1944 United States presidential election in Oregon

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1944 United States presidential election in Oregon
Flag of Oregon.svg
  1940 November 7, 1944 1948  

All 6 Oregon votes to the Electoral College
  1944 portrait of FDR (1)(small).jpg Dewey circa 1946 (cropped).jpg
Nominee Franklin D. Roosevelt Thomas Dewey
Party Democratic Republican
Home state New York New York
Running mate Harry Truman John Bricker
Electoral vote60
Popular vote248,635225,365
Percentage51.78%46.94%

Oregon Presidential Election Results 1944.svg
County Results

President before election

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democratic

Elected President

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democratic

The 1944 United States presidential election in Oregon took place on November 7, 1944, as part of the 1944 United States presidential election. Voters chose six [1] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Contents

Oregon was won by then president Franklin D. Roosevelt over Governor of New York Thomas Dewey by a slim margin of 4.85%. This would mark the last Democratic victory for a presidential candidate in Oregon until 1964. [2]

Results

1944 United States presidential election in Oregon [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Franklin D. Roosevelt (inc.) 248,635 51.78%
Republican Thomas Dewey 225,36546.94%
Independent Norman Thomas 3,7850.79%
Independent Claude Watson2,3620.49%
Total votes480,147 100%

Results by county

CountyFranklin Delano Roosevelt
Democratic
Thomas Edmund Dewey
Republican
Various candidates
Other parties
MarginTotal votes cast [4]
# %# %# %# %
Baker 3,11655.24%2,49444.21%310.55%62211.03%5,641
Benton 2,83034.76%5,24264.39%690.85%-2,412-29.63%8,141
Clackamas 14,06052.10%12,49246.29%4351.61%1,5685.81%26,987
Clatsop 6,03860.19%3,92139.09%720.72%2,11721.10%10,031
Columbia 5,21364.77%2,69633.49%1401.74%2,51731.27%8,049
Coos 6,47657.69%4,60941.06%1401.25%1,86716.63%11,225
Crook 1,14554.39%93244.28%281.33%21310.12%2,105
Curry 67844.40%82754.16%221.44%-149-9.76%1,527
Deschutes 3,80759.24%2,54739.64%721.12%1,26019.61%6,426
Douglas 4,56342.09%6,13456.59%1431.32%-1,571-14.49%10,840
Gilliam 56753.49%49246.42%10.09%757.08%1,060
Grant 1,07248.66%1,00645.67%1255.67%663.00%2,203
Harney 99755.57%78743.87%100.56%21011.71%1,794
Hood River 1,96048.85%2,00850.05%441.10%-48-1.20%4,012
Jackson 6,66843.23%8,59855.74%1601.04%-1,930-12.51%15,426
Jefferson 29741.08%41957.95%70.97%-122-16.87%723
Josephine 3,21443.70%4,01054.52%1311.78%-796-10.82%7,355
Klamath 6,65652.34%5,96946.94%920.72%6875.40%12,717
Lake 1,14752.88%1,00846.47%140.65%1396.41%2,169
Lane 14,37544.37%17,69054.60%3321.02%-3,315-10.23%32,397
Lincoln 2,94750.70%2,80148.19%651.12%1462.51%5,813
Linn 6,48048.02%6,87750.97%1361.01%-397-2.94%13,493
Malheur 2,23443.99%2,79755.08%470.93%-563-11.09%5,078
Marion 11,90741.63%16,17656.56%5181.81%-4,269-14.93%28,601
Morrow 83652.38%74746.80%130.81%895.58%1,596
Multnomah 105,51656.66%78,27942.04%2,4231.30%27,23714.63%186,218
Polk 3,31845.20%3,90453.19%1181.61%-586-7.98%7,340
Sherman 51852.01%47547.69%30.30%434.32%996
Tillamook 2,63450.79%2,47747.76%751.45%1573.03%5,186
Umatilla 4,96747.80%5,37951.77%450.43%-412-3.96%10,391
Union 3,95161.50%2,41337.56%600.93%1,53823.94%6,424
Wallowa 1,54456.74%1,15242.34%250.92%39214.41%2,721
Wasco 2,31348.33%2,42950.75%440.92%-116-2.42%4,786
Washington 9,11048.78%9,36250.13%2051.10%-252-1.35%18,677
Wheeler 41443.04%54456.55%40.42%-130-13.51%962
Yamhill 5,06745.91%5,67251.39%2982.70%-605-5.48%11,037
Totals248,63551.78%225,36546.94%6,1471.28%23,2704.85%480,147

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

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References

  1. "1944 Election for the Fortieth Term (1945-1949)" . Retrieved April 3, 2018.
  2. "The American Presidency Project – Election of 1944" . Retrieved April 3, 2018.
  3. Dave Leip. "1944 Presidential General Election Results – Oregon". Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas.
  4. Scammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964; p. 373 ISBN   0405077114