1944 United States presidential election in California

1944 United States presidential election in California

← 1940 November 7, 1944 1948 →
Turnout86.13% (of registered voters) Increase 4.69 pp
65.72% (of eligible voters) Decrease 12.6 pp[1]
 
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 25 0
Popular vote 1,988,564 1,512,965
Percentage 56.48% 42.97%

County Results

President before election

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democratic

Elected President

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democratic

The 1944 United States presidential election in California took place on November 7, 1944, as part of the 1944 United States presidential election. State voters chose 25 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. California voted for the Democratic incumbent, Franklin Roosevelt, in a landslide over the Republican challenger, New York Governor Thomas E. Dewey.

Democrats would not win San Diego County again until 1992.

  1. ^ "Historical Voter Registration and Participation in Statewide General Elections 1910–2018" (PDF). California Secretary of State. Retrieved May 5, 2022.

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