Who won Oklahoma in the 1944 presidential election?

Roosevelt (Democratic) carried Oklahoma in 1944, winning its 10 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Oklahoma have in 1944?

Oklahoma cast 10 electoral votes in the 1944 presidential election.

Did Oklahoma vote for the national winner in 1944?

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

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1944

Oklahoma: Roosevelt carries 10 EV.

Oklahoma cast its 10 electoral votes for Roosevelt (Democratic). National winner: Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic) — Oklahoma voted with the national winner this cycle.

Reading the 1944 result in Oklahoma

Oklahoma backed Roosevelt (Democratic) in the 1944 presidential election, casting 10 electoral votes for the ticket. Oklahoma ended up on the winning side — Franklin D. Roosevelt captured the White House that year.

It marked the 4th consecutive election in which Oklahoma backed the Democratic party, a streak reaching back to 1932. The region divided — Missouri, Arkansas, Texas, New Mexico, and Colorado joined Oklahoma for the Democratic ticket, while Kansas did not. Across the 30 presidential elections Oklahoma has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Republican party (20 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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