1944 Democratic Party presidential primaries

{{Short description|Selection of the Democratic Party nominee}}

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| election_name = 1944 Democratic Party presidential primaries

| country = United States

| flag_year = 1912

| type = primary

| ongoing = no

| previous_election = 1940 Democratic Party presidential primaries

| previous_year = 1940

| next_election = 1948 Democratic Party presidential primaries

| next_year = 1948

| election_date = March 14 to May 19, 1944

| image1 = File:1944 portrait of FDR (1)(small).jpg

| image_size = 150x150px

| color1 = 00308F

| candidate1 = Franklin D. Roosevelt

| home_state1 = New York

| states_carried1 = 7

| popular_vote1 = 1,324,006

| percentage1 = 70.9%

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| candidate2 = Uncommitted

| colour2 = 000000

| home_state2 = –

| states_carried2 = 5

| popular_vote2 = 464,426

| percentage2 = 24.9%

| image4= 3x4.svg

| color4 = 444C38

| candidate4 = Claude R. Linger

| home_state4 = West Virginia

| states_carried4 = 1

| popular_vote4 = 59,282

| percentage4 = 3.2%

| image5= File:Fred H. Hildebrandt.jpg

| color5 = 674C47

| candidate5 = Fred H. Hildebrandt

| home_state5 = South Dakota

| states_carried5 = 1

| popular_vote5 = 7,414

| percentage5 = 0.4%

| map_image =

| map_size =

| map_caption =

| title = Democratic nominee

| before_election = Franklin D. Roosevelt

| after_election = Franklin D. Roosevelt

}}

From March 14 to May 19, 1944, voters of the Democratic Party elected delegates to the 1944 Democratic National Convention where the party chose its nominee for president in the 1944 United States presidential election.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9CZECwAAQBAJ&pg=PA397 |title=Guide to U.S. Elections - Google Books |date=2016-02-19 |isbn=9781483380353 |access-date=2016-02-19|last1=Kalb |first1=Deborah |pages=415–16}} The very popular incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt was nominated at the convention.

See also

References

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