United States presidential election in California, 1944

Map of presidential election results by county in California in the 1944 presidential election

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

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

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

  1. ↑ "1944 Presidential General Election Results - California". Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved 2008-08-25.
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