1944 United States presidential election in Virginia

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1944 United States presidential election in Virginia
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  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 vote110
Popular vote242,276145,243
Percentage62.36%37.39%

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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 Virginia took place on November 7, 1944, throughout the 48 contiguous states. Voters chose 11 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Contents

Virginia voted for the Democratic nominee, incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt, over the Republican nominee, New York Governor Thomas E. Dewey. Roosevelt ultimately won the national election with 53.39% of the vote.

This was the last election until 2020 where the Democratic candidate won Virginia by a double-digit margin. It is also the last occasion the following county-equivalents have voted for a Democratic Presidential nominee: Augusta County, [1] Mathews County, [2] Northumberland County, [3] Richmond County [4] and Roanoke County. [5] The independent city of Staunton would not vote Democratic again until Barack Obama in 2008.

Results

United States presidential election in Virginia, 1944 [6]
PartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes
Democratic Franklin D. Roosevelt (inc.)242,27662.36%11
Republican Thomas E. Dewey 145,24337.39%0
Prohibition Claude A. Watson4590.12%0
Socialist Norman Thomas 4170.11%0
Socialist Labor Edward Teichert900.02%0
Totals388,485100.00%11

Results by county

County or Independent City [7] Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Democratic
Thomas Edmund Dewey
Republican
Various candidates
Other parties
MarginTotal votes cast [8]
# %# %# %# %
Accomack County 1,74762.50%1,04537.39%30.11%70225.12%2,795
Albemarle County 1,72563.87%96435.69%120.44%76128.17%2,701
Alleghany County 1,98560.15%1,30839.64%70.21%67720.52%3,300
Amelia County 55364.98%29534.67%30.35%25830.32%851
Amherst County 2,58585.06%44214.54%120.39%2,14370.52%3,039
Appomattox County 1,10980.07%27019.49%60.43%83960.58%1,385
Arlington County 7,12245.95%8,31753.66%600.39%-1,195-7.71%15,499
Augusta County 2,91355.52%2,31944.20%150.29%59411.32%5,247
Bath County 58153.35%50446.28%40.37%777.07%1,089
Bedford County 2,53470.23%1,06829.60%60.17%1,46640.63%3,608
Bland County 76250.60%74449.40%00.00%181.20%1,506
Botetourt County 1,27549.77%1,27249.65%150.59%30.12%2,562
Brunswick County 1,23985.63%20814.37%00.00%1,03171.25%1,447
Buchanan County 2,82658.81%1,97141.02%80.17%85517.79%4,805
Buckingham County 72371.44%28628.26%30.30%43743.18%1,012
Campbell County 1,99575.77%63424.08%40.15%1,36151.69%2,633
Caroline County 1,00472.18%38327.53%40.29%62144.64%1,391
Carroll County 1,37536.87%2,35263.07%20.05%-977-26.20%3,729
Charles City County 32670.11%13929.89%00.00%18740.22%465
Charlotte County 1,47380.49%35619.45%10.05%1,11761.04%1,830
Chesterfield County 2,86075.82%90123.89%110.29%1,95951.94%3,772
Clarke County 81666.02%41533.58%50.40%40132.44%1,236
Craig County 56463.23%32736.66%10.11%23726.57%892
Culpeper County 1,02257.64%75042.30%10.06%27215.34%1,773
Cumberland County 46367.59%21831.82%40.58%24535.77%685
Dickenson County 2,78661.18%1,76238.69%60.13%1,02422.49%4,554
Dinwiddie County 1,09679.59%27920.26%20.15%81759.33%1,377
Elizabeth City County 2,56369.20%1,12830.45%130.35%1,43538.74%3,704
Essex County 50873.73%17925.98%20.29%32947.75%689
Fairfax County 3,58246.75%4,04652.81%340.44%-464-6.06%7,662
Fauquier County 2,11065.86%1,08933.99%50.16%1,02131.87%3,204
Floyd County 63030.55%1,42469.06%80.39%-794-38.51%2,062
Fluvanna County 57766.32%29133.45%20.23%28632.87%870
Franklin County 2,00262.10%1,20637.41%160.50%79624.69%3,224
Frederick County 1,21356.26%93843.51%50.23%27512.76%2,156
Giles County 1,70358.52%1,20341.34%40.14%50017.18%2,910
Gloucester County 93469.24%41030.39%50.37%52438.84%1,349
Goochland County 69174.70%23024.86%40.43%46149.84%925
Grayson County 2,60744.08%3,29855.77%90.15%-691-11.68%5,914
Greene County 28241.72%39358.14%10.15%-111-16.42%676
Greensville County 95477.12%27922.55%40.32%67554.57%1,237
Halifax County 3,35186.59%51213.23%70.18%2,83973.36%3,870
Hanover County 1,47171.72%57528.04%50.24%89643.69%2,051
Henrico County 3,05670.56%1,26329.16%120.28%1,79341.40%4,331
Henry County 1,53867.75%72732.03%50.22%81135.73%2,270
Highland County 53545.49%64154.51%00.00%-106-9.01%1,176
Isle of Wight County 1,17873.26%43026.74%00.00%74846.52%1,608
James City County 31766.32%16133.68%00.00%15632.64%478
King and Queen County 36368.62%16631.38%00.00%19737.24%529
King George County 34850.43%34049.28%20.29%81.16%690
King William County 71871.94%28028.06%00.00%43843.89%998
Lancaster County 66662.77%39036.76%50.47%27626.01%1,061
Lee County 4,47053.22%3,92146.68%80.10%5496.54%8,399
Loudoun County 1,80254.71%1,48545.08%70.21%3179.62%3,294
Louisa County 93059.16%63440.33%80.51%29618.83%1,572
Lunenburg County 1,20586.50%18413.21%40.29%1,02173.30%1,393
Madison County 61643.14%81156.79%10.07%-195-13.66%1,428
Mathews County 61555.56%49144.35%10.09%12411.20%1,107
Mecklenburg County 2,56185.62%43014.38%00.00%2,13171.25%2,991
Middlesex County 62776.84%18622.79%30.37%44154.04%816
Montgomery County 1,65245.80%1,93653.67%190.53%-284-7.87%3,607
Nansemond County 1,39879.93%35120.07%00.00%1,04759.86%1,749
Nelson County 1,39076.42%42723.47%20.11%96352.94%1,819
New Kent County 32967.56%15832.44%00.00%17135.11%487
Norfolk County 5,46777.98%1,52721.78%170.24%3,94056.20%7,011
Northampton County 1,10874.21%38125.52%40.27%72748.69%1,493
Northumberland County 69556.92%52543.00%10.08%17013.92%1,221
Nottoway County 1,45375.28%47224.46%50.26%98150.83%1,930
Orange County 1,19963.24%69436.60%30.16%50526.64%1,896
Page County 1,65339.04%2,57460.79%70.17%-921-21.75%4,234
Patrick County 1,38365.98%70633.68%70.33%67732.30%2,096
Pittsylvania County 3,49273.92%1,22425.91%80.17%2,26848.01%4,724
Powhatan County 46166.43%23033.14%30.43%23133.29%694
Prince Edward County 1,06371.25%42528.49%40.27%63842.76%1,492
Prince George County 79672.50%30127.41%10.09%49545.08%1,098
Prince William County 1,34063.57%76336.20%50.24%57727.37%2,108
Princess Anne County 1,95966.34%99333.63%10.03%96632.71%2,953
Pulaski County 2,15562.32%1,30237.65%10.03%85324.67%3,458
Rappahannock County 49762.36%29737.26%30.38%20025.09%797
Richmond County 36451.93%33647.93%10.14%283.99%701
Roanoke County 3,38051.71%3,14648.13%100.15%2343.58%6,536
Rockbridge County 1,63862.81%96136.85%90.35%67725.96%2,608
Rockingham County 2,10436.03%3,71463.61%210.36%-1,610-27.57%5,839
Russell County 2,94555.05%2,38544.58%200.37%56010.47%5,350
Scott County 2,88848.27%3,08951.63%60.10%-201-3.36%5,983
Shenandoah County 1,96235.77%3,51764.12%60.11%-1,555-28.35%5,485
Smyth County 2,26645.33%2,72654.53%70.14%-460-9.20%4,999
Southampton County 1,59984.38%28414.99%120.63%1,31569.39%1,895
Spotsylvania County 74459.47%50440.29%30.24%24019.18%1,251
Stafford County 69849.22%71450.35%60.42%-16-1.13%1,418
Surry County 60282.92%12316.94%10.14%47965.98%726
Sussex County 77378.88%20120.51%60.61%57258.37%980
Tazewell County 2,83255.23%2,27144.29%250.49%56110.94%5,128
Warren County 1,03457.51%76142.32%30.17%27315.18%1,798
Warwick County 1,84969.49%80730.33%50.19%1,04239.16%2,661
Washington County 2,84950.30%2,79249.29%230.41%571.01%5,664
Westmoreland County 80860.12%53239.58%40.30%27620.54%1,344
Wise County 4,58871.46%1,81728.30%150.23%2,77143.16%6,420
Wythe County 1,46544.57%1,82255.43%00.00%-357-10.86%3,287
York County 76069.34%31829.01%181.64%44240.33%1,096
Alexandria City 4,39156.13%3,40543.53%270.35%98612.60%7,823
Bristol City 1,56171.02%62828.57%90.41%93342.45%2,198
Buena Vista City 40269.07%17930.76%10.17%22338.32%582
Charlottesville City 2,18867.22%1,05532.41%120.37%1,13334.81%3,255
Clifton Forge City 1,08272.04%41527.63%50.33%66744.41%1,502
Danville City 3,12171.48%1,23128.20%140.32%1,89043.29%4,366
Fredericksburg City 1,09260.90%69838.93%30.17%39421.97%1,793
Hampton City 98776.69%29723.08%30.23%69053.61%1,287
Harrisonburg City 1,29249.65%1,30250.04%80.31%-10-0.38%2,602
Hopewell City 1,28477.49%36822.21%50.30%91655.28%1,657
Lynchburg City 4,30264.08%2,39635.69%150.22%1,90628.39%6,713
Martinsville City 1,09370.38%45829.49%20.13%63540.89%1,553
Newport News City 4,05176.30%1,23723.30%210.40%2,81453.00%5,309
Norfolk City 12,01070.66%4,95829.17%280.16%7,05241.49%16,996
Petersburg City 2,25675.68%71924.12%60.20%1,53751.56%2,981
Portsmouth City 5,73583.39%1,12916.42%130.19%4,60666.98%6,877
Radford City 82457.91%59741.95%20.14%22715.95%1,423
Richmond City 22,58471.95%8,73727.84%660.21%13,84744.12%31,387
Roanoke City 7,32258.81%5,09540.92%340.27%2,22717.89%12,451
South Norfolk City 92479.11%24120.63%30.26%68358.48%1,168
Staunton City 1,15957.60%84742.10%60.30%31215.51%2,012
Suffolk City 1,34270.11%56929.73%30.16%77340.39%1,914
Williamsburg City 45467.66%21131.45%60.89%24336.21%671
Winchester City 1,00047.57%1,09552.09%70.33%-95-4.52%2,102
Totals242,27662.36%145,24337.39%9660.25%97,03324.98%388,485

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References

  1. The Political Graveyard; Augusta County, Virginia
  2. The Political Graveyard; Mathews County, Virginia
  3. The Political Graveyard; Northumberland County, Virginia
  4. The Political Graveyard; Richmond County, Virginia
  5. The Political Graveyard; Roanoke County, Virginia
  6. "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 7, 1944" (PDF). Clerk of the House of Representatives. p. 45.
  7. "1944 President General Election". Virginia Department of Elections: Historical Elections Database. Retrieved July 8, 2024.
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