1944 United States presidential election in Florida
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 County Results[1]
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The 1944 United States presidential election in Florida was held on November 7, 1944. Voters chose eight electors, or representatives to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Incumbent Franklin D. Roosevelt won by a large margin of 40.64% or 196,162 votes and received Florida's electoral votes. This constitutes the last time a Democratic Presidential nominee won over 60% of the vote in Florida, this is also the last election where a Democratic Presidential candidate won all counties in the state.
This election effectively became Florida's last as a member of the Democratic "Solid South". A combination of mass immigration, especially of retirees, from the historically Republican North[2] plus increasing Democratic liberalism on racial policies would gradually turn the state into a bellwether from the following election in 1948.
As of the 2016 presidential election[update], this is the last time the following counties have ever supported a Democratic Presidential nominee: Indian River, Lake, Lee, Manatee, Martin and Sarasota.[3] Orange County, containing Orlando, would never vote Democratic again until 2000, Palm Beach County not until 1992, and Broward County not until 1976.[3]
Results
| United States presidential election in Florida, 1944[4] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Democratic | Franklin D. Roosevelt | 339,377 | 70.29% | 8 | |
| Republican | Thomas E. Dewey | 143,215 | 29.66% | 0 | |
| Write-ins | Scattered | 211 | 0.04% | 0 | |
| Totals | 482,803 | 100.00% | 8 | ||
| Voter turnout (Voting age) | 32.5%[5] | ||||
Results by county
| Franklin Delano Roosevelt Democratic |
Thomas Edmund Dewey Republican |
Various candidates Write-ins |
Margin | Total votes cast[4] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| County | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # |
| Alachua | 5,755 | 77.30% | 1,690 | 22.70% | 4,065 | 54.60% | 7,445 | ||
| Baker | 1,137 | 89.95% | 127 | 10.05% | 1,010 | 79.90% | 1,264 | ||
| Bay | 6,317 | 84.87% | 1,126 | 15.13% | 5,191 | 69.74% | 7,443 | ||
| Bradford | 1,775 | 83.33% | 355 | 16.67% | 1,420 | 66.66% | 2,130 | ||
| Brevard | 2,651 | 59.98% | 1,769 | 40.02% | 882 | 19.96% | 4,420 | ||
| Broward | 6,183 | 52.55% | 5,583 | 47.45% | 600 | 5.10% | 11,766 | ||
| Calhoun | 1,504 | 87.90% | 207 | 12.10% | 1,297 | 75.80% | 1,711 | ||
| Charlotte | 789 | 66.14% | 404 | 33.86% | 385 | 32.28% | 1,193 | ||
| Citrus | 1,328 | 83.42% | 264 | 16.58% | 1,064 | 66.84% | 1,592 | ||
| Clay | 1,251 | 70.64% | 520 | 29.36% | 731 | 41.28% | 1,771 | ||
| Collier | 640 | 78.05% | 180 | 21.95% | 460 | 56.10% | 820 | ||
| Columbia | 2,467 | 82.12% | 537 | 17.88% | 1,930 | 64.24% | 3,004 | ||
| Dade | 60,100 | 66.44% | 30,357 | 33.56% | 29,743 | 32.88% | 90,457 | ||
| De Soto | 1,722 | 76.03% | 543 | 23.97% | 1,179 | 52.06% | 2,265 | ||
| Dixie | 1,104 | 92.93% | 84 | 7.07% | 1,020 | 85.86% | 1,188 | ||
| Duval | 36,867 | 75.11% | 12,220 | 24.89% | 24,647 | 50.22% | 49,087 | ||
| Escambia | 16,240 | 83.58% | 3,191 | 16.42% | 13,049 | 67.16% | 19,431 | ||
| Flagler | 401 | 77.86% | 114 | 22.14% | 287 | 55.72% | 515 | ||
| Franklin | 1,176 | 92.02% | 102 | 7.98% | 1,074 | 84.04% | 1,278 | ||
| Gadsden | 2,574 | 84.78% | 462 | 15.22% | 2,112 | 69.56% | 3,036 | ||
| Gilchrist | 862 | 91.41% | 81 | 8.59% | 781 | 82.82% | 943 | ||
| Glades | 373 | 69.46% | 164 | 30.54% | 209 | 38.92% | 537 | ||
| Gulf | 1,267 | 93.85% | 83 | 6.15% | 1,184 | 87.70% | 1,350 | ||
| Hamilton | 1,200 | 82.08% | 262 | 17.92% | 938 | 64.16% | 1,462 | ||
| Hardee | 2,156 | 75.28% | 708 | 24.72% | 1,448 | 50.56% | 2,864 | ||
| Hendry | 933 | 72.89% | 347 | 27.11% | 586 | 45.78% | 1,280 | ||
| Hernando | 1,002 | 74.33% | 346 | 25.67% | 656 | 48.66% | 1,348 | ||
| Highlands | 2,113 | 70.74% | 874 | 29.26% | 1,239 | 41.48% | 2,987 | ||
| Hillsborough | 31,146 | 75.24% | 10,252 | 24.76% | 20,894 | 50.48% | 41,398 | ||
| Holmes | 2,652 | 74.49% | 908 | 25.51% | 1,744 | 48.98% | 3,560 | ||
| Indian River | 1,292 | 62.99% | 759 | 37.01% | 533 | 25.98% | 2,051 | ||
| Jackson | 4,633 | 82.97% | 951 | 17.03% | 3,682 | 65.94% | 5,584 | ||
| Jefferson | 1,071 | 85.07% | 188 | 14.93% | 883 | 70.14% | 1,259 | ||
| Lafayette | 825 | 85.49% | 140 | 14.51% | 685 | 70.98% | 965 | ||
| Lake | 4,323 | 61.62% | 2,693 | 38.38% | 1,630 | 23.24% | 7,016 | ||
| Lee | 3,353 | 64.26% | 1,865 | 35.74% | 1,488 | 28.52% | 5,218 | ||
| Leon | 4,505 | 84.36% | 835 | 15.64% | 3,670 | 68.72% | 5,340 | ||
| Levy | 2,107 | 90.35% | 225 | 9.65% | 1,882 | 80.70% | 2,332 | ||
| Liberty | 626 | 94.28% | 38 | 5.72% | 588 | 88.56% | 664 | ||
| Madison | 1,914 | 86.72% | 293 | 13.28% | 1,621 | 73.44% | 2,207 | ||
| Manatee | 4,544 | 67.20% | 2,218 | 32.80% | 2,326 | 34.40% | 6,762 | ||
| Marion | 5,597 | 77.32% | 1,642 | 22.68% | 3,955 | 54.64% | 7,239 | ||
| Martin | 960 | 64.43% | 530 | 35.57% | 430 | 28.86% | 1,490 | ||
| Monroe | 3,882 | 87.28% | 566 | 12.72% | 3,316 | 74.56% | 4,448 | ||
| Nassau | 1,892 | 78.21% | 527 | 21.79% | 1,365 | 56.42% | 2,419 | ||
| Okaloosa | 2,877 | 82.13% | 626 | 17.87% | 2,251 | 64.26% | 3,503 | ||
| Okeechobee | 753 | 86.35% | 119 | 13.65% | 634 | 72.70% | 872 | ||
| Orange | 12,008 | 57.64% | 8,826 | 42.36% | 3,182 | 15.28% | 20,834 | ||
| Osceola | 1,763 | 55.74% | 1,400 | 44.26% | 363 | 11.48% | 3,163 | ||
| Palm Beach | 11,093 | 59.25% | 7,628 | 40.75% | 3,465 | 18.50% | 18,721 | ||
| Pasco | 2,523 | 65.11% | 1,352 | 34.89% | 1,171 | 30.22% | 3,875 | ||
| Pinellas | 19,574 | 57.72% | 14,340 | 42.28% | 5,234 | 15.44% | 33,914 | ||
| Polk | 13,152 | 71.86% | 5,150 | 28.14% | 8,002 | 43.72% | 18,302 | ||
| Putnam | 2,926 | 71.56% | 1,163 | 28.44% | 1,763 | 43.12% | 4,089 | ||
| St. John's | 3,764 | 70.41% | 1,582 | 29.59% | 2,182 | 40.82% | 5,346 | ||
| St. Lucie | 2,129 | 69.83% | 920 | 30.17% | 1,209 | 39.66% | 3,049 | ||
| Santa Rosa | 2,607 | 75.15% | 862 | 24.85% | 1,745 | 50.30% | 3,469 | ||
| Sarasota | 3,443 | 62.01% | 2,109 | 37.99% | 1,334 | 24.02% | 5,552 | ||
| Seminole | 2,940 | 68.50% | 1,352 | 31.50% | 1,588 | 37.00% | 4,292 | ||
| Sumter | 1,838 | 86.94% | 276 | 13.06% | 1,562 | 73.88% | 2,114 | ||
| Suwannee | 2,526 | 83.95% | 483 | 16.05% | 2,043 | 67.90% | 3,009 | ||
| Taylor | 1,828 | 91.72% | 165 | 8.28% | 1,663 | 83.44% | 1,993 | ||
| Union | 905 | 89.87% | 102 | 10.13% | 803 | 79.74% | 1,007 | ||
| Volusia | 8,233 | 57.20% | 6,161 | 42.80% | 2,072 | 14.40% | 14,394 | ||
| Wakulla | 1,018 | 93.31% | 73 | 6.69% | 945 | 86.62% | 1,091 | ||
| Walton | 2,569 | 78.85% | 689 | 21.15% | 1,880 | 57.70% | 3,258 | ||
| Washington | 1,699 | 77.02% | 507 | 22.98% | 1,192 | 54.04% | 2,206 | ||
| Totals | 339,377 | 70.29% | 143,215 | 29.66% | 211[a] | 0.04% | 196,162 | 40.63% | 482,803 |
References
- ^ https://results.elections.myflorida.com/Index.asp?ElectionDate=11/8/2016&DATAMODE=
- ^ Daniels, Roger; Immigration and the Legacy of Harry S. Truman, p. 197 ISBN 1935503812
- ^ a b Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004, p. 164-165 ISBN 0786422173
- ^ a b Scammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964; pp. 89-90, 95 ISBN 0405077114
- ^ Gans, Curtis and Mulling, Matthew; Voter Turnout in the United States, 1788-2009, p. 481 ISBN 9781604265958
Notes
- ^ These write-in votes were not separated by county
