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1944 United States presidential election in West Virginia
← 1940 November 7, 1944 1948 →
 
Nominee Franklin D. Roosevelt Thomas E. Dewey
Party Democratic Republican
Home state New York New York
Running mate Harry S. Truman John W. Bricker
Electoral vote 8 0
Popular vote 392,777 322,819
Percentage 54.89% 45.11%
County Results

Roosevelt

  50-60%   60-70%

Dewey

  50-60%   60-70%   70-80%   80-90%

President before election

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democratic

Elected President

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democratic

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The 1944 United States presidential election in West Virginia took place on November 7, 1944, as part of the 1944 United States presidential election. West Virginia voters chose eight representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

West Virginia was won by President Franklin D. Roosevelt (D–New York), running with Senator Harry S. Truman, with 54.89 percent of the popular vote, against the 41st Governor of New York Thomas E. Dewey (R–New York), running with the 54th Governor of Ohio, John W. Bricker, with 45.11 percent of the popular vote. This would be the last election until 2004 when West Virginia voted to the right of neighboring Virginia, and the last until 2016 when West Virginia voted to the right of Utah. Roosevelt remains the only Democratic presidential candidate to win an outright majority of the state's vote more than once.

Results

1944 United States presidential election in West Virginia
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Franklin D. Roosevelt (incumbent) 392,777 54.89%
Republican Thomas E. Dewey 322,819 45.11%
Total votes 715,596 100.00%

Results by county

1944 United States presidential election in West Virginia by county
County Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Democratic 		Thomas Edmund Dewey
Republican 		Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # %
Barbour 3,718 48.22% 3,993 51.78% -275 -3.57% 7,711
Berkeley 5,819 48.61% 6,151 51.39% -332 -2.77% 11,970
Boone 6,366 64.86% 3,449 35.14% 2,917 29.72% 9,815
Braxton 4,313 58.79% 3,023 41.21% 1,290 17.58% 7,336
Brooke 5,726 61.48% 3,588 38.52% 2,138 22.95% 9,314
Cabell 23,020 53.68% 19,861 46.32% 3,159 7.37% 42,881
Calhoun 2,254 57.19% 1,687 42.81% 567 14.39% 3,941
Clay 2,395 53.12% 2,114 46.88% 281 6.23% 4,509
Doddridge 1,000 27.69% 2,611 72.31% -1,611 -44.61% 3,611
Fayette 17,529 68.85% 7,932 31.15% 9,597 37.69% 25,461
Gilmer 2,509 60.31% 1,651 39.69% 858 20.63% 4,160
Grant 570 15.98% 2,996 84.02% -2,426 -68.03% 3,566
Greenbrier 7,231 60.15% 4,790 39.85% 2,441 20.31% 12,021
Hampshire 2,485 60.27% 1,638 39.73% 847 20.54% 4,123
Hancock 7,334 63.12% 4,285 36.88% 3,049 26.24% 11,619
Hardy 2,111 58.64% 1,489 41.36% 622 17.28% 3,600
Harrison 18,028 55.58% 14,408 44.42% 3,620 11.16% 32,436
Jackson 2,401 34.86% 4,486 65.14% -2,085 -30.27% 6,887
Jefferson 3,767 64.17% 2,103 35.83% 1,664 28.35% 5,870
Kanawha 47,400 56.50% 36,488 43.50% 10,912 13.01% 83,888
Lewis 3,350 40.20% 4,984 59.80% -1,634 -19.61% 8,334
Lincoln 3,654 46.67% 4,175 53.33% -521 -6.65% 7,829
Logan 14,692 64.75% 8,000 35.25% 6,692 29.49% 22,692
Marion 17,640 60.36% 11,584 39.64% 6,056 20.72% 29,224
Marshall 7,174 47.91% 7,800 52.09% -626 -4.18% 14,974
Mason 3,662 39.50% 5,609 60.50% -1,947 -21.00% 9,271
McDowell 19,300 63.65% 11,023 36.35% 8,277 27.30% 30,323
Mercer 14,861 59.69% 10,034 40.31% 4,827 19.39% 24,895
Mineral 3,989 46.25% 4,635 53.75% -646 -7.49% 8,624
Mingo 9,550 66.97% 4,711 33.03% 4,839 33.93% 14,261
Monongalia 10,429 51.95% 9,647 48.05% 782 3.90% 20,076
Monroe 2,615 45.52% 3,130 54.48% -515 -8.96% 5,745
Morgan 895 27.99% 2,303 72.01% -1,408 -44.03% 3,198
Nicholas 4,305 56.91% 3,259 43.09% 1,046 13.83% 7,564
Ohio 17,445 51.90% 16,165 48.10% 1,280 3.81% 33,610
Pendleton 2,177 54.22% 1,838 45.78% 339 8.44% 4,015
Pleasants 1,507 48.16% 1,622 51.84% -115 -3.68% 3,129
Pocahontas 2,897 55.32% 2,340 44.68% 557 10.64% 5,237
Preston 2,997 30.64% 6,785 69.36% -3,788 -38.72% 9,782
Putnam 3,918 49.33% 4,025 50.67% -107 -1.35% 7,943
Raleigh 17,988 63.54% 10,323 36.46% 7,665 27.07% 28,311
Randolph 6,299 63.12% 3,681 36.88% 2,618 26.23% 9,980
Ritchie 1,650 29.40% 3,963 70.60% -2,313 -41.21% 5,613
Roane 3,787 44.89% 4,650 55.11% -863 -10.23% 8,437
Summers 4,399 59.72% 2,967 40.28% 1,432 19.44% 7,366
Taylor 3,653 48.43% 3,890 51.57% -237 -3.14% 7,543
Tucker 2,673 54.63% 2,220 45.37% 453 9.26% 4,893
Tyler 1,428 29.40% 3,429 70.60% -2,001 -41.20% 4,857
Upshur 2,026 27.53% 5,332 72.47% -3,306 -44.93% 7,358
Wayne 6,627 59.47% 4,516 40.53% 2,111 18.94% 11,143
Webster 3,285 67.32% 1,595 32.68% 1,690 34.63% 4,880
Wetzel 4,335 54.60% 3,604 45.40% 731 9.21% 7,939
Wirt 1,170 45.21% 1,418 54.79% -248 -9.58% 2,588
Wood 13,676 48.42% 14,566 51.58% -890 -3.15% 28,242
Wyoming 6,748 61.34% 4,253 38.66% 2,495 22.68% 11,001
Totals 392,777 54.89% 322,819 45.11% 69,958 9.78% 715,596

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

References

  1. ^ "1944 Presidential Election Results — West Virginia".
  2. "1944 Presidential Election Popular Vote". Géoelections. (.xlsx file for €15)
State and district results of the 1944 United States presidential election
Electoral map, 1944 election
Elections in the United States
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