1944 United States presidential election in West Virginia

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1944 United States presidential election in West Virginia
Flag of West Virginia.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 vote80
Popular vote392,777322,819
Percentage54.89%45.11%

West Virginia 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 West Virginia took place on November 7, 1944, as part of the 1944 United States presidential election. West Virginia voters chose eight representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Contents

West Virginia was won by President Franklin D. Roosevelt (DNew York), running with Senator Harry S. Truman, with 54.89 percent of the popular vote, against the 41st Governor of New York Thomas E. Dewey (RNew York), running with the 54th Governor of Ohio, John W. Bricker, with 45.11 percent of the popular vote. [1] This would be the last election until 2004 when West Virginia voted to the right of neighboring Virginia, and the last until 2016 when West Virginia voted to the right of Utah. Roosevelt remains the only Democratic presidential candidate to win an outright majority of the state's vote more than once.

Results

1944 United States presidential election in West Virginia [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Franklin D. Roosevelt (incumbent) 392,777 54.89%
Republican Thomas E. Dewey 322,81945.11%
Total votes715,596 100.00%

Results by county

1944 United States presidential election in West Virginia by county [2]
CountyFranklin Delano Roosevelt
Democratic
Thomas Edmund Dewey
Republican
MarginTotal votes cast
# %# %# %
Barbour 3,71848.22%3,99351.78%-275-3.57%7,711
Berkeley 5,81948.61%6,15151.39%-332-2.77%11,970
Boone 6,36664.86%3,44935.14%2,91729.72%9,815
Braxton 4,31358.79%3,02341.21%1,29017.58%7,336
Brooke 5,72661.48%3,58838.52%2,13822.95%9,314
Cabell 23,02053.68%19,86146.32%3,1597.37%42,881
Calhoun 2,25457.19%1,68742.81%56714.39%3,941
Clay 2,39553.12%2,11446.88%2816.23%4,509
Doddridge 1,00027.69%2,61172.31%-1,611-44.61%3,611
Fayette 17,52968.85%7,93231.15%9,59737.69%25,461
Gilmer 2,50960.31%1,65139.69%85820.63%4,160
Grant 57015.98%2,99684.02%-2,426-68.03%3,566
Greenbrier 7,23160.15%4,79039.85%2,44120.31%12,021
Hampshire 2,48560.27%1,63839.73%84720.54%4,123
Hancock 7,33463.12%4,28536.88%3,04926.24%11,619
Hardy 2,11158.64%1,48941.36%62217.28%3,600
Harrison 18,02855.58%14,40844.42%3,62011.16%32,436
Jackson 2,40134.86%4,48665.14%-2,085-30.27%6,887
Jefferson 3,76764.17%2,10335.83%1,66428.35%5,870
Kanawha 47,40056.50%36,48843.50%10,91213.01%83,888
Lewis 3,35040.20%4,98459.80%-1,634-19.61%8,334
Lincoln 3,65446.67%4,17553.33%-521-6.65%7,829
Logan 14,69264.75%8,00035.25%6,69229.49%22,692
Marion 17,64060.36%11,58439.64%6,05620.72%29,224
Marshall 7,17447.91%7,80052.09%-626-4.18%14,974
Mason 3,66239.50%5,60960.50%-1,947-21.00%9,271
McDowell 19,30063.65%11,02336.35%8,27727.30%30,323
Mercer 14,86159.69%10,03440.31%4,82719.39%24,895
Mineral 3,98946.25%4,63553.75%-646-7.49%8,624
Mingo 9,55066.97%4,71133.03%4,83933.93%14,261
Monongalia 10,42951.95%9,64748.05%7823.90%20,076
Monroe 2,61545.52%3,13054.48%-515-8.96%5,745
Morgan 89527.99%2,30372.01%-1,408-44.03%3,198
Nicholas 4,30556.91%3,25943.09%1,04613.83%7,564
Ohio 17,44551.90%16,16548.10%1,2803.81%33,610
Pendleton 2,17754.22%1,83845.78%3398.44%4,015
Pleasants 1,50748.16%1,62251.84%-115-3.68%3,129
Pocahontas 2,89755.32%2,34044.68%55710.64%5,237
Preston 2,99730.64%6,78569.36%-3,788-38.72%9,782
Putnam 3,91849.33%4,02550.67%-107-1.35%7,943
Raleigh 17,98863.54%10,32336.46%7,66527.07%28,311
Randolph 6,29963.12%3,68136.88%2,61826.23%9,980
Ritchie 1,65029.40%3,96370.60%-2,313-41.21%5,613
Roane 3,78744.89%4,65055.11%-863-10.23%8,437
Summers 4,39959.72%2,96740.28%1,43219.44%7,366
Taylor 3,65348.43%3,89051.57%-237-3.14%7,543
Tucker 2,67354.63%2,22045.37%4539.26%4,893
Tyler 1,42829.40%3,42970.60%-2,001-41.20%4,857
Upshur 2,02627.53%5,33272.47%-3,306-44.93%7,358
Wayne 6,62759.47%4,51640.53%2,11118.94%11,143
Webster 3,28567.32%1,59532.68%1,69034.63%4,880
Wetzel 4,33554.60%3,60445.40%7319.21%7,939
Wirt 1,17045.21%1,41854.79%-248-9.58%2,588
Wood 13,67648.42%14,56651.58%-890-3.15%28,242
Wyoming 6,74861.34%4,25338.66%2,49522.68%11,001
Totals392,77754.89%322,81945.11%69,9589.78%715,596

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References

  1. 1 2 "1944 Presidential Election Results — West Virginia".
  2. "1944 Presidential Election Popular Vote". Géoelections. (.xlsx file for €15)