1944 United States presidential election in Arkansas

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1944 United States presidential election in Arkansas
Flag of Arkansas (1924-2011).svg
  1940 November 7, 1944 [1] 1948  

All 9 Arkansas votes to the Electoral College
  1944 portrait of FDR (1)(small).jpg Dewey circa 1946 (cropped).jpg
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 vote90
Popular vote148,96563,551
Percentage69.9%29.8%

Arkansas Presidential Election Results 1944.svg
County Results

President before election

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democratic

Elected President

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democratic

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

Contents

Arkansas was won by incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt (DNew York), running with Senator Harry S. Truman, with 69.95 percent of the popular vote, against Governor Thomas E. Dewey (RNew York), running with Governor John W. Bricker, with 29.84 percent of the popular vote. [3] [4]

Results

1944 United States presidential election in Arkansas
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Franklin D. Roosevelt (inc.) 148,965 69.95%
Republican Thomas E. Dewey 63,55129.84%
Socialist Norman Thomas 4380.21%
Total votes212,954 100%

Results by county

1944 United States presidential election in Arkansas by county [5]
CountyFranklin Delano Roosevelt
Democratic
Thomas Edmund Dewey
Republican
Norman Mattoon Thomas
Socialist
MarginTotal votes cast
# %# %# %# %
Arkansas 1,71162.20%1,03137.48%90.33%68024.72%2,751
Ashley 2,16988.17%28511.59%60.24%1,88476.59%2,460
Baxter 79658.02%57241.69%40.29%22416.33%1,372
Benton 2,86146.33%3,30553.52%90.15%-444-7.19%6,175
Boone 2,13261.25%1,34938.75%00.00%78322.49%3,481
Bradley 1,71091.10%1628.63%50.27%1,54882.47%1,877
Calhoun 90688.13%12211.87%00.00%78476.26%1,028
Carroll 1,46455.45%1,17644.55%00.00%28810.91%2,640
Chicot 1,55284.99%27014.79%40.22%1,28270.21%1,826
Clark 1,98175.58%63724.30%30.11%1,34451.28%2,621
Clay 1,93457.54%1,42242.31%50.15%51215.23%3,361
Cleburne 83958.39%58240.50%161.11%25717.88%1,437
Cleveland 96086.49%15013.51%00.00%81072.97%1,110
Columbia 2,14584.35%39415.49%40.16%1,75168.86%2,543
Conway 1,57971.09%63928.77%30.14%94042.32%2,221
Craighead 3,58270.60%1,47429.05%180.35%2,10841.55%5,074
Crawford 1,70259.47%1,14139.87%190.66%56119.60%2,862
Crittenden 1,54880.63%37219.38%00.00%1,17661.25%1,920
Cross 1,72479.01%45220.71%60.27%1,27258.30%2,182
Dallas 1,23882.15%26617.65%30.20%97264.50%1,507
Desha 1,17586.27%18613.66%10.07%98972.61%1,362
Drew 1,37081.02%32018.92%10.06%1,05062.09%1,691
Faulkner 2,33272.00%89727.69%100.31%1,43544.30%3,239
Franklin 1,18872.13%45727.75%20.12%73144.38%1,647
Fulton 66055.60%52544.23%20.17%13511.37%1,187
Garland 3,59663.43%2,06936.50%40.07%1,52726.94%5,669
Grant 1,08876.51%33423.49%00.00%75453.02%1,422
Greene 2,56573.26%92826.51%80.23%1,63746.76%3,501
Hempstead 2,15777.34%62422.37%80.29%1,53354.97%2,789
Hot Spring 1,64665.58%85333.98%110.44%79331.59%2,510
Howard 1,53872.62%57627.20%40.19%96245.42%2,118
Independence 1,77959.70%1,19240.00%90.30%58719.70%2,980
Izard 85367.75%40231.93%40.32%45135.82%1,259
Jackson 2,31884.85%41415.15%00.00%1,90469.69%2,732
Jefferson 4,09572.15%1,57827.80%30.05%2,51744.34%5,676
Johnson 1,31168.60%59331.03%70.37%71837.57%1,911
Lafayette 1,15086.66%17713.34%00.00%97373.32%1,327
Lawrence 1,81066.06%92733.83%30.11%88332.23%2,740
Lee 1,11880.09%27519.70%30.21%84360.39%1,396
Lincoln 1,03488.00%14112.00%00.00%89376.00%1,175
Little River 96174.55%32625.29%20.16%63549.26%1,289
Logan 2,26963.83%1,27935.98%70.20%99027.85%3,555
Lonoke 2,06474.70%69725.23%20.07%1,36749.48%2,763
Madison 1,78845.75%2,12054.25%00.00%-332-8.50%3,908
Marion 84266.40%41432.65%120.95%42833.75%1,268
Miller 2,87374.60%97225.24%60.16%1,90149.36%3,851
Mississippi 3,93875.22%1,29224.68%50.10%2,64650.54%5,235
Monroe 1,31181.63%29118.12%40.25%1,02063.51%1,606
Montgomery 57362.01%34937.77%20.22%22424.24%924
Nevada 1,35376.40%41523.43%30.17%93852.96%1,771
Newton 71043.03%93456.61%60.36%-224-13.58%1,650
Ouachita 3,15486.93%47313.04%10.03%2,68173.90%3,628
Perry 71071.36%28528.64%00.00%42542.71%995
Phillips 2,04680.30%50119.66%10.04%1,54560.64%2,548
Pike 87767.88%40531.35%100.77%47236.53%1,292
Poinsett 2,50688.93%31111.04%10.04%2,19577.89%2,818
Polk 99956.35%76443.09%100.56%23513.25%1,773
Pope 2,04871.58%80528.14%80.28%1,24343.45%2,861
Prairie 1,11770.47%46529.34%30.19%65241.14%1,585
Pulaski 16,47072.91%6,06926.87%500.22%10,40146.04%22,589
Randolph 1,51473.89%52925.82%60.29%98548.07%2,049
St. Francis 1,65478.46%44621.16%80.38%1,20857.31%2,108
Saline 2,55679.45%64319.99%180.56%1,91359.47%3,217
Scott 89872.07%34827.93%00.00%55044.14%1,246
Searcy 89138.62%1,40961.07%70.30%-518-22.45%2,307
Sebastian 6,00863.46%3,45236.46%70.07%2,55627.00%9,467
Sevier 1,35677.66%38922.28%10.06%96755.38%1,746
Sharp 1,21764.29%66435.08%120.63%55329.21%1,893
Stone 59251.30%54947.57%131.13%433.73%1,154
Union 4,62484.70%83315.26%20.04%3,79169.44%5,459
Van Buren 1,09062.39%65537.49%20.11%43524.90%1,747
Washington 3,08949.81%3,08449.73%280.45%50.08%6,201
White 2,53265.29%1,34634.71%00.00%1,18630.58%3,878
Woodruff 1,37782.85%27916.79%60.36%1,09866.06%1,662
Yell 1,64277.02%48922.94%10.05%1,15354.08%2,132
Totals148,96569.95%63,55129.84%4380.21%85,41440.11%212,954

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