1944 United States presidential election in Rhode Island

none June 2025 September 2023 1944 United States presidential election 1944 United States presidential election in Rhode Island Rhode Island presidential no 1940 United States presidential election in Rhode Island 1940 1948 United States presidential election in Rhode Island 1948 November 7, 1944 x200px 1944 portrait of FDR (1)(small).jpg Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic Party (United States) New York Harry S. Truman 4 175,356 58.59% Dewey circa 1946 (cropped).jpg Thomas E. Dewey Republican Party (United States) New York John W. Bricker 0 123,487 41.26% 250px County results 250px Municipality results Roosevelt #86B6F2 50–60%#4389E3 60–70% #1666CB 70–80% 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) The 1944 United States presidential election in Rhode Island took place on November 7, 1944, as part of the 1944 United States presidential election. State voters chose four electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president. Rhode Island voted Democratic candidate, incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York, over the Republican candidate, Governor Thomas E. Dewey of New York. Roosevelt ran with Senator Harry S. Truman of Missouri as his running mate, while Dewey ran with Governor John W. Bricker of Ohio as his running mate. Roosevelt won the state by a margin of 17.33%, which was his best performance in the state of his four runs. Rhode Island was also one of six states that shifted left from 1940, alongside Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, and North Dakota. This was the first time Kent County voted for a Democratic candidate for president in over 100 years, with the previous instance being for Martin Van Buren in 1836; the latter instance was also the first time in Kent's history that it had voted Democratic for president. Results 1944 United States presidential election in Rhode Island1944 Presidential General Election Results - Rhode Island http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?fips=44&year=1944&f=0&off=0 U.S. Election Atlas 23 December 2013 Democratic Party (United States) Franklin D. Roosevelt New York Harry S. Truman Missouri 175,356 58.59% 4 100.00% Republican Party (United States) Thomas E. Dewey New York John W. Bricker Ohio 123,487 41.26% 0 0.00% Prohibition Party Claude A. Watson California Andrew N. Johnson Kentucky 433 0.14% 0 0.00% 299,276 100.00% 4 100.00% By county 1944 United States presidential election in Rhode Island (by county)https://www.ri.gov/election/results/ RI.gov: Election Results www.ri.gov February 15, 2024CountyFranklin D. RooseveltDemocraticThomas DeweyRepublicanOther candidatesVarious partiesMarginTotal % # % # % # % ##Bristol 56.0% 6,287 43.8% 4,919 0.1% 16 12.2% 1,368 11,222Kent 50.5% 14,059 49.3% 13,710 0.2% 57 1.2% 349 27,826Newport 54.6% 11,375 45.3% 9,435 0.1% 21 9.3% 1,940 20,831Providence 61.1% 137,216 38.8% 87,190 0.1% 321 22.3% 50,026 224,727Washington 43.8% 6,419 56.1% 8,233 0.1% 18 -12.3% -1,814 14,670 See also United States presidential elections in Rhode Island References expanded 1944 Rhode Island Category:1944 Rhode Island elections