1944 United States presidential election in Ohio

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1944 United States presidential election in Ohio
Flag of Ohio.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 vote250
Popular vote1,582,2931,570,763
Percentage50.18%49.82%

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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 Ohio was held on November 7, 1944, as part of the 1944 United States presidential election. State voters chose 25 electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Contents

Ohio was narrowly won by Republican Party candidate Thomas E. Dewey with 50.18% of the popular vote; Dewey's running mate was incumbent Ohio Governor John W. Bricker. The Democratic candidate, incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt got 49.82% of the popular vote.

Results

1944 United States presidential election in Ohio
PartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes
Republican Thomas Edmund Dewey 1,582,29350.18%25
Democratic Franklin D. Roosevelt (incumbent)1,570,76349.82%0
Totals3,153,056100.0%25

Results by county

CountyThomas Edmund Dewey
Republican
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Democratic
MarginTotal votes cast [1]
# %# %# %
Adams 5,59058.30%3,99841.70%1,59216.60%9,588
Allen 21,02462.59%12,56437.41%8,46025.19%33,588
Ashland 8,99459.47%6,13040.53%2,86418.94%15,124
Ashtabula 17,18156.33%13,31943.67%3,86212.66%30,500
Athens 10,32658.13%7,43841.87%2,88816.26%17,764
Auglaize 8,98064.75%4,88835.25%4,09229.51%13,868
Belmont 15,48539.13%24,09360.87%-8,608-21.75%39,578
Brown 5,02451.44%4,74348.56%2812.88%9,767
Butler 22,70245.96%26,69854.04%-3,996-8.09%49,400
Carroll 4,89862.75%2,90737.25%1,99125.51%7,805
Champaign 7,79561.89%4,80038.11%2,99523.78%12,595
Clark 22,20749.83%22,36250.17%-155-0.35%44,569
Clermont 9,12553.48%7,93746.52%1,1886.96%17,062
Clinton 7,20065.98%3,71334.02%3,48731.95%10,913
Columbiana 19,97651.52%18,79648.48%1,1803.04%38,772
Coshocton 7,91756.38%6,12643.62%1,79112.75%14,043
Crawford 10,46459.65%7,07940.35%3,38519.30%17,543
Cuyahoga 217,82439.71%330,65960.29%-112,835-20.57%548,483
Darke 11,13558.08%8,03641.92%3,09916.17%19,171
Defiance 7,45067.21%3,63432.79%3,81634.43%11,084
Delaware 9,18666.78%4,56933.22%4,61733.57%13,755
Erie 10,66357.90%7,75342.10%2,91015.80%18,416
Fairfield 11,13556.89%8,43943.11%2,69613.77%19,574
Fayette 5,93360.06%3,94539.94%1,98820.13%9,878
Franklin 99,29252.62%89,39447.38%9,8985.25%188,686
Fulton 8,25879.37%2,14720.63%6,11158.73%10,405
Gallia 6,46468.53%2,96831.47%3,49637.07%9,432
Geauga 5,29561.86%3,26438.14%2,03123.73%8,559
Greene 9,68054.95%7,93745.05%1,7439.89%17,617
Guernsey 8,87857.69%6,51242.31%2,36615.37%15,390
Hamilton 154,96051.75%144,47048.25%10,4903.50%299,430
Hancock 13,45068.27%6,25231.73%7,19836.53%19,702
Hardin 8,56662.55%5,12837.45%3,43825.11%13,694
Harrison 5,19460.57%3,38139.43%1,81321.14%8,575
Henry 7,24173.54%2,60526.46%4,63647.09%9,846
Highland 7,96359.88%5,33640.12%2,62719.75%13,299
Hocking 4,53554.63%3,76645.37%7699.26%8,301
Holmes 3,09354.69%2,56345.31%5309.37%5,656
Huron 11,44266.06%5,87933.94%5,56332.12%17,321
Jackson 6,78659.26%4,66640.74%2,12018.51%11,452
Jefferson 15,49638.43%24,82761.57%-9,331-23.14%40,323
Knox 9,96364.13%5,57335.87%4,39028.26%15,536
Lake 13,69751.86%12,71348.14%9843.73%26,410
Lawrence 9,31253.90%7,96646.10%1,3467.79%17,278
Licking 16,81556.74%12,81943.26%3,99613.48%29,634
Logan 9,88266.65%4,94433.35%4,93833.31%14,826
Lorain 23,86648.59%25,25451.41%-1,388-2.83%49,120
Lucas 77,24750.37%76,10949.63%1,1380.74%153,356
Madison 5,54662.17%3,37437.83%2,17224.35%8,920
Mahoning 35,18433.42%70,10266.58%-34,918-33.16%105,286
Marion 11,92557.61%8,77542.39%3,15015.22%20,700
Medina 10,37563.35%6,00336.65%4,37226.69%16,378
Meigs 6,40165.32%3,39934.68%3,00230.63%9,800
Mercer 7,71263.04%4,52236.96%3,19026.07%12,234
Miami 14,75158.47%10,47641.53%4,27516.95%25,227
Monroe 3,61750.30%3,57449.70%430.60%7,191
Montgomery 63,33643.47%82,36756.53%-19,031-13.06%145,703
Morgan 4,30972.13%1,66527.87%2,64444.26%5,974
Morrow 5,43969.78%2,35630.22%3,08339.55%7,795
Muskingum 17,57758.00%12,72942.00%4,84816.00%30,306
Noble 4,13064.89%2,23535.11%1,89529.77%6,365
Ottawa 6,92258.35%4,94141.65%1,98116.70%11,863
Paulding 4,51565.72%2,35534.28%2,16031.44%6,870
Perry 7,33959.24%5,05040.76%2,28918.48%12,389
Pickaway 5,99752.80%5,36247.20%6355.59%11,359
Pike 3,11743.99%3,96856.01%-851-12.01%7,085
Portage 12,28449.50%12,53350.50%-249-1.00%24,817
Preble 6,60957.56%4,87242.44%1,73715.13%11,481
Putnam 8,00471.79%3,14528.21%4,85943.58%11,149
Richland 18,06553.97%15,40646.03%2,6597.94%33,471
Ross 11,42453.50%9,92846.50%1,4967.01%21,352
Sandusky 13,76369.19%6,12930.81%7,63438.38%19,892
Scioto 17,48950.51%17,13449.49%3551.03%34,623
Seneca 15,13770.86%6,22429.14%8,91341.73%21,361
Shelby 7,08455.75%5,62244.25%1,46211.51%12,706
Stark 51,50647.30%57,39352.70%-5,887-5.41%108,899
Summit 64,69641.61%90,78358.39%-26,087-16.78%155,479
Trumbull 25,15042.30%34,31257.70%-9,162-15.41%59,462
Tuscarawas 14,35747.01%16,18452.99%-1,827-5.98%30,541
Union 6,90870.38%2,90729.62%4,00140.76%9,815
Van Wert 8,52962.83%5,04637.17%3,48325.66%13,575
Vinton 2,71959.82%1,82640.18%89319.65%4,545
Warren 8,59859.86%5,76540.14%2,83319.72%14,363
Washington 11,67662.44%7,02337.56%4,65324.88%18,699
Wayne 13,61658.89%9,50641.11%4,11017.78%23,122
Williams 8,73871.89%3,41728.11%5,32143.78%12,155
Wood 16,01666.62%8,02533.38%7,99133.24%24,041
Wyandot 6,14465.54%3,23134.46%2,91331.07%9,375
Totals1,582,29350.18%1,570,76349.82%11,5300.37%3,153,056

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

See also

References

  1. Scammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964; pp. 350-351 ISBN   0405077114