1944 United States presidential election in Iowa

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1944 United States presidential election in Iowa
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All 10 Iowa votes to the Electoral College
 
Nominee Thomas E. Dewey Franklin D. Roosevelt
Party Republican Democratic
Home state New York New York
Running mate John W. Bricker Harry S. Truman
Electoral vote 10 0
Popular vote 547,267 499,876
Percentage 51.99% 47.49%
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The 1944 United States presidential election in Iowa took place on November 7, 1944, as part of the 1944 United States presidential election. Iowa voters chose ten[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Iowa was won by Governor Thomas E. Dewey (R–New York), running with Governor John Bricker, with 51.99% of the popular vote, against incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt (D–New York), running with Senator Harry S. Truman, with 47.49% of the popular vote.[3][4] This is the last election in which an incumbent president of either party won another term in office without winning Iowa.

Results

1944 United States presidential election in Iowa
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Thomas E. Dewey 547,267 51.99%
Democratic Franklin D. Roosevelt (inc.) 499,876 47.49%
Prohibition Claude A. Watson 3,752 0.36%
Socialist Norman Thomas 1,511 0.14%
Socialist Labor Edward A. Teichert 193 0.02%
Total votes 1,052,599 100%

Results by county

County[5] Thomas Edmund Dewey
Republican 		Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Democratic 		Claude A. Watson
Prohibition 		Norman Mattoon Thomas
Socialist 		Edward A. Teichert
Socialist Labor 		Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # % # % # %
Adair 3,428 59.69% 2,297 40.00% 11 0.19% 4 0.07% 3 0.05% 1,131 19.69% 5,743
Adams 2,540 57.56% 1,868 42.33% 5 0.11% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 672 15.23% 4,413
Allamakee 5,017 63.27% 2,893 36.49% 9 0.11% 8 0.10% 2 0.03% 2,124 26.79% 7,929
Appanoose 4,928 49.18% 5,015 50.05% 69 0.69% 6 0.06% 2 0.02% -87 -0.87% 10,020
Audubon 2,346 43.07% 3,094 56.80% 6 0.11% 1 0.02% 0 0.00% -748 -13.73% 5,447
Benton 4,378 48.43% 4,619 51.10% 21 0.23% 17 0.19% 4 0.04% -241 -2.67% 9,039
Black Hawk 15,687 48.37% 16,593 51.16% 99 0.31% 34 0.10% 21 0.06% -906 -2.79% 32,434
Boone 4,868 44.24% 6,062 55.09% 41 0.37% 30 0.27% 2 0.02% -1,194 -10.85% 11,003
Bremer 4,861 63.61% 2,764 36.17% 8 0.10% 9 0.12% 0 0.00% 2,097 27.44% 7,642
Buchanan 4,653 54.69% 3,841 45.15% 12 0.14% 2 0.02% 0 0.00% 812 9.54% 8,508
Buena Vista 3,993 48.06% 4,277 51.47% 26 0.31% 12 0.14% 1 0.01% -284 -3.42% 8,309
Butler 4,182 65.03% 2,225 34.60% 13 0.20% 10 0.16% 1 0.02% 1,957 30.43% 6,431
Calhoun 3,375 48.59% 3,544 51.02% 18 0.26% 8 0.12% 1 0.01% -169 -2.43% 6,946
Carroll 4,833 50.04% 4,799 49.68% 19 0.20% 8 0.08% 0 0.00% 34 0.35% 9,659
Cass 5,610 65.53% 2,928 34.20% 17 0.20% 6 0.07% 0 0.00% 2,682 31.33% 8,561
Cedar 4,673 63.95% 2,610 35.72% 12 0.16% 12 0.16% 0 0.00% 2,063 28.23% 7,307
Cerro Gordo 8,311 47.60% 9,088 52.05% 30 0.17% 19 0.11% 11 0.06% -777 -4.45% 17,459
Cherokee 3,723 53.58% 3,197 46.01% 17 0.24% 10 0.14% 2 0.03% 526 7.57% 6,949
Chickasaw 3,575 51.59% 3,328 48.03% 18 0.26% 8 0.12% 0 0.00% 247 3.56% 6,929
Clarke 2,603 56.78% 1,946 42.45% 30 0.65% 5 0.11% 0 0.00% 657 14.33% 4,584
Clay 3,055 45.43% 3,639 54.12% 19 0.28% 11 0.16% 0 0.00% -584 -8.69% 6,724
Clayton 5,855 57.61% 4,259 41.91% 45 0.44% 4 0.04% 0 0.00% 1,596 15.70% 10,163
Clinton 11,533 58.77% 8,028 40.91% 12 0.06% 32 0.16% 19 0.10% 3,505 17.86% 19,624
Crawford 4,242 56.49% 3,218 42.86% 23 0.31% 14 0.19% 12 0.16% 1,024 13.64% 7,509
Dallas 5,413 49.83% 5,316 48.93% 113 1.04% 22 0.20% 0 0.00% 97 0.89% 10,864
Davis 2,559 48.12% 2,727 51.28% 29 0.55% 2 0.04% 1 0.02% -168 -3.16% 5,318
Decatur 2,934 46.81% 3,316 52.90% 17 0.27% 1 0.02% 0 0.00% -382 -6.09% 6,268
Delaware 5,164 67.22% 2,498 32.52% 14 0.18% 5 0.07% 1 0.01% 2,666 34.70% 7,682
Des Moines 9,488 55.24% 7,543 43.91% 48 0.28% 96 0.56% 2 0.01% 1,945 11.32% 17,177
Dickinson 2,133 46.10% 2,473 53.45% 9 0.19% 11 0.24% 1 0.02% -340 -7.35% 4,627
Dubuque 12,502 49.11% 12,867 50.54% 21 0.08% 58 0.23% 10 0.04% -365 -1.43% 25,458
Emmet 2,668 50.47% 2,577 48.75% 32 0.61% 7 0.13% 2 0.04% 91 1.72% 5,286
Fayette 6,693 56.50% 5,105 43.09% 33 0.28% 15 0.13% 0 0.00% 1,588 13.41% 11,846
Floyd 5,248 60.11% 3,446 39.47% 28 0.32% 7 0.08% 2 0.02% 1,802 20.64% 8,731
Franklin 3,150 51.96% 2,851 47.03% 41 0.68% 20 0.33% 0 0.00% 299 4.93% 6,062
Fremont 3,113 52.97% 2,747 46.74% 15 0.26% 2 0.03% 0 0.00% 366 6.23% 5,877
Greene 3,437 54.88% 2,797 44.66% 19 0.30% 10 0.16% 0 0.00% 640 10.22% 6,263
Grundy 3,625 62.14% 2,191 37.56% 9 0.15% 9 0.15% 0 0.00% 1,434 24.58% 5,834
Guthrie 4,042 57.93% 2,899 41.55% 27 0.39% 8 0.11% 1 0.01% 1,143 16.38% 6,977
Hamilton 3,837 46.91% 4,302 52.59% 32 0.39% 8 0.10% 1 0.01% -465 -5.68% 8,180
Hancock 3,114 51.87% 2,855 47.56% 24 0.40% 9 0.15% 1 0.02% 259 4.31% 6,003
Hardin 5,059 55.63% 3,975 43.71% 25 0.27% 35 0.38% 0 0.00% 1,084 11.92% 9,094
Harrison 5,059 54.35% 4,201 45.13% 44 0.47% 5 0.05% 0 0.00% 858 9.22% 9,309
Henry 5,028 64.31% 2,741 35.06% 45 0.58% 4 0.05% 0 0.00% 2,287 29.25% 7,818
Howard 2,961 48.43% 3,132 51.23% 18 0.29% 2 0.03% 1 0.02% -171 -2.80% 6,114
Humboldt 2,525 47.73% 2,749 51.97% 13 0.25% 3 0.06% 0 0.00% -224 -4.23% 5,290
Ida 2,640 57.38% 1,943 42.23% 13 0.28% 5 0.11% 0 0.00% 697 15.15% 4,601
Iowa 3,959 53.94% 3,119 42.49% 249 3.39% 12 0.16% 1 0.01% 840 11.44% 7,340
Jackson 4,341 55.05% 3,537 44.85% 3 0.04% 5 0.06% 0 0.00% 804 10.20% 7,886
Jasper 6,413 47.58% 6,978 51.77% 64 0.47% 22 0.16% 2 0.01% -565 -4.19% 13,479
Jefferson 4,335 59.03% 2,926 39.84% 78 1.06% 4 0.05% 1 0.01% 1,409 19.19% 7,344
Johnson 6,396 42.93% 8,434 56.62% 35 0.23% 31 0.21% 1 0.01% -2,038 -13.68% 14,897
Jones 4,453 55.44% 3,563 44.36% 6 0.07% 8 0.10% 2 0.02% 890 11.08% 8,032
Keokuk 4,644 53.96% 3,900 45.32% 53 0.62% 9 0.10% 0 0.00% 744 8.65% 8,606
Kossuth 4,918 47.14% 5,488 52.60% 23 0.22% 2 0.02% 2 0.02% -570 -5.46% 10,433
Lee 9,406 53.03% 8,252 46.53% 59 0.33% 19 0.11% 0 0.00% 1,154 6.51% 17,736
Linn 21,293 50.03% 21,123 49.63% 88 0.21% 50 0.12% 8 0.02% 170 0.40% 42,562
Louisa 2,745 58.67% 1,894 40.48% 37 0.79% 3 0.06% 0 0.00% 851 18.19% 4,679
Lucas 3,139 54.94% 2,526 44.21% 44 0.77% 3 0.05% 1 0.02% 613 10.73% 5,713
Lyon 3,065 60.79% 1,970 39.07% 4 0.08% 3 0.06% 0 0.00% 1,095 21.72% 5,042
Madison 3,737 59.20% 2,550 40.39% 25 0.40% 1 0.02% 0 0.00% 1,187 18.80% 6,313
Mahaska 5,123 50.86% 4,652 46.19% 266 2.64% 29 0.29% 2 0.02% 471 4.68% 10,072
Marion 4,874 42.99% 6,365 56.14% 83 0.73% 15 0.13% 1 0.01% -1,491 -13.15% 11,338
Marshall 7,325 55.67% 5,598 42.55% 204 1.55% 26 0.20% 4 0.03% 1,727 13.13% 13,157
Mills 3,288 60.65% 2,106 38.85% 23 0.42% 4 0.07% 0 0.00% 1,182 21.80% 5,421
Mitchell 3,406 55.54% 2,696 43.97% 19 0.31% 7 0.11% 4 0.07% 710 11.58% 6,132
Monona 3,583 48.64% 3,761 51.06% 17 0.23% 5 0.07% 0 0.00% -178 -2.42% 7,366
Monroe 2,625 44.41% 3,258 55.12% 13 0.22% 12 0.20% 3 0.05% -633 -10.71% 5,911
Montgomery 4,165 61.40% 2,572 37.92% 41 0.60% 4 0.06% 1 0.01% 1,593 23.49% 6,783
Muscatine 7,104 59.38% 4,801 40.13% 23 0.19% 35 0.29% 0 0.00% 2,303 19.25% 11,963
O'Brien 4,033 56.01% 3,138 43.58% 14 0.19% 16 0.22% 0 0.00% 895 12.43% 7,201
Osceola 2,100 55.29% 1,689 44.47% 6 0.16% 3 0.08% 0 0.00% 411 10.82% 3,798
Page 6,300 65.07% 3,297 34.05% 74 0.76% 9 0.09% 2 0.02% 3,003 31.02% 9,682
Palo Alto 2,772 42.43% 3,726 57.03% 25 0.38% 10 0.15% 0 0.00% -954 -14.60% 6,533
Plymouth 6,085 67.04% 2,970 32.72% 13 0.14% 5 0.06% 3 0.03% 3,115 34.32% 9,076
Pocahontas 2,600 41.94% 3,577 57.70% 14 0.23% 8 0.13% 0 0.00% -977 -15.76% 6,199
Polk 36,629 44.07% 46,072 55.43% 215 0.26% 183 0.22% 19 0.02% -9,443 -11.36% 83,118
Pottawattamie 14,007 54.25% 11,752 45.52% 31 0.12% 27 0.10% 1 0.00% 2,255 8.73% 25,818
Poweshiek 4,186 49.47% 4,234 50.04% 31 0.37% 10 0.12% 0 0.00% -48 -0.57% 8,461
Ringgold 2,767 59.35% 1,867 40.05% 26 0.56% 2 0.04% 0 0.00% 900 19.31% 4,662
Sac 3,770 53.63% 3,223 45.85% 33 0.47% 3 0.04% 1 0.01% 547 7.78% 7,030
Scott 18,015 48.58% 18,962 51.14% 16 0.04% 81 0.22% 7 0.02% -947 -2.55% 37,081
Shelby 3,873 55.86% 2,978 42.95% 80 1.15% 2 0.03% 0 0.00% 895 12.91% 6,933
Sioux 6,552 65.92% 3,369 33.89% 13 0.13% 6 0.06% 0 0.00% 3,183 32.02% 9,940
Story 7,163 51.84% 6,554 47.43% 39 0.28% 59 0.43% 3 0.02% 609 4.41% 13,818
Tama 5,249 49.67% 5,286 50.02% 18 0.17% 14 0.13% 0 0.00% -37 -0.35% 10,567
Taylor 3,804 61.35% 2,376 38.32% 19 0.31% 1 0.02% 0 0.00% 1,428 23.03% 6,200
Union 4,566 61.29% 2,861 38.40% 17 0.23% 5 0.07% 1 0.01% 1,705 22.89% 7,450
Van Buren 3,095 60.43% 1,997 38.99% 28 0.55% 2 0.04% 0 0.00% 1,098 21.44% 5,122
Wapello 8,244 44.02% 10,732 55.38% 79 0.42% 25 0.13% 9 0.05% -2,128 -11.36% 18,729
Warren 4,266 55.83% 3,319 43.44% 44 0.58% 11 0.14% 1 0.01% 947 12.39% 7,641
Washington 5,308 60.57% 3,423 39.06% 28 0.32% 4 0.05% 0 0.00% 1,885 21.51% 8,763
Wayne 3,098 50.31% 3,025 49.12% 31 0.50% 4 0.06% 0 0.00% 73 1.19% 6,158
Webster 6,935 42.11% 9,477 57.55% 28 0.17% 26 0.16% 2 0.01% -2,542 -15.44% 16,468
Winnebago 2,808 51.24% 2,654 48.43% 16 0.29% 2 0.04% 0 0.00% 154 2.81% 5,480
Winneshiek 5,318 53.76% 4,557 46.06% 9 0.09% 8 0.08% 1 0.01% 761 7.69% 9,893
Woodbury 18,544 47.43% 20,448 52.30% 47 0.12% 52 0.13% 5 0.01% -1,904 -4.87% 39,096
Worth 2,086 44.15% 2,629 55.64% 10 0.21% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% -543 -11.49% 4,725
Wright 3,916 47.86% 4,232 51.72% 24 0.29% 10 0.12% 1 0.01% -316 -3.86% 8,183
Totals 547,267 499,876 51.99% 47.49% 3,752 0.36% 1,511 0.14% 193 0.02% 47,391 4.50% 1,052,599

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

See also

References

  1. ^ "United States Presidential election of 1944 - Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved December 22, 2017.
  2. ^ "1944 Election for the Fortieth Term (1945-49)". Retrieved December 22, 2017.
  3. ^ "1944 Presidential General Election Results - Iowa". Retrieved December 22, 2017.
  4. ^ "The American Presidency Project - Election of 1944". Retrieved December 22, 2017.
  5. ^ "IA US President Race, November 07, 1944". Our Campaigns.