The 1944 United States presidential election in North Dakota took place on November 7, 1944, as part of the 1944 United States presidential election. Voters chose four[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
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 County Results
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North Dakota was won by Governor Thomas E. Dewey (R–New York), running with Governor John Bricker, with 53.84% of the popular vote, against incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt (D–New York), running with Missouri Senator Harry S. Truman, with 45.48% of the popular vote.[3][4] North Dakota was one of six states that became more Democratic compared to 1940, alongside Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Illinois, and Rhode Island.
Results
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Thomas E. Dewey | 118,535 | 53.84% | |
| Democratic | Franklin D. Roosevelt (inc.) | 100,144 | 45.48% | |
| Socialist | Norman Thomas | 943 | 0.43% | |
| Prohibition | Claude A. Watson | 549 | 0.25% | |
| Total votes | 220,171 | 100% | ||
Results by county
edit| County[5] | Thomas Edmund Dewey Republican |
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Democratic |
Norman Mattoon Thomas Socialist |
Claude A. Watson Prohibition |
Margin | Total votes cast | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adams | 966 | 58.62% | 668 | 40.53% | 13 | 0.79% | 1 | 0.06% | 298 | 18.08% | 1,648 |
| Barnes | 3,696 | 55.55% | 2,922 | 43.92% | 22 | 0.33% | 13 | 0.20% | 774 | 11.63% | 6,653 |
| Benson | 1,726 | 43.04% | 2,261 | 56.38% | 17 | 0.42% | 6 | 0.15% | -535 | -13.34% | 4,010 |
| Billings | 354 | 62.54% | 209 | 36.93% | 2 | 0.35% | 1 | 0.18% | 145 | 25.62% | 566 |
| Bottineau | 2,663 | 57.15% | 1,953 | 41.91% | 38 | 0.82% | 6 | 0.13% | 710 | 15.24% | 4,660 |
| Bowman | 785 | 55.67% | 609 | 43.19% | 15 | 1.06% | 1 | 0.07% | 176 | 12.48% | 1,410 |
| Burke | 1,540 | 54.47% | 1,226 | 43.37% | 58 | 2.05% | 3 | 0.11% | 314 | 11.11% | 2,827 |
| Burleigh | 4,616 | 59.95% | 3,061 | 39.75% | 14 | 0.18% | 9 | 0.12% | 1,555 | 20.19% | 7,700 |
| Cass | 10,661 | 50.37% | 10,390 | 49.09% | 51 | 0.24% | 65 | 0.31% | 271 | 1.28% | 21,167 |
| Cavalier | 2,011 | 46.68% | 2,274 | 52.79% | 4 | 0.09% | 19 | 0.44% | -263 | -6.10% | 4,308 |
| Dickey | 2,134 | 61.11% | 1,339 | 38.34% | 9 | 0.26% | 10 | 0.29% | 795 | 22.77% | 3,492 |
| Divide | 1,225 | 44.19% | 1,513 | 54.58% | 26 | 0.94% | 8 | 0.29% | -288 | -10.39% | 2,772 |
| Dunn | 1,374 | 59.79% | 919 | 39.99% | 4 | 0.17% | 1 | 0.04% | 455 | 19.80% | 2,298 |
| Eddy | 974 | 47.56% | 1,042 | 50.88% | 24 | 1.17% | 8 | 0.39% | -68 | -3.32% | 2,048 |
| Emmons | 2,255 | 76.99% | 656 | 22.40% | 13 | 0.44% | 5 | 0.17% | 1,599 | 54.59% | 2,929 |
| Foster | 891 | 44.39% | 1,102 | 54.91% | 11 | 0.55% | 3 | 0.15% | -211 | -10.51% | 2,007 |
| Golden Valley | 709 | 61.23% | 443 | 38.26% | 4 | 0.35% | 2 | 0.17% | 266 | 22.97% | 1,158 |
| Grand Forks | 5,668 | 42.19% | 7,707 | 57.37% | 18 | 0.13% | 41 | 0.31% | -2,039 | -15.18% | 13,434 |
| Grant | 1,745 | 80.64% | 410 | 18.95% | 5 | 0.23% | 4 | 0.18% | 1,335 | 61.69% | 2,164 |
| Griggs | 990 | 44.45% | 1,228 | 55.14% | 4 | 0.18% | 5 | 0.22% | -238 | -10.69% | 2,227 |
| Hettinger | 1,812 | 76.42% | 554 | 23.37% | 4 | 0.17% | 1 | 0.04% | 1,258 | 53.06% | 2,371 |
| Kidder | 1,397 | 66.43% | 693 | 32.95% | 5 | 0.24% | 8 | 0.38% | 704 | 33.48% | 2,103 |
| LaMoure | 2,298 | 61.25% | 1,422 | 37.90% | 14 | 0.37% | 18 | 0.48% | 876 | 23.35% | 3,752 |
| Logan | 1,904 | 86.47% | 294 | 13.35% | 3 | 0.14% | 1 | 0.05% | 1,610 | 73.12% | 2,202 |
| McHenry | 3,141 | 61.44% | 1,934 | 37.83% | 24 | 0.47% | 13 | 0.25% | 1,207 | 23.61% | 5,112 |
| McIntosh | 2,682 | 91.98% | 226 | 7.75% | 8 | 0.27% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,456 | 84.22% | 2,916 |
| McKenzie | 1,241 | 43.35% | 1,592 | 55.61% | 9 | 0.31% | 21 | 0.73% | -351 | -12.26% | 2,863 |
| McLean | 2,822 | 53.37% | 2,326 | 43.99% | 130 | 2.46% | 10 | 0.19% | 496 | 9.38% | 5,288 |
| Mercer | 2,504 | 84.71% | 445 | 15.05% | 5 | 0.17% | 2 | 0.07% | 2,059 | 69.65% | 2,956 |
| Morton | 3,537 | 65.32% | 1,850 | 34.16% | 20 | 0.37% | 8 | 0.15% | 1,687 | 31.15% | 5,415 |
| Mountrail | 1,666 | 45.11% | 1,981 | 53.64% | 22 | 0.60% | 24 | 0.65% | -315 | -8.53% | 3,693 |
| Nelson | 1,506 | 43.77% | 1,925 | 55.94% | 3 | 0.09% | 7 | 0.20% | -419 | -12.18% | 3,441 |
| Oliver | 756 | 76.83% | 219 | 22.26% | 6 | 0.61% | 3 | 0.30% | 537 | 54.57% | 984 |
| Pembina | 2,410 | 44.95% | 2,903 | 54.15% | 2 | 0.04% | 46 | 0.86% | -493 | -9.20% | 5,361 |
| Pierce | 1,992 | 60.07% | 1,307 | 39.41% | 11 | 0.33% | 6 | 0.18% | 685 | 20.66% | 3,316 |
| Ramsey | 2,505 | 49.28% | 2,539 | 49.95% | 29 | 0.57% | 10 | 0.20% | -34 | -0.67% | 5,083 |
| Ransom | 2,044 | 55.06% | 1,639 | 44.15% | 21 | 0.57% | 8 | 0.22% | 405 | 10.91% | 3,712 |
| Renville | 1,046 | 48.34% | 1,095 | 50.60% | 19 | 0.88% | 4 | 0.18% | -49 | -2.26% | 2,164 |
| Richland | 4,402 | 57.74% | 3,192 | 41.87% | 11 | 0.14% | 19 | 0.25% | 1,210 | 15.87% | 7,624 |
| Rolette | 1,070 | 37.78% | 1,745 | 61.62% | 12 | 0.42% | 5 | 0.18% | -675 | -23.83% | 2,832 |
| Sargent | 1,488 | 50.72% | 1,426 | 48.60% | 11 | 0.37% | 9 | 0.31% | 62 | 2.11% | 2,934 |
| Sheridan | 1,910 | 82.76% | 386 | 16.72% | 6 | 0.26% | 6 | 0.26% | 1,524 | 66.03% | 2,308 |
| Sioux | 673 | 59.98% | 445 | 39.66% | 1 | 0.09% | 3 | 0.27% | 228 | 20.32% | 1,122 |
| Slope | 434 | 49.43% | 439 | 50.00% | 5 | 0.57% | 0 | 0.00% | -5 | -0.57% | 878 |
| Stark | 2,852 | 64.85% | 1,534 | 34.88% | 5 | 0.11% | 7 | 0.16% | 1,318 | 29.97% | 4,398 |
| Steele | 1,042 | 43.89% | 1,320 | 55.60% | 8 | 0.34% | 4 | 0.17% | -278 | -11.71% | 2,374 |
| Stutsman | 4,220 | 56.20% | 3,243 | 43.19% | 27 | 0.36% | 19 | 0.25% | 977 | 13.01% | 7,509 |
| Towner | 1,097 | 47.99% | 1,185 | 51.84% | 3 | 0.13% | 1 | 0.04% | -88 | -3.85% | 2,286 |
| Traill | 2,370 | 48.68% | 2,479 | 50.91% | 10 | 0.21% | 10 | 0.21% | -109 | -2.24% | 4,869 |
| Walsh | 2,471 | 34.07% | 4,747 | 65.46% | 10 | 0.14% | 24 | 0.33% | -2,276 | -31.38% | 7,252 |
| Ward | 5,514 | 48.30% | 5,822 | 50.99% | 58 | 0.51% | 23 | 0.20% | -308 | -2.70% | 11,417 |
| Wells | 2,529 | 61.59% | 1,557 | 37.92% | 13 | 0.32% | 7 | 0.17% | 972 | 23.67% | 4,106 |
| Williams | 2,217 | 36.57% | 3,748 | 61.82% | 87 | 1.43% | 11 | 0.18% | -1,531 | -25.25% | 6,063 |
| Total | 118,535 | 53.84% | 100,144 | 45.48% | 954 | 0.43% | 549 | 0.25% | 18,391 | 8.35% | 220,182 |
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
editSee also
editReferences
edit- ^ "United States Presidential election of 1944 - Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved December 22, 2017.
- ^ "1944 Election for the Fortieth Term (1945-49)". Retrieved December 22, 2017.
- ^ "1944 Presidential General Election Results - North Dakota". Retrieved December 22, 2017.
- ^ "The American Presidency Project - Election of 1944". Retrieved December 22, 2017.
- ^ "ND US President Race, November 07, 1944". Our Campaigns.