1944 United States presidential election in Nebraska
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The 1944 United States presidential election in Nebraska took place on November 7, 1944, as part of the 1944 United States presidential election. Voters chose six[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Nebraska was won by Governor Thomas E. Dewey (R–New York), running with Governor John Bricker, with 58.58% of the popular vote, against incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt (D–New York), running with Senator Harry S. Truman, with 41.42% of the popular vote.[3][4]
With 58.58% of the popular vote, Nebraska would prove to be Dewey's second strongest state after Kansas.[5]
Results[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Thomas E. Dewey | 329,880 | 58.58% | |
Democratic | Franklin D. Roosevelt (inc.) | 233,246 | 41.42% | |
Total votes | 563,126 | 100% |
Results by county[]
County[6] | Thomas Edmund Dewey Republican |
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Democratic |
Margin | Total votes cast | |||
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# | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Adams | 7,165 | 60.84% | 4,612 | 39.16% | 2,553 | 21.68% | 11,777 |
Antelope | 3,888 | 70.61% | 1,618 | 29.39% | 2,270 | 41.23% | 5,506 |
Arthur | 268 | 63.66% | 153 | 36.34% | 115 | 27.32% | 421 |
Banner | 378 | 71.05% | 154 | 28.95% | 224 | 42.11% | 532 |
Blaine | 366 | 59.61% | 248 | 40.39% | 118 | 19.22% | 614 |
Boone | 2,865 | 63.25% | 1,665 | 36.75% | 1,200 | 26.49% | 4,530 |
Box Butte | 2,994 | 63.30% | 1,736 | 36.70% | 1,258 | 26.60% | 4,730 |
Boyd | 1,456 | 61.93% | 895 | 38.07% | 561 | 23.86% | 2,351 |
Brown | 1,549 | 67.52% | 745 | 32.48% | 804 | 35.05% | 2,294 |
Buffalo | 6,073 | 61.19% | 3,852 | 38.81% | 2,221 | 22.38% | 9,925 |
Burt | 3,189 | 59.60% | 2,162 | 40.40% | 1,027 | 19.19% | 5,351 |
Butler | 2,493 | 46.04% | 2,922 | 53.96% | -429 | -7.92% | 5,415 |
Cass | 4,588 | 59.34% | 3,144 | 40.66% | 1,444 | 18.68% | 7,732 |
Cedar | 3,616 | 66.29% | 1,839 | 33.71% | 1,777 | 32.58% | 5,455 |
Chase | 1,444 | 69.02% | 648 | 30.98% | 796 | 38.05% | 2,092 |
Cherry | 2,314 | 62.80% | 1,371 | 37.20% | 943 | 25.59% | 3,685 |
Cheyenne | 2,654 | 60.24% | 1,752 | 39.76% | 902 | 20.47% | 4,406 |
Clay | 3,375 | 68.81% | 1,530 | 31.19% | 1,845 | 37.61% | 4,905 |
Colfax | 2,314 | 51.51% | 2,178 | 48.49% | 136 | 3.03% | 4,492 |
Cuming | 4,008 | 74.10% | 1,401 | 25.90% | 2,607 | 48.20% | 5,409 |
Custer | 5,330 | 61.61% | 3,321 | 38.39% | 2,009 | 23.22% | 8,651 |
Dakota | 1,703 | 46.13% | 1,989 | 53.87% | -286 | -7.75% | 3,692 |
Dawes | 2,747 | 65.50% | 1,447 | 34.50% | 1,300 | 31.00% | 4,194 |
Dawson | 5,017 | 68.85% | 2,270 | 31.15% | 2,747 | 37.70% | 7,287 |
Deuel | 1,125 | 73.48% | 406 | 26.52% | 719 | 46.96% | 1,531 |
Dixon | 2,382 | 61.95% | 1,463 | 38.05% | 919 | 23.90% | 3,845 |
Dodge | 6,803 | 61.39% | 4,278 | 38.61% | 2,525 | 22.79% | 11,081 |
Douglas | 53,443 | 45.60% | 63,762 | 54.40% | -10,319 | -8.80% | 117,205 |
Dundy | 1,320 | 68.29% | 613 | 31.71% | 707 | 36.58% | 1,933 |
Fillmore | 3,362 | 65.28% | 1,788 | 34.72% | 1,574 | 30.56% | 5,150 |
Franklin | 2,085 | 68.27% | 969 | 31.73% | 1,116 | 36.54% | 3,054 |
Frontier | 1,855 | 70.99% | 758 | 29.01% | 1,097 | 41.98% | 2,613 |
Furnas | 2,870 | 68.35% | 1,329 | 31.65% | 1,541 | 36.70% | 4,199 |
Gage | 7,352 | 63.43% | 4,238 | 36.57% | 3,114 | 26.87% | 11,590 |
Garden | 1,248 | 69.76% | 541 | 30.24% | 707 | 39.52% | 1,789 |
Garfield | 896 | 68.71% | 408 | 31.29% | 488 | 37.42% | 1,304 |
Gosper | 935 | 65.89% | 484 | 34.11% | 451 | 31.78% | 1,419 |
Grant | 327 | 65.53% | 172 | 34.47% | 155 | 31.06% | 499 |
Greeley | 1,242 | 49.54% | 1,265 | 50.46% | -23 | -0.92% | 2,507 |
Hall | 7,651 | 61.61% | 4,768 | 38.39% | 2,883 | 23.21% | 12,419 |
Hamilton | 3,057 | 69.68% | 1,330 | 30.32% | 1,727 | 39.37% | 4,387 |
Harlan | 1,991 | 66.43% | 1,006 | 33.57% | 985 | 32.87% | 2,997 |
Hayes | 782 | 66.89% | 387 | 33.11% | 395 | 33.79% | 1,169 |
Hitchcock | 1,556 | 63.95% | 877 | 36.05% | 679 | 27.91% | 2,433 |
Holt | 4,198 | 62.07% | 2,565 | 37.93% | 1,633 | 24.15% | 6,763 |
Hooker | 330 | 76.21% | 103 | 23.79% | 227 | 52.42% | 433 |
Howard | 1,556 | 43.25% | 2,042 | 56.75% | -486 | -13.51% | 3,598 |
Jefferson | 4,257 | 66.06% | 2,187 | 33.94% | 2,070 | 32.12% | 6,444 |
Johnson | 2,649 | 72.22% | 1,019 | 27.78% | 1,630 | 44.44% | 3,668 |
Kearney | 1,782 | 58.45% | 1,267 | 41.55% | 515 | 16.89% | 3,049 |
Keith | 1,739 | 60.26% | 1,147 | 39.74% | 592 | 20.51% | 2,886 |
Keya Paha | 781 | 70.04% | 334 | 29.96% | 447 | 40.09% | 1,115 |
Kimball | 1,169 | 66.99% | 576 | 33.01% | 593 | 33.98% | 1,745 |
Knox | 3,762 | 60.20% | 2,487 | 39.80% | 1,275 | 20.40% | 6,249 |
Lancaster | 26,715 | 58.01% | 19,338 | 41.99% | 7,377 | 16.02% | 46,053 |
Lincoln | 5,969 | 57.88% | 4,344 | 42.12% | 1,625 | 15.76% | 10,313 |
Logan | 450 | 64.84% | 244 | 35.16% | 206 | 29.68% | 694 |
Loup | 488 | 72.84% | 182 | 27.16% | 306 | 45.67% | 670 |
Madison | 6,892 | 67.14% | 3,373 | 32.86% | 3,519 | 34.28% | 10,265 |
McPherson | 310 | 72.43% | 118 | 27.57% | 192 | 44.86% | 428 |
Merrick | 2,691 | 65.94% | 1,390 | 34.06% | 1,301 | 31.88% | 4,081 |
Morrill | 1,998 | 64.33% | 1,108 | 35.67% | 890 | 28.65% | 3,106 |
Nance | 1,697 | 60.39% | 1,113 | 39.61% | 584 | 20.78% | 2,810 |
Nemaha | 3,267 | 64.67% | 1,785 | 35.33% | 1,482 | 29.33% | 5,052 |
Nuckolls | 2,685 | 62.56% | 1,607 | 37.44% | 1,078 | 25.12% | 4,292 |
Otoe | 5,291 | 66.51% | 2,664 | 33.49% | 2,627 | 33.02% | 7,955 |
Pawnee | 2,254 | 63.87% | 1,275 | 36.13% | 979 | 27.74% | 3,529 |
Perkins | 1,301 | 61.75% | 806 | 38.25% | 495 | 23.49% | 2,107 |
Phelps | 2,460 | 62.90% | 1,451 | 37.10% | 1,009 | 25.80% | 3,911 |
Pierce | 2,956 | 71.06% | 1,204 | 28.94% | 1,752 | 42.12% | 4,160 |
Platte | 4,509 | 56.67% | 3,448 | 43.33% | 1,061 | 13.33% | 7,957 |
Polk | 2,357 | 60.84% | 1,517 | 39.16% | 840 | 21.68% | 3,874 |
Red Willow | 3,107 | 59.31% | 2,132 | 40.69% | 975 | 18.61% | 5,239 |
Richardson | 4,482 | 56.27% | 3,483 | 43.73% | 999 | 12.54% | 7,965 |
Rock | 984 | 66.04% | 506 | 33.96% | 478 | 32.08% | 1,490 |
Saline | 3,255 | 45.50% | 3,899 | 54.50% | -644 | -9.00% | 7,154 |
Sarpy | 2,641 | 49.88% | 2,654 | 50.12% | -13 | -0.25% | 5,295 |
Saunders | 6,615 | 61.17% | 4,199 | 38.83% | 2,416 | 22.34% | 10,814 |
Scotts Bluff | 6,947 | 65.05% | 3,733 | 34.95% | 3,214 | 30.09% | 10,680 |
Seward | 3,721 | 64.11% | 2,083 | 35.89% | 1,638 | 28.22% | 5,804 |
Sheridan | 2,570 | 71.37% | 1,031 | 28.63% | 1,539 | 42.74% | 3,601 |
Sherman | 1,309 | 45.25% | 1,584 | 54.75% | -275 | -9.51% | 2,893 |
Sioux | 876 | 68.22% | 408 | 31.78% | 468 | 36.45% | 1,284 |
Stanton | 1,682 | 65.81% | 874 | 34.19% | 808 | 31.61% | 2,556 |
Thayer | 3,554 | 68.37% | 1,644 | 31.63% | 1,910 | 36.74% | 5,198 |
Thomas | 338 | 61.23% | 214 | 38.77% | 124 | 22.46% | 552 |
Thurston | 1,584 | 49.25% | 1,632 | 50.75% | -48 | -1.49% | 3,216 |
Valley | 2,096 | 58.70% | 1,475 | 41.30% | 621 | 17.39% | 3,571 |
Washington | 2,844 | 55.57% | 2,274 | 44.43% | 570 | 11.14% | 5,118 |
Wayne | 2,886 | 73.87% | 1,021 | 26.13% | 1,865 | 47.73% | 3,907 |
Webster | 2,523 | 69.75% | 1,094 | 30.25% | 1,429 | 39.51% | 3,617 |
Wheeler | 392 | 55.84% | 310 | 44.16% | 82 | 11.68% | 702 |
York | 4,885 | 72.99% | 1,808 | 27.01% | 3,077 | 45.97% | 6,693 |
Totals | 329,880 | 58.58% | 233,246 | 41.42% | 96,634 | 17.16% | 563,126 |
See also[]
- United States presidential elections in Nebraska
References[]
- ^ "United States Presidential election of 1944 - Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved December 22, 2017.
- ^ "1944 Election for the Fortieth Term (1945-49)". Retrieved December 22, 2017.
- ^ "1944 Presidential General Election Results - Nebraska". Retrieved December 22, 2017.
- ^ "The American Presidency Project - Election of 1944". Retrieved December 22, 2017.
- ^ "1944 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved 2018-03-05.
- ^ "NE US President Race, November 07, 1944". Our Campaigns.
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