up on the winning side — Franklin D. Roosevelt captured the White House that year.

It marked the 20th consecutive election in which Georgia backed the Democratic party, a streak reaching back to 1868. Georgia did not move alone — neighboring Florida, Alabama, Tennessee, North Carolina, and South Carolina broke the same way in 1944. Across the 59 presidential elections Georgia has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Democratic party (34 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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