1944 United States presidential election in Maine

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1944 United States presidential election in Maine
Flag of Maine.svg
  1940 November 7, 1944 1948  
  Dewey circa 1946 (cropped).jpg 1944 portrait of FDR (1)(small).jpg
Nominee Thomas E. Dewey Franklin D. Roosevelt
Party Republican Democratic
Home state New York New York
Running mate John W. Bricker Harry S. Truman
Electoral vote50
Popular vote155,434140,631
Percentage52.44%47.45%

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County Results

President before election

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democratic

Elected President

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democratic

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

Contents

Maine was won by Republican Party candidate New York governor Thomas E. Dewey over Democratic candidate, incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Roosevelt also remains the most recent Democratic president to win more than one term without carrying Maine once.

Dewey won Maine by a narrow margin of 4.99%.

Along with Vermont, Maine is one of two states that never aggregately voted for President Franklin D. Roosevelt in any of his four victorious presidential campaigns.

Results

1944 United States presidential election in Maine [1]
PartyCandidateRunning matePopular voteElectoral vote
Count%Count%
Republican Thomas Edmund Dewey of New York John William Bricker of Ohio 155,43452.44%5100.00%
Democratic Franklin Delano Roosevelt of New York Harry S. Truman of Missouri 140,63147.45%00.00%
Socialist Labor Edward A. Teichert of Pennsylvania Arla Arbaugh of Ohio 3350.11%00.00%
Total296,400100.00%5100.00%

Results by county

CountyThomas Edmund Dewey

Republican

Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Democratic

Edward A. Teichert

Socialist Labor

MarginTotal votes cast [2]
# %# %# %#%
Androscoggin 10,92736.38%19,07863.51%340.11%-8,151-27.13%30,037
Aroostook 11,67859.23%8,01740.66%220.11%3,66118.57%19,717
Cumberland 29,34952.15%26,85747.72%720.13%2,4924.43%56,278
Franklin 4,12760.90%2,64639.04%40.06%1,48121.86%6,777
Hancock 7,14368.71%3,24131.18%120.12%3,90237.53%10,396
Kennebec 14,33550.42%14,07049.49%250.09%2650.93%28,430
Knox 5,59059.70%3,75840.14%150.16%1,83219.56%9,363
Lincoln 4,91969.97%2,10229.90%90.13%2,81740.07%7,030
Oxford 8,05355.76%6,37744.16%120.08%1,67611.60%14,442
Penobscot 16,93455.95%13,29243.92%380.13%3,64212.03%30,264
Piscataquis 3,53654.45%2,95745.53%10.02%5798.92%6,494
Sagadahoc 3,88349.22%4,00350.74%30.04%-120-1.52%7,889
Somerset 7,16757.23%5,33142.57%250.20%1,83614.66%12,523
Waldo 4,29170.30%1,80729.60%60.10%2,48440.70%6,104
Washington 5,38048.44%5,70951.40%180.16%-329-2.96%11,107
York 18,12245.82%21,38654.08%390.10%-3,264-8.26%39,547
Totals155,43452.44%140,63147.45%3350.11%14,8034.99%296,400

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References

  1. "1944 Presidential General Election Results – Maine". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved December 23, 2013.
  2. Scammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964; p. 203 ISBN   0405077114