1944 United States presidential election in Utah
The 1944 United States presidential election in Utah took place on November 7, 1944 as part of the 1944 United States presidential election. All contemporary forty-eight states took part, and state voters selected four voters to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
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The Democratic Party candidate, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, won the state of Utah with 60.44 percent of the popular vote. The Republican Party candidate, Thomas E. Dewey, garnered 39.42 percent of the popular vote. As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last election in which the following counties voted for a Democratic presidential candidate: Washington, Millard, Box Elder, Cache, and Rich.[1]
Results
| 1944 United States presidential election in Utah[2] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Democratic | Franklin D. Roosevelt (incumbent) | 150,088 | 60.44% | 4 | |
| Republican | Thomas E. Dewey | 97,891 | 39.42% | 0 | |
| Socialist | Norman Thomas | 340 | 0.14% | 0 | |
| Totals | 248,319 | 100.00% | 4 | ||
Results by county
| County | Franklin Delano Roosevelt Democratic |
Thomas Edmund Dewey Republican |
Norman Thomas Socialist |
Margin | Total votes cast[3] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Beaver | 1,128 | 54.02% | 958 | 45.88% | 2 | 0.10% | 170 | 8.14% | 2,088 |
| Box Elder | 4,138 | 57.46% | 3,058 | 42.47% | 5 | 0.07% | 1,080 | 15.00% | 7,201 |
| Cache | 6,998 | 58.57% | 4,938 | 41.33% | 12 | 0.10% | 2,060 | 17.24% | 11,948 |
| Carbon | 5,364 | 69.70% | 2,318 | 30.12% | 14 | 0.18% | 3,046 | 39.58% | 7,696 |
| Daggett | 98 | 56.65% | 75 | 43.35% | 0 | 0.00% | 23 | 13.29% | 173 |
| Davis | 5,179 | 58.51% | 3,663 | 41.39% | 9 | 0.10% | 1,516 | 17.13% | 8,851 |
| Duchesne | 1,629 | 58.83% | 1,140 | 41.17% | 0 | 0.00% | 489 | 17.66% | 2,769 |
| Emery | 1,427 | 59.41% | 974 | 40.55% | 1 | 0.04% | 453 | 18.86% | 2,402 |
| Garfield | 559 | 39.87% | 842 | 60.06% | 1 | 0.07% | -283 | -20.19% | 1,402 |
| Grand | 380 | 46.74% | 428 | 52.64% | 5 | 0.62% | -48 | -5.90% | 813 |
| Iron | 1,677 | 46.31% | 1,930 | 53.30% | 14 | 0.39% | -253 | -6.99% | 3,621 |
| Juab | 1,483 | 55.34% | 1,192 | 44.48% | 5 | 0.19% | 291 | 10.86% | 2,680 |
| Kane | 244 | 26.93% | 662 | 73.07% | 0 | 0.00% | -418 | -46.14% | 906 |
| Millard | 1,909 | 50.20% | 1,889 | 49.67% | 5 | 0.13% | 20 | 0.53% | 3,803 |
| Morgan | 671 | 55.64% | 535 | 44.36% | 0 | 0.00% | 136 | 11.28% | 1,206 |
| Piute | 346 | 47.59% | 381 | 52.41% | 0 | 0.00% | -35 | -4.81% | 727 |
| Rich | 395 | 50.06% | 394 | 49.94% | 0 | 0.00% | 1 | 0.13% | 789 |
| Salt Lake | 66,114 | 62.61% | 39,327 | 37.24% | 157 | 0.15% | 26,787 | 25.37% | 105,598 |
| San Juan | 367 | 41.66% | 513 | 58.23% | 1 | 0.11% | -146 | -16.57% | 881 |
| Sanpete | 3,071 | 49.00% | 3,196 | 51.00% | 0 | 0.00% | -125 | -1.99% | 6,267 |
| Sevier | 2,095 | 47.13% | 2,345 | 52.76% | 5 | 0.11% | -250 | -5.62% | 4,445 |
| Summit | 1,761 | 54.32% | 1,479 | 45.62% | 2 | 0.06% | 282 | 8.70% | 3,242 |
| Tooele | 2,802 | 61.46% | 1,753 | 38.45% | 4 | 0.09% | 1,049 | 23.01% | 4,559 |
| Uintah | 1,519 | 50.63% | 1,479 | 49.30% | 2 | 0.07% | 40 | 1.33% | 3,000 |
| Utah | 15,722 | 61.14% | 9,946 | 38.68% | 45 | 0.18% | 5,776 | 22.46% | 25,713 |
| Wasatch | 1,249 | 54.09% | 1,058 | 45.82% | 2 | 0.09% | 191 | 8.27% | 2,309 |
| Washington | 1,694 | 51.80% | 1,575 | 48.17% | 1 | 0.03% | 119 | 3.64% | 3,270 |
| Wayne | 430 | 56.95% | 325 | 43.05% | 0 | 0.00% | 105 | 13.91% | 755 |
| Weber | 19,639 | 67.25% | 9,518 | 32.59% | 48 | 0.16% | 10,121 | 34.66% | 29,205 |
| Totals | 150,088 | 60.44% | 97,891 | 39.42% | 340 | 0.14% | 52,197 | 21.02% | 248,319 |
References
- Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
- "1944 Presidential General Election Results - Utah". Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved 2017-10-19.
- Scammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964; p. 460 ISBN 0405077114
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