1944 United States presidential election in Nevada

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1944 United States presidential election in Nevada

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All 3 Nevada votes to the Electoral College
  1944 portrait of FDR (1)(small).jpg Thomas Dewey.jpg
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 3 0
Popular vote 29,623 24,611
Percentage 54.6% 45.4%

Nevada Presidential Election Results 1944.svg
County Results

President before election

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democratic

Elected President

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democratic

The 1944 United States presidential election in Nevada took place on November 7, 1944, as part of the 1944 United States presidential election. State voters chose three[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Nevada was won by incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt (DNew York), running with Senator Harry S. Truman, with 54.62% of the popular vote, against Governor Thomas E. Dewey (RNew York), running with Governor John W. Bricker, with 45.38% of the popular vote.[3][4]

Results[]

1944 United States presidential election in Nevada
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Franklin D. Roosevelt (inc.) 29,623 54.62%
Republican Thomas E. Dewey 24,611 45.38%
Total votes 54,234 100%

Results by county[]

County Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Democratic
Thomas Edmund Dewey
Republican
Margin Total votes cast[5]
# % # % # %
Churchill 1,046 48.07% 1,130 51.93% -84 -3.86% 2,176
Clark 7,350 61.80% 4,543 38.20% 2,807 23.60% 11,893
Douglas 282 33.65% 556 66.35% -274 -32.70% 838
Elko 2,280 58.13% 1,642 41.87% 638 16.27% 3,922
Esmeralda 223 59.79% 150 40.21% 73 19.57% 373
Eureka 217 40.64% 317 59.36% -100 -18.73% 534
Humboldt 994 54.35% 835 45.65% 159 8.69% 1,829
Lander 383 47.40% 425 52.60% -42 -5.20% 808
Lincoln 1,295 71.19% 524 28.81% 771 42.39% 1,819
Lyon 708 44.17% 895 55.83% -187 -11.67% 1,603
Mineral 1,344 64.15% 751 35.85% 593 28.31% 2,095
Nye 943 56.60% 723 43.40% 220 13.21% 1,666
Ormsby 665 44.16% 841 55.84% -176 -11.69% 1,506
Pershing 524 49.34% 538 50.66% -14 -1.32% 1,062
Storey 173 51.49% 163 48.51% 10 2.98% 336
Washoe 8,384 48.16% 9,024 51.84% -640 -3.68% 17,408
White Pine 2,812 64.41% 1,554 35.59% 1,258 28.81% 4,366
Totals 29,623 54.62% 24,611 45.38% 5,012 9.24% 54,234

References[]

  1. ^ "United States Presidential election of 1944 - Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved December 26, 2017.
  2. ^ "1944 Election for the Fortieth Term (1945-49)". Retrieved December 26, 2017.
  3. ^ "1944 Presidential General Election Results - Nevada". Retrieved December 26, 2017.
  4. ^ "The American Presidency Project - Election of 1944". Retrieved December 26, 2017.
  5. ^ Scammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964; p. 290 ISBN 0405077114


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