1944 United States presidential election in Minnesota explained

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Election Name:	1944 United States presidential election in Minnesota
Country:	Minnesota
Flag Year:	1893
Type:	presidential
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1940 United States presidential election in Minnesota
Previous Year:	1940
Next Election:	1948 United States presidential election in Minnesota
Next Year:	1948
Election Date:	November 7, 1944
Image1:	1944 portrait of FDR (1)(small).jpg
Nominee1:	Franklin D. Roosevelt
Party1:	Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party
Home State1:	New York
Running Mate1:	Harry S. Truman
Electoral Vote1:	11
Popular Vote1:	589,864
Percentage1:	52.41%
Nominee2:	Thomas E. Dewey
Party2:	Republican Party (United States)
Home State2:	New York
Running Mate2:	John W. Bricker
Electoral Vote2:	0
Popular Vote2:	527,416
Percentage2:	46.86%
Map Size:	350px
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 Minnesota took place on November 7, 1944, as part of the 1944 United States presidential election. Voters chose 11 electors, or representatives to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Minnesota was won by the Democratic candidate, incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt won the state over New York Governor Thomas E. Dewey by a margin of 62,448 votes or 5.55%. Minnesota was one of six states that became more Democratic compared to 1940, alongside Michigan, Illinois, New York, North Dakota, and Rhode Island.

Results

1944 United States presidential election in Minnesota^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Democratic (DFL)	Franklin D. Roosevelt (incumbent)	589,864	52.41%	11
	Republican	Thomas E. Dewey	527,416	46.86%	0
	Socialist	Norman Thomas	5,073	0.45%	0
	Industrial Government	Edward A. Teichert	3,176	0.28%	0
Totals			1,125,529	100.00%	11

Results by county

County	Franklin Delano Roosevelt DFL		Thomas Edmund Dewey Republican		Norman Mattoon Thomas^[2] Socialist		Edward A. Teichert Industrial Government		Margin		Total votes cast^[3]
		%		%		%		%		%
	Aitkin		2,743		49.79%		2,720		49.37%		35		0.64%		11		0.20%		23		0.42%		5,509
	Anoka		5,431		57.36%		3,958		41.80%		71		0.75%		8		0.08%		1,473		15.56%		9,468
	Becker		4,889		55.87%		3,803		43.46%		46		0.53%		12		0.14%		1,086		12.41%		8,750
	Beltrami		5,490		66.50%		2,705		32.76%		41		0.50%		20		0.24%		2,785		33.73%		8,256
	Benton		2,258		42.90%		2,988		56.76%		11		0.21%		7		0.13%		-730		-13.87%		5,264
	Big Stone		2,120		56.50%		1,608		42.86%		14		0.37%		10		0.27%		512		13.65%		3,752
	Blue Earth		5,098		34.96%		9,429		64.67%		29		0.20%		25		0.17%		-4,331		-29.70%		14,581
	Brown		2,842		28.57%		7,018		70.54%		67		0.67%		22		0.22%		-4,176		-41.97%		9,949
	Carlton		6,153		69.48%		2,653		29.96%		39		0.44%		11		0.12%		3,500		39.52%		8,856
	Carver		1,565		21.06%		5,828		78.42%		28		0.38%		11		0.15%		-4,263		-57.36%		7,432
	Cass		3,377		51.58%		3,135		47.88%		27		0.41%		8		0.12%		242		3.70%		6,547
	Chippewa		3,264		51.98%		2,967		47.25%		30		0.48%		18		0.29%		297		4.73%		6,279
	Chisago		2,376		43.72%		3,020		55.58%		29		0.53%		9		0.17%		-644		-11.85%		5,434
	Clay		5,230		54.06%		4,392		45.40%		34		0.35%		18		0.19%		838		8.66%		9,674
	Clearwater		2,658		69.58%		1,125		29.45%		28		0.73%		9		0.24%		1,533		40.13%		3,820
	Cook		545		51.13%		513		48.12%		8		0.75%		0		0.00%		32		3.00%		1,066
	Cottonwood		2,354		37.32%		3,916		62.08%		20		0.32%		18		0.29%		-1,562		-24.76%		6,308
	Crow Wing		5,504		54.67%		4,500		44.70%		40		0.40%		23		0.23%		1,004		9.97%		10,067
	Dakota		8,562		52.20%		7,731		47.13%		67		0.41%		43		0.26%		831		5.07%		16,403
	Dodge		1,808		38.26%		2,902		61.42%		9		0.19%		6		0.13%		-1,094		-23.15%		4,725
	Douglas		3,681		46.79%		4,140		52.62%		34		0.43%		12		0.15%		-459		-5.83%		7,867
	Faribault		3,640		38.37%		5,822		61.37%		15		0.16%		10		0.11%		-2,182		-23.00%		9,487
	Fillmore		3,183		33.29%		6,339		66.29%		27		0.28%		13		0.14%		-3,156		-33.01%		9,562
	Freeborn		6,486		52.96%		5,728		46.77%		20		0.16%		12		0.10%		758		6.19%		12,246
	Goodhue		5,791		42.33%		7,820		57.17%		55		0.40%		13		0.10%		-2,029		-14.83%		13,679
	Grant		1,969		50.76%		1,898		48.93%		5		0.13%		7		0.18%		71		1.83%		3,879
	Hennepin		148,792		55.66%		116,781		43.69%		1,368		0.51%		379		0.14%		32,011		11.97%		267,320
	Houston		1,847		31.26%		4,036		68.31%		17		0.29%		8		0.14%		-2,189		-37.05%		5,908
	Hubbard		1,613		43.13%		2,114		56.52%		10		0.27%		3		0.08%		-501		-13.40%		3,740
	Isanti		2,225		49.59%		2,205		49.14%		53		1.18%		4		0.09%		20		0.45%		4,487
	Itasca		8,787		67.10%		4,227		32.28%		60		0.46%		21		0.16%		4,560		34.82%		13,095
	Jackson		3,417		54.85%		2,789		44.77%		9		0.14%		15		0.24%		628		10.08%		6,230
	Kanabec		1,776		47.83%		1,913		51.52%		22		0.59%		2		0.05%		-137		-3.69%		3,713
	Kandiyohi		6,482		62.61%		3,784		36.55%		70		0.68%		17		0.16%		2,698		26.06%		10,353
	Kittson		2,752		73.25%		983		26.16%		19		0.51%		3		0.08%		1,769		47.09%		3,757
	Koochiching		3,981		70.60%		1,607		28.50%		36		0.64%		15		0.27%		2,374		42.10%		5,639
	Lac qui Parle		2,779		47.10%		3,104		52.61%		10		0.17%		7		0.12%		-325		-5.51%		5,900
	Lake		2,401		74.13%		792		24.45%		40		1.23%		6		0.19%		1,609		49.68%		3,239
	Lake of the Woods		1,168		64.49%		642		35.45%		1		0.06%		0		0.00%		526		29.04%		1,811
	Le Sueur		3,358		42.15%		4,560		57.24%		28		0.35%		21		0.26%		-1,202		-15.09%		7,967
	Lincoln		2,302		58.77%		1,600		40.85%		11		0.28%		4		0.10%		702		17.92%		3,917
	Lyon		4,640		55.94%		3,617		43.60%		18		0.22%		20		0.24%		1,023		12.33%		8,295
	Mahnomen		1,494		66.11%		748		33.10%		12		0.53%		6		0.27%		746		33.01%		2,260
	Marshall		3,808		64.94%		2,029		34.60%		16		0.27%		11		0.19%		1,779		30.34%		5,864
	Martin		4,443		46.02%		5,182		53.68%		20		0.21%		9		0.09%		-739		-7.65%		9,654
	McLeod		2,557		30.58%		5,756		68.84%		36		0.43%		12		0.14%		-3,199		-38.26%		8,361
	Meeker		3,159		42.09%		4,302		57.31%		34		0.45%		11		0.15%		-1,143		-15.23%		7,506
	Mille Lacs		2,872		50.32%		2,798		49.03%		32		0.56%		5		0.09%		74		1.30%		5,707
	Morrison		3,920		43.55%		5,035		55.93%		33		0.37%		14		0.16%		-1,115		-12.39%		9,002
	Mower		7,199		52.03%		6,588		47.62%		29		0.21%		19		0.14%		611		4.42%		13,835
	Murray		2,495		48.90%		2,585		50.67%		16		0.31%		6		0.12%		-90		-1.76%		5,102
	Nicollet		2,321		34.63%		4,345		64.83%		23		0.34%		13		0.19%		-2,024		-30.20%		6,702
	Nobles		3,413		44.93%		4,149		54.61%		24		0.32%		11		0.14%		-736		-9.69%		7,597
	Norman		2,846		59.69%		1,884		39.51%		28		0.59%		10		0.21%		962		20.18%		4,768
	Olmsted		6,873		45.00%		8,355		54.70%		28		0.18%		18		0.12%		-1,482		-9.70%		15,274
	Otter Tail		5,823		31.85%		12,351		67.55%		78		0.43%		32		0.18%		-6,528		-35.70%		18,284
	Pennington		3,330		67.89%		1,525		31.09%		41		0.84%		9		0.18%		1,805		36.80%		4,905
	Pine		4,332		55.33%		3,433		43.85%		46		0.59%		18		0.23%		899		11.48%		7,829
	Pipestone		2,129		42.63%		2,844		56.95%		15		0.30%		6		0.12%		-715		-14.32%		4,994
	Polk		8,808		66.18%		4,402		33.07%		81		0.61%		19		0.14%		4,406		33.10%		13,310
	Pope		2,781		51.49%		2,607		48.27%		4		0.07%		9		0.17%		174		3.22%		5,401
	Ramsey		78,759		58.89%		53,052		39.67%		870		0.65%		1,063		0.79%		25,707		19.22%		133,744
	Red Lake		1,642		68.02%		757		31.36%		12		0.50%		3		0.12%		885		36.66%		2,414
	Redwood		2,886		34.59%		5,428		65.06%		16		0.19%		13		0.16%		-2,542		-30.47%		8,343
	Renville		3,747		41.74%		5,160		57.49%		49		0.55%		20		0.22%		-1,413		-15.74%		8,976
	Rice		4,470		39.48%		6,824		60.27%		18		0.16%		10		0.09%		-2,354		-20.79%		11,322
	Rock		1,649		38.71%		2,584		60.66%		20		0.47%		7		0.16%		-935		-21.95%		4,260
	Roseau		3,697		70.42%		1,513		28.82%		30		0.57%		10		0.19%		2,184		41.60%		5,250
	Saint Louis		63,369		68.92%		27,493		29.90%		420		0.46%		660		0.72%		35,876		39.02%		91,942
	Scott		2,786		45.30%		3,326		54.08%		16		0.26%		22		0.36%		-540		-8.78%		6,150
	Sherburne		1,447		41.13%		2,046		58.16%		19		0.54%		6		0.17%		-599		-17.03%		3,518
	Sibley		1,683		27.94%		4,311		71.56%		15		0.25%		15		0.25%		-2,628		-43.63%		6,024
	Stearns		8,647		39.25%		13,298		60.37%		55		0.25%		29		0.13%		-4,651		-21.11%		22,029
	Steele		3,307		40.92%		4,760		58.90%		10		0.12%		5		0.06%		-1,453		-17.98%		8,082
	Stevens		1,693		41.47%		2,377		58.23%		7		0.17%		5		0.12%		-684		-16.76%		4,082
	Swift		3,310		56.33%		2,519		42.87%		31		0.53%		16		0.27%		791		13.46%		5,876
	Todd		3,803		40.06%		5,636		59.37%		29		0.31%		25		0.26%		-1,833		-19.31%		9,493
	Traverse		1,721		56.78%		1,296		42.76%		11		0.36%		3		0.10%		425		14.02%		3,031
	Wabasha		2,482		36.89%		4,213		62.62%		18		0.27%		15		0.22%		-1,731		-25.73%		6,728
	Wadena		1,868		41.17%		2,653		58.47%		10		0.22%		6		0.13%		-785		-17.30%		4,537
	Waseca		2,207		34.62%		4,146		65.04%		17		0.27%		5		0.08%		-1,939		-30.42%		6,375
	Washington		5,599		47.94%		6,014		51.49%		52		0.45%		14		0.12%		-415		-3.55%		11,679
	Watonwan		2,324		42.31%		3,146		57.27%		17		0.31%		6		0.11%		-822		-14.96%		5,493
	Wilkin		1,819		48.17%		1,945		51.51%		8		0.21%		4		0.11%		-126		-3.34%		3,776
	Winona		6,117		42.17%		8,296		57.19%		35		0.24%		58		0.40%		-2,179		-15.02%		14,506
	Wright		3,678		34.34%		6,961		64.99%		47		0.44%		25		0.23%		-3,283		-30.65%		10,711
	Yellow Medicine		3,214		48.81%		3,337		50.68%		23		0.35%		11		0.17%		-123		-1.87%		6,585
Totals	589,864	52.41%	527,416	46.86%	5,048	0.45%	3,176	0.28%	62,448	5.55%	1,125,504

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

• Aitkin
• Grant

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

• Murray
• Wilkin

See also

• United States presidential elections in Minnesota

Notes and References

1. Web site: 1944 Presidential Election Results – Minnesota . 2016-10-05 . Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas.
2. Our Campaigns; MN US President Race, November 07, 1944
3. Scammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964; pp. 236-237