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1944 United States presidential election in Kentucky

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1944 United States presidential election in Kentucky

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All 11 Kentucky votes to the Electoral College
 
Nominee Franklin D. Roosevelt Thomas E. Dewey
Party Democratic Republican
Home state New York New York
Running mate Harry S. Truman John W. Bricker
Electoral vote 11 0
Popular vote 472,589 392,448
Percentage 54.45% 45.22%

County Results

President before election

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democratic

Elected President

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democratic

The 1944 United States presidential election in Kentucky took place on November 7, 1944, as part of the 1944 United States presidential election. Kentucky voters chose 11[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Kentucky was won by incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt (DNew York), running with Senator Harry S. Truman, with 54.45 percent of the popular vote, against Governor Thomas E. Dewey (RNew York), running with Governor John W. Bricker, with 45.22 percent of the popular vote.[3][4]

Results

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1944 United States presidential election in Kentucky
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Franklin D. Roosevelt (inc.) 472,589 54.45%
Republican Thomas E. Dewey 392,448 45.22%
Prohibition Claude A. Watson 2,023 0.23%
Socialist Norman Thomas 535 0.06%
Socialist Labor Edward A. Teichert 326 0.04%
Total votes 867,921 100%

Results by county

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County Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Democratic
Thomas Edmund Dewey
Republican
Various candidates
Other parties
Margin Total votes cast[5]
# % # % # % # %
Adair 2,411 41.23% 3,414 58.39% 22 0.38% -1,003 -17.15% 5,847
Allen 1,742 35.65% 3,120 63.86% 24 0.49% -1,378 -28.20% 4,886
Anderson 2,148 60.02% 1,409 39.37% 22 0.61% 739 20.65% 3,579
Ballard 2,845 81.50% 637 18.25% 9 0.26% 2,208 63.25% 3,491
Barren 4,439 57.64% 3,262 42.36% 0 0.00% 1,177 15.28% 7,701
Bath 2,184 57.88% 1,581 41.90% 8 0.21% 603 15.98% 3,773
Bell 4,616 48.72% 4,822 50.90% 36 0.38% -206 -2.17% 9,474
Boone 2,451 62.51% 1,457 37.16% 13 0.33% 994 25.35% 3,921
Bourbon 3,828 65.97% 1,957 33.72% 18 0.31% 1,871 32.24% 5,803
Boyd 8,130 54.06% 6,868 45.66% 42 0.28% 1,262 8.39% 15,040
Boyle 3,490 61.02% 2,195 38.38% 34 0.59% 1,295 22.64% 5,719
Bracken 1,915 56.04% 1,483 43.40% 19 0.56% 432 12.64% 3,417
Breathitt 2,922 69.85% 1,230 29.40% 31 0.74% 1,692 40.45% 4,183
Breckinridge 2,889 46.46% 3,292 52.94% 37 0.60% -403 -6.48% 6,218
Bullitt 2,092 70.30% 876 29.44% 8 0.27% 1,216 40.86% 2,976
Butler 1,153 25.54% 3,354 74.30% 7 0.16% -2,201 -48.76% 4,514
Caldwell 2,444 52.04% 2,242 47.74% 10 0.21% 202 4.30% 4,696
Calloway 4,888 81.12% 1,121 18.60% 17 0.28% 3,767 62.51% 6,026
Campbell 12,959 48.59% 13,647 51.17% 64 0.24% -688 -2.58% 26,670
Carlisle 2,057 80.10% 505 19.67% 6 0.23% 1,552 60.44% 2,568
Carroll 2,662 77.65% 755 22.02% 11 0.32% 1,907 55.63% 3,428
Carter 2,733 39.84% 4,117 60.01% 10 0.15% -1,384 -20.17% 6,860
Casey 1,520 28.10% 3,869 71.53% 20 0.37% -2,349 -43.43% 5,409
Christian 6,260 57.96% 4,506 41.72% 35 0.32% 1,754 16.24% 10,801
Clark 3,608 64.85% 1,929 34.67% 27 0.49% 1,679 30.18% 5,564
Clay 1,185 21.57% 4,307 78.38% 3 0.05% -3,122 -56.82% 5,495
Clinton 564 17.71% 2,618 82.20% 3 0.09% -2,054 -64.49% 3,185
Crittenden 1,544 36.25% 2,690 63.16% 25 0.59% -1,146 -26.91% 4,259
Cumberland 717 21.43% 2,619 78.27% 10 0.30% -1,902 -56.84% 3,346
Daviess 8,143 56.73% 6,135 42.74% 77 0.54% 2,008 13.99% 14,355
Edmonson 1,016 29.38% 2,433 70.36% 9 0.26% -1,417 -40.98% 3,458
Elliott 1,721 77.00% 514 23.00% 0 0.00% 1,207 54.00% 2,235
Estill 2,000 44.28% 2,493 55.19% 24 0.53% -493 -10.91% 4,517
Fayette 13,567 55.15% 10,857 44.14% 174 0.71% 2,710 11.02% 24,598
Fleming 2,612 49.36% 2,666 50.38% 14 0.26% -54 -1.02% 5,292
Floyd 7,729 70.74% 3,197 29.26% 0 0.00% 4,532 41.48% 10,926
Franklin 6,356 75.24% 2,050 24.27% 42 0.50% 4,306 50.97% 8,448
Fulton 2,973 81.68% 654 17.97% 13 0.36% 2,319 63.71% 3,640
Gallatin 1,360 72.03% 516 27.33% 12 0.64% 844 44.70% 1,888
Garrard 1,764 46.18% 2,042 53.46% 14 0.37% -278 -7.28% 3,820
Grant 2,413 59.62% 1,621 40.05% 13 0.32% 792 19.57% 4,047
Graves 8,057 78.70% 2,172 21.22% 9 0.09% 5,885 57.48% 10,238
Grayson 2,436 40.03% 3,629 59.64% 20 0.33% -1,193 -19.61% 6,085
Green 1,809 42.88% 2,379 56.39% 31 0.73% -570 -13.51% 4,219
Greenup 3,821 50.66% 3,718 49.30% 3 0.04% 103 1.37% 7,542
Hancock 1,129 45.00% 1,365 54.40% 15 0.60% -236 -9.41% 2,509
Hardin 4,436 60.82% 2,831 38.81% 27 0.37% 1,605 22.00% 7,294
Harlan 8,000 57.81% 5,815 42.02% 23 0.17% 2,185 15.79% 13,838
Harrison 3,706 71.38% 1,466 28.24% 20 0.39% 2,240 43.14% 5,192
Hart 3,138 50.93% 3,014 48.91% 10 0.16% 124 2.01% 6,162
Henderson 5,887 68.49% 2,683 31.22% 25 0.29% 3,204 37.28% 8,595
Henry 3,548 70.08% 1,497 29.57% 18 0.36% 2,051 40.51% 5,063
Hickman 2,005 77.06% 588 22.60% 9 0.35% 1,417 54.46% 2,602
Hopkins 7,352 65.80% 3,795 33.96% 27 0.24% 3,557 31.83% 11,174
Jackson 328 8.39% 3,578 91.56% 2 0.05% -3,250 -83.16% 3,908
Jefferson 80,236 56.66% 60,905 43.01% 480 0.34% 19,331 13.65% 141,621
Jessamine 2,426 57.11% 1,790 42.14% 32 0.75% 636 14.97% 4,248
Johnson 2,222 32.32% 4,642 67.53% 10 0.15% -2,420 -35.21% 6,874
Kenton 17,524 57.96% 12,654 41.85% 58 0.19% 4,870 16.11% 30,236
Knott 3,867 82.81% 803 17.19% 0 0.00% 3,064 65.61% 4,670
Knox 2,385 31.51% 5,178 68.40% 7 0.09% -2,793 -36.90% 7,570
Larue 2,065 56.72% 1,550 42.57% 26 0.71% 515 14.14% 3,641
Laurel 2,104 29.39% 5,051 70.54% 5 0.07% -2,947 -41.16% 7,160
Lawrence 2,408 46.89% 2,715 52.87% 12 0.23% -307 -5.98% 5,135
Lee 1,072 42.04% 1,468 57.57% 10 0.39% -396 -15.53% 2,550
Leslie 499 15.70% 2,679 84.30% 0 0.00% -2,180 -68.60% 3,178
Letcher 4,599 53.04% 4,055 46.77% 16 0.18% 544 6.27% 8,670
Lewis 1,434 30.40% 3,275 69.43% 8 0.17% -1,841 -39.03% 4,717
Lincoln 3,087 52.13% 2,793 47.16% 42 0.71% 294 4.96% 5,922
Livingston 1,686 58.30% 1,202 41.56% 4 0.14% 484 16.74% 2,892
Logan 5,110 69.63% 2,211 30.13% 18 0.25% 2,899 39.50% 7,339
Lyon 1,743 65.06% 924 34.49% 12 0.45% 819 30.57% 2,679
Madison 5,769 51.02% 5,468 48.36% 70 0.62% 301 2.66% 11,307
Magoffin 2,031 48.75% 2,135 51.25% 0 0.00% -104 -2.50% 4,166
Marion 2,996 63.83% 1,673 35.64% 25 0.53% 1,323 28.18% 4,694
Marshall 2,947 68.95% 1,316 30.79% 11 0.26% 1,631 38.16% 4,274
Martin 571 21.64% 2,067 78.33% 1 0.04% -1,496 -56.69% 2,639
Mason 3,810 53.62% 3,256 45.83% 39 0.55% 554 7.80% 7,105
McCracken 10,846 71.73% 4,190 27.71% 84 0.56% 6,656 44.02% 15,120
McCreary 880 20.46% 3,419 79.49% 2 0.05% -2,539 -59.03% 4,301
McLean 2,222 55.59% 1,752 43.83% 23 0.58% 470 11.76% 3,997
Meade 1,828 63.47% 1,040 36.11% 12 0.42% 788 27.36% 2,880
Menifee 976 63.09% 568 36.72% 3 0.19% 408 26.37% 1,547
Mercer 3,086 59.97% 2,039 39.62% 21 0.41% 1,047 20.35% 5,146
Metcalfe 1,694 42.22% 2,306 57.48% 12 0.30% -612 -15.25% 4,012
Monroe 1,101 23.18% 3,648 76.82% 0 0.00% -2,547 -53.63% 4,749
Montgomery 2,334 61.05% 1,481 38.74% 8 0.21% 853 22.31% 3,823
Morgan 3,242 72.63% 1,217 27.26% 5 0.11% 2,025 45.36% 4,464
Muhlenberg 3,657 44.04% 4,618 55.61% 29 0.35% -961 -11.57% 8,304
Nelson 3,648 62.78% 2,136 36.76% 27 0.46% 1,512 26.02% 5,811
Nicholas 1,813 62.84% 1,059 36.71% 13 0.45% 754 26.14% 2,885
Ohio 3,131 40.89% 4,494 58.69% 32 0.42% -1,363 -17.80% 7,657
Oldham 1,908 64.74% 1,021 34.65% 18 0.61% 887 30.10% 2,947
Owen 3,157 83.08% 627 16.50% 16 0.42% 2,530 66.58% 3,800
Owsley 325 13.77% 2,033 86.11% 3 0.13% -1,708 -72.34% 2,361
Pendleton 2,096 51.25% 1,977 48.34% 17 0.42% 119 2.91% 4,090
Perry 5,527 56.04% 4,333 43.94% 2 0.02% 1,194 12.11% 9,862
Pike 9,757 54.52% 8,092 45.21% 48 0.27% 1,665 9.30% 17,897
Powell 1,023 52.98% 902 46.71% 6 0.31% 121 6.27% 1,931
Pulaski 3,934 31.91% 8,318 67.47% 76 0.62% -4,384 -35.56% 12,328
Robertson 855 60.51% 556 39.35% 2 0.14% 299 21.16% 1,413
Rockcastle 1,327 25.84% 3,802 74.03% 7 0.14% -2,475 -48.19% 5,136
Rowan 1,944 51.51% 1,815 48.09% 15 0.40% 129 3.42% 3,774
Russell 1,185 28.09% 3,019 71.56% 15 0.36% -1,834 -43.47% 4,219
Scott 3,627 69.11% 1,589 30.28% 32 0.61% 2,038 38.83% 5,248
Shelby 4,415 68.49% 1,997 30.98% 34 0.53% 2,418 37.51% 6,446
Simpson 2,821 73.27% 1,012 26.29% 17 0.44% 1,809 46.99% 3,850
Spencer 1,443 68.85% 646 30.82% 7 0.33% 797 38.02% 2,096
Taylor 2,475 48.19% 2,622 51.05% 39 0.76% -147 -2.86% 5,136
Todd 2,990 68.36% 1,363 31.16% 21 0.48% 1,627 37.20% 4,374
Trigg 2,511 65.10% 1,332 34.53% 14 0.36% 1,179 30.57% 3,857
Trimble 1,916 86.70% 264 11.95% 30 1.36% 1,652 74.75% 2,210
Union 3,489 78.65% 935 21.08% 12 0.27% 2,554 57.57% 4,436
Warren 7,528 60.18% 4,944 39.52% 37 0.30% 2,584 20.66% 12,509
Washington 2,283 49.05% 2,353 50.56% 18 0.39% -70 -1.50% 4,654
Wayne 2,022 39.88% 3,048 60.12% 0 0.00% -1,026 -20.24% 5,070
Webster 3,324 64.06% 1,840 35.46% 25 0.48% 1,484 28.60% 5,189
Whitley 2,352 26.94% 6,378 73.05% 1 0.01% -4,026 -46.11% 8,731
Wolfe 1,450 61.94% 889 37.98% 2 0.09% 561 23.96% 2,341
Woodford 2,154 60.81% 1,374 38.79% 14 0.40% 780 22.02% 3,542
Totals 472,589 54.45% 392,448 45.22% 2,887 0.33% 80,141 9.23% 867,924

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

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References

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  1. ^ "United States Presidential election of 1944 - Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved March 26, 2018.
  2. ^ "1944 Election for the Fortieth Term (1945-49)". Retrieved March 26, 2018.
  3. ^ "1944 Presidential General Election Results – Kentucky". Retrieved March 26, 2018.
  4. ^ "The American Presidency Project – Election of 1944". Retrieved March 26, 2018.
  5. ^ Géoelections; 1944 Presidential Election Popular Vote (.xlsx file for €15)