1944 United States presidential election in Indiana explained

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Election Name:	1944 United States presidential election in Indiana
Country:	Indiana
Flag Year:	1911
Type:	presidential
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1940 United States presidential election in Indiana
Previous Year:	1940
Next Election:	1948 United States presidential election in Indiana
Next Year:	1948
Votes For Election:	All 13 Indiana votes to the Electoral College
Election Date:	November 7, 1944^[1]
Image1:	Dewey circa 1946 (cropped).jpg
Nominee1:	Thomas E. Dewey
Party1:	Republican Party (United States)
Home State1:	New York
Running Mate1:	John W. Bricker
Electoral Vote1:	13
Popular Vote1:	875,891
Percentage1:	52.38%
Nominee2:	Franklin D. Roosevelt
Party2:	Democratic Party (United States)
Home State2:	New York
Running Mate2:	Harry S. Truman
Electoral Vote2:	0
Popular Vote2:	781,403
Percentage2:	46.73%
Map Size:	300px
President
Before Election:	Franklin D. Roosevelt
Before Party:	Democratic Party (United States)
After Election:	Franklin D. Roosevelt
After Party:	Democratic Party (United States)

The 1944 United States presidential election in Indiana took place on November 7, 1944, as part of the 1944 United States presidential election. Indiana voters chose 13^[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Indiana was won by Governor Thomas E. Dewey (R–New York), running with Governor John Bricker, with 52.38% of the popular vote, against incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt (D–New York), running with Senator Harry S. Truman, with 46.73% of the popular vote.^{[3] [4]}

Results

Results by county

style:"text-align:center;" rowspan="2"	County	Thomas Edmund Dewey Republican		Franklin Delano Roosevelt Democratic		Various candidates Other parties		Margin		Total votes cast^[5]
	%		%		%		%
	Adams		5,648		58.83%		3,804		39.62%		149		1.55%		1,844		19.21%		9,601
	Allen		41,907		57.64%		30,445		41.87%		357		0.49%		11,462		15.76%		72,709
	Bartholomew		7,689		50.99%		7,139		47.34%		252		1.67%		550		3.65%		15,080
	Benton		3,621		63.38%		2,065		36.15%		27		0.47%		1,556		27.24%		5,713
	Blackford		3,079		47.82%		3,207		49.81%		153		2.38%		-128		-1.99%		6,439
	Boone		6,823		56.00%		5,292		43.43%		70		0.57%		1,531		12.56%		12,185
	Brown		1,174		45.66%		1,352		52.59%		45		1.75%		-178		-6.92%		2,571
	Carroll		4,872		57.28%		3,578		42.07%		55		0.65%		1,294		15.21%		8,505
	Cass		9,788		52.89%		8,615		46.55%		103		0.56%		1,173		6.34%		18,506
	Clark		7,241		42.39%		9,778		57.24%		62		0.36%		-2,537		-14.85%		17,081
	Clay		6,688		53.28%		5,721		45.57%		144		1.15%		967		7.70%		12,553
	Clinton		8,087		55.37%		6,381		43.69%		137		0.94%		1,706		11.68%		14,605
	Crawford		2,488		50.50%		2,335		47.39%		104		2.11%		153		3.11%		4,927
	Daviess		7,458		57.14%		5,523		42.32%		71		0.54%		1,935		14.83%		13,052
	Dearborn		5,487		51.32%		5,157		48.24%		47		0.44%		330		3.09%		10,691
	Decatur		5,479		60.86%		3,471		38.55%		53		0.59%		2,008		22.30%		9,003
	DeKalb		7,479		60.38%		4,810		38.83%		98		0.79%		2,669		21.55%		12,387
	Delaware		17,340		47.41%		18,780		51.35%		455		1.24%		-1,440		-3.94%		36,575
	Dubois		4,855		47.78%		5,273		51.89%		34		0.33%		-418		-4.11%		10,162
	Elkhart		20,659		60.39%		12,991		37.98%		558		1.63%		7,668		22.42%		34,208
	Fayette		5,603		51.23%		5,299		48.45%		36		0.33%		304		2.78%		10,938
	Floyd		8,410		44.10%		10,541		55.27%		120		0.63%		-2,131		-11.17%		19,071
	Fountain		5,557		57.74%		4,022		41.79%		46		0.48%		1,535		15.95%		9,625
	Franklin		3,796		59.82%		2,530		39.87%		20		0.32%		1,266		19.95%		6,346
	Fulton		5,190		61.28%		3,201		37.80%		78		0.92%		1,989		23.49%		8,469
	Gibson		7,895		50.85%		7,462		48.06%		168		1.08%		433		2.79%		15,525
	Grant		14,527		55.07%		11,031		41.82%		821		3.11%		3,496		13.25%		26,379
	Greene		8,213		54.44%		6,744		44.70%		129		0.86%		1,469		9.74%		15,086
	Hamilton		8,297		66.06%		4,101		32.65%		162		1.29%		4,196		33.41%		12,560
	Hancock		5,139		51.71%		4,652		46.81%		147		1.48%		487		4.90%		9,938
	Harrison		4,397		50.05%		4,285		48.77%		104		1.18%		112		1.27%		8,786
	Hendricks		6,673		60.45%		4,297		38.93%		69		0.63%		2,376		21.52%		11,039
	Henry		10,583		54.85%		8,297		43.00%		416		2.16%		2,286		11.85%		19,296
	Howard		11,515		49.49%		11,224		48.24%		526		2.26%		291		1.25%		23,265
	Huntington		8,668		57.15%		6,128		40.41%		370		2.44%		2,540		16.75%		15,166
	Jackson		6,321		50.87%		5,982		48.14%		123		0.99%		339		2.73%		12,426
	Jasper		4,364		66.63%		2,168		33.10%		18		0.27%		2,196		33.53%		6,550
	Jay		6,207		53.38%		5,166		44.42%		256		2.20%		1,041		8.95%		11,629
	Jefferson		5,748		56.17%		4,376		42.76%		110		1.07%		1,372		13.41%		10,234
	Jennings		3,643		58.58%		2,537		40.79%		39		0.63%		1,106		17.78%		6,219
	Johnson		6,194		53.06%		5,426		46.48%		53		0.45%		768		6.58%		11,673
	Knox		10,023		48.98%		10,297		50.32%		143		0.70%		-274		-1.34%		20,463
	Kosciusko		9,577		65.11%		4,865		33.08%		266		1.81%		4,712		32.04%		14,708
	LaGrange		3,501		68.71%		1,539		30.21%		55		1.08%		1,962		38.51%		5,095
	Lake		48,147		38.84%		75,066		60.56%		737		0.59%		-26,919		-21.72%		123,950
	LaPorte		16,543		54.12%		13,896		45.46%		129		0.42%		2,647		8.66%		30,568
	Lawrence		9,200		63.38%		5,246		36.14%		69		0.48%		3,954		27.24%		14,515
	Madison		21,381		46.10%		24,488		52.80%		514		1.11%		-3,107		-6.70%		46,383
	Marion		116,421		52.01%		106,382		47.53%		1,034		0.46%		10,039		4.48%		223,837
	Marshall		8,225		59.88%		5,254		38.25%		257		1.87%		2,971		21.63%		13,736
	Martin		2,467		49.37%		2,515		50.33%		15		0.30%		-48		-0.96%		4,997
	Miami		8,207		55.54%		6,379		43.17%		191		1.29%		1,828		12.37%		14,777
	Monroe		8,993		55.77%		6,809		42.23%		323		2.00%		2,184		13.54%		16,125
	Montgomery		8,319		59.43%		5,620		40.15%		60		0.43%		2,699		19.28%		13,999
	Morgan		6,115		59.09%		4,156		40.16%		77		0.74%		1,959		18.93%		10,348
	Newton		3,398		67.91%		1,583		31.63%		23		0.46%		1,815		36.27%		5,004
	Noble		7,200		62.89%		4,174		36.46%		74		0.65%		3,026		26.43%		11,448
	Ohio		1,126		51.56%		1,043		47.76%		15		0.69%		83		3.80%		2,184
	Orange		4,784		60.06%		3,130		39.29%		52		0.65%		1,654		20.76%		7,966
	Owen		3,318		55.53%		2,602		43.55%		55		0.92%		716		11.98%		5,975
	Parke		4,751		59.03%		3,241		40.27%		56		0.70%		1,510		18.76%		8,048
	Perry		4,087		50.44%		3,996		49.32%		19		0.23%		91		1.12%		8,102
	Pike		4,267		54.11%		3,513		44.55%		106		1.34%		754		9.56%		7,886
	Porter		8,561		60.52%		5,528		39.08%		57		0.40%		3,033		21.44%		14,146
	Posey		4,374		50.75%		4,183		48.53%		62		0.72%		191		2.22%		8,619
	Pulaski		3,206		55.03%		2,509		43.07%		111		1.91%		697		11.96%		5,826
	Putnam		5,386		52.38%		4,857		47.23%		40		0.39%		529		5.14%		10,283
	Randolph		7,805		61.18%		4,590		35.98%		363		2.85%		3,215		25.20%		12,758
	Ripley		5,642		59.12%		3,835		40.18%		67		0.70%		1,807		18.93%		9,544
	Rush		5,853		59.60%		3,891		39.62%		77		0.78%		1,962		19.98%		9,821
	St. Joseph		39,875		45.53%		47,149		53.83%		565		0.65%		-7,274		-8.30%		87,589
	Scott		2,379		47.07%		2,621		51.86%		54		1.07%		-242		-4.79%		5,054
	Shelby		6,816		49.63%		6,798		49.50%		119		0.87%		18		0.13%		13,733
	Spencer		4,986		57.40%		3,647		41.99%		53		0.61%		1,339		15.42%		8,686
	Starke		3,574		55.71%		2,791		43.51%		50		0.78%		783		12.21%		6,415
	Steuben		4,739		71.61%		1,837		27.76%		42		0.63%		2,902		43.85%		6,618
	Sullivan		5,855		47.23%		6,420		51.79%		122		0.98%		-565		-4.56%		12,397
	Switzerland		2,019		47.32%		2,191		51.35%		57		1.34%		-172		-4.03%		4,267
	Tippecanoe		15,888		60.61%		10,229		39.02%		95		0.36%		5,659		21.59%		26,212
	Tipton		4,296		54.77%		3,427		43.70%		120		1.53%		869		11.08%		7,843
	Union		1,998		63.05%		1,154		36.42%		17		0.54%		844		26.63%		3,169
	Vanderburgh		30,684		46.87%		34,440		52.61%		338		0.52%		-3,756		-5.74%		65,462
	Vermillion		4,998		50.17%		4,912		49.30%		53		0.53%		86		0.86%		9,963
	Vigo		21,493		46.50%		24,649		53.33%		81		0.18%		-3,156		-6.83%		46,223
	Wabash		8,357		62.30%		4,665		34.77%		393		2.93%		3,692		27.52%		13,415
	Warren		2,870		64.73%		1,555		35.07%		9		0.20%		1,315		29.66%		4,434
	Warrick		5,042		55.01%		4,049		44.17%		75		0.82%		993		10.83%		9,166
	Washington		4,033		50.32%		3,940		49.16%		42		0.52%		93		1.16%		8,015
	Wayne		15,295		54.51%		12,432		44.31%		332		1.18%		2,863		10.20%		28,059
	Wells		4,708		50.03%		4,475		47.56%		227		2.41%		233		2.48%		9,410
	White		5,039		58.25%		3,570		41.27%		41		0.47%		1,469		16.98%		8,650
	Whitley		5,268		55.88%		4,079		43.27%		80		0.85%		1,189		12.61%		9,427
Totals	875,891	52.38%	781,403	46.73%	14,797	0.88%	94,488	5.65%	1,672,091

See also

• United States presidential elections in Indiana

Notes and References

1. Web site: United States Presidential election of 1944 - Encyclopædia Britannica. December 22, 2017.
2. Web site: 1944 Election for the Fortieth Term (1945-49). December 22, 2017.
3. Web site: 1944 Presidential General Election Results - Indiana. December 22, 2017.
4. Web site: The American Presidency Project - Election of 1944. December 22, 2017.
5. Scammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964; pp. 143-144