1944 United States presidential election in Maine
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The 1944 United States presidential election in Maine took place on November 7, 1944, as part of the 1944 United States presidential election. State voters chose five electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.
Maine was won by Republican Party candidate New York governor Thomas E. Dewey over Democratic candidate, incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Dewey won Maine by a narrow margin of 4.99%.
Along with Vermont, Maine is one of two states that never aggregately voted for President Franklin D. Roosevelt in any of his four victorious presidential campaigns.
Results[]
1944 United States presidential election in Maine[1] | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Running mate | Popular vote | Electoral vote | ||||
Count | % | Count | % | |||||
Republican | Thomas Edmund Dewey of New York | John William Bricker of Ohio | 155,434 | 52.44% | 5 | 100.00% | ||
Democratic | Franklin Delano Roosevelt of New York | Harry S. Truman of Missouri | 140,631 | 47.45% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
Socialist Labor | Edward A. Teichert of Pennsylvania | of Ohio | 335 | 0.11% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
Total | 296,400 | 100.00% | 5 | 100.00% |
Results by county[]
County | Thomas Edmund Dewey
Republican |
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Democratic |
Edward A. Teichert
Socialist Labor |
Total votes cast[2] | |||
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# | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Androscoggin | 10,927 | 36.38% | 19,078 | 63.51% | 34 | 0.11% | 30,037 |
Aroostook | 11,678 | 59.23% | 8,017 | 40.66% | 22 | 0.11% | 19,717 |
Cumberland | 29,349 | 52.15% | 26,857 | 47.72% | 72 | 0.13% | 56,278 |
Franklin | 4,127 | 60.90% | 2,646 | 39.04% | 4 | 0.06% | 6,777 |
Hancock | 7,143 | 68.71% | 3,241 | 31.18% | 12 | 0.12% | 10,396 |
Kennebec | 14,335 | 50.42% | 14,070 | 49.49% | 25 | 0.09% | 28,430 |
Knox | 5,590 | 59.70% | 3,758 | 40.14% | 15 | 0.16% | 9,363 |
Lincoln | 4,919 | 69.97% | 2,102 | 29.90% | 9 | 0.13% | 7,030 |
Oxford | 8,053 | 55.76% | 6,377 | 44.16% | 12 | 0.08% | 14,442 |
Penobscot | 16,934 | 55.95% | 13,292 | 43.92% | 38 | 0.13% | 30,264 |
Piscataquis | 3,536 | 54.45% | 2,957 | 45.53% | 1 | 0.02% | 6,494 |
Sagadahoc | 3,883 | 49.22% | 4,003 | 50.74% | 3 | 0.04% | 7,889 |
Somerset | 7,167 | 57.23% | 5,331 | 42.57% | 25 | 0.20% | 12,523 |
Waldo | 4,291 | 70.30% | 1,807 | 29.60% | 6 | 0.10% | 6,104 |
Washington | 5,380 | 48.44% | 5,709 | 51.40% | 18 | 0.16% | 11,107 |
York | 18,122 | 45.82% | 21,386 | 54.08% | 39 | 0.10% | 39,547 |
Totals | 155,434 | 52.44% | 140,631 | 47.45% | 335 | 0.11% | 296,400 |
See also[]
- United States presidential elections in Maine
References[]
- ^ "1944 Presidential General Election Results – Maine". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
- ^ Scammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964; p. 203 ISBN 0405077114
Categories:
- United States presidential elections in Maine
- 1944 United States presidential election by state
- 1944 Maine elections
- Maine election stubs