Election in California
1944 United States presidential election in California Turnout 86.13% (of registered voters) 4.69 pp 65.72% (of eligible voters) 12.6 pp [1]
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
25
0
Popular vote
1,988,564
1,512,965
Percentage
56.48%
42.97%
County Results
Roosevelt
40–50%
50–60%
60–70%
Dewey
40–50%
50–60%
60–70%
President before election
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democratic
Elected President
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democratic
The 1944 United States presidential election in California took place on November 7, 1944 as part of the 1944 United States presidential election . State voters chose 25 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College , who voted for president and vice president .
California voted for the Democratic incumbent , Franklin Roosevelt , in a landslide over the Republican challenger, New York Governor Thomas E. Dewey .
Results [ ]
1944 United States presidential election in California[2]
Party
Candidate
Votes
Percentage
Electoral votes
Democratic
Franklin D. Roosevelt (incumbent )
1,988,564
56.48%
25
Republican
Thomas E. Dewey
1,512,965
42.97%
0
Prohibition
Claude A. Watson
14,770
0.42%
0
No party
Norman Thomas (write-in )
2,515
0.07%
0
No party
Write-ins
1,881
0.05%
0
No party
Edward A. Teichert (write-in)
180
0.01%
0
Invalid or blank votes
—
Totals
3,520,875
100.00%
25
Voter turnout
—
Results by county [ ]
County
Roosevelt
Votes
Dewey
Votes
Others
Votes
Solano
69.93%
24,335
29.77%
10,361
0.30%
105
Plumas
69.83%
2,625
29.95%
1,126
0.21%
8
Sacramento
66.30%
49,204
33.16%
24,611
0.54%
403
Lassen
65.81%
3,678
33.92%
1,896
0.27%
15
Kings
65.04%
6,591
34.22%
3,468
0.74%
75
Contra Costa
63.96%
47,831
35.86%
26,816
0.18%
138
Fresno
63.84%
40,769
35.50%
22,668
0.67%
425
Placer
62.66%
7,149
36.78%
4,196
0.56%
64
Amador
61.69%
1,976
37.18%
1,191
1.12%
36
San Francisco
60.51%
208,609
38.92%
134,163
0.57%
1,959
El Dorado
59.95%
3,016
39.55%
1,990
0.50%
25
Sierra
59.64%
662
39.91%
443
0.45%
5
Madera
59.47%
4,276
39.85%
2,865
0.68%
49
Ventura
59.33%
16,342
40.19%
11,071
0.48%
131
Shasta
58.90%
5,798
40.87%
4,023
0.22%
22
Merced
58.25%
9,192
41.31%
6,518
0.44%
69
Yolo
57.70%
5,837
41.84%
4,233
0.45%
46
Alameda
57.70%
169,631
41.83%
122,982
0.47%
1,374
Yuba
57.63%
3,254
42.14%
2,379
0.23%
13
Tuolumne
57.51%
2,566
41.77%
1,864
0.72%
32
Trinity
57.33%
770
42.22%
567
0.45%
6
Siskiyou
57.29%
5,914
42.15%
4,351
0.56%
58
Humboldt
56.83%
12,083
42.93%
9,127
0.24%
50
Colusa
56.81%
2,090
42.92%
1,579
0.27%
10
Los Angeles
56.75%
886,252
42.68%
666,441
0.57%
8,871
Calaveras
56.19%
1,893
43.19%
1,455
0.62%
21
Kern
55.56%
26,205
43.96%
20,730
0.48%
226
Mariposa
55.06%
1,203
44.16%
965
0.78%
17
Nevada
54.79%
3,266
44.42%
2,648
0.79%
47
Modoc
54.28%
1,540
45.40%
1,288
0.32%
9
San Diego
53.94%
89,959
45.42%
75,746
0.64%
1,059
Mendocino
53.75%
5,452
45.89%
4,655
0.35%
36
Monterey
53.66%
14,342
45.82%
12,246
0.52%
140
Santa Barbara
53.37%
15,721
46.33%
13,647
0.30%
89
San Bernardino
52.59%
38,530
46.52%
34,084
0.88%
646
Butte
52.55%
8,811
46.83%
7,852
0.63%
105
San Joaquin
52.48%
27,074
47.21%
24,357
0.30%
157
Santa Clara
52.36%
43,869
47.04%
39,409
0.60%
499
Marin
52.04%
14,516
47.69%
13,304
0.27%
76
Napa
51.87%
7,748
47.48%
7,092
0.64%
96
Tehama
51.53%
3,130
47.79%
2,903
0.68%
41
Stanislaus
51.33%
15,537
47.23%
14,297
1.44%
437
San Luis Obispo
50.63%
8,068
48.90%
7,793
0.47%
75
San Mateo
50.62%
34,594
49.15%
33,590
0.23%
158
Glenn
50.20%
2,452
49.32%
2,409
0.47%
23
Tulare
49.97%
16,221
49.30%
16,005
0.73%
238
Sutter
49.54%
3,083
49.99%
3,111
0.47%
29
Sonoma
49.27%
15,949
50.38%
16,309
0.34%
111
Inyo
49.09%
1,647
50.64%
1,699
0.27%
9
San Benito
46.82%
1,998
52.80%
2,253
0.37%
16
Imperial
45.76%
5,085
53.81%
5,979
0.43%
48
Santa Cruz
45.34%
9,357
53.80%
11,102
0.86%
178
Riverside
45.26%
19,439
53.94%
23,168
0.81%
346
Del Norte
44.70%
818
55.25%
1,011
0.05%
1
Lake
44.61%
1,671
54.97%
2,059
0.43%
16
Orange
42.47%
28,649
56.92%
38,394
0.60%
407
Mono
38.97%
242
60.87%
378
0.16%
1
Alpine
31.47%
45
68.53%
98
0.00%
0
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