1944 United States presidential election in Michigan
← 1940 November 7, 1944 1948 →
All 19 Michigan votes to the Electoral College
 
Nominee Franklin D. Roosevelt Thomas E. Dewey
Party Democratic Republican
Home state New York New York
Running mate Harry S. Truman John W. Bricker
Electoral vote 19 0
Popular vote 1,106,899 1,084,423
Percentage 50.19% 49.18%
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The 1944 United States presidential election in Michigan took place on November 7, 1944, as part of the 1944 United States presidential election. Voters chose 19[1] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Michigan voted narrowly for Democratic nominee, incumbent Franklin D. Roosevelt over Republican Governor of New York Thomas E. Dewey, carrying 50.19% of the vote to Dewey's 49.18%.[2][3] The election was close, with Detroit, Flint and most of the Upper Peninsula going to Roosevelt and most of the rest of the state going to Dewey. Michigan would not vote Democratic again until John F. Kennedy narrowly won the state in 1960.

This was the only state Roosevelt flipped from the previous election. Meanwhile, Dewey flipped Ohio, Wisconsin, and Wyoming, which had gone for Roosevelt in 1940.

Results

1944 United States presidential election in Michigan
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Franklin D. Roosevelt (inc.) 1,106,899 50.19%
Republican Thomas Dewey 1,084,423 49.18%
Prohibition Claude A. Watson 6,503 0.29%
Socialist Norman Thomas 4,598 0.21%
America First Gerald L. K. Smith 1,530 0.07%
Socialist Labor Edward A. Teichert 1,264 0.06%
Write-in 6 0.00%
Total votes 2,205,223 100%

Results by county

County Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Democratic 		Thomas Edmund Dewey
Republican 		Claude A. Watson
Prohibition 		Norman Mattoon Thomas
Socialist 		Various candidates
Other parties 		Margin Total votes cast[4]
# % # % # % # % # % # %
Alcona 716 32.11% 1,503 67.40% 5 0.22% 2 0.09% 4 0.18% -787 -35.29% 2,230
Alger 2,519 62.41% 1,504 37.26% 8 0.20% 2 0.05% 3 0.07% 1,015 25.15% 4,036
Allegan 4,480 26.54% 12,327 73.04% 46 0.27% 18 0.11% 7 0.04% -7,847 -46.49% 16,878
Alpena 2,856 38.98% 4,453 60.78% 13 0.18% 4 0.05% 1 0.01% -1,597 -21.80% 7,327
Antrim 1,206 31.07% 2,626 67.66% 42 1.08% 2 0.05% 5 0.13% -1,420 -36.59% 3,881
Arenac 1,280 39.13% 1,978 60.47% 7 0.21% 2 0.06% 4 0.12% -698 -21.34% 3,271
Baraga 1,874 50.46% 1,829 49.25% 3 0.08% 7 0.19% 1 0.03% 45 1.21% 3,714
Barry 3,010 29.50% 7,057 69.17% 123 1.21% 6 0.06% 7 0.07% -4,047 -39.66% 10,203
Bay 15,602 50.00% 15,459 49.54% 17 0.05% 78 0.25% 48 0.15% 143 0.46% 31,204
Benzie 1,084 34.50% 2,026 64.48% 19 0.60% 11 0.35% 2 0.06% -942 -29.98% 3,142
Berrien 15,886 38.81% 24,832 60.66% 79 0.19% 101 0.25% 36 0.09% -8,946 -21.85% 40,934
Branch 3,406 32.10% 7,155 67.44% 36 0.34% 11 0.10% 1 0.01% -3,749 -35.34% 10,609
Calhoun 16,611 44.07% 20,664 54.82% 303 0.80% 99 0.26% 16 0.04% -4,053 -10.75% 37,693
Cass 3,417 34.00% 6,566 65.33% 32 0.32% 20 0.20% 16 0.16% -3,149 -31.33% 10,051
Charlevoix 1,893 38.06% 3,039 61.10% 28 0.56% 9 0.18% 5 0.10% -1,146 -23.04% 4,974
Cheboygan 2,141 41.83% 2,943 57.50% 24 0.47% 4 0.08% 6 0.12% -802 -15.67% 5,118
Chippewa 4,344 44.67% 5,335 54.86% 32 0.33% 6 0.06% 8 0.08% -991 -10.19% 9,725
Clare 1,078 28.86% 2,636 70.58% 11 0.29% 6 0.16% 4 0.11% -1,558 -41.71% 3,735
Clinton 2,533 23.06% 8,422 76.68% 20 0.18% 5 0.05% 4 0.04% -5,889 -53.61% 10,984
Crawford 550 40.59% 797 58.82% 3 0.22% 4 0.30% 1 0.07% -247 -18.23% 1,355
Delta 7,375 58.33% 5,213 41.23% 16 0.13% 27 0.21% 13 0.10% 2,162 17.10% 12,644
Dickinson 6,740 56.92% 4,987 42.11% 44 0.37% 44 0.37% 27 0.23% 1,753 14.80% 11,842
Eaton 5,049 33.35% 9,975 65.89% 85 0.56% 29 0.19% 2 0.01% -4,926 -32.54% 15,140
Emmet 2,206 38.15% 3,538 61.19% 22 0.38% 14 0.24% 2 0.03% -1,332 -23.04% 5,782
Genesee 52,445 55.72% 41,145 43.72% 218 0.23% 241 0.26% 68 0.07% 11,300 12.01% 94,117
Gladwin 985 28.44% 2,457 70.93% 12 0.35% 1 0.03% 9 0.26% -1,472 -42.49% 3,464
Gogebic 7,938 59.83% 5,283 39.82% 14 0.11% 24 0.18% 9 0.07% 2,655 20.01% 13,268
Grand Traverse 2,607 32.28% 5,413 67.03% 37 0.46% 10 0.12% 8 0.10% -2,806 -34.75% 8,075
Gratiot 3,160 28.10% 7,987 71.03% 87 0.77% 7 0.06% 3 0.03% -4,827 -42.93% 11,244
Hillsdale 3,153 25.03% 9,364 74.33% 62 0.49% 16 0.13% 3 0.02% -6,211 -49.30% 12,598
Houghton 10,066 52.32% 9,110 47.35% 29 0.15% 17 0.09% 16 0.08% 956 4.97% 19,238
Huron 2,301 19.34% 9,538 80.16% 21 0.18% 21 0.18% 17 0.14% -7,237 -60.83% 11,898
Ingham 23,655 40.57% 34,255 58.74% 226 0.39% 137 0.23% 40 0.07% -10,600 -18.18% 58,313
Ionia 4,437 31.89% 9,331 67.06% 120 0.86% 18 0.13% 8 0.06% -4,894 -35.17% 13,914
Iosco 1,127 32.39% 2,340 67.26% 5 0.14% 4 0.11% 3 0.09% -1,213 -34.87% 3,479
Iron 4,537 53.09% 3,945 46.16% 32 0.37% 23 0.27% 9 0.11% 592 6.93% 8,546
Isabella 2,522 28.18% 6,356 71.02% 52 0.58% 12 0.13% 7 0.08% -3,834 -42.84% 8,949
Jackson 13,859 37.36% 22,992 61.97% 182 0.49% 41 0.11% 26 0.07% -9,133 -24.62% 37,100
Kalamazoo 16,223 38.95% 24,974 59.96% 274 0.66% 137 0.33% 46 0.11% -8,751 -21.01% 41,654
Kalkaska 409 28.97% 992 70.25% 10 0.71% 1 0.07% 0 0.00% -583 -41.29% 1,412
Kent 43,679 44.07% 54,163 54.65% 1,121 1.13% 110 0.11% 43 0.04% -10,484 -10.58% 99,116
Keweenaw 965 52.53% 866 47.14% 2 0.11% 2 0.11% 2 0.11% 99 5.39% 1,837
Lake 794 40.80% 1,145 58.84% 4 0.21% 2 0.10% 1 0.05% -351 -18.04% 1,946
Lapeer 3,002 27.74% 7,769 71.80% 28 0.26% 11 0.10% 11 0.10% -4,767 -44.05% 10,821
Leelanau 944 31.23% 2,063 68.24% 4 0.13% 10 0.33% 2 0.07% -1,119 -37.02% 3,023
Lenawee 6,750 29.04% 16,382 70.48% 69 0.30% 18 0.08% 24 0.10% -9,632 -41.44% 23,243
Livingston 2,910 28.01% 7,417 71.38% 44 0.42% 9 0.09% 11 0.11% -4,507 -43.37% 10,391
Luce 790 39.64% 1,195 59.96% 4 0.20% 3 0.15% 1 0.05% -405 -20.32% 1,993
Mackinac 1,488 39.41% 2,268 60.06% 10 0.26% 5 0.13% 5 0.13% -780 -20.66% 3,776
Macomb 23,506 52.08% 21,305 47.20% 106 0.23% 115 0.25% 103 0.23% 2,201 4.88% 45,135
Manistee 3,398 45.13% 4,095 54.38% 12 0.16% 20 0.27% 5 0.07% -697 -9.26% 7,530
Marquette 11,707 58.70% 8,163 40.93% 27 0.14% 26 0.13% 21 0.11% 3,544 17.77% 19,944
Mason 3,137 41.11% 4,446 58.27% 25 0.33% 14 0.18% 8 0.10% -1,309 -17.16% 7,630
Mecosta 1,708 28.49% 4,217 70.34% 48 0.80% 8 0.13% 14 0.23% -2,509 -41.85% 5,995
Menominee 4,632 48.39% 4,869 50.86% 39 0.41% 24 0.25% 9 0.09% -237 -2.48% 9,573
Midland 3,569 34.05% 6,850 65.35% 28 0.27% 21 0.20% 14 0.13% -3,281 -31.30% 10,482
Missaukee 759 27.47% 1,979 71.63% 24 0.87% 1 0.04% 0 0.00% -1,220 -44.15% 2,763
Monroe 10,275 43.11% 13,478 56.54% 26 0.11% 31 0.13% 26 0.11% -3,203 -13.44% 23,836
Montcalm 3,168 29.36% 7,525 69.74% 67 0.62% 25 0.23% 5 0.05% -4,357 -40.38% 10,790
Montmorency 541 34.11% 1,034 65.20% 4 0.25% 5 0.32% 2 0.13% -493 -31.08% 1,586
Muskegon 19,963 54.27% 16,536 44.95% 175 0.48% 67 0.18% 45 0.12% 3,427 9.32% 36,786
Newaygo 2,156 29.00% 5,250 70.62% 20 0.27% 4 0.05% 4 0.05% -3,094 -41.62% 7,434
Oakland 55,272 47.73% 59,627 51.49% 292 0.25% 333 0.29% 289 0.25% -4,355 -3.76% 115,813
Oceana 1,738 32.58% 3,534 66.24% 50 0.94% 8 0.15% 5 0.09% -1,796 -33.66% 5,335
Ogemaw 1,006 29.91% 2,339 69.55% 4 0.12% 10 0.30% 4 0.12% -1,333 -39.64% 3,363
Ontonagon 2,611 51.59% 2,433 48.07% 6 0.12% 5 0.10% 6 0.12% 178 3.52% 5,061
Osceola 1,338 25.84% 3,787 73.14% 43 0.83% 5 0.10% 5 0.10% -2,449 -47.30% 5,178
Oscoda 332 34.95% 615 64.74% 1 0.11% 1 0.11% 1 0.11% -283 -29.79% 950
Otsego 912 41.80% 1,259 57.70% 7 0.32% 3 0.14% 1 0.05% -347 -15.90% 2,182
Ottawa 8,511 33.01% 17,077 66.23% 113 0.44% 65 0.25% 20 0.08% -8,566 -33.22% 25,786
Presque Isle 2,092 48.49% 2,209 51.21% 3 0.07% 4 0.09% 6 0.14% -117 -2.71% 4,314
Roscommon 484 27.05% 1,292 72.22% 6 0.34% 5 0.28% 2 0.11% -808 -45.16% 1,789
Saginaw 20,383 42.11% 27,289 56.38% 590 1.22% 86 0.18% 54 0.11% -6,906 -14.27% 48,402
Sanilac 2,015 17.39% 9,512 82.09% 34 0.29% 13 0.11% 13 0.11% -7,497 -64.70% 11,587
Schoolcraft 1,724 50.01% 1,704 49.43% 11 0.32% 7 0.20% 1 0.03% 20 0.58% 3,447
Shiawassee 5,292 31.21% 11,601 68.41% 32 0.19% 26 0.15% 6 0.04% -6,309 -37.21% 16,957
St. Clair 11,813 37.96% 19,175 61.61% 77 0.25% 38 0.12% 20 0.06% -7,362 -23.65% 31,123
St. Joseph 4,235 30.06% 9,785 69.45% 43 0.31% 20 0.14% 6 0.04% -5,550 -39.39% 14,089
Tuscola 2,938 22.98% 9,789 76.55% 41 0.32% 12 0.09% 7 0.05% -6,851 -53.58% 12,787
Van Buren 5,002 31.19% 10,951 68.29% 38 0.24% 33 0.21% 13 0.08% -5,949 -37.10% 16,037
Washtenaw 14,922 37.39% 24,740 62.00% 93 0.23% 118 0.30% 33 0.08% -9,818 -24.60% 39,906
Wayne 554,670 63.38% 316,270 36.14% 650 0.07% 2,051 0.23% 1,452 0.17% 238,400 27.24% 875,093
Wexford 2,489 37.39% 4,074 61.21% 83 1.25% 9 0.14% 1 0.02% -1,585 -23.81% 6,656
Totals 1,106,899 50.19% 1,084,423 49.18% 6,503 0.29% 4,598 0.21% 2,800 0.13% 22,476 1.02% 2,205,223

See also

References

  1. ^ "1944 Election for the Fortieth Term (1945-1949)". Retrieved April 3, 2018.
  2. ^ "1944 Presidential General Election Results - Michigan". Retrieved April 3, 2018.
  3. ^ "The American Presidency Project - Election of 1944". Retrieved April 3, 2018.
  4. ^ Our Campaigns; MI US President 1944
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