1944 United States presidential election in Connecticut

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1944 United States presidential election in Connecticut
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  1940 November 7, 1944 1948  
  1944 portrait of FDR (1)(small).jpg Dewey circa 1946 (cropped).jpg
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 vote80
Popular vote435,146390,527
Percentage52.30%46.94%

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President before election

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democratic

Elected President

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democratic

The 1944 United States presidential election in Connecticut took place on November 7, 1944, as part of the 1944 United States presidential election. State voters chose eight electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.

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Incumbent Democratic President Franklin D. Roosevelt won the state over New York governor Thomas E. Dewey by a margin of 5.36%.

This is the most recent election in which a candidate won Connecticut without carrying Middlesex County.

Results

1944 United States presidential election in Connecticut [1]
PartyCandidateRunning matePopular voteElectoral vote
Count%Count%
Democratic Franklin Delano Roosevelt of New York Harry S. Truman of Missouri 435,14652.30%8100.00%
Republican Thomas Edmund Dewey of New York John William Bricker of Ohio 390,52746.94%00.00%
Socialist Norman Thomas of New York Darlington Hoopes of Pennsylvania 5,0970.61%00.00%
Socialist Labor Edward A. Teichert of Pennsylvania Arla Arbaugh of Ohio 1,2200.15%00.00%
Total831,990100.00%8100.00%

By county

1944 United States presidential election in Connecticut (by county) [2]
CountyRoosevelt %Roosevelt #Dewey %Dewey #Others %Others #Total #
Fairfield 48.3%99,18150.5%103,6931.2%2,423205,297
Hartford 57.0%127,84142.5%95,2240.5%1,153224,218
Litchfield 44.2%19,21255.2%24,0190.6%24843,479
Middlesex 48.3%13,55151.0%14,3150.6%17628,042
New Haven 52.7%123,45046.5%108,8830.8%1,811234,144
New London 54.5%29,30444.9%24,1530.5%28553,742
Tolland 48.1%7,72151.2%8,2080.7%11716,046
Windham 55.1%14,88644.5%12,0320.4%10427,022

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

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References

  1. "1944 Presidential General Election Results - Connecticut". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved December 23, 2013.
  2. "1944 Statement of Vote" (PDF). CT.gov - Connecticut's Official State Website. p. 13. Retrieved January 8, 2023.