Who won Massachusetts in the 1944 presidential election?

Roosevelt (Democratic) carried Massachusetts in 1944, winning its 16 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Massachusetts have in 1944?

Massachusetts cast 16 electoral votes in the 1944 presidential election.

Did Massachusetts vote for the national winner in 1944?

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

New Deal CoalitionMA · 16 EV

1944

Massachusetts: Roosevelt carries 16 EV.

Massachusetts cast its 16 electoral votes for Roosevelt (Democratic). National winner: Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic) — Massachusetts voted with the national winner this cycle.

Reading the 1944 result in Massachusetts

Massachusetts backed Roosevelt (Democratic) in the 1944 presidential election, casting 16 electoral votes for the ticket. Massachusetts ended up on the winning side — Franklin D. Roosevelt captured the White House that year.

It marked the 4th consecutive election in which Massachusetts backed the Democratic party, a streak reaching back to 1932. The region divided — Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, and New Hampshire joined Massachusetts for the Democratic ticket, while Vermont did not. Across the 60 presidential elections Massachusetts has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Democratic party (23 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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