United_States_presidential_election_in_Pennsylvania,_1944
1944 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania
Election in Pennsylvania
The 1944 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania took place on November 7, 1944 as part of the 1944 United States presidential election. Voters chose 35 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
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Pennsylvania voted to give Democratic nominee, President Franklin D. Roosevelt a record fourth term, over the Republican nominee, New York Governor Thomas E. Dewey. Roosevelt won Pennsylvania by a slim margin of 2.78%.
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| 1944 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania[1] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Democratic | Franklin D. Roosevelt (incumbent) | 1,940,479 | 51.14% | 35 | |
| Republican | Thomas E. Dewey | 1,835,054 | 48.36% | 0 | |
| Socialist | Norman Thomas | 11,721 | 0.31% | 0 | |
| Prohibition | Claude Watson | 5,750 | 0.15% | 0 | |
| Industrial Government | Edward Teichert | 1,789 | 0.05% | 0 | |
| Totals | 3,794,793 | 100.00% | 35 | ||
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Results by county
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| County | Franklin Delano Roosevelt Democratic |
Thomas Edmund Dewey Republican |
Various candidates Other parties |
Margin | Total votes cast[2] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adams | 5,881 | 39.91% | 8,787 | 59.63% | 67 | 0.45% | -2,906 | -19.72% | 14,735 |
| Allegheny | 350,690 | 57.09% | 261,218 | 42.52% | 2,393 | 0.39% | 89,472 | 14.56% | 614,301 |
| Armstrong | 10,202 | 42.54% | 13,656 | 56.94% | 126 | 0.53% | -3,454 | -14.40% | 23,984 |
| Beaver | 32,743 | 57.79% | 23,555 | 41.57% | 360 | 0.64% | 9,188 | 16.22% | 56,658 |
| Bedford | 5,175 | 37.11% | 8,703 | 62.40% | 68 | 0.49% | -3,528 | -25.30% | 13,946 |
| Berks | 43,889 | 53.91% | 35,274 | 43.33% | 2,247 | 2.76% | 8,615 | 10.58% | 81,410 |
| Blair | 18,003 | 41.76% | 24,925 | 57.82% | 178 | 0.41% | -6,922 | -16.06% | 43,106 |
| Bradford | 5,523 | 28.86% | 13,472 | 70.40% | 142 | 0.74% | -7,949 | -41.54% | 19,137 |
| Bucks | 17,823 | 40.76% | 25,634 | 58.62% | 270 | 0.62% | -7,811 | -17.86% | 43,727 |
| Butler | 12,377 | 38.75% | 19,341 | 60.55% | 226 | 0.71% | -6,964 | -21.80% | 31,944 |
| Cambria | 39,676 | 58.22% | 28,203 | 41.39% | 264 | 0.39% | 11,473 | 16.84% | 68,143 |
| Cameron | 1,115 | 39.08% | 1,729 | 60.60% | 9 | 0.32% | -614 | -21.52% | 2,853 |
| Carbon | 11,060 | 52.74% | 9,837 | 46.91% | 73 | 0.35% | 1,223 | 5.83% | 20,970 |
| Centre | 8,064 | 44.21% | 10,048 | 55.08% | 130 | 0.71% | -1,984 | -10.88% | 18,242 |
| Chester | 18,548 | 40.84% | 26,655 | 58.70% | 208 | 0.46% | -8,107 | -17.85% | 45,411 |
| Clarion | 5,263 | 39.10% | 8,098 | 60.16% | 99 | 0.74% | -2,835 | -21.06% | 13,460 |
| Clearfield | 13,617 | 48.92% | 13,986 | 50.24% | 233 | 0.84% | -369 | -1.33% | 27,836 |
| Clinton | 5,703 | 48.85% | 5,915 | 50.66% | 57 | 0.49% | -212 | -1.82% | 11,675 |
| Columbia | 9,647 | 50.63% | 9,336 | 49.00% | 70 | 0.37% | 311 | 1.63% | 19,053 |
| Crawford | 9,216 | 37.48% | 15,205 | 61.83% | 170 | 0.69% | -5,989 | -24.35% | 24,591 |
| Cumberland | 12,068 | 40.25% | 17,782 | 59.30% | 134 | 0.45% | -5,714 | -19.06% | 29,984 |
| Dauphin | 30,684 | 40.51% | 44,725 | 59.05% | 333 | 0.44% | -14,041 | -18.54% | 75,742 |
| Delaware | 64,021 | 44.67% | 78,533 | 54.80% | 755 | 0.53% | -14,512 | -10.13% | 143,309 |
| Elk | 6,097 | 51.63% | 5,645 | 47.80% | 67 | 0.57% | 452 | 3.83% | 11,809 |
| Erie | 32,912 | 47.99% | 35,247 | 51.40% | 419 | 0.61% | -2,335 | -3.40% | 68,578 |
| Fayette | 35,093 | 61.04% | 21,945 | 38.17% | 451 | 0.78% | 13,148 | 22.87% | 57,489 |
| Forest | 673 | 33.02% | 1,344 | 65.95% | 21 | 1.03% | -671 | -32.92% | 2,038 |
| Franklin | 8,807 | 39.58% | 13,380 | 60.13% | 63 | 0.28% | -4,573 | -20.55% | 22,250 |
| Fulton | 1,758 | 45.58% | 2,084 | 54.03% | 15 | 0.39% | -326 | -8.45% | 3,857 |
| Greene | 8,392 | 59.13% | 5,747 | 40.49% | 53 | 0.37% | 2,645 | 18.64% | 14,192 |
| Huntingdon | 4,131 | 33.53% | 8,106 | 65.80% | 83 | 0.67% | -3,975 | -32.26% | 12,320 |
| Indiana | 8,863 | 37.83% | 14,388 | 61.42% | 175 | 0.75% | -5,525 | -23.58% | 23,426 |
| Jefferson | 6,425 | 36.62% | 10,970 | 62.52% | 152 | 0.87% | -4,545 | -25.90% | 17,547 |
| Juniata | 2,666 | 43.05% | 3,512 | 56.71% | 15 | 0.24% | -846 | -13.66% | 6,193 |
| Lackawanna | 59,190 | 55.54% | 47,261 | 44.34% | 127 | 0.12% | 11,929 | 11.19% | 106,578 |
| Lancaster | 27,353 | 37.64% | 44,888 | 61.77% | 432 | 0.59% | -17,535 | -24.13% | 72,673 |
| Lawrence | 17,331 | 47.33% | 18,886 | 51.57% | 403 | 1.10% | -1,555 | -4.25% | 36,620 |
| Lebanon | 11,818 | 43.52% | 15,206 | 56.00% | 129 | 0.48% | -3,388 | -12.48% | 27,153 |
| Lehigh | 29,134 | 47.73% | 31,584 | 51.75% | 315 | 0.52% | -2,450 | -4.01% | 61,033 |
| Luzerne | 73,674 | 51.81% | 67,984 | 47.81% | 541 | 0.38% | 5,690 | 4.00% | 142,199 |
| Lycoming | 15,658 | 43.81% | 19,886 | 55.64% | 197 | 0.55% | -4,228 | -11.83% | 35,741 |
| McKean | 6,492 | 34.90% | 11,988 | 64.45% | 121 | 0.65% | -5,496 | -29.55% | 18,601 |
| Mercer | 16,589 | 45.57% | 19,606 | 53.85% | 212 | 0.58% | -3,017 | -8.29% | 36,407 |
| Mifflin | 5,693 | 47.63% | 6,205 | 51.92% | 54 | 0.45% | -512 | -4.28% | 11,952 |
| Monroe | 5,490 | 46.81% | 6,202 | 52.88% | 37 | 0.32% | -712 | -6.07% | 11,729 |
| Montgomery | 47,815 | 37.70% | 78,260 | 61.71% | 752 | 0.59% | -30,445 | -24.01% | 126,827 |
| Montour | 2,212 | 44.71% | 2,727 | 55.12% | 8 | 0.16% | -515 | -10.41% | 4,947 |
| Northampton | 32,584 | 54.75% | 26,643 | 44.76% | 292 | 0.49% | 5,941 | 9.98% | 59,519 |
| Northumberland | 20,333 | 47.90% | 21,995 | 51.81% | 122 | 0.29% | -1,662 | -3.92% | 42,450 |
| Perry | 3,265 | 36.16% | 5,722 | 63.37% | 43 | 0.48% | -2,457 | -27.21% | 9,030 |
| Philadelphia | 496,367 | 58.70% | 346,380 | 40.96% | 2,883 | 0.34% | 149,987 | 17.74% | 845,630 |
| Pike | 1,408 | 34.33% | 2,674 | 65.20% | 19 | 0.46% | -1,266 | -30.87% | 4,101 |
| Potter | 1,894 | 29.58% | 4,474 | 69.86% | 36 | 0.56% | -2,580 | -40.29% | 6,404 |
| Schuylkill | 35,852 | 46.72% | 40,671 | 53.00% | 221 | 0.29% | -4,819 | -6.28% | 76,744 |
| Snyder | 1,795 | 23.89% | 5,696 | 75.81% | 23 | 0.31% | -3,901 | -51.92% | 7,514 |
| Somerset | 10,287 | 38.96% | 16,039 | 60.74% | 79 | 0.30% | -5,752 | -21.78% | 26,405 |
| Sullivan | 1,329 | 41.60% | 1,858 | 58.15% | 8 | 0.25% | -529 | -16.56% | 3,195 |
| Susquehanna | 4,212 | 32.20% | 8,819 | 67.42% | 49 | 0.37% | -4,607 | -35.22% | 13,080 |
| Tioga | 3,248 | 23.69% | 10,381 | 75.73% | 79 | 0.58% | -7,133 | -52.04% | 13,708 |
| Union | 1,704 | 23.25% | 5,585 | 76.19% | 41 | 0.56% | -3,881 | -52.95% | 7,330 |
| Venango | 6,426 | 29.69% | 14,916 | 68.91% | 304 | 1.40% | -8,490 | -39.22% | 21,646 |
| Warren | 4,440 | 32.05% | 9,276 | 66.96% | 137 | 0.99% | -4,836 | -34.91% | 13,853 |
| Washington | 46,023 | 62.17% | 27,615 | 37.30% | 392 | 0.53% | 18,408 | 24.87% | 74,030 |
| Wayne | 2,793 | 25.22% | 8,242 | 74.43% | 39 | 0.35% | -5,449 | -49.21% | 11,074 |
| Westmoreland | 61,057 | 58.17% | 43,202 | 41.16% | 705 | 0.67% | 17,855 | 17.01% | 104,964 |
| Wyoming | 1,982 | 30.11% | 4,581 | 69.60% | 19 | 0.29% | -2,599 | -39.49% | 6,582 |
| York | 38,226 | 53.72% | 32,617 | 45.84% | 315 | 0.44% | 5,609 | 7.88% | 71,158 |
| Totals | 1,940,479 | 51.14% | 1,835,054 | 48.36% | 19,260 | 0.51% | 105,425 | 2.78% | 3,794,793 |
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- David Leip. "1944 Presidential General Election Results – Pennsylvania". Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved March 24, 2018.
- Scammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964; pp. 383-384 ISBN 0405077114