1944 United States presidential election in California

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1944 United States presidential election in California

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Turnout	86.13% (of registered voters) 4.69 pp 65.72% (of eligible voters) 12.6 pp [1]
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%
County Results Roosevelt   40–50%   50–60%   60–70% Dewey   40–50%   50–60%   60–70%
President before election Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic Elected President Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic

The 1944 United States presidential election in California took place on November 7, 1944, as part of the 1944 United States presidential election. State voters chose 25 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. California voted for the Democratic incumbent, Franklin Roosevelt, in a landslide over the Republican challenger, New York Governor Thomas E. Dewey.

Democrats would not win San Diego County again until 1992.

Results

1944 United States presidential election in California [2]
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	Franklin Delano Roosevelt Democratic		Thomas Edmund Dewey Republican		Various candidatesOther parties
	#	%	#	%	Others	Votes
Solano	24,335	69.93%	10,361	29.77%	105	0.30%
Plumas	2,625	69.83%	1,126	29.95%	8	0.21%
Sacramento	49,204	66.30%	24,611	33.16%	403	0.54%
Lassen	3,678	65.81%	1,896	33.92%	15	0.27%
Kings	6,591	65.04%	3,468	34.22%	75	0.74%
Contra Costa	47,831	63.96%	26,816	35.86%	138	0.18%
Fresno	40,769	63.84%	22,668	35.50%	425	0.67%
Placer	7,149	62.66%	4,196	36.78%	64	0.56%
Amador	1,976	61.69%	1,191	37.18%	36	1.12%
San Francisco	208,609	60.51%	134,163	38.92%	1,959	0.57%
El Dorado	3,016	59.95%	1,990	39.55%	25	0.50%
Sierra	662	59.64%	443	39.91%	5	0.45%
Madera	4,276	59.47%	2,865	39.85%	49	0.68%
Ventura	16,342	59.33%	11,071	40.19%	131	0.48%
Shasta	5,798	58.90%	4,023	40.87%	22	0.22%
Merced	9,192	58.25%	6,518	41.31%	69	0.44%
Yolo	5,837	57.70%	4,233	41.84%	46	0.45%
Alameda	169,631	57.70%	122,982	41.83%	1,374	0.47%
Yuba	3,254	57.63%	2,379	42.14%	13	0.23%
Tuolumne	2,566	57.51%	1,864	41.77%	32	0.72%
Trinity	770	57.33%	567	42.22%	6	0.45%
Siskiyou	5,914	57.29%	4,351	42.15%	58	0.56%
Humboldt	12,083	56.83%	9,127	42.93%	50	0.24%
Colusa	2,090	56.81%	1,579	42.92%	10	0.27%
Los Angeles	886,252	56.75%	666,441	42.68%	8,871	0.57%
Calaveras	1,893	56.19%	1,455	43.19%	21	0.62%
Kern	26,205	55.56%	20,730	43.96%	226	0.48%
Mariposa	1,203	55.06%	965	44.16%	17	0.78%
Nevada	3,266	54.79%	2,648	44.42%	47	0.79%
Modoc	1,540	54.28%	1,288	45.40%	9	0.32%
San Diego	89,959	53.94%	75,746	45.42%	1,059	0.64%
Mendocino	5,452	53.75%	4,655	45.89%	36	0.35%
Monterey	14,342	53.66%	12,246	45.82%	140	0.52%
Santa Barbara	15,721	53.37%	13,647	46.33%	89	0.30%
San Bernardino	38,530	52.59%	34,084	46.52%	646	0.88%
Butte	8,811	52.55%	7,852	46.83%	105	0.63%
San Joaquin	27,074	52.48%	24,357	47.21%	157	0.30%
Santa Clara	43,869	52.36%	39,409	47.04%	499	0.60%
Marin	14,516	52.04%	13,304	47.69%	76	0.27%
Napa	7,748	51.87%	7,092	47.48%	96	0.64%
Tehama	3,130	51.53%	2,903	47.79%	41	0.68%
Stanislaus	15,537	51.33%	14,297	47.23%	437	1.44%
San Luis Obispo	8,068	50.63%	7,793	48.90%	75	0.47%
San Mateo	34,594	50.62%	33,590	49.15%	158	0.23%
Glenn	2,452	50.20%	2,409	49.32%	23	0.47%
Tulare	16,221	49.97%	16,005	49.30%	238	0.73%
Sutter	3,083	49.54%	3,111	49.99%	29	0.47%
Sonoma	15,949	49.27%	16,309	50.38%	111	0.34%
Inyo	1,647	49.09%	1,699	50.64%	9	0.27%
San Benito	1,998	46.82%	2,253	52.80%	16	0.37%
Imperial	5,085	45.76%	5,979	53.81%	48	0.43%
Santa Cruz	9,357	45.34%	11,102	53.80%	178	0.86%
Riverside	19,439	45.26%	23,168	53.94%	346	0.81%
Del Norte	818	44.70%	1,011	55.25%	1	0.05%
Lake	1,671	44.61%	2,059	54.97%	16	0.43%
Orange	28,649	42.47%	38,394	56.92%	407	0.60%
Mono	242	38.97%	378	60.87%	1	0.16%
Alpine	45	31.47%	98	68.53%	0	0.00%

References

1. "Historical Voter Registration and Participation in Statewide General Elections 1910–2018" (PDF). California Secretary of State. Retrieved May 5, 2022.
2. "1944 Presidential General Election Results - California". Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved August 25, 2008.