1944 United States presidential election in Wyoming

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1944 United States presidential election in Wyoming

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Nominee Thomas E. Dewey Franklin D. Roosevelt
Party Republican Democratic
Home state New York New York
Running mate John W. Bricker Harry S. Truman
Electoral vote 3 0
Popular vote 51,921 49,419
Percentage 51.23% 48.77%

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

Wyoming was won by 47th Governor of New York Thomas E. Dewey (RNew York), running with United States Senator and the 54th Governor of Ohio John W. Bricker, with 51.23 percent of the popular vote against President Franklin D. Roosevelt (DNew York), running with United States Senator Harry S. Truman, with 48.77 percent of the popular vote.[1]

Dewey became the first Republican nominee to win Wyoming since Herbert Hoover in 1928, sixteen years earlier.

Results[]

1944 United States presidential election in Wyoming[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Thomas E. Dewey 51,921 51.23%
Democratic Franklin D. Roosevelt 49,419 48.77%
Total votes 101,340 100.00%

Results by county[]

County Thomas Edmund Dewey
Republican
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Democratic
Margin Total votes cast[2]
# % # % # %
Albany 2,970 47.91% 3,229 52.09% -259 -4.18% 6,199
Big Horn 2,659 53.47% 2,314 46.53% 345 6.94% 4,973
Campbell 1,514 62.87% 894 37.13% 620 25.74% 2,408
Carbon 2,698 47.49% 2,983 52.51% -285 -5.02% 5,681
Converse 1,601 62.05% 979 37.95% 622 24.10% 2,580
Crook 1,244 64.32% 690 35.68% 554 28.64% 1,934
Fremont 3,193 59.46% 2,177 40.54% 1,016 18.92% 5,370
Goshen 2,674 63.85% 1,514 36.15% 1,160 27.70% 4,188
Hot Springs 877 47.51% 969 52.49% -92 -4.98% 1,846
Johnson 1,384 64.67% 756 35.33% 628 29.34% 2,140
Laramie 7,326 49.27% 7,542 50.73% -216 -1.46% 14,868
Lincoln 1,649 43.52% 2,140 56.48% -491 -12.96% 3,789
Natrona 5,196 51.52% 4,890 48.48% 306 3.04% 10,086
Niobrara 1,312 61.37% 826 38.63% 486 22.74% 2,138
Park 2,571 53.25% 2,257 46.75% 314 6.50% 4,828
Platte 1,776 53.49% 1,544 46.51% 232 6.98% 3,320
Sheridan 3,802 49.61% 3,862 50.39% -60 -0.78% 7,664
Sublette 683 59.24% 470 40.76% 213 18.48% 1,153
Sweetwater 2,623 31.90% 5,599 68.10% -2,976 -36.20% 8,222
Teton 637 56.07% 499 43.93% 138 12.14% 1,136
Uinta 1,305 42.66% 1,754 57.34% -449 -14.68% 3,059
Washakie 1,130 59.26% 777 40.74% 353 18.52% 1,907
Weston 1,097 59.27% 754 40.73% 343 18.54% 1,851
Totals 51,921 51.23% 49,419 48.77% 2,502 2.46% 101,340

References[]

  1. ^ a b "1944 Presidential Election Results – Wyoming".
  2. ^ Scammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964; p. 517 ISBN 0405077114
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