1944 United States presidential election in Massachusetts

none August 2013August 2013 June 2025 September 2023 1944 United States presidential election in Massachusetts Massachusetts 1908 presidential no 1940 United States presidential election in Massachusetts 1940 1948 United States presidential election in Massachusetts 1948 November 7, 1944 x200px 1944 portrait of FDR (1)(small).jpg Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic Party (United States) New York Harry S. Truman 16 1,035,296 52.80% Dewey circa 1946 (cropped).jpg Thomas E. Dewey Republican Party (United States) New York John W. Bricker 0 921,350 46.99% 350px County results 350px| Municipality results 1 350px Roosevelt #86b6f2 50–60% #4389e3 60–70% #1666CB 70–80% Dewey #F2B3BE 40–50% #e27f90 50–60% #cc2f4a 60–70% #D40000 70–80% #AA0000 80–90% #800000 90–100% President Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic Party (United States) Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic Party (United States) 1944 United States presidential election The 1944 United States presidential election in Massachusetts took place on November 7, 1944, as part of the 1944 United States presidential election, which was held throughout all contemporary 48 states. Voters chose 16 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Massachusetts voted for the Democratic nominee, incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York, over the Republican nominee, Governor Thomas E. Dewey of New York. Roosevelt ran with Senator Harry S. Truman of Missouri, while Dewey's running mate was Governor John W. Bricker of Ohio. Roosevelt carried the state with 52.80% of the vote to Dewey's 46.99%, a Democratic victory margin of 5.81%. As Roosevelt was re-elected nationally to his fourth and final term, Massachusetts weighed in as about 2% more Republican than the national average. Once a typical Yankee Republican bastion in the wake of the Civil War, Massachusetts had been a Democratic-leaning state since 1928, when a coalition of Irish Catholic and other ethnic immigrant voters primarily based in urban areas turned Massachusetts and neighboring Rhode Island into New England's only reliably Democratic states. Massachusetts voted for Al Smith in 1928, and for Franklin Roosevelt in his three election campaigns preceding 1944. Roosevelt's 1944 victory thus marked the fifth straight win for the Democratic Party in Massachusetts, although Roosevelt's victory margin was slightly reduced from 1940. Roosevelt and Dewey would split the state's 14 counties, winning 7 counties each. However Roosevelt won the most heavily populated parts of the state including the cities of Boston, Worcester, and Springfield, while most of Dewey's wins were small or island counties. Results 1944 United States presidential election in Massachusettshttp://www.uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1944&fips=25&f=0&off=0&elect=0 1944 Presidential General Election Results - Massachusetts 2013-02-07 Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential ElectionsPartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes Democratic Franklin D. Roosevelt (incumbent) 1,035,296 52.80% 16 Republican Thomas E. Dewey 921,350 46.99% 0 Socialist Labor Edward A. Teichert 2,780 0.14% 0 Prohibition Claude A. Watson 973 0.05% 0 Write-ins Write-ins 266 0.01% 0 Totals 1,960,665 100.00% 16 Results by county CountyFranklin D. RooseveltDemocraticThomas E. DeweyRepublicanVarious candidatesOther partiesMarginTotal votes castScammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964; p. 215 0405077114 # % # % # % # %Barnstable4,93829.88%11,54369.85%440.27% -6,605 -39.97% 16,525Berkshire31,21255.51%24,83044.16%1850.33% 6,382 11.35% 56,227Bristol90,52959.68%60,88040.13%2830.19% 29,649 19.55% 151,692Dukes86138.54%1,37261.41%10.04% -511 -22.87% 2,234Essex118,22851.24%111,95848.52%5700.25% 6,270 2.72% 230,756Franklin9,40041.40%13,25258.37%510.22% -3,852 -16.97% 22,703Hampden91,81959.05%63,29340.71%3740.24% 28,526 18.34% 155,486Hampshire17,67654.09%14,90745.62%970.30% 2,769 8.47% 32,680Middlesex210,25347.03%236,10252.81%7250.16% -25,849 -5.78% 447,080Nantucket56942.18%77957.75%10.07% -210 -15.57% 1,349Norfolk69,60641.56%97,49058.21%3830.23% -27,884 -16.65% 167,479Plymouth32,29040.51%47,24559.27%1740.22% -14,955 -18.76% 79,709Suffolk234,47562.61%139,28537.19%7270.19% 95,190 25.42% 374,487Worcester123,44055.54%98,41444.28%4040.18% 25,026 11.26% 222,258Totals1,035,29652.80%921,35046.99%4,0190.20%113,9465.81%1,960,665 See also United States presidential elections in Massachusetts References expanded Massachusetts 1944 Category:1944 Massachusetts elections