1944 United States presidential election in Florida
1944 United States presidential election in Florida Turnout 32.5%
County Results
[ 1]
Roosevelt 50-60%
60-70%
70-80%
80-90%
90-100%
The 1944 United States presidential election in Florida was held on November 7, 1944. Voters chose eight electors, or representatives to the Electoral College , who voted for president and vice president .
Incumbent Franklin D. Roosevelt carried Florida by a landslide large margin of 40.64 percentage points, or 196,162 votes, over Republican Thomas Dewey , receiving Florida's eight electoral votes. This constitutes the last time that a Democratic presidential nominee has won more than 60% of the vote in Florida, as well as the last time that a Democrat has swept every county in the state.
This election marked the end of Florida's status as a one-party Democratic "Solid South " state. The subsequent combination of mass migration–especially of retirees–from the historically Republican North,[ 2] liberalism on racial policies, would gradually turn the state into a bellwether starting in 1948 . This trend was already evident in some counties in South and Central Florida, however, with Roosevelt narrowly carrying Broward County by just 5% despite winning every county by double digits in his previous 3 presidential runs.
As of 2020 [update] Indian River , Lake , Lee , Manatee , Martin and Sarasota .[ 3] Orange County , containing Orlando , would not vote Democratic again until 2000 , while Palm Beach County would not vote Democratic again until 1992 , and Broward County not until 1976 .[ 3]
Results
Results by county
County
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Thomas Edmund Dewey
Margin
Total votes cast[ 4]
#
%
#
%
#
%
Alachua
5,755
77.30%
1,690
22.70%
4,065
54.60%
7,445
Baker
1,137
89.95%
127
10.05%
1,010
79.90%
1,264
Bay
6,317
84.87%
1,126
15.13%
5,191
69.74%
7,443
Bradford
1,775
83.33%
355
16.67%
1,420
66.66%
2,130
Brevard
2,651
59.98%
1,769
40.02%
882
19.96%
4,420
Broward
6,183
52.55%
5,583
47.45%
600
5.10%
11,766
Calhoun
1,504
87.90%
207
12.10%
1,297
75.80%
1,711
Charlotte
789
66.14%
404
33.86%
385
32.28%
1,193
Citrus
1,328
83.42%
264
16.58%
1,064
66.84%
1,592
Clay
1,251
70.64%
520
29.36%
731
41.28%
1,771
Collier
640
78.05%
180
21.95%
460
56.10%
820
Columbia
2,467
82.12%
537
17.88%
1,930
64.24%
3,004
Dade
60,100
66.44%
30,357
33.56%
29,743
32.88%
90,457
De Soto
1,722
76.03%
543
23.97%
1,179
52.06%
2,265
Dixie
1,104
92.93%
84
7.07%
1,020
85.86%
1,188
Duval
36,867
75.11%
12,220
24.89%
24,647
50.22%
49,087
Escambia
16,240
83.58%
3,191
16.42%
13,049
67.16%
19,431
Flagler
401
77.86%
114
22.14%
287
55.72%
515
Franklin
1,176
92.02%
102
7.98%
1,074
84.04%
1,278
Gadsden
2,574
84.78%
462
15.22%
2,112
69.56%
3,036
Gilchrist
862
91.41%
81
8.59%
781
82.82%
943
Glades
373
69.46%
164
30.54%
209
38.92%
537
Gulf
1,267
93.85%
83
6.15%
1,184
87.70%
1,350
Hamilton
1,200
82.08%
262
17.92%
938
64.16%
1,462
Hardee
2,156
75.28%
708
24.72%
1,448
50.56%
2,864
Hendry
933
72.89%
347
27.11%
586
45.78%
1,280
Hernando
1,002
74.33%
346
25.67%
656
48.66%
1,348
Highlands
2,113
70.74%
874
29.26%
1,239
41.48%
2,987
Hillsborough
31,146
75.24%
10,252
24.76%
20,894
50.48%
41,398
Holmes
2,652
74.49%
908
25.51%
1,744
48.98%
3,560
Indian River
1,292
62.99%
759
37.01%
533
25.98%
2,051
Jackson
4,633
82.97%
951
17.03%
3,682
65.94%
5,584
Jefferson
1,071
85.07%
188
14.93%
883
70.14%
1,259
Lafayette
825
85.49%
140
14.51%
685
70.98%
965
Lake
4,323
61.62%
2,693
38.38%
1,630
23.24%
7,016
Lee
3,353
64.26%
1,865
35.74%
1,488
28.52%
5,218
Leon
4,505
84.36%
835
15.64%
3,670
68.72%
5,340
Levy
2,107
90.35%
225
9.65%
1,882
80.70%
2,332
Liberty
626
94.28%
38
5.72%
588
88.56%
664
Madison
1,914
86.72%
293
13.28%
1,621
73.44%
2,207
Manatee
4,544
67.20%
2,218
32.80%
2,326
34.40%
6,762
Marion
5,597
77.32%
1,642
22.68%
3,955
54.64%
7,239
Martin
960
64.43%
530
35.57%
430
28.86%
1,490
Monroe
3,882
87.28%
566
12.72%
3,316
74.56%
4,448
Nassau
1,892
78.21%
527
21.79%
1,365
56.42%
2,419
Okaloosa
2,877
82.13%
626
17.87%
2,251
64.26%
3,503
Okeechobee
753
86.35%
119
13.65%
634
72.70%
872
Orange
12,008
57.64%
8,826
42.36%
3,182
15.28%
20,834
Osceola
1,763
55.74%
1,400
44.26%
363
11.48%
3,163
Palm Beach
11,093
59.25%
7,628
40.75%
3,465
18.50%
18,721
Pasco
2,523
65.11%
1,352
34.89%
1,171
30.22%
3,875
Pinellas
19,574
57.72%
14,340
42.28%
5,234
15.44%
33,914
Polk
13,152
71.86%
5,150
28.14%
8,002
43.72%
18,302
Putnam
2,926
71.56%
1,163
28.44%
1,763
43.12%
4,089
St. John's
3,764
70.41%
1,582
29.59%
2,182
40.82%
5,346
St. Lucie
2,129
69.83%
920
30.17%
1,209
39.66%
3,049
Santa Rosa
2,607
75.15%
862
24.85%
1,745
50.30%
3,469
Sarasota
3,443
62.01%
2,109
37.99%
1,334
24.02%
5,552
Seminole
2,940
68.50%
1,352
31.50%
1,588
37.00%
4,292
Sumter
1,838
86.94%
276
13.06%
1,562
73.88%
2,114
Suwannee
2,526
83.95%
483
16.05%
2,043
67.90%
3,009
Taylor
1,828
91.72%
165
8.28%
1,663
83.44%
1,993
Union
905
89.87%
102
10.13%
803
79.74%
1,007
Volusia
8,233
57.20%
6,161
42.80%
2,072
14.40%
14,394
Wakulla
1,018
93.31%
73
6.69%
945
86.62%
1,091
Walton
2,569
78.85%
689
21.15%
1,880
57.70%
3,258
Washington
1,699
77.02%
507
22.98%
1,192
54.04%
2,206
Totals
339,377
70.29%
143,215
29.66%
196,162
40.63%
482,803
References
^ "Florida Department of State - Election Results" .^ Daniels, Roger; Immigration and the Legacy of Harry S. Truman , p. 197 ISBN 1935503812
^ a b Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004 , p. 164-165 ISBN 0786422173
^ a b Scammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964 ; pp. 89-90, 95 ISBN 0405077114
^ Gans, Curtis and Mulling, Matthew; Voter Turnout in the United States, 1788-2009 , p. 481 ISBN 9781604265958
Notes
^ These write-in votes were not separated by county
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