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1944 United States presidential election in Illinois All 28 Illinois votes to the Electoral College
County Results
Roosevelt
40–50%
50–60%
Dewey
40–50%
50–60%
60–70%
70–80%
The 1944 United States presidential election in Illinois took place on November 7, 1944, as part of the 1944 United States presidential election . State voters chose 28 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College , who voted for president and vice president .
Illinois was won by incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt (D –New York ), running with Senator Harry S. Truman , with 51.52% of the popular vote, against Governor Thomas E. Dewey (R –New York ), running with Governor John W. Bricker , with 48.05% of the popular vote. Illinois was one of six states that became more Democratic compared to 1940, alongside Michigan, Minnesota, New York, North Dakota, and Rhode Island.
Primaries
The primaries and general elections coincided with those for other federal offices (Senate and House ), as well as those for state offices .
Turnout
The total vote in the state-run primary elections (Democratic and Republican) was 646,993.
The total vote in the general election was 4,036,061. Both major parties held non-binding state-run preferential primaries on April 11.
Democratic
1944 Illinois Democratic presidential primary
← 1940
April 11, 1944 (1944-04-11)
1948 →
The 1944 Illinois Democratic presidential primary was held on April 11, 1944, in the U.S. state of Illinois as one of the Democratic Party's state primaries ahead of the 1944 presidential election.
The popular vote was a non-binding "beauty contest". Delegates were instead elected by direct votes by congressional district on delegate candidates.
1944 Illinois Democratic presidential primary
Candidate
Votes
%
Franklin D. Roosevelt
48,561
99.30
Scattering
343
0.70
Total
48,904
100
Republican
1944 Illinois Republican presidential primary
← 1940
April 11, 1944 (1944-04-11)
1948 →
The 1944 Illinois Republican presidential primary was held on April 11, 1944, in the U.S. state of Illinois as one of the Republican Party's state primaries ahead of the 1944 presidential election.
The preference vote was a "beauty contest". Delegates were instead selected by direct-vote in each congressional districts on delegate candidates.
Douglas MacArthur won the primary. Illinois businessman Riley A. Bender placed second, running as a favorite son .
Results
Results by county
County
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Democratic
Thomas Edmund Dewey Republican
Various candidates Other parties
Margin
Total votes cast
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
Adams
13,733
46.65%
15,564
52.87%
142
0.48%
-1,831
-6.22%
29,439
Alexander
4,767
49.47%
4,792
49.73%
78
0.81%
-25
-0.26%
9,637
Bond
2,607
38.86%
3,907
58.24%
194
2.89%
-1,300
-19.38%
6,708
Boone
2,074
26.59%
5,708
73.18%
18
0.23%
-3,634
-46.59%
7,800
Brown
1,849
51.26%
1,738
48.18%
20
0.55%
111
3.08%
3,607
Bureau
6,976
37.05%
11,802
62.68%
51
0.27%
-4,826
-25.63%
18,829
Calhoun
1,271
39.22%
1,956
60.35%
14
0.43%
-685
-21.14%
3,241
Carroll
2,843
31.72%
6,101
68.08%
18
0.20%
-3,258
-36.35%
8,962
Cass
3,909
51.54%
3,641
48.00%
35
0.46%
268
3.53%
7,585
Champaign
13,842
42.00%
18,935
57.46%
177
0.54%
-5,093
-15.45%
32,954
Christian
9,360
50.77%
8,995
48.79%
82
0.44%
365
1.98%
18,437
Clark
3,619
40.02%
5,373
59.41%
52
0.57%
-1,754
-19.39%
9,044
Clay
3,531
43.54%
4,484
55.29%
95
1.17%
-953
-11.75%
8,110
Clinton
3,944
36.69%
6,753
62.82%
53
0.49%
-2,809
-26.13%
10,750
Coles
8,936
48.40%
9,473
51.31%
54
0.29%
-537
-2.91%
18,463
Cook
1,275,367
57.81%
924,659
41.91%
6,165
0.28%
350,708
15.90%
2,206,191
Crawford
4,482
42.22%
6,056
57.04%
79
0.74%
-1,574
-14.83%
10,617
Cumberland
2,391
46.83%
2,700
52.88%
15
0.29%
-309
-6.05%
5,106
DeKalb
6,004
32.97%
12,157
66.76%
49
0.27%
-6,153
-33.79%
18,210
DeWitt
3,658
43.77%
4,630
55.40%
69
0.83%
-972
-11.63%
8,357
Douglas
3,323
41.36%
4,684
58.29%
28
0.35%
-1,361
-16.94%
8,035
DuPage
18,711
30.79%
41,890
68.93%
174
0.29%
-23,179
-38.14%
60,775
Edgar
5,054
41.88%
6,961
57.68%
54
0.45%
-1,907
-15.80%
12,069
Edwards
1,197
28.16%
3,016
70.96%
37
0.87%
-1,819
-42.80%
4,250
Effingham
4,587
45.33%
5,441
53.77%
91
0.90%
-854
-8.44%
10,119
Fayette
5,435
45.72%
6,332
53.27%
120
1.01%
-897
-7.55%
11,887
Ford
2,270
29.85%
5,317
69.91%
18
0.24%
-3,047
-40.07%
7,605
Franklin
11,663
50.24%
11,377
49.01%
173
0.75%
286
1.23%
23,213
Fulton
8,946
44.22%
11,117
54.96%
166
0.82%
-2,171
-10.73%
20,229
Gallatin
2,175
50.64%
2,073
48.27%
47
1.09%
102
2.37%
4,295
Greene
4,268
49.78%
4,261
49.70%
45
0.52%
7
0.08%
8,574
Grundy
3,544
35.88%
6,310
63.89%
22
0.22%
-2,766
-28.01%
9,876
Hamilton
2,914
44.48%
3,582
54.68%
55
0.84%
-668
-10.20%
6,551
Hancock
5,338
39.90%
7,972
59.59%
68
0.51%
-2,634
-19.69%
13,378
Hardin
1,370
39.85%
2,037
59.25%
31
0.90%
-667
-19.40%
3,438
Henderson
1,550
36.43%
2,695
63.34%
10
0.24%
-1,145
-26.91%
4,255
Henry
9,130
40.11%
13,539
59.48%
92
0.40%
-4,409
-19.37%
22,761
Iroquois
5,168
33.03%
10,389
66.39%
91
0.58%
-5,221
-33.37%
15,648
Jackson
6,735
40.11%
10,002
59.57%
54
0.32%
-3,267
-19.46%
16,791
Jasper
3,142
47.43%
3,453
52.13%
29
0.44%
-311
-4.70%
6,624
Jefferson
8,496
51.33%
7,916
47.83%
139
0.84%
580
3.50%
16,551
Jersey
2,910
44.87%
3,546
54.67%
30
0.46%
-636
-9.81%
6,486
Jo Daviess
3,298
33.66%
6,465
65.99%
34
0.35%
-3,167
-32.33%
9,797
Johnson
1,522
31.49%
3,298
68.24%
13
0.27%
-1,776
-36.75%
4,833
Kane
23,362
37.54%
38,689
62.16%
185
0.30%
-15,327
-24.63%
62,236
Kankakee
11,342
42.50%
15,256
57.16%
90
0.34%
-3,914
-14.67%
26,688
Kendall
1,673
29.35%
4,022
70.55%
6
0.11%
-2,349
-41.20%
5,701
Knox
10,070
38.49%
15,964
61.02%
126
0.48%
-5,894
-22.53%
26,160
Lake
25,453
41.52%
35,674
58.19%
183
0.30%
-10,221
-16.67%
61,310
LaSalle
21,489
41.42%
28,179
54.32%
2,210
4.26%
-6,690
-12.90%
51,878
Lawrence
4,003
43.02%
5,191
55.79%
111
1.19%
-1,188
-12.77%
9,305
Lee
4,899
31.98%
10,397
67.88%
21
0.14%
-5,498
-35.89%
15,317
Livingston
6,231
33.29%
12,436
66.44%
52
0.28%
-6,205
-33.15%
18,719
Logan
4,868
37.88%
7,955
61.90%
29
0.23%
-3,087
-24.02%
12,852
Macon
22,808
53.58%
19,608
46.06%
153
0.36%
3,200
7.52%
42,569
Macoupin
11,951
50.46%
11,572
48.86%
160
0.68%
379
1.60%
23,683
Madison
40,114
58.24%
28,399
41.23%
359
0.52%
11,715
17.01%
68,872
Marion
10,079
51.32%
9,408
47.90%
153
0.78%
671
3.42%
19,640
Marshall
2,596
38.17%
4,195
61.68%
10
0.15%
-1,599
-23.51%
6,801
Mason
3,282
45.19%
3,959
54.52%
21
0.29%
-677
-9.32%
7,262
Massac
1,758
31.13%
3,814
67.53%
76
1.35%
-2,056
-36.40%
5,648
McDonough
4,497
33.03%
9,028
66.30%
91
0.67%
-4,531
-33.28%
13,616
McHenry
5,567
26.14%
15,666
73.55%
66
0.31%
-10,099
-47.42%
21,299
McLean
14,011
41.75%
19,366
57.70%
185
0.55%
-5,355
-15.96%
33,562
Menard
1,888
38.33%
3,013
61.17%
25
0.51%
-1,125
-22.84%
4,926
Mercer
3,277
36.50%
5,667
63.12%
34
0.38%
-2,390
-26.62%
8,978
Monroe
2,068
33.85%
4,032
66.00%
9
0.15%
-1,964
-32.15%
6,109
Montgomery
7,855
46.08%
8,989
52.74%
201
1.18%
-1,134
-6.65%
17,045
Morgan
6,965
43.72%
8,923
56.01%
42
0.26%
-1,958
-12.29%
15,930
Moultrie
2,853
46.93%
3,180
52.31%
46
0.76%
-327
-5.38%
6,079
Ogle
3,951
26.86%
10,680
72.59%
81
0.55%
-6,729
-45.74%
14,712
Peoria
32,837
48.83%
34,171
50.81%
243
0.36%
-1,334
-1.98%
67,251
Perry
4,677
42.73%
6,236
56.97%
33
0.30%
-1,559
-14.24%
10,946
Piatt
2,641
40.09%
3,912
59.38%
35
0.53%
-1,271
-19.29%
6,588
Pike
5,833
50.58%
5,633
48.85%
66
0.57%
200
1.73%
11,532
Pope
813
25.74%
2,305
72.99%
40
1.27%
-1,492
-47.25%
3,158
Pulaski
2,311
41.28%
3,248
58.02%
39
0.70%
-937
-16.74%
5,598
Putnam
865
36.10%
1,521
63.48%
10
0.42%
-656
-27.38%
2,396
Randolph
6,199
45.06%
7,518
54.65%
39
0.28%
-1,319
-9.59%
13,756
Richland
2,858
38.04%
4,577
60.91%
79
1.05%
-1,719
-22.88%
7,514
Rock Island
30,102
55.48%
23,980
44.19%
180
0.33%
6,122
11.28%
54,262
Saline
7,351
44.45%
9,083
54.92%
105
0.63%
-1,732
-10.47%
16,539
Sangamon
28,713
46.50%
32,871
53.24%
161
0.26%
-4,158
-6.73%
61,745
Schuyler
2,555
47.27%
2,801
51.82%
49
0.91%
-246
-4.55%
5,405
Scott
1,864
45.93%
2,185
53.84%
9
0.22%
-321
-7.91%
4,058
Shelby
5,919
48.35%
6,201
50.65%
123
1.00%
-282
-2.30%
12,243
St. Clair
48,325
58.78%
33,557
40.82%
327
0.40%
14,768
17.96%
82,209
Stark
1,401
31.43%
3,050
68.42%
7
0.16%
-1,649
-36.99%
4,458
Stephenson
7,755
39.13%
11,948
60.28%
118
0.60%
-4,193
-21.15%
19,821
Tazewell
14,412
53.30%
12,531
46.34%
96
0.36%
1,881
6.96%
27,039
Union
4,367
51.21%
4,114
48.25%
46
0.54%
253
2.97%
8,527
Vermilion
18,387
46.60%
20,794
52.70%
273
0.69%
-2,407
-6.10%
39,454
Wabash
3,026
45.83%
3,496
52.95%
81
1.23%
-470
-7.12%
6,603
Warren
3,926
35.53%
7,085
64.12%
39
0.35%
-3,159
-28.59%
11,050
Washington
2,723
33.26%
5,428
66.31%
35
0.43%
-2,705
-33.04%
8,186
Wayne
4,019
41.17%
5,683
58.21%
61
0.62%
-1,664
-17.04%
9,763
White
4,822
47.97%
5,139
51.12%
91
0.91%
-317
-3.15%
10,052
Whiteside
5,555
27.93%
14,162
71.21%
171
0.86%
-8,607
-43.28%
19,888
Will
27,085
47.14%
30,058
52.32%
310
0.54%
-2,973
-5.17%
57,453
Williamson
9,974
43.99%
12,594
55.55%
103
0.45%
-2,620
-11.56%
22,671
Winnebago
27,831
47.22%
30,837
52.31%
277
0.47%
-3,006
-5.10%
58,945
Woodford
3,514
35.90%
6,237
63.73%
36
0.37%
-2,723
-27.82%
9,787
Totals
2,079,479
51.52%
1,939,314
48.05%
17,088
0.42%
140,165
3.47%
4,035,881
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
See also
References
"United States Presidential election of 1944 – Encyclopædia Britannica" . Retrieved March 26, 2018.
"1944 Election for the Fortieth Term (1945-49)" . Retrieved March 26, 2018.
"1944 Presidential General Election Results – Illinois" . Retrieved March 26, 2018.
"The American Presidency Project – Election of 1944" . Retrieved March 26, 2018.
^ "OFFICIAL VOTE of the STATE OF ILLINOIS CAST AT THE GENERAL ELECTION, Nov. 7, 1944 PRIMARY ELECTION GENERAL PRIMARY, APRIL 11, 1944" (PDF). Illinois State Board of Elections. Retrieved July 11, 2020.
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