The 1944 United States presidential election in Connecticut took place on November 7, 1944, as part of the 1944 United States presidential election. State voters chose eight electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.
Connecticut was won by Democratic candidate, incumbentPresidentFranklin D. Roosevelt won the state over New YorkgovernorThomas E. Dewey by a safe margin of 5.36%.
Results[]
1944 United States presidential election in Connecticut[1]
Party
Candidate
Running mate
Popular vote
Electoral vote
Count
%
Count
%
Democratic
Franklin Delano Roosevelt of New York
Harry S. Truman of Missouri
435,146
52.30%
8
100.00%
Republican
Thomas Edmund Dewey of New York
John William Bricker of Ohio
390,527
46.94%
0
0.00%
Socialist
Norman Thomas of New York
Darlington Hoopes of Pennsylvania
5,097
0.61%
0
0.00%
Socialist Labor
Edward A. Teichert of Pennsylvania
of Ohio
1,220
0.15%
0
0.00%
Total
831,990
100.00%
8
100.00%
See also[]
United States presidential elections in Connecticut