1944 United States presidential election in Virginia explained

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Election Name:	1944 United States presidential election in Virginia
Country:	Virginia
Flag Year:	1931
Type:	presidential
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1940 United States presidential election in Virginia
Previous Year:	1940
Next Election:	1948 United States presidential election in Virginia
Next Year:	1948
Election Date:	November 7, 1944
Image1:	1944 portrait of FDR (1)(small).jpg
Nominee1:	Franklin D. Roosevelt
Party1:	Democratic Party (United States)
Home State1:	New York
Running Mate1:	Harry S. Truman
Electoral Vote1:	11
Popular Vote1:	242,276
Percentage1:	62.36%
Nominee2:	Thomas E. Dewey
Party2:	Republican Party (United States)
Home State2:	New York
Running Mate2:	John W. Bricker
Electoral Vote2:	0
Popular Vote2:	145,243
Percentage2:	37.39%
Map Size:	435px
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 Virginia took place on November 7, 1944, throughout the 48 contiguous states. Voters chose 11 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Virginia voted for the Democratic nominee, incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt, over the Republican nominee, New York Governor Thomas E. Dewey. Roosevelt ultimately won the national election with 53.39% of the vote.

This was the last election until 2020 where the Democratic candidate won Virginia by a double-digit margin. It is also the last occasion the following county-equivalents have voted for a Democratic Presidential nominee: Augusta County,^[1] Mathews County,^[2] Northumberland County,^[3] Richmond County^[4] and Roanoke County.^[5] The independent city of Staunton would not vote Democratic again until Barack Obama in 2008.

Results

United States presidential election in Virginia, 1944^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Democratic	Franklin D. Roosevelt (inc.)	242,276	62.36%	11
	Republican	Thomas E. Dewey	145,243	37.39%	0
	Prohibition	Claude A. Watson	459	0.12%	0
	Socialist	Norman Thomas	417	0.11%	0
	Socialist Labor	Edward Teichert	90	0.02%	0
Totals			388,485	100.00%	11

Results by county

County or Independent City^[7]	Franklin Delano Roosevelt Democratic		Thomas Edmund Dewey Republican		Various candidates Other parties		Margin		Total votes cast^[8]
		%		%		%		%
	Accomack County		1,747		62.50%		1,045		37.39%		3		0.11%		702		25.12%		2,795
	Albemarle County		1,725		63.87%		964		35.69%		12		0.44%		761		28.17%		2,701
	Alleghany County		1,985		60.15%		1,308		39.64%		7		0.21%		677		20.52%		3,300
	Amelia County		553		64.98%		295		34.67%		3		0.35%		258		30.32%		851
	Amherst County		2,585		85.06%		442		14.54%		12		0.39%		2,143		70.52%		3,039
	Appomattox County		1,109		80.07%		270		19.49%		6		0.43%		839		60.58%		1,385
	Arlington County		7,122		45.95%		8,317		53.66%		60		0.39%		-1,195		-7.71%		15,499
	Augusta County		2,913		55.52%		2,319		44.20%		15		0.29%		594		11.32%		5,247
	Bath County		581		53.35%		504		46.28%		4		0.37%		77		7.07%		1,089
	Bedford County		2,534		70.23%		1,068		29.60%		6		0.17%		1,466		40.63%		3,608
	Bland County		762		50.60%		744		49.40%		0		0.00%		18		1.20%		1,506
	Botetourt County		1,275		49.77%		1,272		49.65%		15		0.59%		3		0.12%		2,562
	Brunswick County		1,239		85.63%		208		14.37%		0		0.00%		1,031		71.25%		1,447
	Buchanan County		2,826		58.81%		1,971		41.02%		8		0.17%		855		17.79%		4,805
	Buckingham County		723		71.44%		286		28.26%		3		0.30%		437		43.18%		1,012
	Campbell County		1,995		75.77%		634		24.08%		4		0.15%		1,361		51.69%		2,633
	Caroline County		1,004		72.18%		383		27.53%		4		0.29%		621		44.64%		1,391
	Carroll County		1,375		36.87%		2,352		63.07%		2		0.05%		-977		-26.20%		3,729
	Charles City County		326		70.11%		139		29.89%		0		0.00%		187		40.22%		465
	Charlotte County		1,473		80.49%		356		19.45%		1		0.05%		1,117		61.04%		1,830
	Chesterfield County		2,860		75.82%		901		23.89%		11		0.29%		1,959		51.94%		3,772
	Clarke County		816		66.02%		415		33.58%		5		0.40%		401		32.44%		1,236
	Craig County		564		63.23%		327		36.66%		1		0.11%		237		26.57%		892
	Culpeper County		1,022		57.64%		750		42.30%		1		0.06%		272		15.34%		1,773
	Cumberland County		463		67.59%		218		31.82%		4		0.58%		245		35.77%		685
	Dickenson County		2,786		61.18%		1,762		38.69%		6		0.13%		1,024		22.49%		4,554
	Dinwiddie County		1,096		79.59%		279		20.26%		2		0.15%		817		59.33%		1,377
	Elizabeth City County		2,563		69.20%		1,128		30.45%		13		0.35%		1,435		38.74%		3,704
	Essex County		508		73.73%		179		25.98%		2		0.29%		329		47.75%		689
	Fairfax County		3,582		46.75%		4,046		52.81%		34		0.44%		-464		-6.06%		7,662
	Fauquier County		2,110		65.86%		1,089		33.99%		5		0.16%		1,021		31.87%		3,204
	Floyd County		630		30.55%		1,424		69.06%		8		0.39%		-794		-38.51%		2,062
	Fluvanna County		577		66.32%		291		33.45%		2		0.23%		286		32.87%		870
	Franklin County		2,002		62.10%		1,206		37.41%		16		0.50%		796		24.69%		3,224
	Frederick County		1,213		56.26%		938		43.51%		5		0.23%		275		12.76%		2,156
	Giles County		1,703		58.52%		1,203		41.34%		4		0.14%		500		17.18%		2,910
	Gloucester County		934		69.24%		410		30.39%		5		0.37%		524		38.84%		1,349
	Goochland County		691		74.70%		230		24.86%		4		0.43%		461		49.84%		925
	Grayson County		2,607		44.08%		3,298		55.77%		9		0.15%		-691		-11.68%		5,914
	Greene County		282		41.72%		393		58.14%		1		0.15%		-111		-16.42%		676
	Greensville County		954		77.12%		279		22.55%		4		0.32%		675		54.57%		1,237
	Halifax County		3,351		86.59%		512		13.23%		7		0.18%		2,839		73.36%		3,870
	Hanover County		1,471		71.72%		575		28.04%		5		0.24%		896		43.69%		2,051
	Henrico County		3,056		70.56%		1,263		29.16%		12		0.28%		1,793		41.40%		4,331
	Henry County		1,538		67.75%		727		32.03%		5		0.22%		811		35.73%		2,270
	Highland County		535		45.49%		641		54.51%		0		0.00%		-106		-9.01%		1,176
	Isle of Wight County		1,178		73.26%		430		26.74%		0		0.00%		748		46.52%		1,608
	James City County		317		66.32%		161		33.68%		0		0.00%		156		32.64%		478
	King and Queen County		363		68.62%		166		31.38%		0		0.00%		197		37.24%		529
	King George County		348		50.43%		340		49.28%		2		0.29%		8		1.16%		690
	King William County		718		71.94%		280		28.06%		0		0.00%		438		43.89%		998
	Lancaster County		666		62.77%		390		36.76%		5		0.47%		276		26.01%		1,061
	Lee County		4,470		53.22%		3,921		46.68%		8		0.10%		549		6.54%		8,399
	Loudoun County		1,802		54.71%		1,485		45.08%		7		0.21%		317		9.62%		3,294
	Louisa County		930		59.16%		634		40.33%		8		0.51%		296		18.83%		1,572
	Lunenburg County		1,205		86.50%		184		13.21%		4		0.29%		1,021		73.30%		1,393
	Madison County		616		43.14%		811		56.79%		1		0.07%		-195		-13.66%		1,428
	Mathews County		615		55.56%		491		44.35%		1		0.09%		124		11.20%		1,107
	Mecklenburg County		2,561		85.62%		430		14.38%		0		0.00%		2,131		71.25%		2,991
	Middlesex County		627		76.84%		186		22.79%		3		0.37%		441		54.04%		816
	Montgomery County		1,652		45.80%		1,936		53.67%		19		0.53%		-284		-7.87%		3,607
	Nansemond County		1,398		79.93%		351		20.07%		0		0.00%		1,047		59.86%		1,749
	Nelson County		1,390		76.42%		427		23.47%		2		0.11%		963		52.94%		1,819
	New Kent County		329		67.56%		158		32.44%		0		0.00%		171		35.11%		487
	Norfolk County		5,467		77.98%		1,527		21.78%		17		0.24%		3,940		56.20%		7,011
	Northampton County		1,108		74.21%		381		25.52%		4		0.27%		727		48.69%		1,493
	Northumberland County		695		56.92%		525		43.00%		1		0.08%		170		13.92%		1,221
	Nottoway County		1,453		75.28%		472		24.46%		5		0.26%		981		50.83%		1,930
	Orange County		1,199		63.24%		694		36.60%		3		0.16%		505		26.64%		1,896
	Page County		1,653		39.04%		2,574		60.79%		7		0.17%		-921		-21.75%		4,234
	Patrick County		1,383		65.98%		706		33.68%		7		0.33%		677		32.30%		2,096
	Pittsylvania County		3,492		73.92%		1,224		25.91%		8		0.17%		2,268		48.01%		4,724
	Powhatan County		461		66.43%		230		33.14%		3		0.43%		231		33.29%		694
	Prince Edward County		1,063		71.25%		425		28.49%		4		0.27%		638		42.76%		1,492
	Prince George County		796		72.50%		301		27.41%		1		0.09%		495		45.08%		1,098
	Prince William County		1,340		63.57%		763		36.20%		5		0.24%		577		27.37%		2,108
	Princess Anne County		1,959		66.34%		993		33.63%		1		0.03%		966		32.71%		2,953
	Pulaski County		2,155		62.32%		1,302		37.65%		1		0.03%		853		24.67%		3,458
	Rappahannock County		497		62.36%		297		37.26%		3		0.38%		200		25.09%		797
	Richmond County		364		51.93%		336		47.93%		1		0.14%		28		3.99%		701
	Roanoke County		3,380		51.71%		3,146		48.13%		10		0.15%		234		3.58%		6,536
	Rockbridge County		1,638		62.81%		961		36.85%		9		0.35%		677		25.96%		2,608
	Rockingham County		2,104		36.03%		3,714		63.61%		21		0.36%		-1,610		-27.57%		5,839
	Russell County		2,945		55.05%		2,385		44.58%		20		0.37%		560		10.47%		5,350
	Scott County		2,888		48.27%		3,089		51.63%		6		0.10%		-201		-3.36%		5,983
	Shenandoah County		1,962		35.77%		3,517		64.12%		6		0.11%		-1,555		-28.35%		5,485
	Smyth County		2,266		45.33%		2,726		54.53%		7		0.14%		-460		-9.20%		4,999
	Southampton County		1,599		84.38%		284		14.99%		12		0.63%		1,315		69.39%		1,895
	Spotsylvania County		744		59.47%		504		40.29%		3		0.24%		240		19.18%		1,251
	Stafford County		698		49.22%		714		50.35%		6		0.42%		-16		-1.13%		1,418
	Surry County		602		82.92%		123		16.94%		1		0.14%		479		65.98%		726
	Sussex County		773		78.88%		201		20.51%		6		0.61%		572		58.37%		980
	Tazewell County		2,832		55.23%		2,271		44.29%		25		0.49%		561		10.94%		5,128
	Warren County		1,034		57.51%		761		42.32%		3		0.17%		273		15.18%		1,798
	Warwick County		1,849		69.49%		807		30.33%		5		0.19%		1,042		39.16%		2,661
	Washington County		2,849		50.30%		2,792		49.29%		23		0.41%		57		1.01%		5,664
	Westmoreland County		808		60.12%		532		39.58%		4		0.30%		276		20.54%		1,344
	Wise County		4,588		71.46%		1,817		28.30%		15		0.23%		2,771		43.16%		6,420
	Wythe County		1,465		44.57%		1,822		55.43%		0		0.00%		-357		-10.86%		3,287
	York County		760		69.34%		318		29.01%		18		1.64%		442		40.33%		1,096
	Alexandria City		4,391		56.13%		3,405		43.53%		27		0.35%		986		12.60%		7,823
	Bristol City		1,561		71.02%		628		28.57%		9		0.41%		933		42.45%		2,198
	Buena Vista City		402		69.07%		179		30.76%		1		0.17%		223		38.32%		582
	Charlottesville City		2,188		67.22%		1,055		32.41%		12		0.37%		1,133		34.81%		3,255
	Clifton Forge City		1,082		72.04%		415		27.63%		5		0.33%		667		44.41%		1,502
	Danville City		3,121		71.48%		1,231		28.20%		14		0.32%		1,890		43.29%		4,366
	Fredericksburg City		1,092		60.90%		698		38.93%		3		0.17%		394		21.97%		1,793
	Hampton City		987		76.69%		297		23.08%		3		0.23%		690		53.61%		1,287
	Harrisonburg City		1,292		49.65%		1,302		50.04%		8		0.31%		-10		-0.38%		2,602
	Hopewell City		1,284		77.49%		368		22.21%		5		0.30%		916		55.28%		1,657
	Lynchburg City		4,302		64.08%		2,396		35.69%		15		0.22%		1,906		28.39%		6,713
	Martinsville City		1,093		70.38%		458		29.49%		2		0.13%		635		40.89%		1,553
	Newport News City		4,051		76.30%		1,237		23.30%		21		0.40%		2,814		53.00%		5,309
	Norfolk City		12,010		70.66%		4,958		29.17%		28		0.16%		7,052		41.49%		16,996
	Petersburg City		2,256		75.68%		719		24.12%		6		0.20%		1,537		51.56%		2,981
	Portsmouth City		5,735		83.39%		1,129		16.42%		13		0.19%		4,606		66.98%		6,877
	Radford City		824		57.91%		597		41.95%		2		0.14%		227		15.95%		1,423
	Richmond City		22,584		71.95%		8,737		27.84%		66		0.21%		13,847		44.12%		31,387
	Roanoke City		7,322		58.81%		5,095		40.92%		34		0.27%		2,227		17.89%		12,451
	South Norfolk City		924		79.11%		241		20.63%		3		0.26%		683		58.48%		1,168
	Staunton City		1,159		57.60%		847		42.10%		6		0.30%		312		15.51%		2,012
	Suffolk City		1,342		70.11%		569		29.73%		3		0.16%		773		40.39%		1,914
	Williamsburg City		454		67.66%		211		31.45%		6		0.89%		243		36.21%		671
	Winchester City		1,000		47.57%		1,095		52.09%		7		0.33%		-95		-4.52%		2,102
Totals	242,276	62.36%	145,243	37.39%	966	0.25%	97,033	24.98%	388,485

Counties and Independent Cities that flipped from Democratic to Republican

• Arlington
• Fairfax
• Greene
• Harrisonburg City
• Madison
• Montgomery
• Smyth
• Stafford
• Winchester City
• Wythe

Notes and References

1. The Political Graveyard; Augusta County, Virginia
2. The Political Graveyard; Mathews County, Virginia
3. The Political Graveyard; Northumberland County, Virginia
4. The Political Graveyard; Richmond County, Virginia
5. The Political Graveyard; Roanoke County, Virginia
6. Web site: Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional Election of November 7, 1944 . Clerk of the House of Representatives . 45.
7. Web site: 1944 President General Election . July 8, 2024 . Virginia Department of Elections: Historical Elections Database.
8. Scammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964; pp. 477-479