The 1944 United States presidential election in California took place on November 7, 1944, as part of the 1944 United States presidential election. State voters chose 25 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. California voted for the Democratic incumbent, Franklin Roosevelt, in a landslide over the Republican challenger, New York Governor Thomas E. Dewey.
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Turnout | 86.13% (of registered voters) 4.69 pp 65.72% (of eligible voters) 12.6 pp[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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County Results
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Democrats would not win San Diego County again until 1992.
1944 United States presidential election in California[2] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
Democratic | Franklin D. Roosevelt (incumbent) | 1,988,564 | 56.48% | 25 | |
Republican | Thomas E. Dewey | 1,512,965 | 42.97% | 0 | |
Prohibition | Claude A. Watson | 14,770 | 0.42% | 0 | |
No party | Norman Thomas (write-in) | 2,515 | 0.07% | 0 | |
No party | Write-ins | 1,881 | 0.05% | 0 | |
No party | Edward A. Teichert (write-in) | 180 | 0.01% | 0 | |
Invalid or blank votes | — | ||||
Totals | 3,520,875 | 100.00% | 25 | ||
Voter turnout | — |
County | Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Democratic |
Thomas Edmund Dewey
Republican |
Various candidatesOther parties | |||
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# | % | # | % | Others | Votes | |
Solano | 24,335 | 69.93% | 10,361 | 29.77% | 105 | 0.30% |
Plumas | 2,625 | 69.83% | 1,126 | 29.95% | 8 | 0.21% |
Sacramento | 49,204 | 66.30% | 24,611 | 33.16% | 403 | 0.54% |
Lassen | 3,678 | 65.81% | 1,896 | 33.92% | 15 | 0.27% |
Kings | 6,591 | 65.04% | 3,468 | 34.22% | 75 | 0.74% |
Contra Costa | 47,831 | 63.96% | 26,816 | 35.86% | 138 | 0.18% |
Fresno | 40,769 | 63.84% | 22,668 | 35.50% | 425 | 0.67% |
Placer | 7,149 | 62.66% | 4,196 | 36.78% | 64 | 0.56% |
Amador | 1,976 | 61.69% | 1,191 | 37.18% | 36 | 1.12% |
San Francisco | 208,609 | 60.51% | 134,163 | 38.92% | 1,959 | 0.57% |
El Dorado | 3,016 | 59.95% | 1,990 | 39.55% | 25 | 0.50% |
Sierra | 662 | 59.64% | 443 | 39.91% | 5 | 0.45% |
Madera | 4,276 | 59.47% | 2,865 | 39.85% | 49 | 0.68% |
Ventura | 16,342 | 59.33% | 11,071 | 40.19% | 131 | 0.48% |
Shasta | 5,798 | 58.90% | 4,023 | 40.87% | 22 | 0.22% |
Merced | 9,192 | 58.25% | 6,518 | 41.31% | 69 | 0.44% |
Yolo | 5,837 | 57.70% | 4,233 | 41.84% | 46 | 0.45% |
Alameda | 169,631 | 57.70% | 122,982 | 41.83% | 1,374 | 0.47% |
Yuba | 3,254 | 57.63% | 2,379 | 42.14% | 13 | 0.23% |
Tuolumne | 2,566 | 57.51% | 1,864 | 41.77% | 32 | 0.72% |
Trinity | 770 | 57.33% | 567 | 42.22% | 6 | 0.45% |
Siskiyou | 5,914 | 57.29% | 4,351 | 42.15% | 58 | 0.56% |
Humboldt | 12,083 | 56.83% | 9,127 | 42.93% | 50 | 0.24% |
Colusa | 2,090 | 56.81% | 1,579 | 42.92% | 10 | 0.27% |
Los Angeles | 886,252 | 56.75% | 666,441 | 42.68% | 8,871 | 0.57% |
Calaveras | 1,893 | 56.19% | 1,455 | 43.19% | 21 | 0.62% |
Kern | 26,205 | 55.56% | 20,730 | 43.96% | 226 | 0.48% |
Mariposa | 1,203 | 55.06% | 965 | 44.16% | 17 | 0.78% |
Nevada | 3,266 | 54.79% | 2,648 | 44.42% | 47 | 0.79% |
Modoc | 1,540 | 54.28% | 1,288 | 45.40% | 9 | 0.32% |
San Diego | 89,959 | 53.94% | 75,746 | 45.42% | 1,059 | 0.64% |
Mendocino | 5,452 | 53.75% | 4,655 | 45.89% | 36 | 0.35% |
Monterey | 14,342 | 53.66% | 12,246 | 45.82% | 140 | 0.52% |
Santa Barbara | 15,721 | 53.37% | 13,647 | 46.33% | 89 | 0.30% |
San Bernardino | 38,530 | 52.59% | 34,084 | 46.52% | 646 | 0.88% |
Butte | 8,811 | 52.55% | 7,852 | 46.83% | 105 | 0.63% |
San Joaquin | 27,074 | 52.48% | 24,357 | 47.21% | 157 | 0.30% |
Santa Clara | 43,869 | 52.36% | 39,409 | 47.04% | 499 | 0.60% |
Marin | 14,516 | 52.04% | 13,304 | 47.69% | 76 | 0.27% |
Napa | 7,748 | 51.87% | 7,092 | 47.48% | 96 | 0.64% |
Tehama | 3,130 | 51.53% | 2,903 | 47.79% | 41 | 0.68% |
Stanislaus | 15,537 | 51.33% | 14,297 | 47.23% | 437 | 1.44% |
San Luis Obispo | 8,068 | 50.63% | 7,793 | 48.90% | 75 | 0.47% |
San Mateo | 34,594 | 50.62% | 33,590 | 49.15% | 158 | 0.23% |
Glenn | 2,452 | 50.20% | 2,409 | 49.32% | 23 | 0.47% |
Tulare | 16,221 | 49.97% | 16,005 | 49.30% | 238 | 0.73% |
Sutter | 3,083 | 49.54% | 3,111 | 49.99% | 29 | 0.47% |
Sonoma | 15,949 | 49.27% | 16,309 | 50.38% | 111 | 0.34% |
Inyo | 1,647 | 49.09% | 1,699 | 50.64% | 9 | 0.27% |
San Benito | 1,998 | 46.82% | 2,253 | 52.80% | 16 | 0.37% |
Imperial | 5,085 | 45.76% | 5,979 | 53.81% | 48 | 0.43% |
Santa Cruz | 9,357 | 45.34% | 11,102 | 53.80% | 178 | 0.86% |
Riverside | 19,439 | 45.26% | 23,168 | 53.94% | 346 | 0.81% |
Del Norte | 818 | 44.70% | 1,011 | 55.25% | 1 | 0.05% |
Lake | 1,671 | 44.61% | 2,059 | 54.97% | 16 | 0.43% |
Orange | 28,649 | 42.47% | 38,394 | 56.92% | 407 | 0.60% |
Mono | 242 | 38.97% | 378 | 60.87% | 1 | 0.16% |
Alpine | 45 | 31.47% | 98 | 68.53% | 0 | 0.00% |