The 1944 United States presidential election in Connecticut took place on November 7, 1944, as part of the 1944 United States presidential election. State voters chose eight electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.
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Incumbent Democratic President Franklin D. Roosevelt won the state over New York governor Thomas E. Dewey by a margin of 5.36%.
This is the most recent election in which a candidate won Connecticut without carrying Middlesex County.
1944 United States presidential election in Connecticut[1] | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Running mate | Popular vote | Electoral vote | ||||
Count | % | Count | % | |||||
Democratic | Franklin Delano Roosevelt of New York | Harry S. Truman of Missouri | 435,146 | 52.30% | 8 | 100.00% | ||
Republican | Thomas Edmund Dewey of New York | John William Bricker of Ohio | 390,527 | 46.94% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
Socialist | Norman Thomas of New York | Darlington Hoopes of Pennsylvania | 5,097 | 0.61% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
Socialist Labor | Edward A. Teichert of Pennsylvania | Arla Arbaugh of Ohio | 1,220 | 0.15% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
Total | 831,990 | 100.00% | 8 | 100.00% |
1944 United States presidential election in Connecticut (by county) [2] | |||||||
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County | Roosevelt % | Roosevelt # | Dewey % | Dewey # | Others % | Others # | Total # |
Fairfield | 48.3% | 99,181 | 50.5% | 103,693 | 1.2% | 2,423 | 205,297 |
Hartford | 57.0% | 127,841 | 42.5% | 95,224 | 0.5% | 1,153 | 224,218 |
Litchfield | 44.2% | 19,212 | 55.2% | 24,019 | 0.6% | 248 | 43,479 |
Middlesex | 48.3% | 13,551 | 51.0% | 14,315 | 0.6% | 176 | 28,042 |
New Haven | 52.7% | 123,450 | 46.5% | 108,883 | 0.8% | 1,811 | 234,144 |
New London | 54.5% | 29,304 | 44.9% | 24,153 | 0.5% | 285 | 53,742 |
Tolland | 48.1% | 7,721 | 51.2% | 8,208 | 0.7% | 117 | 16,046 |
Windham | 55.1% | 14,886 | 44.5% | 12,032 | 0.4% | 104 | 27,022 |