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The 1944 United States presidential election in Arizona took place on November 7, 1944, as part of the 1944 United States presidential election. State voters chose four[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Arizona was won by incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt (D–New York), running with Senator Harry S. Truman, with 58.80% of the popular vote, against Governor Thomas Dewey (R–New York), running with Governor John W. Bricker, with 40.90% of the popular vote.[3][4] This is the last time a Democrat won Arizona with a double digit margin of victory.
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Franklin D. Roosevelt (inc.) | 80,926 | 58.80% | |
| Republican | Thomas Dewey | 56,287 | 40.90% | |
| Prohibition | Claude A. Watson | 421 | 0.31% | |
| Total votes | 137,634 | 100% | ||
Results by county
| County | Franklin Delano Roosevelt Democratic |
Thomas Edmund Dewey Republican |
Claude A. Watson Prohibition |
Margin | Total votes cast[5] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Apache | 1,238 | 62.91% | 728 | 36.99% | 2 | 0.10% | 510 | 25.91% | 1,968 |
| Cochise | 6,935 | 67.21% | 3,371 | 32.67% | 13 | 0.13% | 3,564 | 34.54% | 10,319 |
| Coconino | 2,236 | 55.51% | 1,786 | 44.34% | 6 | 0.15% | 450 | 11.17% | 4,028 |
| Gila | 4,818 | 67.79% | 2,260 | 31.80% | 29 | 0.41% | 2,558 | 35.99% | 7,107 |
| Graham | 2,393 | 67.43% | 1,151 | 32.43% | 5 | 0.14% | 1,242 | 35.00% | 3,549 |
| Greenlee | 1,956 | 72.34% | 739 | 27.33% | 9 | 0.33% | 1,217 | 45.01% | 2,704 |
| Maricopa | 32,197 | 56.23% | 24,853 | 43.41% | 208 | 0.36% | 7,344 | 12.83% | 57,258 |
| Mohave | 1,303 | 57.05% | 974 | 42.64% | 7 | 0.31% | 329 | 14.40% | 2,284 |
| Navajo | 2,660 | 62.56% | 1,579 | 37.14% | 13 | 0.31% | 1,081 | 25.42% | 4,252 |
| Pima | 13,006 | 54.39% | 10,850 | 45.37% | 57 | 0.24% | 2,156 | 9.02% | 23,913 |
| Pinal | 3,026 | 61.04% | 1,909 | 38.51% | 22 | 0.44% | 1,117 | 22.53% | 4,957 |
| Santa Cruz | 1,291 | 63.85% | 727 | 35.95% | 4 | 0.20% | 564 | 27.89% | 2,022 |
| Yavapai | 4,395 | 55.21% | 3,529 | 44.33% | 36 | 0.45% | 866 | 10.88% | 7,960 |
| Yuma | 3,472 | 65.35% | 1,831 | 34.46% | 10 | 0.19% | 1,641 | 30.89% | 5,313 |
| Totals | 80,926 | 58.80% | 56,287 | 40.90% | 421 | 0.31% | 24,639 | 17.90% | 137,634 |
References
- ^ "United States Presidential election of 1944 – Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved November 23, 2017.
- ^ "1944 Election for the Fortieth Term (1945–49)". Retrieved November 23, 2017.
- ^ "1944 Presidential General Election Results – Arizona". Retrieved November 23, 2017.
- ^ "The American Presidency Project – Election of 1944". Retrieved November 23, 2017.
- ^ Scammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920–1964; p. 41 ISBN 0405077114
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