Who won Wyoming in the 1944 presidential election?

Roosevelt (Democratic) carried Wyoming in 1944, winning its 3 electoral votes.

How many electoral votes did Wyoming have in 1944?

Wyoming cast 3 electoral votes in the 1944 presidential election.

Did Wyoming vote for the national winner in 1944?

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

New Deal CoalitionWY · 3 EV

1944

Wyoming: Roosevelt carries 3 EV.

Wyoming cast its 3 electoral votes for Roosevelt (Democratic). National winner: Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic) — Wyoming voted with the national winner this cycle.

What happened in Wyoming, 1944

In 1944, Wyoming awarded its 3 electoral votes to Roosevelt of the Democratic party. Wyoming ended up on the winning side — Franklin D. Roosevelt captured the White House that year.

It marked the 4th consecutive election in which Wyoming backed the Democratic party, a streak reaching back to 1932. The region divided — Montana, Colorado, Utah, and Idaho joined Wyoming for the Democratic ticket, while South Dakota and Nebraska did not. Across the 34 presidential elections Wyoming has taken part in, it has most often sided with the Republican 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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