Who won Tennessee in the 1944 presidential election?

Roosevelt (Democratic) carried Tennessee in 1944, winning its 11 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Tennessee have in 1944?

Tennessee cast 11 electoral votes in the 1944 presidential election.

Did Tennessee vote for the national winner in 1944?

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

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1944

Tennessee: Roosevelt carries 11 EV.

Tennessee cast its 11 electoral votes for Roosevelt (Democratic). National winner: Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic) — Tennessee voted with the national winner this cycle.

Tennessee in 1944

The 1944 contest saw Tennessee line up behind Roosevelt, delivering 11 electoral votes to the Democratic ticket. Tennessee ended up on the winning side — Franklin D. Roosevelt captured the White House that year.

It marked the 4th consecutive election in which Tennessee backed the Democratic party, a streak reaching back to 1932. Tennessee did not move alone — neighboring Kentucky, Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, and Missouri broke the same way in 1944. Across the 57 presidential elections Tennessee has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Democratic party (24 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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