1944 United States presidential election in New Hampshire

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1944 United States presidential election in New Hampshire

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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 4 0 Popular vote 119,663 109,916 Percentage 52.11% 47.87%

County results Roosevelt   50–60%   60–70% Dewey   50–60%   60–70%

President before election Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic Elected President Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic

The 1944 United States presidential election in New Hampshire took place on November 7, 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.

New Hampshire was won by the Democratic candidate, incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who won the state over New York governor Thomas E. Dewey by a narrow margin of 4.24%. A Democrat would not carry New Hampshire again in a presidential election until 1964. ^[1] This also marks the last time New Hampshire was carried by a different candidate from neigboring Vermont until 2000.

Results

1944 United States presidential election in New Hampshire [2]
Party		Candidate	Running mate	Popular vote		Electoral vote
				Count	%	Count	%
	Democratic	Franklin Delano Roosevelt of New York	Harry S. Truman of Missouri	119,663	52.11%	4	100.00%
	Republican	Thomas Edmund Dewey of New York	John William Bricker of Ohio	109,916	47.87%	0	0.00%
	Socialist	Norman Thomas of New York	Darlington Hoopes of Pennsylvania	48	0.02%	0	0.00%
Total				229,627	100.00%	4	100.00%

Results by county

County	Franklin Delano Roosevelt Democratic		Thomas Edmund Dewey Republican		Normas Matton Thomas Socialist		Total votes cast [3]
	#	%	#	%	#	%
Belknap	5,325	46.24%	6,188	53.74%	2	0.02%	11,515
Carroll	2,461	31.91%	5,251	68.08%	1	0.01%	7,713
Cheshire	7,098	46.00%	8,334	54.00%	0	0.00%	15,432
Coös	8,709	58.36%	6,209	41.61%	4	0.03%	14,922
Grafton	8,743	44.39%	10,947	55.58%	7	0.04%	19,697
Hillsborough	42,306	62.00%	25,921	37.99%	9	0.01%	68,236
Merrimack	13,382	47.82%	14,599	52.17%	2	0.01%	27,983
Rockingham	13,170	43.44%	17,144	56.55%	2	0.01%	30,316
Strafford	12,497	57.07%	9,388	42.87%	13	0.06%	21,898
Sullivan	5,972	50.13%	5,935	49.82%	6	0.05%	11,913
Totals	119,663	52.11%	109,916	47.87%	46	0.02%	229,625

See also

• United States presidential elections in New Hampshire

References

1. Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections; Presidential General Election Results Comparison – New Hampshire
2. "1944 Presidential General Election Results - New Hampshire". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved December 23, 2013.
3. Scammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964; p. 294 ISBN   0405077114