1944 United States presidential election in Illinois

none June 2025 September 2023 1944 United States presidential election in Illinois Illinois presidential no 1940 United States presidential election in Illinois 1940 1948 United States presidential election in Illinois 1948 All 28 Illinois votes to the Electoral College November 7, 1944https://www.britannica.com/event/United-States-presidential-election-of-1944 United States Presidential election of 1944 – Encyclopædia Britannica March 26, 2018 x200px 1944_portrait_of_FDR_(1)(small).jpg Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic Party (United States) New York Harry S. Truman 28 2,079,479 51.52% Dewey circa 1946 (cropped).jpg Thomas E. Dewey Republican Party (United States) New York John W. Bricker 0 1,939,314 48.05% 1944 United States presidential election in Illinois results map by county.svg 180px County results Roosevelt #b9d7ff 40–50% #86b6f2 50–60% Dewey #f2b3be 40–50% #e27f90 50–60% #cc2f4a 60–70% #d40000 70–80% President Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic Party (United States) Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic Party (United States) 1915 The 1944 United States presidential election in Illinois took place on November 7, 1944, as part of the 1944 United States presidential election. State voters chose 28https://www.archives.gov/federal-register/electoral-college/votes/1941_1953.html#1944 1944 Election for the Fortieth Term (1945-49) March 26, 2018 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Illinois was won by incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt (D–New York), running with Senator Harry S. Truman, with 51.52% of the popular vote, against Governor Thomas E. Dewey (R–New York), running with Governor John W. Bricker, with 48.05% of the popular vote.https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1944&fips=17&f=0&off=0&elect=0&minper=0 1944 Presidential General Election Results – Illinois March 26, 2018https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/showelection.php?year=1944 The American Presidency Project – Election of 1944 March 26, 2018 Illinois was one of six states that shifted left from 1940, alongside Michigan, Minnesota, New York, North Dakota, and Rhode Island. Primaries The primaries and general elections coincided with those for other federal offices (Senate and House), as well as those for state offices.OFFICIAL VOTE of the STATE OF ILLINOIS CAST AT THE GENERAL ELECTION, Nov. 7, 1944 PRIMARY ELECTION GENERAL PRIMARY, APRIL 11, 1944 https://www.elections.il.gov/DocDisplay.aspx?doc=Downloads/ElectionOperations/VoteTotals/Archived/1944/PE%20and%20GE%201944.pdf Illinois State Board of Elections 11 July 2020February 2021 InternetArchiveBot yes Turnout The total vote in the state-run primary elections (Democratic and Republican) was 646,993. The total vote in the general election was 4,036,061. Both major parties held non-binding state-run preferential primaries on April 11. Democratic 1944 Illinois Democratic presidential primary no 1940 Illinois Democratic presidential primary 1940 1948 Illinois Democratic presidential primary 1948 presidential Illinois 1944 04 11 150x150px Franklin D. Roosevelt New York 3333ff 48,561 99.30% 280px The 1944 Illinois Democratic presidential primary was held on April 11, 1944, in the U.S. state of Illinois as one of the Democratic Party's state primaries ahead of the 1944 presidential election. The popular vote was a non-binding "beauty contest". Delegates were instead elected by direct votes by congressional district on delegate candidates. 1944 Illinois Democratic presidential primaryCandidateVotes% Franklin D. Roosevelt 48,561 99.30 Scattering 343 0.70 Total 48,904 100 Republican 1944 Illinois Republican presidential primary Illinois presidential no 1940 Illinois Republican presidential primary 1940 1948 Illinois Republican presidential primary 1948 1944 04 11 150x150px Douglas MacArthur Wisconsin 37C871 550,354 92.02% 150x150px Riley A. Bender Illinois 37,575 6.28% 100px The 1944 Illinois Republican presidential primary was held on April 11, 1944, in the U.S. state of Illinois as one of the Republican Party's state primaries ahead of the 1944 presidential election. The preference vote was a "beauty contest". Delegates were instead selected by direct-vote in each congressional districts on delegate candidates. Douglas MacArthur won the primary. Illinois businessman Riley A. Bender placed second, running as a favorite son. 1944 Illinois Republican presidential primaryCandidateVotes%Douglas MacArthur 550,354 92.02Riley A. Bender 37,575 6.28Thomas Dewey 9,192 1.54Everett Dirksen 581 0.10John Bricker 148 0.03Harold E. Stassen 111 0.02Wendell Willkie 107 0.02 Scattering 21 0.00 Total 598,089 100 Results 1944 United States presidential election in Illinois Franklin D. Roosevelt (inc.) Democratic Party (United States) 2,079,479 51.52% Thomas E. Dewey Republican Party (United States) 1,939,314 48.05% Edward Teichert Socialist Labor Party of America 9677 0.24% Claude Watson Prohibition Party 7,411 0.18% Norman Thomas Write-in 180 0.00% 4,036,061 100% Results by county CountyFranklin Delano RooseveltDemocraticThomas Edmund DeweyRepublicanVarious candidatesOther partiesMarginTotal votes castGéoelections http://geoelections.free.fr/USA/elec_comtes/1944.htm 1944 Presidential Election Popular Vote # % # % # % # % Adams 13,733 46.65% 15,564 52.87% 142 0.48% -1,831 -6.22% 29,439 Alexander 4,767 49.47% 4,792 49.73% 78 0.81% -25 -0.26% 9,637 Bond 2,607 38.86% 3,907 58.24% 194 2.89% -1,300 -19.38% 6,708 Boone 2,074 26.59% 5,708 73.18% 18 0.23% -3,634 -46.59% 7,800 Brown 1,849 51.26% 1,738 48.18% 20 0.55% 111 3.08% 3,607 Bureau 6,976 37.05% 11,802 62.68% 51 0.27% -4,826 -25.63% 18,829 Calhoun 1,271 39.22% 1,956 60.35% 14 0.43% -685 -21.14% 3,241 Carroll 2,843 31.72% 6,101 68.08% 18 0.20% -3,258 -36.35% 8,962 Cass 3,909 51.54% 3,641 48.00% 35 0.46% 268 3.53% 7,585 Champaign 13,842 42.00% 18,935 57.46% 177 0.54% -5,093 -15.45% 32,954 Christian 9,360 50.77% 8,995 48.79% 82 0.44% 365 1.98% 18,437Clark3,61940.02%5,37359.41%520.57% -1,754 -19.39% 9,044 Clay 3,531 43.54% 4,484 55.29% 95 1.17% -953 -11.75% 8,110 Clinton 3,944 36.69% 6,753 62.82% 53 0.49% -2,809 -26.13% 10,750 Coles 8,936 48.40% 9,473 51.31% 54 0.29% -537 -2.91% 18,463 Cook 1,275,367 57.81% 924,659 41.91% 6,165 0.28% 350,708 15.90% 2,206,191 Crawford 4,482 42.22% 6,056 57.04% 79 0.74% -1,574 -14.83% 10,617 Cumberland 2,391 46.83% 2,700 52.88% 15 0.29% -309 -6.05% 5,106 DeKalb 6,004 32.97% 12,157 66.76% 49 0.27% -6,153 -33.79% 18,210 DeWitt 3,658 43.77% 4,630 55.40% 69 0.83% -972 -11.63% 8,357 Douglas 3,323 41.36% 4,684 58.29% 28 0.35% -1,361 -16.94% 8,035 DuPage 18,711 30.79% 41,890 68.93% 174 0.29% -23,179 -38.14% 60,775 Edgar 5,054 41.88% 6,961 57.68% 54 0.45% -1,907 -15.80% 12,069 Edwards 1,197 28.16% 3,016 70.96% 37 0.87% -1,819 -42.80% 4,250 Effingham 4,587 45.33% 5,441 53.77% 91 0.90% -854 -8.44% 10,119 Fayette 5,435 45.72% 6,332 53.27% 120 1.01% -897 -7.55% 11,887 Ford 2,270 29.85% 5,317 69.91% 18 0.24% -3,047 -40.07% 7,605 Franklin 11,663 50.24% 11,377 49.01% 173 0.75% 286 1.23% 23,213 Fulton 8,946 44.22% 11,117 54.96% 166 0.82% -2,171 -10.73% 20,229 Gallatin 2,175 50.64% 2,073 48.27% 47 1.09% 102 2.37% 4,295 Greene 4,268 49.78% 4,261 49.70% 45 0.52% 7 0.08% 8,574 Grundy 3,544 35.88% 6,310 63.89% 22 0.22% -2,766 -28.01% 9,876 Hamilton 2,914 44.48% 3,582 54.68% 55 0.84% -668 -10.20% 6,551 Hancock 5,338 39.90% 7,972 59.59% 68 0.51% -2,634 -19.69% 13,378 Hardin 1,370 39.85% 2,037 59.25% 31 0.90% -667 -19.40% 3,438 Henderson 1,550 36.43% 2,695 63.34% 10 0.24% -1,145 -26.91% 4,255 Henry 9,130 40.11% 13,539 59.48% 92 0.40% -4,409 -19.37% 22,761 Iroquois 5,168 33.03% 10,389 66.39% 91 0.58% -5,221 -33.37% 15,648 Jackson 6,735 40.11% 10,002 59.57% 54 0.32% -3,267 -19.46% 16,791 Jasper 3,142 47.43% 3,453 52.13% 29 0.44% -311 -4.70% 6,624 Jefferson 8,496 51.33% 7,916 47.83% 139 0.84% 580 3.50% 16,551 Jersey 2,910 44.87% 3,546 54.67% 30 0.46% -636 -9.81% 6,486 Jo Daviess 3,298 33.66% 6,465 65.99% 34 0.35% -3,167 -32.33% 9,797 Johnson 1,522 31.49% 3,298 68.24% 13 0.27% -1,776 -36.75% 4,833 Kane 23,362 37.54% 38,689 62.16% 185 0.30% -15,327 -24.63% 62,236 Kankakee 11,342 42.50% 15,256 57.16% 90 0.34% -3,914 -14.67% 26,688 Kendall 1,673 29.35% 4,022 70.55% 6 0.11% -2,349 -41.20% 5,701 Knox 10,070 38.49% 15,964 61.02% 126 0.48% -5,894 -22.53% 26,160 Lake 25,453 41.52% 35,674 58.19% 183 0.30% -10,221 -16.67% 61,310 LaSalle 21,489 41.42% 28,179 54.32% 2,210 4.26% -6,690 -12.90% 51,878 Lawrence 4,003 43.02% 5,191 55.79% 111 1.19% -1,188 -12.77% 9,305 Lee 4,899 31.98% 10,397 67.88% 21 0.14% -5,498 -35.89% 15,317 Livingston 6,231 33.29% 12,436 66.44% 52 0.28% -6,205 -33.15% 18,719 Logan 4,868 37.88% 7,955 61.90% 29 0.23% -3,087 -24.02% 12,852 Macon 22,808 53.58% 19,608 46.06% 153 0.36% 3,200 7.52% 42,569 Macoupin 11,951 50.46% 11,572 48.86% 160 0.68% 379 1.60% 23,683 Madison 40,114 58.24% 28,399 41.23% 359 0.52% 11,715 17.01% 68,872 Marion 10,079 51.32% 9,408 47.90% 153 0.78% 671 3.42% 19,640 Marshall 2,596 38.17% 4,195 61.68% 10 0.15% -1,599 -23.51% 6,801 Mason 3,282 45.19% 3,959 54.52% 21 0.29% -677 -9.32% 7,262 Massac 1,758 31.13% 3,814 67.53% 76 1.35% -2,056 -36.40% 5,648 McDonough 4,497 33.03% 9,028 66.30% 91 0.67% -4,531 -33.28% 13,616 McHenry 5,567 26.14% 15,666 73.55% 66 0.31% -10,099 -47.42% 21,299 McLean 14,011 41.75% 19,366 57.70% 185 0.55% -5,355 -15.96% 33,562 Menard 1,888 38.33% 3,013 61.17% 25 0.51% -1,125 -22.84% 4,926 Mercer 3,277 36.50% 5,667 63.12% 34 0.38% -2,390 -26.62% 8,978 Monroe 2,068 33.85% 4,032 66.00% 9 0.15% -1,964 -32.15% 6,109 Montgomery 7,855 46.08% 8,989 52.74% 201 1.18% -1,134 -6.65% 17,045 Morgan 6,965 43.72% 8,923 56.01% 42 0.26% -1,958 -12.29% 15,930 Moultrie 2,853 46.93% 3,180 52.31% 46 0.76% -327 -5.38% 6,079 Ogle 3,951 26.86% 10,680 72.59% 81 0.55% -6,729 -45.74% 14,712 Peoria 32,837 48.83% 34,171 50.81% 243 0.36% -1,334 -1.98% 67,251 Perry 4,677 42.73% 6,236 56.97% 33 0.30% -1,559 -14.24% 10,946 Piatt 2,641 40.09% 3,912 59.38% 35 0.53% -1,271 -19.29% 6,588 Pike 5,833 50.58% 5,633 48.85% 66 0.57% 200 1.73% 11,532 Pope 813 25.74% 2,305 72.99% 40 1.27% -1,492 -47.25% 3,158 Pulaski 2,311 41.28% 3,248 58.02% 39 0.70% -937 -16.74% 5,598 Putnam 865 36.10% 1,521 63.48% 10 0.42% -656 -27.38% 2,396 Randolph 6,199 45.06% 7,518 54.65% 39 0.28% -1,319 -9.59% 13,756 Richland 2,858 38.04% 4,577 60.91% 79 1.05% -1,719 -22.88% 7,514 Rock Island 30,102 55.48% 23,980 44.19% 180 0.33% 6,122 11.28% 54,262 Saline 7,351 44.45% 9,083 54.92% 105 0.63% -1,732 -10.47% 16,539 Sangamon 28,713 46.50% 32,871 53.24% 161 0.26% -4,158 -6.73% 61,745 Schuyler 2,555 47.27% 2,801 51.82% 49 0.91% -246 -4.55% 5,405 Scott 1,864 45.93% 2,185 53.84% 9 0.22% -321 -7.91% 4,058 Shelby 5,919 48.35% 6,201 50.65% 123 1.00% -282 -2.30% 12,243 St. Clair 48,325 58.78% 33,557 40.82% 327 0.40% 14,768 17.96% 82,209 Stark 1,401 31.43% 3,050 68.42% 7 0.16% -1,649 -36.99% 4,458 Stephenson 7,755 39.13% 11,948 60.28% 118 0.60% -4,193 -21.15% 19,821 Tazewell 14,412 53.30% 12,531 46.34% 96 0.36% 1,881 6.96% 27,039 Union4,36751.21%4,11448.25% 460.54%2532.97%8,527 Vermilion 18,387 46.60% 20,794 52.70% 273 0.69% -2,407 -6.10% 39,454 Wabash 3,026 45.83% 3,496 52.95% 81 1.23% -470 -7.12% 6,603 Warren 3,926 35.53% 7,085 64.12% 39 0.35% -3,159 -28.59% 11,050 Washington 2,723 33.26% 5,428 66.31% 35 0.43% -2,705 -33.04% 8,186 Wayne 4,019 41.17% 5,683 58.21% 61 0.62% -1,664 -17.04% 9,763 White 4,822 47.97% 5,139 51.12% 91 0.91% -317 -3.15% 10,052 Whiteside 5,555 27.93% 14,162 71.21% 171 0.86% -8,607 -43.28% 19,888 Will 27,085 47.14% 30,058 52.32% 310 0.54% -2,973 -5.17% 57,453 Williamson 9,974 43.99% 12,594 55.55% 103 0.45% -2,620 -11.56% 22,671 Winnebago 27,831 47.22% 30,837 52.31% 277 0.47% -3,006 -5.10% 58,945Woodford 3,514 35.90% 6,237 63.73% 36 0.37% -2,723 -27.82% 9,787Totals2,079,47951.52%1,939,31448.05%17,0880.42%140,1653.47%4,035,881 Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican 20em Coles Alexander Effingham LaSalle Moultrie Peoria Saline Schuyler Shelby Williamson Wabash White See also United States presidential elections in Illinois References Illinois 1944 Category:1944 Illinois elections