The 1944 United States presidential election in Minnesota took place on November 7, 1944, as part of the 1944 United States presidential election. Voters chose 11 electors, or representatives to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
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 County Results
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Minnesota was won by the Democratic candidate, incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt won the state over New York Governor Thomas E. Dewey by a margin of 62,448 votes or 5.55%. Minnesota was one of six states that became more Democratic compared to 1940, alongside Michigan, Illinois, New York, North Dakota, and Rhode Island.
Results
edit| 1944 United States presidential election in Minnesota[1] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Democratic (DFL) | Franklin D. Roosevelt (incumbent) | 589,864 | 52.41% | 11 | |
| Republican | Thomas E. Dewey | 527,416 | 46.86% | 0 | |
| Socialist | Norman Thomas | 5,073 | 0.45% | 0 | |
| Industrial Government | Edward A. Teichert | 3,176 | 0.28% | 0 | |
| Totals | 1,125,529 | 100.00% | 11 | ||
Results by county
edit| County | Franklin Delano Roosevelt DFL |
Thomas Edmund Dewey Republican |
Norman Mattoon Thomas[2] Socialist |
Edward A. Teichert[2] Industrial Government |
Margin | Total votes cast[3] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Aitkin | 2,743 | 49.79% | 2,720 | 49.37% | 35 | 0.64% | 11 | 0.20% | 23 | 0.42% | 5,509 |
| Anoka | 5,431 | 57.36% | 3,958 | 41.80% | 71 | 0.75% | 8 | 0.08% | 1,473 | 15.56% | 9,468 |
| Becker | 4,889 | 55.87% | 3,803 | 43.46% | 46 | 0.53% | 12 | 0.14% | 1,086 | 12.41% | 8,750 |
| Beltrami | 5,490 | 66.50% | 2,705 | 32.76% | 41 | 0.50% | 20 | 0.24% | 2,785 | 33.73% | 8,256 |
| Benton | 2,258 | 42.90% | 2,988 | 56.76% | 11 | 0.21% | 7 | 0.13% | -730 | -13.87% | 5,264 |
| Big Stone | 2,120 | 56.50% | 1,608 | 42.86% | 14 | 0.37% | 10 | 0.27% | 512 | 13.65% | 3,752 |
| Blue Earth | 5,098 | 34.96% | 9,429 | 64.67% | 29 | 0.20% | 25 | 0.17% | -4,331 | -29.70% | 14,581 |
| Brown | 2,842 | 28.57% | 7,018 | 70.54% | 67 | 0.67% | 22 | 0.22% | -4,176 | -41.97% | 9,949 |
| Carlton | 6,153 | 69.48% | 2,653 | 29.96% | 39 | 0.44% | 11 | 0.12% | 3,500 | 39.52% | 8,856 |
| Carver | 1,565 | 21.06% | 5,828 | 78.42% | 28 | 0.38% | 11 | 0.15% | -4,263 | -57.36% | 7,432 |
| Cass | 3,377 | 51.58% | 3,135 | 47.88% | 27 | 0.41% | 8 | 0.12% | 242 | 3.70% | 6,547 |
| Chippewa | 3,264 | 51.98% | 2,967 | 47.25% | 30 | 0.48% | 18 | 0.29% | 297 | 4.73% | 6,279 |
| Chisago | 2,376 | 43.72% | 3,020 | 55.58% | 29 | 0.53% | 9 | 0.17% | -644 | -11.85% | 5,434 |
| Clay | 5,230 | 54.06% | 4,392 | 45.40% | 34 | 0.35% | 18 | 0.19% | 838 | 8.66% | 9,674 |
| Clearwater | 2,658 | 69.58% | 1,125 | 29.45% | 28 | 0.73% | 9 | 0.24% | 1,533 | 40.13% | 3,820 |
| Cook | 545 | 51.13% | 513 | 48.12% | 8 | 0.75% | 0 | 0.00% | 32 | 3.00% | 1,066 |
| Cottonwood | 2,354 | 37.32% | 3,916 | 62.08% | 20 | 0.32% | 18 | 0.29% | -1,562 | -24.76% | 6,308 |
| Crow Wing | 5,504 | 54.67% | 4,500 | 44.70% | 40 | 0.40% | 23 | 0.23% | 1,004 | 9.97% | 10,067 |
| Dakota | 8,562 | 52.20% | 7,731 | 47.13% | 67 | 0.41% | 43 | 0.26% | 831 | 5.07% | 16,403 |
| Dodge | 1,808 | 38.26% | 2,902 | 61.42% | 9 | 0.19% | 6 | 0.13% | -1,094 | -23.15% | 4,725 |
| Douglas | 3,681 | 46.79% | 4,140 | 52.62% | 34 | 0.43% | 12 | 0.15% | -459 | -5.83% | 7,867 |
| Faribault | 3,640 | 38.37% | 5,822 | 61.37% | 15 | 0.16% | 10 | 0.11% | -2,182 | -23.00% | 9,487 |
| Fillmore | 3,183 | 33.29% | 6,339 | 66.29% | 27 | 0.28% | 13 | 0.14% | -3,156 | -33.01% | 9,562 |
| Freeborn | 6,486 | 52.96% | 5,728 | 46.77% | 20 | 0.16% | 12 | 0.10% | 758 | 6.19% | 12,246 |
| Goodhue | 5,791 | 42.33% | 7,820 | 57.17% | 55 | 0.40% | 13 | 0.10% | -2,029 | -14.83% | 13,679 |
| Grant | 1,969 | 50.76% | 1,898 | 48.93% | 5 | 0.13% | 7 | 0.18% | 71 | 1.83% | 3,879 |
| Hennepin | 148,792 | 55.66% | 116,781 | 43.69% | 1,368 | 0.51% | 379 | 0.14% | 32,011 | 11.97% | 267,320 |
| Houston | 1,847 | 31.26% | 4,036 | 68.31% | 17 | 0.29% | 8 | 0.14% | -2,189 | -37.05% | 5,908 |
| Hubbard | 1,613 | 43.13% | 2,114 | 56.52% | 10 | 0.27% | 3 | 0.08% | -501 | -13.40% | 3,740 |
| Isanti | 2,225 | 49.59% | 2,205 | 49.14% | 53 | 1.18% | 4 | 0.09% | 20 | 0.45% | 4,487 |
| Itasca | 8,787 | 67.10% | 4,227 | 32.28% | 60 | 0.46% | 21 | 0.16% | 4,560 | 34.82% | 13,095 |
| Jackson | 3,417 | 54.85% | 2,789 | 44.77% | 9 | 0.14% | 15 | 0.24% | 628 | 10.08% | 6,230 |
| Kanabec | 1,776 | 47.83% | 1,913 | 51.52% | 22 | 0.59% | 2 | 0.05% | -137 | -3.69% | 3,713 |
| Kandiyohi | 6,482 | 62.61% | 3,784 | 36.55% | 70 | 0.68% | 17 | 0.16% | 2,698 | 26.06% | 10,353 |
| Kittson | 2,752 | 73.25% | 983 | 26.16% | 19 | 0.51% | 3 | 0.08% | 1,769 | 47.09% | 3,757 |
| Koochiching | 3,981 | 70.60% | 1,607 | 28.50% | 36 | 0.64% | 15 | 0.27% | 2,374 | 42.10% | 5,639 |
| Lac qui Parle | 2,779 | 47.10% | 3,104 | 52.61% | 10 | 0.17% | 7 | 0.12% | -325 | -5.51% | 5,900 |
| Lake | 2,401 | 74.13% | 792 | 24.45% | 40 | 1.23% | 6 | 0.19% | 1,609 | 49.68% | 3,239 |
| Lake of the Woods | 1,168 | 64.49% | 642 | 35.45% | 1 | 0.06% | 0 | 0.00% | 526 | 29.04% | 1,811 |
| Le Sueur | 3,358 | 42.15% | 4,560 | 57.24% | 28 | 0.35% | 21 | 0.26% | -1,202 | -15.09% | 7,967 |
| Lincoln | 2,302 | 58.77% | 1,600 | 40.85% | 11 | 0.28% | 4 | 0.10% | 702 | 17.92% | 3,917 |
| Lyon | 4,640 | 55.94% | 3,617 | 43.60% | 18 | 0.22% | 20 | 0.24% | 1,023 | 12.33% | 8,295 |
| Mahnomen | 1,494 | 66.11% | 748 | 33.10% | 12 | 0.53% | 6 | 0.27% | 746 | 33.01% | 2,260 |
| Marshall | 3,808 | 64.94% | 2,029 | 34.60% | 16 | 0.27% | 11 | 0.19% | 1,779 | 30.34% | 5,864 |
| Martin | 4,443 | 46.02% | 5,182 | 53.68% | 20 | 0.21% | 9 | 0.09% | -739 | -7.65% | 9,654 |
| McLeod | 2,557 | 30.58% | 5,756 | 68.84% | 36 | 0.43% | 12 | 0.14% | -3,199 | -38.26% | 8,361 |
| Meeker | 3,159 | 42.09% | 4,302 | 57.31% | 34 | 0.45% | 11 | 0.15% | -1,143 | -15.23% | 7,506 |
| Mille Lacs | 2,872 | 50.32% | 2,798 | 49.03% | 32 | 0.56% | 5 | 0.09% | 74 | 1.30% | 5,707 |
| Morrison | 3,920 | 43.55% | 5,035 | 55.93% | 33 | 0.37% | 14 | 0.16% | -1,115 | -12.39% | 9,002 |
| Mower | 7,199 | 52.03% | 6,588 | 47.62% | 29 | 0.21% | 19 | 0.14% | 611 | 4.42% | 13,835 |
| Murray | 2,495 | 48.90% | 2,585 | 50.67% | 16 | 0.31% | 6 | 0.12% | -90 | -1.76% | 5,102 |
| Nicollet | 2,321 | 34.63% | 4,345 | 64.83% | 23 | 0.34% | 13 | 0.19% | -2,024 | -30.20% | 6,702 |
| Nobles | 3,413 | 44.93% | 4,149 | 54.61% | 24 | 0.32% | 11 | 0.14% | -736 | -9.69% | 7,597 |
| Norman | 2,846 | 59.69% | 1,884 | 39.51% | 28 | 0.59% | 10 | 0.21% | 962 | 20.18% | 4,768 |
| Olmsted | 6,873 | 45.00% | 8,355 | 54.70% | 28 | 0.18% | 18 | 0.12% | -1,482 | -9.70% | 15,274 |
| Otter Tail | 5,823 | 31.85% | 12,351 | 67.55% | 78 | 0.43% | 32 | 0.18% | -6,528 | -35.70% | 18,284 |
| Pennington | 3,330 | 67.89% | 1,525 | 31.09% | 41 | 0.84% | 9 | 0.18% | 1,805 | 36.80% | 4,905 |
| Pine | 4,332 | 55.33% | 3,433 | 43.85% | 46 | 0.59% | 18 | 0.23% | 899 | 11.48% | 7,829 |
| Pipestone | 2,129 | 42.63% | 2,844 | 56.95% | 15 | 0.30% | 6 | 0.12% | -715 | -14.32% | 4,994 |
| Polk | 8,808 | 66.18% | 4,402 | 33.07% | 81 | 0.61% | 19 | 0.14% | 4,406 | 33.10% | 13,310 |
| Pope | 2,781 | 51.49% | 2,607 | 48.27% | 4 | 0.07% | 9 | 0.17% | 174 | 3.22% | 5,401 |
| Ramsey | 78,759 | 58.89% | 53,052 | 39.67% | 870 | 0.65% | 1,063 | 0.79% | 25,707 | 19.22% | 133,744 |
| Red Lake | 1,642 | 68.02% | 757 | 31.36% | 12 | 0.50% | 3 | 0.12% | 885 | 36.66% | 2,414 |
| Redwood | 2,886 | 34.59% | 5,428 | 65.06% | 16 | 0.19% | 13 | 0.16% | -2,542 | -30.47% | 8,343 |
| Renville | 3,747 | 41.74% | 5,160 | 57.49% | 49 | 0.55% | 20 | 0.22% | -1,413 | -15.74% | 8,976 |
| Rice | 4,470 | 39.48% | 6,824 | 60.27% | 18 | 0.16% | 10 | 0.09% | -2,354 | -20.79% | 11,322 |
| Rock | 1,649 | 38.71% | 2,584 | 60.66% | 20 | 0.47% | 7 | 0.16% | -935 | -21.95% | 4,260 |
| Roseau | 3,697 | 70.42% | 1,513 | 28.82% | 30 | 0.57% | 10 | 0.19% | 2,184 | 41.60% | 5,250 |
| Saint Louis | 63,369 | 68.92% | 27,493 | 29.90% | 420 | 0.46% | 660 | 0.72% | 35,876 | 39.02% | 91,942 |
| Scott | 2,786 | 45.30% | 3,326 | 54.08% | 16 | 0.26% | 22 | 0.36% | -540 | -8.78% | 6,150 |
| Sherburne | 1,447 | 41.13% | 2,046 | 58.16% | 19 | 0.54% | 6 | 0.17% | -599 | -17.03% | 3,518 |
| Sibley | 1,683 | 27.94% | 4,311 | 71.56% | 15 | 0.25% | 15 | 0.25% | -2,628 | -43.63% | 6,024 |
| Stearns | 8,647 | 39.25% | 13,298 | 60.37% | 55 | 0.25% | 29 | 0.13% | -4,651 | -21.11% | 22,029 |
| Steele | 3,307 | 40.92% | 4,760 | 58.90% | 10 | 0.12% | 5 | 0.06% | -1,453 | -17.98% | 8,082 |
| Stevens | 1,693 | 41.47% | 2,377 | 58.23% | 7 | 0.17% | 5 | 0.12% | -684 | -16.76% | 4,082 |
| Swift | 3,310 | 56.33% | 2,519 | 42.87% | 31 | 0.53% | 16 | 0.27% | 791 | 13.46% | 5,876 |
| Todd | 3,803 | 40.06% | 5,636 | 59.37% | 29 | 0.31% | 25 | 0.26% | -1,833 | -19.31% | 9,493 |
| Traverse | 1,721 | 56.78% | 1,296 | 42.76% | 11 | 0.36% | 3 | 0.10% | 425 | 14.02% | 3,031 |
| Wabasha | 2,482 | 36.89% | 4,213 | 62.62% | 18 | 0.27% | 15 | 0.22% | -1,731 | -25.73% | 6,728 |
| Wadena | 1,868 | 41.17% | 2,653 | 58.47% | 10 | 0.22% | 6 | 0.13% | -785 | -17.30% | 4,537 |
| Waseca | 2,207 | 34.62% | 4,146 | 65.04% | 17 | 0.27% | 5 | 0.08% | -1,939 | -30.42% | 6,375 |
| Washington | 5,599 | 47.94% | 6,014 | 51.49% | 52 | 0.45% | 14 | 0.12% | -415 | -3.55% | 11,679 |
| Watonwan | 2,324 | 42.31% | 3,146 | 57.27% | 17 | 0.31% | 6 | 0.11% | -822 | -14.96% | 5,493 |
| Wilkin | 1,819 | 48.17% | 1,945 | 51.51% | 8 | 0.21% | 4 | 0.11% | -126 | -3.34% | 3,776 |
| Winona | 6,117 | 42.17% | 8,296 | 57.19% | 35 | 0.24% | 58 | 0.40% | -2,179 | -15.02% | 14,506 |
| Wright | 3,678 | 34.34% | 6,961 | 64.99% | 47 | 0.44% | 25 | 0.23% | -3,283 | -30.65% | 10,711 |
| Yellow Medicine | 3,214 | 48.81% | 3,337 | 50.68% | 23 | 0.35% | 11 | 0.17% | -123 | -1.87% | 6,585 |
| Totals | 589,864 | 52.41% | 527,416 | 46.86% | 5,048 | 0.45% | 3,176 | 0.28% | 62,448 | 5.55% | 1,125,504 |
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
editCounties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
editSee also
editReferences
edit- ^ "1944 Presidential Election Results – Minnesota". Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved October 5, 2016.
- ^ a b Our Campaigns; MN US President Race, November 07, 1944
- ^ Scammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964; pp. 236-237 ISBN 0405077114