1944 United States presidential election in New York

none June 2025 September 2023 1944 United States presidential election 1944 United States presidential election in New York New York Flag of New York (1909–2020).svg presidential no 1940 United States presidential election in New York 1940 1948 United States presidential election in New York 1948 70.9%Bicentennial Edition: Historical Statistics of the United States, Colonial Times to 1970, part 2, p. 1072. 4.8 pp November 7, 1944 x200px 1944 portrait of FDR (1)(small).jpg Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic Party (United States) font-weight:normal;text-align:left; Parties American Labor Liberal New York Harry S. Truman 47 3,304,238 52.31% Dewey circa 1946 (cropped).jpg Thomas E. Dewey Republican Party (United States) New York John W. Bricker 0 2,987,647 47.30% 400px 440px County results Roosevelt #86b6f2 50–60% #4389e3 60–70% Dewey #e27f90 50–60% #cc2f4a 60–70% #d40000 70–80% President Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic Party (United States) Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic Party (United States) thumb|right|World War II was a huge factor in President Roosevelt's race for the presidency in 1944. Here Roosevelt can be seen meeting with other Allied leaders at the 1943 Cairo Conferences, about 1 year before D-Day. The 1944 United States presidential election in New York took place on November 7, 1944. All contemporary 48 states were part of the 1944 United States presidential election. Voters chose 47 electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president. New York was the home state of both major party nominees. It was won by incumbent Democratic President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who was running against incumbent Republican Party Governor Thomas E. Dewey. Roosevelt ran with U.S. Senator from Missouri Harry S. Truman, and Dewey ran with Ohio Governor John W. Bricker, an opponent during the 1944 Republican primaries, as vice president. New York weighed in for this election as 2% more Republican than the national average. The presidential election of 1944 was a very partisan one for New York, with more than 99.6% of the electorate casting votes for either the Democratic Party or the Republican Party.https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1944&fips=36&f=1&off=0&elect=0&minper=0 1944 Presidential General Election Results – New York Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections 2013-07-14 In typical form for the time, the highly populated centers of New York City, Albany, Buffalo, and Rochester voted primarily Democratic, while the majority of smaller counties in New York turned out for Dewey as the Republican candidate. Much of Roosevelt's margin of victory was provided by his dominance in New York City. Roosevelt took over 60% of the vote in Manhattan, Brooklyn and the Bronx, and decisively won New York City as a whole, although the boroughs of Queens and Staten Island remained Republican as they had voted in 1940. Any advantage Dewey had as the incumbent governor was nullified by New York being Roosevelt's home state as well. A former governor himself, the immensely popular Roosevelt won New York by a solid five-point margin. Dewey campaigned against much of Roosevelt's New Deal, claiming that it suffocated job growth in the country,Smith, pp. 389-391 while Roosevelt's campaign focused on maintaining the New Deal and putting an end to World War II as quickly as possible. Dewey's stance on the New Deal put him and his campaign in sharp contradiction with the majority of voters across the country, including states such as New York, which had suffered through years of over 15% unemployment during the Great Depression, and who largely attributed the economic recovery to Roosevelt's leadership and heightened federal regulation and spending. The 1944 presidential election was the last time until 2016 in which both major party candidates declared New York as their home state. Along with his first run for governor in 1938, the 1944 presidential election marked the only time that Dewey lost a statewide vote in New York. The 1944 presidential election was also the only time that Dewey lost a statewide vote in New York during his time as governor, as Dewey would carry the state in 1948 against Roosevelt's successor Truman. Subsequent to 1944, Dewey would be reelected as governor in 1946 and 1950 before not seeking reelection in 1954. New York was one of six states that shifted left from 1940, alongside Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, North Dakota, and Rhode Island. Results 1944 United States presidential election in New YorkPartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes Democratic Franklin D. Roosevelt 2,478,598 39.24% American Labor Franklin D. Roosevelt 496,405 7.86% Liberal Franklin D. Roosevelt 329,235 5.21% Total Franklin D. Roosevelt (incumbent) 3,304,238 52.31% 47 Republican Thomas E. Dewey 2,987,647 47.30% 0 Socialist Labor Edward A. Teichert 14,352 0.23% 0 Socialist Norman Thomas 10,553 0.17% 0 Totals 6,316,790 100.00% 47 New York City results 1944 Presidential Election in New York CityManhattanThe BronxBrooklynQueens Staten IslandTotal Democratic-American Labor-LiberalFranklin D. Roosevelt509,263450,525758,270292,94031,5022,042,50061.33%65.90%67.74%65.46%44.36%42.62% RepublicanThomas E. Dewey258,650211,158393,926365,36542,1881,271,28738.17%33.47%31.75%34.01%55.33%57.07% Socialist LaborEdward A. Teichert3,2262,4164,2091,01310610,9700.33%0.42%0.36%0.36%0.15%0.14% SocialistNorman Thomas1,6229361,9591,0571195,6930.17%0.21%0.14%0.17%0.16%0.16%TOTAL772,777665,0351,158,364660,37673,9183,330,470100.00% Results by county County Franklin D. RooseveltDemocratic/American Labor/Liberal Thomas E. DeweyRepublican Various candidatesOther parties Margin Total votescastGéoelections; 1944 Presidential Election Popular Vote (.xlsx file for €15) # % # % # % # % Albany 71,128 53.90% 60,543 45.88% 289 0.22% 10,585 8.02% 131,960 Allegany 4,786 26.18% 13,454 73.60% 39 0.21% -8,668 -47.42% 18,279 Bronx 450,525 67.74% 211,158 31.75% 3,352 0.50% 239,367 35.99% 665,035 Broome 31,056 41.29% 44,013 58.52% 137 0.18% -12,957 -17.23% 75,206 Cattaraugus 11,787 37.07% 19,907 62.61% 101 0.32% -8,120 -25.54% 31,795 Cayuga 13,849 42.44% 18,680 57.25% 100 0.31% -4,831 -14.81% 32,629 Chautauqua 22,086 40.03% 32,824 59.49% 264 0.48% -10,738 -19.46% 55,174 Chemung 15,064 40.32% 22,198 59.42% 97 0.26% -7,134 -19.10% 37,359 Chenango 4,997 28.11% 12,745 71.69% 37 0.21% -7,748 -43.58% 17,779 Clinton 9,996 53.15% 8,775 46.66% 35 0.19% 1,221 6.49% 18,806 Columbia 6,969 34.71% 13,055 65.02% 54 0.27% -6,086 -30.31% 20,078 Cortland 4,967 32.17% 10,450 67.68% 24 0.16% -5,483 -35.51% 15,441 Delaware 5,128 25.55% 14,916 74.32% 25 0.12% -9,788 -48.77% 20,069 Dutchess 22,778 40.80% 32,890 58.92% 158 0.28% -10,112 -18.11% 55,826 Erie 195,905 51.12% 185,975 48.53% 1,355 0.35% 9,930 2.59% 383,235 Essex 4,637 31.34% 10,128 68.44% 33 0.22% -5,491 -37.11% 14,798 Franklin 8,060 46.53% 9,225 53.25% 39 0.23% -1,165 -6.72% 17,324 Fulton 8,813 39.93% 13,195 59.79% 62 0.28% -4,382 -19.86% 22,070 Genesee 6,796 33.44% 13,478 66.32% 50 0.25% -6,682 -32.88% 20,324 Greene 5,231 34.73% 9,807 65.10% 26 0.17% -4,576 -30.38% 15,064 Hamilton 830 31.05% 1,834 68.61% 9 0.34% -1,004 -37.56% 2,673 Herkimer 12,381 44.08% 15,656 55.75% 48 0.17% -3,275 -11.66% 28,085 Jefferson 14,449 39.77% 21,834 60.10% 46 0.13% -7,385 -20.33% 36,329 Kings 758,270 65.46% 393,926 34.01% 6,168 0.53% 364,344 31.45% 1,158,364 Lewis 3,441 35.42% 6,256 64.40% 18 0.19% -2,815 -28.98% 9,715 Livingston 6,351 35.73% 11,383 64.04% 41 0.23% -5,032 -28.31% 17,775 Madison 6,109 31.31% 13,369 68.51% 36 0.18% -7,260 -37.20% 19,514 Monroe 119,672 51.52% 111,725 48.10% 876 0.38% 7,947 3.42% 232,273 Montgomery 14,400 49.33% 14,726 50.45% 63 0.22% -326 -1.12% 29,189 Nassau 78,512 32.88% 159,713 66.88% 576 0.24% -81,201 -34.00% 238,801 New York 509,263 65.90% 258,650 33.47% 4,864 0.63% 250,613 32.43% 772,777 Niagara 34,850 47.96% 37,614 51.76% 202 0.28% -2,764 -3.80% 72,666 Oneida 48,371 49.69% 48,749 50.08% 224 0.23% -378 -0.39% 97,344 Onondaga 73,562 47.57% 80,507 52.06% 569 0.37% -6,945 -4.49% 154,638 Ontario 9,437 35.80% 16,859 63.95% 68 0.26% -7,422 -28.15% 26,364 Orange 24,059 38.03% 39,041 61.71% 162 0.26% -14,982 -23.68% 63,262 Orleans 4,006 28.56% 9,998 71.28% 22 0.16% -5,992 -42.72% 14,026 Oswego 12,593 38.92% 19,733 60.99% 29 0.09% -7,140 -22.07% 32,355 Otsego 7,849 33.67% 15,427 66.17% 37 0.16% -7,578 -32.51% 23,313 Putnam 4,251 37.64% 7,010 62.07% 33 0.29% -2,759 -24.43% 11,294 Queens 292,940 44.36% 365,365 55.33% 2,071 0.31% -72,425 -10.97% 660,376 Rensselaer 30,173 44.29% 37,819 55.51% 139 0.20% -7,646 -11.22% 68,131 Richmond 31,502 42.62% 42,188 57.07% 228 0.31% -10,686 -14.46% 73,918 Rockland 13,437 40.72% 19,471 59.00% 91 0.28% -6,034 -18.29% 32,999 Saratoga 13,788 40.45% 20,197 59.26% 98 0.29% -6,409 -18.80% 34,083 Schenectady 33,397 48.49% 35,178 51.08% 294 0.43% -1,781 -2.59% 68,869 Schoharie 4,219 39.06% 6,546 60.61% 36 0.33% -2,327 -21.54% 10,801 Schuyler 1,767 28.14% 4,506 71.76% 6 0.10% -2,739 -43.62% 6,279 Seneca 4,236 36.24% 7,424 63.52% 28 0.24% -3,188 -27.28% 11,688 St. Lawrence 15,223 40.90% 21,919 58.89% 77 0.21% -6,696 -17.99% 37,219 Steuben 13,461 34.45% 25,538 65.36% 73 0.19% -12,077 -30.91% 39,072 Suffolk 31,231 32.15% 65,650 67.59% 253 0.26% -34,419 -35.43% 97,134 Sullivan 8,836 43.81% 11,258 55.82% 73 0.36% -2,422 -12.01% 20,167 Tioga 3,831 29.95% 8,934 69.85% 25 0.20% -5,103 -39.90% 12,790 Tompkins 7,174 35.78% 12,805 63.86% 74 0.37% -5,631 -28.08% 20,053 Ulster 16,943 38.72% 26,703 61.02% 117 0.27% -9,760 -22.30% 43,763 Warren 6,716 35.54% 12,144 64.26% 37 0.20% -5,428 -28.72% 18,897 Washington 7,100 33.82% 13,861 66.03% 31 0.15% -6,761 -32.21% 20,992 Wayne 6,999 28.50% 17,523 71.36% 33 0.13% -10,524 -42.86% 24,555 Westchester 107,591 38.02% 174,635 61.71% 756 0.27% -67,044 -23.69% 282,982 Wyoming 4,455 30.33% 10,219 69.57% 15 0.10% -5,764 -39.24% 14,689 Yates 2,005 24.01% 6,338 75.89% 9 0.11% -4,333 -51.88% 8,352Totals3,304,23852.31%2,987,64747.30%24,9320.39%316,5915.01%6,316,817 See also United States presidential elections in New York Presidency of Franklin D. 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