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1944 United States presidential election
1944 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania Pennsylvania presidential no 1940 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania 1940 1948 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania 1948 November 7, 1944 x200px 1944 portrait of FDR (1)(small).jpg Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic Party (United States) New York Harry S. Truman 35 1,940,479 51.14% Dewey circa 1946 (cropped).jpg Thomas E. Dewey Republican Party (United States) New York John W. Bricker 0 1,835,054 48.36% 1944 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania results map by county.svg 300px County results
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Dewey
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The 1944 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania took place on November 7, 1944, as part of the 1944 United States presidential election. Voters chose 35 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Pennsylvania voted to give Democratic nominee, President Franklin D. Roosevelt a record fourth term, over the Republican nominee, New York Governor Thomas E. Dewey. Roosevelt won Pennsylvania by a slim margin of 2.78%.
Results
1944 United States presidential election in PennsylvaniaDavid Leip Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1944&fips=42&f=1&off=0&elect=0&minper=0 1944 Presidential General Election Results – Pennsylvania 2018-03-24PartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes Democratic Franklin D. Roosevelt (incumbent) 1,940,479 51.14% 35 Republican Thomas E. Dewey 1,835,054 48.36% 0 Socialist Norman Thomas 11,721 0.31% 0 Prohibition Claude Watson 5,750 0.15% 0 Industrial Government Edward Teichert 1,789 0.05% 0 Totals 3,794,793 100.00% 35
Results by county
County Franklin Delano RooseveltDemocratic Thomas Edmund DeweyRepublican Various candidatesOther parties Margin Total votes castScammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964; pp. 383-384 0405077114 # % # % # % # % Adams 5,881 39.91% 8,787 59.63% 67 0.45% -2,906 -19.72% 14,735 Allegheny 350,690 57.09% 261,218 42.52% 2,393 0.39% 89,472 14.56% 614,301 Armstrong 10,202 42.54% 13,656 56.94% 126 0.53% -3,454 -14.40% 23,984 Beaver 32,743 57.79% 23,555 41.57% 360 0.64% 9,188 16.22% 56,658 Bedford 5,175 37.11% 8,703 62.40% 68 0.49% -3,528 -25.30% 13,946 Berks 43,889 53.91% 35,274 43.33% 2,247 2.76% 8,615 10.58% 81,410 Blair 18,003 41.76% 24,925 57.82% 178 0.41% -6,922 -16.06% 43,106 Bradford 5,523 28.86% 13,472 70.40% 142 0.74% -7,949 -41.54% 19,137 Bucks 17,823 40.76% 25,634 58.62% 270 0.62% -7,811 -17.86% 43,727 Butler 12,377 38.75% 19,341 60.55% 226 0.71% -6,964 -21.80% 31,944 Cambria 39,676 58.22% 28,203 41.39% 264 0.39% 11,473 16.84% 68,143 Cameron 1,115 39.08% 1,729 60.60% 9 0.32% -614 -21.52% 2,853 Carbon 11,060 52.74% 9,837 46.91% 73 0.35% 1,223 5.83% 20,970 Centre 8,064 44.21% 10,048 55.08% 130 0.71% -1,984 -10.88% 18,242 Chester 18,548 40.84% 26,655 58.70% 208 0.46% -8,107 -17.85% 45,411 Clarion 5,263 39.10% 8,098 60.16% 99 0.74% -2,835 -21.06% 13,460 Clearfield 13,617 48.92% 13,986 50.24% 233 0.84% -369 -1.33% 27,836 Clinton 5,703 48.85% 5,915 50.66% 57 0.49% -212 -1.82% 11,675 Columbia 9,647 50.63% 9,336 49.00% 70 0.37% 311 1.63% 19,053 Crawford 9,216 37.48% 15,205 61.83% 170 0.69% -5,989 -24.35% 24,591 Cumberland 12,068 40.25% 17,782 59.30% 134 0.45% -5,714 -19.06% 29,984 Dauphin 30,684 40.51% 44,725 59.05% 333 0.44% -14,041 -18.54% 75,742 Delaware 64,021 44.67% 78,533 54.80% 755 0.53% -14,512 -10.13% 143,309 Elk 6,097 51.63% 5,645 47.80% 67 0.57% 452 3.83% 11,809 Erie 32,912 47.99% 35,247 51.40% 419 0.61% -2,335 -3.40% 68,578 Fayette 35,093 61.04% 21,945 38.17% 451 0.78% 13,148 22.87% 57,489 Forest 673 33.02% 1,344 65.95% 21 1.03% -671 -32.92% 2,038 Franklin 8,807 39.58% 13,380 60.13% 63 0.28% -4,573 -20.55% 22,250 Fulton 1,758 45.58% 2,084 54.03% 15 0.39% -326 -8.45% 3,857 Greene 8,392 59.13% 5,747 40.49% 53 0.37% 2,645 18.64% 14,192 Huntingdon 4,131 33.53% 8,106 65.80% 83 0.67% -3,975 -32.26% 12,320 Indiana 8,863 37.83% 14,388 61.42% 175 0.75% -5,525 -23.58% 23,426 Jefferson 6,425 36.62% 10,970 62.52% 152 0.87% -4,545 -25.90% 17,547 Juniata 2,666 43.05% 3,512 56.71% 15 0.24% -846 -13.66% 6,193 Lackawanna 59,190 55.54% 47,261 44.34% 127 0.12% 11,929 11.19% 106,578 Lancaster 27,353 37.64% 44,888 61.77% 432 0.59% -17,535 -24.13% 72,673 Lawrence 17,331 47.33% 18,886 51.57% 403 1.10% -1,555 -4.25% 36,620 Lebanon 11,818 43.52% 15,206 56.00% 129 0.48% -3,388 -12.48% 27,153 Lehigh 29,134 47.73% 31,584 51.75% 315 0.52% -2,450 -4.01% 61,033 Luzerne 73,674 51.81% 67,984 47.81% 541 0.38% 5,690 4.00% 142,199 Lycoming 15,658 43.81% 19,886 55.64% 197 0.55% -4,228 -11.83% 35,741 McKean 6,492 34.90% 11,988 64.45% 121 0.65% -5,496 -29.55% 18,601 Mercer 16,589 45.57% 19,606 53.85% 212 0.58% -3,017 -8.29% 36,407 Mifflin 5,693 47.63% 6,205 51.92% 54 0.45% -512 -4.28% 11,952 Monroe 5,490 46.81% 6,202 52.88% 37 0.32% -712 -6.07% 11,729 Montgomery 47,815 37.70% 78,260 61.71% 752 0.59% -30,445 -24.01% 126,827 Montour 2,212 44.71% 2,727 55.12% 8 0.16% -515 -10.41% 4,947 Northampton 32,584 54.75% 26,643 44.76% 292 0.49% 5,941 9.98% 59,519 Northumberland 20,333 47.90% 21,995 51.81% 122 0.29% -1,662 -3.92% 42,450 Perry 3,265 36.16% 5,722 63.37% 43 0.48% -2,457 -27.21% 9,030 Philadelphia 496,367 58.70% 346,380 40.96% 2,883 0.34% 149,987 17.74% 845,630 Pike 1,408 34.33% 2,674 65.20% 19 0.46% -1,266 -30.87% 4,101 Potter 1,894 29.58% 4,474 69.86% 36 0.56% -2,580 -40.29% 6,404 Schuylkill 35,852 46.72% 40,671 53.00% 221 0.29% -4,819 -6.28% 76,744 Snyder 1,795 23.89% 5,696 75.81% 23 0.31% -3,901 -51.92% 7,514 Somerset 10,287 38.96% 16,039 60.74% 79 0.30% -5,752 -21.78% 26,405 Sullivan 1,329 41.60% 1,858 58.15% 8 0.25% -529 -16.56% 3,195 Susquehanna 4,212 32.20% 8,819 67.42% 49 0.37% -4,607 -35.22% 13,080 Tioga 3,248 23.69% 10,381 75.73% 79 0.58% -7,133 -52.04% 13,708 Union 1,704 23.25% 5,585 76.19% 41 0.56% -3,881 -52.95% 7,330 Venango 6,426 29.69% 14,916 68.91% 304 1.40% -8,490 -39.22% 21,646 Warren 4,440 32.05% 9,276 66.96% 137 0.99% -4,836 -34.91% 13,853 Washington 46,023 62.17% 27,615 37.30% 392 0.53% 18,408 24.87% 74,030 Wayne 2,793 25.22% 8,242 74.43% 39 0.35% -5,449 -49.21% 11,074 Westmoreland 61,057 58.17% 43,202 41.16% 705 0.67% 17,855 17.01% 104,964 Wyoming 1,982 30.11% 4,581 69.60% 19 0.29% -2,599 -39.49% 6,582 York 38,226 53.72% 32,617 45.84% 315 0.44% 5,609 7.88% 71,158Totals1,940,47951.14%1,835,05448.36%19,2600.51%105,4252.78%3,794,793
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
Clearfield
Clinton
Cumberland
Juniata
Lehigh
Mifflin
Monroe
Montour
Northumberland
Schuylkill
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
Elk
See also
United States presidential elections in Pennsylvania
References
Pennsylvania
1944
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