1944 United States presidential election in California

none June 2025 September 2023 1944 United States presidential election 1944 United States presidential election in California California Flag of California (1924–1953).pngborder presidential no 1940 United States presidential election in California 1940 1948 United States presidential election in California 1948 86.13% (of registered voters) 4.69 pp 65.72% (of eligible voters) 12.6 ppHistorical Voter Registration and Participation in Statewide General Elections 19102018 https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2018-general/sov/04-historical-voter-reg-participation.pdf California Secretary of State 2022-05-05 November 7, 1944 x200px 1944 portrait of FDR (1)(small).jpg Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic Party (United States) New York Harry S. Truman 25 1,988,564 56.48% Dewey circa 1946 (cropped).jpg Thomas E. Dewey Republican Party (United States) New York John W. Bricker 0 1,512,965 42.97% 325px 400px County results Roosevelt #b9d7ff 40–50% #86b6f2 50–60% #4389e3 60–70% Dewey #f2b3be 40–50% #e27f90 50–60% #cc2f4a 60–70% President Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic Party (United States) Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic Party (United States) The 1944 United States presidential election in California took place on November 7, 1944, as part of the 1944 United States presidential election. State voters chose 25 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. California voted for the Democratic incumbent, Franklin Roosevelt, in a landslide over the Republican challenger, New York Governor Thomas E. Dewey. Democrats would not win San Diego County again until 1992. Results 1944 United States presidential election in CaliforniaState of California Statement of Vote, General Election, November 7, 1944 State Printing Office California Secretary of State Sacramento, California 4–6 https://archive.org/details/stateofcaliforn194050cali/page/n109/mode/2up?view=theater 18 July 2024PartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes Democratic Franklin D. Roosevelt (incumbent) 1,988,564 56.48% 25 Republican Thomas E. Dewey 1,512,965 42.97% 0 Prohibition Claude A. Watson 14,770 0.42% 0 No Party Norman Thomas (write-in) 2,515 0.07% 0 No Party Darlington Hoopes (write-in) 1,408 0.04% 0 No Party Edward A. Teichert (write-in) 180 0.01% 0 No Party Arla A. Albaugh (write-in) 147 0.00% 0 No Party Scattering 326 0.01% 0 Invalid or blank votes — Totals 3,520,875 100.00% 25 Voter turnout — Results by county County Franklin D. RooseveltDemocratic Thomas E. DeweyRepublican Claude A. WatsonProhibition ScatteringWrite-inIncludes votes for Thomas, Hoopes, Teichert, and Albaugh Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % # % # %Alameda169,63157.70%122,98241.83%7210.25%653375 for Thomas, 202 for Hoopes, 28 for Teichert, 25 for Albaugh, 23 Scattering0.22%46,64915.87%293,987Alpine4531.47%9868.53%00.00%00.00%-53-37.06%143Amador1,97661.69%1,19137.18%361.12%00.00%78524.51%3,203Butte8,81152.55%7,85246.83%1050.63%00.00%9595.72%16,768Calaveras1,89356.19%1,45543.19%210.62%00.00%43813.00%3,369Colusa2,09056.81%1,57942.92%100.27%00.00%51113.89%3,679Contra Costa47,83163.96%26,81635.86%1380.18%00.00%21,01528.10%74,785Del Norte81844.70%1,01155.25%10.05%00.00%-193-10.55%1,830El Dorado3,01659.95%1,99039.55%250.50%00.00%1,02620.39%5,031Fresno40,76963.84%22,66835.50%4250.67%00.00%18,10128.34%63,862Glenn2,45250.20%2,40949.32%230.47%00.00%430.88%4,884Humboldt12,08356.83%9,12742.93%500.24%00.00%2,95613.90%21,260Imperial5,08545.76%5,97953.81%480.43%00.00%-894-8.05%11,112Inyo1,64749.09%1,69950.64%90.27%00.00%-52-1.55%3,355Kern26,20555.56%20,73043.96%2060.44%2020 Scattering0.04%5,47511.61%47,161Kings6,59165.04%3,46834.22%750.74%00.00%3,12330.82%10,134Lake1,67144.61%2,05954.97%160.43%00.00%-388-10.36%3,746Lassen3,67865.81%1,89633.92%150.27%00.00%1,78231.88%5,589Los Angeles886,25256.75%666,44142.68%6,0810.39%2,7901,513 for Thomas, 884 for Hoopes, 145 for Teichert, 122 for Albaugh, 126 Scattering0.18%219,81114.08%1,561,564Madera4,27659.47%2,86539.85%490.68%00.00%1,41119.62%7,190Marin14,51652.04%13,30447.69%320.11%4435 for Thomas, 9 Scattering0.16%1,2124.34%27,896Mariposa1,20355.06%96544.16%170.78%00.00%23810.89%2,185Mendocino5,45253.75%4,65545.89%320.32%43 for Thomas, 1 for Hoopes0.04%7977.86%10,143Merced9,19258.25%6,51841.31%690.44%00.00%2,67416.95%15,779Modoc1,54054.28%1,28845.40%90.32%00.00%2528.88%2,837Mono24238.97%37860.87%10.16%00.00%-136-21.90%621Monterey14,34253.66%12,24645.82%1060.40%3434 Scattering0.13%2,0967.84%26,728Napa7,74851.87%7,09247.48%810.54%156 for Thomas, 9 Scattering0.10%6564.39%14,936Nevada3,26654.79%2,64844.42%470.79%00.00%61810.37%5,961Orange28,64942.47%38,39456.92%4070.60%00.00%-9,745-14.45%67,450Placer7,14962.66%4,19636.78%640.56%00.00%2,95325.88%11,409Plumas2,62569.83%1,12629.95%80.21%00.00%1,49939.88%3,759Riverside19,43945.26%23,16853.94%3460.81%00.00%-3,729-8.68%42,953Sacramento49,20466.30%24,61133.16%3430.46%6060 Scattering0.08%24,59333.14%74,218San Benito1,99846.82%2,25352.80%160.37%00.00%-255-5.98%4,267San Bernardino38,53052.59%34,08446.52%6460.88%00.00%4,4466.07%73,260San Diego89,95953.94%75,74645.42%7770.47%282186 for Thomas, 96 for Hoopes0.17%14,2138.52%166,764San Francisco208,60960.51%134,16338.92%1,6130.47%346173 for Thomas, 173 for Hoopes0.10%74,44621.60%344,731San Joaquin27,07452.48%24,35747.21%1250.24%3232 for Thomas0.06%2,7175.27%51,588San Luis Obispo8,06850.63%7,79348.90%750.47%00.00%2751.73%15,936San Mateo34,59450.62%33,59049.15%1580.23%00.00%1,0041.47%68,342Santa Barbara15,72153.37%13,64746.33%890.30%00.00%2,0747.04%29,457Santa Clara43,86952.36%39,40947.04%2970.35%202148 for Thomas, 39 for Hoopes, 7 for Teichert, 8 Scattering0.24%4,4605.32%83,777Santa Cruz9,35745.34%11,10253.80%1640.79%1414 Scattering0.07%-1,745-8.46%20,637Shasta5,79858.90%4,02340.87%220.22%00.00%1,77518.03%9,843Sierra66259.64%44339.91%50.45%00.00%21919.73%1,110Siskiyou5,91457.29%4,35142.15%580.56%00.00%1,56315.14%10,323Solano24,33569.93%10,36129.77%1050.30%00.00%13,97440.15%34,801Sonoma15,94949.27%16,30950.38%850.26%2622 for Thomas, 4 Scattering0.08%-360-1.11%32,369Stanislaus15,53751.33%14,29747.23%3991.32%3822 for Thomas, 13 for Hoopes, 3 Scattering0.13%1,2404.10%30,271Sutter3,08349.54%3,11149.99%290.47%00.00%-28-0.45%6,223Tehama3,13051.53%2,90347.79%410.68%00.00%2273.74%6,074Trinity77057.33%56742.22%60.45%00.00%20315.12%1,343Tulare16,22149.97%16,00549.30%2380.73%00.00%2160.67%32,464Tuolumne2,56657.51%1,86441.77%160.36%1616 Scattering0.36%70215.73%4,462Ventura16,34259.33%11,07140.19%1310.48%00.00%5,27119.14%27,544Yolo5,83757.70%4,23341.84%460.45%00.00%1,60415.86%10,116Yuba3,25457.63%2,37942.14%130.23%00.00%87515.50%5,646Total 1,988,56456.48%1,512,96542.97%14,7700.42%4,5760.13%475,59913.51%3,520,875 Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Imperial Inyo Mono San Benito Sutter Electors Franklin D. Roosevelt & Harry S. TrumanDemocratic Party Thomas E. Dewey & John W. BrickerRepublican Party Claude A. Watson & Andrew JohnsonProhibition Party text-align:center L. G. Hitchcock Gertrude V. Clark Angus Madden Jerome Politzer Lucretia del Valle Grady William H. Hollander James K. Moffit Thomas S. Barclay Sam L. Heisinger Cammie B. Haden A. Edwin Fisher Clayton L. Howland Cornelius J. Haggerty John B. Pelletier Anna Brownyard Lucile Webster Gleason Vincent Thomas Ralph C. Dills Elwyn S. Bennett Zachary T. Malaby Allen Miller Claudia Worswick Vincent T. Godfrey Augustus F. Hawkins James G. Thimmes text-align:center Earl Warren Mary Pickford Rogers Edward H. Tickle Edward Arnold William F. Reichel Walter E. Disney Jeannette P. Andross Milton D. Sapiro Edward B. Baron P. M. Sanford James H. Quinn Gerald R. Johnson George Hallock Mrs. Randolph Madison Charles G. Connors S. F. B. Morse William Nickerson Jr. Raymond Haight Sue C. Weiss Leo E. Anderson John S. Barcome Keith Spaulding Gwendolyn Smith Fern L. Young James R. Scott text-align:center Gilbert O. Hudson Fred L. Robinson Louise J. Taft John B. Lord Ida B. Stein Rowena Pestana Jesse W. Farr Stanley B. Paul William H. Easterling Alfred Randall Mrs. J. H. Van Tassel Iner S. Christensen Harold Daniels W. T. Rutledge George C. Post Fred M. Barney John T. Maret Ernest O. Bachman Hazel G. Edwards G. R. Saunders C. S. Hicks Donald Hamm Capitola Goodell Laura M. Powley Margaret Rosendahl Notes References California 1944 Presidential election in California