United States presidential election in California, 1944

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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
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

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