United States presidential election in South Carolina, 1944

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United States presidential election in South Carolina, 1944

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Nominee Franklin D. Roosevelt N/A Thomas E. Dewey
Party Democratic Southern Democrats Republican
Home state New York N/A New York
Running mate Harry S. Truman N/A John W. Bricker
Electoral vote 8 0 0
Popular vote 90,601 7,799 4,610
Percentage 87.64% 7.54% 4.46%

President before election

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democratic

Elected President

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democratic

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The 1944 United States presidential election in South Carolina took place on November 7, 1944 as part of the 1944 United States presidential election. State voters chose four electors to the Electoral College, which selected the President and Vice President.

South Carolina was won by Democratic candidate, incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt won the state over New York governor Thomas E. Dewey by a landslide margin of 83.18 percent. Southern Democrats without a candidate received 7.54 percent of the vote as write ins.

Results

United States presidential election in South Carolina, 1944[1]
Party Candidate Running mate Popular vote Electoral vote
Count % Count %
Democratic Franklin Delano Roosevelt of New York Harry S. Truman of Missouri 90,601 87.64% 8 100.00%
N/A Others Others 7,799 7.54% 0 0.00%
Republican Thomas Edmund Dewey of New York John William Bricker of Ohio 4,610 4.46% 0 0.00%
Prohibition Claude A. Watson of California Andrew Nathan Johnson of Kentucky 365 0.35% 0 0.00%
Total 103,375 100.00% 8 100.00%


References

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