Who won Vermont in the 1944 presidential election?

Dewey (Republican) carried Vermont in 1944, winning its 3 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Vermont have in 1944?

Vermont cast 3 electoral votes in the 1944 presidential election.

Did Vermont vote for the national winner in 1944?

No. Vermont backed Dewey, while Franklin D. Roosevelt won the presidency nationally.

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Vermont: Dewey carries 3 EV.

Vermont cast its 3 electoral votes for Dewey (Republican). National winner: Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic) — Vermont voted against the national winner this cycle.

What happened in Vermont, 1944

In 1944, Vermont awarded its 3 electoral votes to Dewey of the Republican party. Nationally the result broke the other way — Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic) won the presidency, leaving Vermont among the states he did not carry.

It marked the 23rd consecutive election in which Vermont backed the Republican party, a streak reaching back to 1856. It stood apart from its neighbors: New York, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire went the other way that year. Across the 59 presidential elections Vermont has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Republican party (33 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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