1944 United States presidential election in Virginia

none June 2025 September 2023 1944 United States presidential election 1944 United States presidential election in Virginia Virginia 1931 presidential no 1940 United States presidential election in Virginia 1940 1948 United States presidential election in Virginia 1948 November 7, 1944 x200px 1944 portrait of FDR (1)(small).jpg Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic Party (United States) New York Harry S. Truman 11 242,276 62.36% Dewey circa 1946 (cropped).jpg Thomas E. Dewey Republican Party (United States) New York John W. Bricker 0 145,243 37.39% 435px 435px County and independent city results Roosevelt #b9d7ff 40–50% #86b6f2 50–60% #4389e3 60–70% #1666cb 70–80% #0645b4 80–90% Dewey #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 Virginia took place on November 7, 1944, throughout the 48 contiguous states. Voters chose 11 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Virginia voted for the Democratic nominee, incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt, over the Republican nominee, New York Governor Thomas E. Dewey. Roosevelt ultimately won the national election with 53.39% of the vote. This was the last election until 2020 where the Democratic candidate won Virginia by a double-digit margin. It was also the last time that the following county-equivalents voted for a Democratic presidential nominee: Augusta County,The Political Graveyard; Augusta County, Virginia Mathews County,The Political Graveyard; Mathews County, Virginia Northumberland County,The Political Graveyard; Northumberland County, Virginia Richmond CountyThe Political Graveyard; Richmond County, Virginia and Roanoke County.The Political Graveyard; Roanoke County, Virginia The independent city of Staunton did not vote Democratic again until Barack Obama in 2008. Results United States presidential election in Virginia, 1944Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 7, 1944 https://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1944election.pdf Clerk of the House of Representatives 45PartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes Democratic Franklin D. Roosevelt (inc.) 242,276 62.36% 11 Republican Thomas E. Dewey 145,243 37.39% 0 Prohibition Claude A. Watson 459 0.12% 0 Socialist Norman Thomas 417 0.11% 0 Socialist Labor Edward Teichert 90 0.02% 0 Totals 388,485 100.00% 11 Results by county County orindependent city1944 President General Election https://historical.elections.virginia.gov/elections/view/79390/ July 8, 2024 Virginia Department of Elections: Historical Elections Database Franklin D. RooseveltDemocratic Thomas E. DeweyRepublican Other candidatesVarious parties Margin Total votescastScammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964; pp. 477-479 0405077114 # % # % # % # % Accomack County 1,747 62.50% 1,045 37.39% 3 0.11% 702 25.12% 2,795 Albemarle County 1,725 63.87% 964 35.69% 12 0.44% 761 28.17% 2,701 Alleghany County 1,985 60.15% 1,308 39.64% 7 0.21% 677 20.52% 3,300 Amelia County 553 64.98% 295 34.67% 3 0.35% 258 30.32% 851 Amherst County 2,585 85.06% 442 14.54% 12 0.39% 2,143 70.52% 3,039 Appomattox County 1,109 80.07% 270 19.49% 6 0.43% 839 60.58% 1,385 Arlington County 7,122 45.95% 8,317 53.66% 60 0.39% -1,195 -7.71% 15,499 Augusta County 2,913 55.52% 2,319 44.20% 15 0.29% 594 11.32% 5,247 Bath County 581 53.35% 504 46.28% 4 0.37% 77 7.07% 1,089 Bedford County 2,534 70.23% 1,068 29.60% 6 0.17% 1,466 40.63% 3,608 Bland County 762 50.60% 744 49.40% 0 0.00% 18 1.20% 1,506 Botetourt County 1,275 49.77% 1,272 49.65% 15 0.59% 3 0.12% 2,562 Brunswick County 1,239 85.63% 208 14.37% 0 0.00% 1,031 71.25% 1,447 Buchanan County 2,826 58.81% 1,971 41.02% 8 0.17% 855 17.79% 4,805 Buckingham County 723 71.44% 286 28.26% 3 0.30% 437 43.18% 1,012 Campbell County 1,995 75.77% 634 24.08% 4 0.15% 1,361 51.69% 2,633 Caroline County 1,004 72.18% 383 27.53% 4 0.29% 621 44.64% 1,391 Carroll County 1,375 36.87% 2,352 63.07% 2 0.05% -977 -26.20% 3,729 Charles City County 326 70.11% 139 29.89% 0 0.00% 187 40.22% 465 Charlotte County 1,473 80.49% 356 19.45% 1 0.05% 1,117 61.04% 1,830 Chesterfield County 2,860 75.82% 901 23.89% 11 0.29% 1,959 51.94% 3,772 Clarke County 816 66.02% 415 33.58% 5 0.40% 401 32.44% 1,236 Craig County 564 63.23% 327 36.66% 1 0.11% 237 26.57% 892 Culpeper County 1,022 57.64% 750 42.30% 1 0.06% 272 15.34% 1,773 Cumberland County 463 67.59% 218 31.82% 4 0.58% 245 35.77% 685 Dickenson County 2,786 61.18% 1,762 38.69% 6 0.13% 1,024 22.49% 4,554 Dinwiddie County 1,096 79.59% 279 20.26% 2 0.15% 817 59.33% 1,377 Elizabeth City County 2,563 69.20% 1,128 30.45% 13 0.35% 1,435 38.74% 3,704 Essex County 508 73.73% 179 25.98% 2 0.29% 329 47.75% 689 Fairfax County 3,582 46.75% 4,046 52.81% 34 0.44% -464 -6.06% 7,662 Fauquier County 2,110 65.86% 1,089 33.99% 5 0.16% 1,021 31.87% 3,204 Floyd County 630 30.55% 1,424 69.06% 8 0.39% -794 -38.51% 2,062 Fluvanna County 577 66.32% 291 33.45% 2 0.23% 286 32.87% 870 Franklin County 2,002 62.10% 1,206 37.41% 16 0.50% 796 24.69% 3,224 Frederick County 1,213 56.26% 938 43.51% 5 0.23% 275 12.76% 2,156 Giles County 1,703 58.52% 1,203 41.34% 4 0.14% 500 17.18% 2,910 Gloucester County 934 69.24% 410 30.39% 5 0.37% 524 38.84% 1,349 Goochland County 691 74.70% 230 24.86% 4 0.43% 461 49.84% 925 Grayson County 2,607 44.08% 3,298 55.77% 9 0.15% -691 -11.68% 5,914 Greene County 282 41.72% 393 58.14% 1 0.15% -111 -16.42% 676 Greensville County 954 77.12% 279 22.55% 4 0.32% 675 54.57% 1,237 Halifax County 3,351 86.59% 512 13.23% 7 0.18% 2,839 73.36% 3,870 Hanover County 1,471 71.72% 575 28.04% 5 0.24% 896 43.69% 2,051 Henrico County 3,056 70.56% 1,263 29.16% 12 0.28% 1,793 41.40% 4,331 Henry County 1,538 67.75% 727 32.03% 5 0.22% 811 35.73% 2,270 Highland County 535 45.49% 641 54.51% 0 0.00% -106 -9.01% 1,176 Isle of Wight County 1,178 73.26% 430 26.74% 0 0.00% 748 46.52% 1,608 James City County 317 66.32% 161 33.68% 0 0.00% 156 32.64% 478 King and Queen County 363 68.62% 166 31.38% 0 0.00% 197 37.24% 529 King George County 348 50.43% 340 49.28% 2 0.29% 8 1.16% 690 King William County 718 71.94% 280 28.06% 0 0.00% 438 43.89% 998 Lancaster County 666 62.77% 390 36.76% 5 0.47% 276 26.01% 1,061 Lee County 4,470 53.22% 3,921 46.68% 8 0.10% 549 6.54% 8,399 Loudoun County 1,802 54.71% 1,485 45.08% 7 0.21% 317 9.62% 3,294 Louisa County 930 59.16% 634 40.33% 8 0.51% 296 18.83% 1,572 Lunenburg County 1,205 86.50% 184 13.21% 4 0.29% 1,021 73.30% 1,393 Madison County 616 43.14% 811 56.79% 1 0.07% -195 -13.66% 1,428 Mathews County 615 55.56% 491 44.35% 1 0.09% 124 11.20% 1,107 Mecklenburg County 2,561 85.62% 430 14.38% 0 0.00% 2,131 71.25% 2,991 Middlesex County 627 76.84% 186 22.79% 3 0.37% 441 54.04% 816 Montgomery County 1,652 45.80% 1,936 53.67% 19 0.53% -284 -7.87% 3,607 Nansemond County 1,398 79.93% 351 20.07% 0 0.00% 1,047 59.86% 1,749 Nelson County 1,390 76.42% 427 23.47% 2 0.11% 963 52.94% 1,819 New Kent County 329 67.56% 158 32.44% 0 0.00% 171 35.11% 487 Norfolk County 5,467 77.98% 1,527 21.78% 17 0.24% 3,940 56.20% 7,011 Northampton County 1,108 74.21% 381 25.52% 4 0.27% 727 48.69% 1,493 Northumberland County 695 56.92% 525 43.00% 1 0.08% 170 13.92% 1,221 Nottoway County 1,453 75.28% 472 24.46% 5 0.26% 981 50.83% 1,930 Orange County 1,199 63.24% 694 36.60% 3 0.16% 505 26.64% 1,896 Page County 1,653 39.04% 2,574 60.79% 7 0.17% -921 -21.75% 4,234 Patrick County 1,383 65.98% 706 33.68% 7 0.33% 677 32.30% 2,096 Pittsylvania County 3,492 73.92% 1,224 25.91% 8 0.17% 2,268 48.01% 4,724 Powhatan County 461 66.43% 230 33.14% 3 0.43% 231 33.29% 694 Prince Edward County 1,063 71.25% 425 28.49% 4 0.27% 638 42.76% 1,492 Prince George County 796 72.50% 301 27.41% 1 0.09% 495 45.08% 1,098 Prince William County 1,340 63.57% 763 36.20% 5 0.24% 577 27.37% 2,108 Princess Anne County 1,959 66.34% 993 33.63% 1 0.03% 966 32.71% 2,953 Pulaski County 2,155 62.32% 1,302 37.65% 1 0.03% 853 24.67% 3,458 Rappahannock County 497 62.36% 297 37.26% 3 0.38% 200 25.09% 797 Richmond County 364 51.93% 336 47.93% 1 0.14% 28 3.99% 701 Roanoke County 3,380 51.71% 3,146 48.13% 10 0.15% 234 3.58% 6,536 Rockbridge County 1,638 62.81% 961 36.85% 9 0.35% 677 25.96% 2,608 Rockingham County 2,104 36.03% 3,714 63.61% 21 0.36% -1,610 -27.57% 5,839 Russell County 2,945 55.05% 2,385 44.58% 20 0.37% 560 10.47% 5,350 Scott County 2,888 48.27% 3,089 51.63% 6 0.10% -201 -3.36% 5,983 Shenandoah County 1,962 35.77% 3,517 64.12% 6 0.11% -1,555 -28.35% 5,485 Smyth County 2,266 45.33% 2,726 54.53% 7 0.14% -460 -9.20% 4,999 Southampton County 1,599 84.38% 284 14.99% 12 0.63% 1,315 69.39% 1,895 Spotsylvania County 744 59.47% 504 40.29% 3 0.24% 240 19.18% 1,251 Stafford County 698 49.22% 714 50.35% 6 0.42% -16 -1.13% 1,418 Surry County 602 82.92% 123 16.94% 1 0.14% 479 65.98% 726 Sussex County 773 78.88% 201 20.51% 6 0.61% 572 58.37% 980 Tazewell County 2,832 55.23% 2,271 44.29% 25 0.49% 561 10.94% 5,128 Warren County 1,034 57.51% 761 42.32% 3 0.17% 273 15.18% 1,798 Warwick County 1,849 69.49% 807 30.33% 5 0.19% 1,042 39.16% 2,661 Washington County 2,849 50.30% 2,792 49.29% 23 0.41% 57 1.01% 5,664 Westmoreland County 808 60.12% 532 39.58% 4 0.30% 276 20.54% 1,344 Wise County 4,588 71.46% 1,817 28.30% 15 0.23% 2,771 43.16% 6,420 Wythe County 1,465 44.57% 1,822 55.43% 0 0.00% -357 -10.86% 3,287 York County 760 69.34% 318 29.01% 18 1.64% 442 40.33% 1,096 Alexandria City 4,391 56.13% 3,405 43.53% 27 0.35% 986 12.60% 7,823 Bristol City 1,561 71.02% 628 28.57% 9 0.41% 933 42.45% 2,198 Buena Vista City 402 69.07% 179 30.76% 1 0.17% 223 38.32% 582 Charlottesville City 2,188 67.22% 1,055 32.41% 12 0.37% 1,133 34.81% 3,255 Clifton Forge City 1,082 72.04% 415 27.63% 5 0.33% 667 44.41% 1,502 Danville City 3,121 71.48% 1,231 28.20% 14 0.32% 1,890 43.29% 4,366 Fredericksburg City 1,092 60.90% 698 38.93% 3 0.17% 394 21.97% 1,793 Hampton City 987 76.69% 297 23.08% 3 0.23% 690 53.61% 1,287 Harrisonburg City 1,292 49.65% 1,302 50.04% 8 0.31% -10 -0.38% 2,602 Hopewell City 1,284 77.49% 368 22.21% 5 0.30% 916 55.28% 1,657 Lynchburg City 4,302 64.08% 2,396 35.69% 15 0.22% 1,906 28.39% 6,713 Martinsville City 1,093 70.38% 458 29.49% 2 0.13% 635 40.89% 1,553 Newport News City 4,051 76.30% 1,237 23.30% 21 0.40% 2,814 53.00% 5,309 Norfolk City 12,010 70.66% 4,958 29.17% 28 0.16% 7,052 41.49% 16,996 Petersburg City 2,256 75.68% 719 24.12% 6 0.20% 1,537 51.56% 2,981 Portsmouth City 5,735 83.39% 1,129 16.42% 13 0.19% 4,606 66.98% 6,877 Radford City 824 57.91% 597 41.95% 2 0.14% 227 15.95% 1,423 Richmond City 22,584 71.95% 8,737 27.84% 66 0.21% 13,847 44.12% 31,387 Roanoke City 7,322 58.81% 5,095 40.92% 34 0.27% 2,227 17.89% 12,451 South Norfolk City 924 79.11% 241 20.63% 3 0.26% 683 58.48% 1,168 Staunton City 1,159 57.60% 847 42.10% 6 0.30% 312 15.51% 2,012 Suffolk City 1,342 70.11% 569 29.73% 3 0.16% 773 40.39% 1,914 Williamsburg City 454 67.66% 211 31.45% 6 0.89% 243 36.21% 671 Winchester City 1,000 47.57% 1,095 52.09% 7 0.33% -95 -4.52% 2,102Totals242,27662.36%145,24337.39%9660.25%97,03324.98%388,485 Counties and independent cities that flipped from Democratic to Republican 20em Arlington Fairfax Greene Harrisonburg City Madison Montgomery Smyth Stafford Winchester City Wythe References 2 Virginia 1944 Category:1944 Virginia elections