1944 United States presidential election in Minnesota
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The 1944 United States presidential election in Minnesota took place on November 7, 1944, as part of the 1944 United States presidential election. Voters chose 11 electors, or representatives to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
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November 7, 1944
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 County Results
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Minnesota was won by the Democratic candidate, incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt won the state over New York Governor Thomas E. Dewey by a margin of 62,448 votes or 5.55%. Minnesota was one of six states that became more Democratic compared to 1940, alongside Michigan, Illinois, New York, North Dakota, and Rhode Island.
Results
| 1944 United States presidential election in Minnesota[1] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Democratic (DFL) | Franklin D. Roosevelt (incumbent) | 589,864 | 52.41% | 11 | |
| Republican | Thomas E. Dewey | 527,416 | 46.86% | 0 | |
| Socialist | Norman Thomas | 5,073 | 0.45% | 0 | |
| Industrial Government | Edward A. Teichert | 3,176 | 0.28% | 0 | |
| Totals | 1,125,529 | 100.00% | 11 | ||
Results by county
| County | Franklin Delano Roosevelt DFL |
Thomas Edmund Dewey Republican |
Norman Mattoon Thomas[2] Socialist |
Edward A. Teichert[2] Industrial Government |
Margin | Total votes cast[3] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Aitkin | 2,743 | 49.79% | 2,720 | 49.37% | 35 | 0.64% | 11 | 0.20% | 23 | 0.42% | 5,509 |
| Anoka | 5,431 | 57.36% | 3,958 | 41.80% | 71 | 0.75% | 8 | 0.08% | 1,473 | 15.56% | 9,468 |
| Becker | 4,889 | 55.87% | 3,803 | 43.46% | 46 | 0.53% | 12 | 0.14% | 1,086 | 12.41% | 8,750 |
| Beltrami | 5,490 | 66.50% | 2,705 | 32.76% | 41 | 0.50% | 20 | 0.24% | 2,785 | 33.73% | 8,256 |
| Benton | 2,258 | 42.90% | 2,988 | 56.76% | 11 | 0.21% | 7 | 0.13% | -730 | -13.87% | 5,264 |
| Big Stone | 2,120 | 56.50% | 1,608 | 42.86% | 14 | 0.37% | 10 | 0.27% | 512 | 13.65% | 3,752 |
| Blue Earth | 5,098 | 34.96% | 9,429 | 64.67% | 29 | 0.20% | 25 | 0.17% | -4,331 | -29.70% | 14,581 |
| Brown | 2,842 | 28.57% | 7,018 | 70.54% | 67 | 0.67% | 22 | 0.22% | -4,176 | -41.97% | 9,949 |
| Carlton | 6,153 | 69.48% | 2,653 | 29.96% | 39 | 0.44% | 11 | 0.12% | 3,500 | 39.52% | 8,856 |
| Carver | 1,565 | 21.06% | 5,828 | 78.42% | 28 | 0.38% | 11 | 0.15% | -4,263 | -57.36% | 7,432 |
| Cass | 3,377 | 51.58% | 3,135 | 47.88% | 27 | 0.41% | 8 | 0.12% | 242 | 3.70% | 6,547 |
| Chippewa | 3,264 | 51.98% | 2,967 | 47.25% | 30 | 0.48% | 18 | 0.29% | 297 | 4.73% | 6,279 |
| Chisago | 2,376 | 43.72% | 3,020 | 55.58% | 29 | 0.53% | 9 | 0.17% | -644 | -11.85% | 5,434 |
| Clay | 5,230 | 54.06% | 4,392 | 45.40% | 34 | 0.35% | 18 | 0.19% | 838 | 8.66% | 9,674 |
| Clearwater | 2,658 | 69.58% | 1,125 | 29.45% | 28 | 0.73% | 9 | 0.24% | 1,533 | 40.13% | 3,820 |
| Cook | 545 | 51.13% | 513 | 48.12% | 8 | 0.75% | 0 | 0.00% | 32 | 3.00% | 1,066 |
| Cottonwood | 2,354 | 37.32% | 3,916 | 62.08% | 20 | 0.32% | 18 | 0.29% | -1,562 | -24.76% | 6,308 |
| Crow Wing | 5,504 | 54.67% | 4,500 | 44.70% | 40 | 0.40% | 23 | 0.23% | 1,004 | 9.97% | 10,067 |
| Dakota | 8,562 | 52.20% | 7,731 | 47.13% | 67 | 0.41% | 43 | 0.26% | 831 | 5.07% | 16,403 |
| Dodge | 1,808 | 38.26% | 2,902 | 61.42% | 9 | 0.19% | 6 | 0.13% | -1,094 | -23.15% | 4,725 |
| Douglas | 3,681 | 46.79% | 4,140 | 52.62% | 34 | 0.43% | 12 | 0.15% | -459 | -5.83% | 7,867 |
| Faribault | 3,640 | 38.37% | 5,822 | 61.37% | 15 | 0.16% | 10 | 0.11% | -2,182 | -23.00% | 9,487 |
| Fillmore | 3,183 | 33.29% | 6,339 | 66.29% | 27 | 0.28% | 13 | 0.14% | -3,156 | -33.01% | 9,562 |
| Freeborn | 6,486 | 52.96% | 5,728 | 46.77% | 20 | 0.16% | 12 | 0.10% | 758 | 6.19% | 12,246 |
| Goodhue | 5,791 | 42.33% | 7,820 | 57.17% | 55 | 0.40% | 13 | 0.10% | -2,029 | -14.83% | 13,679 |
| Grant | 1,969 | 50.76% | 1,898 | 48.93% | 5 | 0.13% | 7 | 0.18% | 71 | 1.83% | 3,879 |
| Hennepin | 148,792 | 55.66% | 116,781 | 43.69% | 1,368 | 0.51% | 379 | 0.14% | 32,011 | 11.97% | 267,320 |
| Houston | 1,847 | 31.26% | 4,036 | 68.31% | 17 | 0.29% | 8 | 0.14% | -2,189 | -37.05% | 5,908 |
| Hubbard | 1,613 | 43.13% | 2,114 | 56.52% | 10 | 0.27% | 3 | 0.08% | -501 | -13.40% | 3,740 |
| Isanti | 2,225 | 49.59% | 2,205 | 49.14% | 53 | 1.18% | 4 | 0.09% | 20 | 0.45% | 4,487 |
| Itasca | 8,787 | 67.10% | 4,227 | 32.28% | 60 | 0.46% | 21 | 0.16% | 4,560 | 34.82% | 13,095 |
| Jackson | 3,417 | 54.85% | 2,789 | 44.77% | 9 | 0.14% | 15 | 0.24% | 628 | 10.08% | 6,230 |
| Kanabec | 1,776 | 47.83% | 1,913 | 51.52% | 22 | 0.59% | 2 | 0.05% | -137 | -3.69% | 3,713 |
| Kandiyohi | 6,482 | 62.61% | 3,784 | 36.55% | 70 | 0.68% | 17 | 0.16% | 2,698 | 26.06% | 10,353 |
| Kittson | 2,752 | 73.25% | 983 | 26.16% | 19 | 0.51% | 3 | 0.08% | 1,769 | 47.09% | 3,757 |
| Koochiching | 3,981 | 70.60% | 1,607 | 28.50% | 36 | 0.64% | 15 | 0.27% | 2,374 | 42.10% | 5,639 |
| Lac qui Parle | 2,779 | 47.10% | 3,104 | 52.61% | 10 | 0.17% | 7 | 0.12% | -325 | -5.51% | 5,900 |
| Lake | 2,401 | 74.13% | 792 | 24.45% | 40 | 1.23% | 6 | 0.19% | 1,609 | 49.68% | 3,239 |
| Lake of the Woods | 1,168 | 64.49% | 642 | 35.45% | 1 | 0.06% | 0 | 0.00% | 526 | 29.04% | 1,811 |
| Le Sueur | 3,358 | 42.15% | 4,560 | 57.24% | 28 | 0.35% | 21 | 0.26% | -1,202 | -15.09% | 7,967 |
| Lincoln | 2,302 | 58.77% | 1,600 | 40.85% | 11 | 0.28% | 4 | 0.10% | 702 | 17.92% | 3,917 |
| Lyon | 4,640 | 55.94% | 3,617 | 43.60% | 18 | 0.22% | 20 | 0.24% | 1,023 | 12.33% | 8,295 |
| Mahnomen | 1,494 | 66.11% | 748 | 33.10% | 12 | 0.53% | 6 | 0.27% | 746 | 33.01% | 2,260 |
| Marshall | 3,808 | 64.94% | 2,029 | 34.60% | 16 | 0.27% | 11 | 0.19% | 1,779 | 30.34% | 5,864 |
| Martin | 4,443 | 46.02% | 5,182 | 53.68% | 20 | 0.21% | 9 | 0.09% | -739 | -7.65% | 9,654 |
| McLeod | 2,557 | 30.58% | 5,756 | 68.84% | 36 | 0.43% | 12 | 0.14% | -3,199 | -38.26% | 8,361 |
| Meeker | 3,159 | 42.09% | 4,302 | 57.31% | 34 | 0.45% | 11 | 0.15% | -1,143 | -15.23% | 7,506 |
| Mille Lacs | 2,872 | 50.32% | 2,798 | 49.03% | 32 | 0.56% | 5 | 0.09% | 74 | 1.30% | 5,707 |
| Morrison | 3,920 | 43.55% | 5,035 | 55.93% | 33 | 0.37% | 14 | 0.16% | -1,115 | -12.39% | 9,002 |
| Mower | 7,199 | 52.03% | 6,588 | 47.62% | 29 | 0.21% | 19 | 0.14% | 611 | 4.42% | 13,835 |
| Murray | 2,495 | 48.90% | 2,585 | 50.67% | 16 | 0.31% | 6 | 0.12% | -90 | -1.76% | 5,102 |
| Nicollet | 2,321 | 34.63% | 4,345 | 64.83% | 23 | 0.34% | 13 | 0.19% | -2,024 | -30.20% | 6,702 |
| Nobles | 3,413 | 44.93% | 4,149 | 54.61% | 24 | 0.32% | 11 | 0.14% | -736 | -9.69% | 7,597 |
| Norman | 2,846 | 59.69% | 1,884 | 39.51% | 28 | 0.59% | 10 | 0.21% | 962 | 20.18% | 4,768 |
| Olmsted | 6,873 | 45.00% | 8,355 | 54.70% | 28 | 0.18% | 18 | 0.12% | -1,482 | -9.70% | 15,274 |
| Otter Tail | 5,823 | 31.85% | 12,351 | 67.55% | 78 | 0.43% | 32 | 0.18% | -6,528 | -35.70% | 18,284 |
| Pennington | 3,330 | 67.89% | 1,525 | 31.09% | 41 | 0.84% | 9 | 0.18% | 1,805 | 36.80% | 4,905 |
| Pine | 4,332 | 55.33% | 3,433 | 43.85% | 46 | 0.59% | 18 | 0.23% | 899 | 11.48% | 7,829 |
| Pipestone | 2,129 | 42.63% | 2,844 | 56.95% | 15 | 0.30% | 6 | 0.12% | -715 | -14.32% | 4,994 |
| Polk | 8,808 | 66.18% | 4,402 | 33.07% | 81 | 0.61% | 19 | 0.14% | 4,406 | 33.10% | 13,310 |
| Pope | 2,781 | 51.49% | 2,607 | 48.27% | 4 | 0.07% | 9 | 0.17% | 174 | 3.22% | 5,401 |
| Ramsey | 78,759 | 58.89% | 53,052 | 39.67% | 870 | 0.65% | 1,063 | 0.79% | 25,707 | 19.22% | 133,744 |
| Red Lake | 1,642 | 68.02% | 757 | 31.36% | 12 | 0.50% | 3 | 0.12% | 885 | 36.66% | 2,414 |
| Redwood | 2,886 | 34.59% | 5,428 | 65.06% | 16 | 0.19% | 13 | 0.16% | -2,542 | -30.47% | 8,343 |
| Renville | 3,747 | 41.74% | 5,160 | 57.49% | 49 | 0.55% | 20 | 0.22% | -1,413 | -15.74% | 8,976 |
| Rice | 4,470 | 39.48% | 6,824 | 60.27% | 18 | 0.16% | 10 | 0.09% | -2,354 | -20.79% | 11,322 |
| Rock | 1,649 | 38.71% | 2,584 | 60.66% | 20 | 0.47% | 7 | 0.16% | -935 | -21.95% | 4,260 |
| Roseau | 3,697 | 70.42% | 1,513 | 28.82% | 30 | 0.57% | 10 | 0.19% | 2,184 | 41.60% | 5,250 |
| Saint Louis | 63,369 | 68.92% | 27,493 | 29.90% | 420 | 0.46% | 660 | 0.72% | 35,876 | 39.02% | 91,942 |
| Scott | 2,786 | 45.30% | 3,326 | 54.08% | 16 | 0.26% | 22 | 0.36% | -540 | -8.78% | 6,150 |
| Sherburne | 1,447 | 41.13% | 2,046 | 58.16% | 19 | 0.54% | 6 | 0.17% | -599 | -17.03% | 3,518 |
| Sibley | 1,683 | 27.94% | 4,311 | 71.56% | 15 | 0.25% | 15 | 0.25% | -2,628 | -43.63% | 6,024 |
| Stearns | 8,647 | 39.25% | 13,298 | 60.37% | 55 | 0.25% | 29 | 0.13% | -4,651 | -21.11% | 22,029 |
| Steele | 3,307 | 40.92% | 4,760 | 58.90% | 10 | 0.12% | 5 | 0.06% | -1,453 | -17.98% | 8,082 |
| Stevens | 1,693 | 41.47% | 2,377 | 58.23% | 7 | 0.17% | 5 | 0.12% | -684 | -16.76% | 4,082 |
| Swift | 3,310 | 56.33% | 2,519 | 42.87% | 31 | 0.53% | 16 | 0.27% | 791 | 13.46% | 5,876 |
| Todd | 3,803 | 40.06% | 5,636 | 59.37% | 29 | 0.31% | 25 | 0.26% | -1,833 | -19.31% | 9,493 |
| Traverse | 1,721 | 56.78% | 1,296 | 42.76% | 11 | 0.36% | 3 | 0.10% | 425 | 14.02% | 3,031 |
| Wabasha | 2,482 | 36.89% | 4,213 | 62.62% | 18 | 0.27% | 15 | 0.22% | -1,731 | -25.73% | 6,728 |
| Wadena | 1,868 | 41.17% | 2,653 | 58.47% | 10 | 0.22% | 6 | 0.13% | -785 | -17.30% | 4,537 |
| Waseca | 2,207 | 34.62% | 4,146 | 65.04% | 17 | 0.27% | 5 | 0.08% | -1,939 | -30.42% | 6,375 |
| Washington | 5,599 | 47.94% | 6,014 | 51.49% | 52 | 0.45% | 14 | 0.12% | -415 | -3.55% | 11,679 |
| Watonwan | 2,324 | 42.31% | 3,146 | 57.27% | 17 | 0.31% | 6 | 0.11% | -822 | -14.96% | 5,493 |
| Wilkin | 1,819 | 48.17% | 1,945 | 51.51% | 8 | 0.21% | 4 | 0.11% | -126 | -3.34% | 3,776 |
| Winona | 6,117 | 42.17% | 8,296 | 57.19% | 35 | 0.24% | 58 | 0.40% | -2,179 | -15.02% | 14,506 |
| Wright | 3,678 | 34.34% | 6,961 | 64.99% | 47 | 0.44% | 25 | 0.23% | -3,283 | -30.65% | 10,711 |
| Yellow Medicine | 3,214 | 48.81% | 3,337 | 50.68% | 23 | 0.35% | 11 | 0.17% | -123 | -1.87% | 6,585 |
| Totals | 589,864 | 52.41% | 527,416 | 46.86% | 5,048 | 0.45% | 3,176 | 0.28% | 62,448 | 5.55% | 1,125,504 |