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United States presidential election in California, 1944







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Nominee

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Thomas E. Dewey

Party

Democratic

Republican
Home state

New York

New York
Running mate

Harry S. Truman

John W. Bricker
Electoral vote

25
0
Popular vote

1,988,564
1,512,965
Percentage

56.48%
42.97%




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County results








President before election

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democratic



Elected President

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democratic







































In the 1944 United States presidential election, California voted for the Democratic incumbent, Franklin Roosevelt, in a landslide over the Republican challenger, New York Governor Thomas E. Dewey.



Results[edit]












































































United States presidential election in California, 1944[1]
Party
Candidate
Votes
Percentage
Electoral votes


Democratic

Franklin D. Roosevelt (incumbent)

1,988,564

56.48%

25


Republican

Thomas E. Dewey
1,512,965
42.97%
0


Prohibition

Claude A. Watson
14,770
0.42%
0


No party

Norman Thomas (write-in)
2,515
0.07%
0


No party
Write-ins
1,881
0.05%
0


No party

Edward A. Teichert (write-in)
180
0.01%
0
Invalid or blank votes




Totals

3,520,875

100.00%

25
Voter turnout




Results by county[edit]






















































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































County

Roosevelt
Votes

Dewey
Votes
Others
Votes

Solano

69.93%

24,335

29.77%

10,361

0.30%

105

Plumas

69.83%

2,625

29.95%

1,126

0.21%

8

Sacramento

66.30%

49,204

33.16%

24,611

0.54%

403

Lassen

65.81%

3,678

33.92%

1,896

0.27%

15

Kings

65.04%

6,591

34.22%

3,468

0.74%

75

Contra Costa

63.96%

47,831

35.86%

26,816

0.18%

138

Fresno

63.84%

40,769

35.50%

22,668

0.67%

425

Placer

62.66%

7,149

36.78%

4,196

0.56%

64

Amador

61.69%

1,976

37.18%

1,191

1.12%

36

San Francisco

60.51%

208,609

38.92%

134,163

0.57%

1,959

El Dorado

59.95%

3,016

39.55%

1,990

0.50%

25

Sierra

59.64%

662

39.91%

443

0.45%

5

Madera

59.47%

4,276

39.85%

2,865

0.68%

49

Ventura

59.33%

16,342

40.19%

11,071

0.48%

131

Shasta

58.90%

5,798

40.87%

4,023

0.22%

22

Merced

58.25%

9,192

41.31%

6,518

0.44%

69

Yolo

57.70%

5,837

41.84%

4,233

0.45%

46

Alameda

57.70%

169,631

41.83%

122,982

0.47%

1,374

Yuba

57.63%

3,254

42.14%

2,379

0.23%

13

Tuolumne

57.51%

2,566

41.77%

1,864

0.72%

32

Trinity

57.33%

770

42.22%

567

0.45%

6

Siskiyou

57.29%

5,914

42.15%

4,351

0.56%

58

Humboldt

56.83%

12,083

42.93%

9,127

0.24%

50

Colusa

56.81%

2,090

42.92%

1,579

0.27%

10

Los Angeles

56.75%

886,252

42.68%

666,441

0.57%

8,871

Calaveras

56.19%

1,893

43.19%

1,455

0.62%

21

Kern

55.56%

26,205

43.96%

20,730

0.48%

226

Mariposa

55.06%

1,203

44.16%

965

0.78%

17

Nevada

54.79%

3,266

44.42%

2,648

0.79%

47

Modoc

54.28%

1,540

45.40%

1,288

0.32%

9

San Diego

53.94%

89,959

45.42%

75,746

0.64%

1,059

Mendocino

53.75%

5,452

45.89%

4,655

0.35%

36

Monterey

53.66%

14,342

45.82%

12,246

0.52%

140

Santa Barbara

53.37%

15,721

46.33%

13,647

0.30%

89

San Bernardino

52.59%

38,530

46.52%

34,084

0.88%

646

Butte

52.55%

8,811

46.83%

7,852

0.63%

105

San Joaquin

52.48%

27,074

47.21%

24,357

0.30%

157

Santa Clara

52.36%

43,869

47.04%

39,409

0.60%

499

Marin

52.04%

14,516

47.69%

13,304

0.27%

76

Napa

51.87%

7,748

47.48%

7,092

0.64%

96

Tehama

51.53%

3,130

47.79%

2,903

0.68%

41

Stanislaus

51.33%

15,537

47.23%

14,297

1.44%

437

San Luis Obispo

50.63%

8,068

48.90%

7,793

0.47%

75

San Mateo

50.62%

34,594

49.15%

33,590

0.23%

158

Glenn

50.20%

2,452

49.32%

2,409

0.47%

23

Tulare

49.97%

16,221

49.30%

16,005

0.73%

238

Sutter

49.54%

3,083

49.99%

3,111

0.47%

29

Sonoma

49.27%

15,949

50.38%

16,309

0.34%

111

Inyo

49.09%

1,647

50.64%

1,699

0.27%

9

San Benito

46.82%

1,998

52.80%

2,253

0.37%

16

Imperial

45.76%

5,085

53.81%

5,979

0.43%

48

Santa Cruz

45.34%

9,357

53.80%

11,102

0.86%

178

Riverside

45.26%

19,439

53.94%

23,168

0.81%

346

Del Norte

44.70%

818

55.25%

1,011

0.05%

1

Lake

44.61%

1,671

54.97%

2,059

0.43%

16

Orange

42.47%

28,649

56.92%

38,394

0.60%

407

Mono

38.97%

242

60.87%

378

0.16%

1

Alpine

31.47%

45

68.53%

98

0.00%

0


References[edit]





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