1944 United States presidential election in Rhode Island

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1944 United States presidential election in Rhode Island
Flag of Rhode Island.svg
  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 vote40
Popular vote175,356123,487
Percentage58.59%41.26%

Rhode Island Presidential Election Results 1944.svg
Rhode Island Presidential Election Municipality Results 1944.svg

President before election

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democratic

Elected President

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democratic

The 1944 United States presidential election in Rhode Island took place on November 7, 1944, 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.

Contents

Rhode Island voted Democratic candidate, incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York, over the Republican candidate, Governor Thomas E. Dewey of New York. Roosevelt ran with Senator Harry S. Truman of Missouri as his running mate, while Dewey ran with Governor John W. Bricker of Ohio as his running mate.

Roosevelt won the state by a margin of 17.33%. Rhode Island was one of six states that became more Democratic compared to 1940, alongside Michigan, Minnesota, New York, North Dakota, and Illinois.

Results

1944 United States presidential election in Rhode Island [1]
PartyCandidateRunning matePopular voteElectoral vote
Count%Count%
Democratic Franklin Delano Roosevelt of New York Harry S. Truman of Missouri 175,35658.59%4100.00%
Republican Thomas Edmund Dewey of New York John William Bricker of Ohio 123,48741.26%00.00%
Prohibition Claude A. Watson of California Andrew Nathan Johnson of Kentucky 4330.14%00.00%
Total 299,276100.00%4100.00%

By county

1944 United States presidential election in Rhode Island (by county) [2]
CountyFranklin D. Roosevelt

Democratic

Thomas Dewey

Republican

Other candidates

Various parties

Total
 %# %# %##
Bristol 56.0%6,28743.8%4,9190.1%1611,222
Kent 50.5%14,05949.3%13,7100.2%5727,826
Newport 54.6%11,37545.3%9,4350.1%2120,831
Providence 61.1%137,21638.8%87,1900.1%321224,727
Washington 43.8%6,41956.1%8,2330.1%1814,670

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

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References

  1. "1944 Presidential General Election Results - Rhode Island". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved December 23, 2013.
  2. "RI.gov: Election Results". www.ri.gov. Retrieved February 15, 2024.