1944 United States presidential election in Nevada
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{{Main|1944 United States presidential election}}
{{Infobox election
| election_name = 1944 United States presidential election in Nevada
| country = Nevada
| flag_year = 1929
| type = presidential
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = 1940 United States presidential election in Nevada
| previous_year = 1940
| next_election = 1948 United States presidential election in Nevada
| next_year = 1948
| votes_for_election = All 3 Nevada votes to the Electoral College
| election_date = November 7, 1944{{cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/event/United-States-presidential-election-of-1944|title=United States Presidential election of 1944 - Encyclopædia Britannica|access-date=December 26, 2017}}
| image_size = x200px
| image1 = 1944_portrait_of_FDR_(1)(small).jpg
| nominee1 = Franklin D. Roosevelt
| party1 = Democratic Party (United States)
| home_state1 = New York
| running_mate1 = Harry S. Truman
| electoral_vote1 = 3
| popular_vote1 = 29,623
| percentage1 = 54.62%
| image2 = Dewey circa 1946 (cropped).jpg
| nominee2 = Thomas E. Dewey
| party2 = Republican Party (United States)
| home_state2 = New York
| running_mate2 = John W. Bricker
| electoral_vote2 = 0
| popular_vote2 = 24,611
| percentage2 = 45.38%
| map_image = Nevada Presidential Election Results 1944.svg
| map_size = 275px
| map_caption = County Results
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Roosevelt
{{legend|#86b6f2|50-60%}}
{{legend|#4389e3|60-70%}}
{{legend|#1666cb|70-80%}}
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Dewey
{{legend|#e27f90|50-60%}}
{{legend|#cc2f4a|60-70%}}
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| title = President
| before_election = Franklin D. Roosevelt
| before_party = Democratic Party (United States)
| after_election = Franklin D. Roosevelt
| after_party = Democratic Party (United States)
}}
{{ElectionsNV}}
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{{cite web|url=https://www.archives.gov/federal-register/electoral-college/votes/1941_1953.html#1944|title=1944 Election for the Fortieth Term (1945-49)|access-date=December 26, 2017}} representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Nevada was won by incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt (D–New York), running with Senator Harry S. Truman, with 54.62% of the popular vote, against Governor Thomas E. Dewey (R–New York), running with Governor John W. Bricker, with 45.38% of the popular vote.{{cite web|url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?f=0&fips=32&year=1944|title=1944 Presidential General Election Results - Nevada|access-date=December 26, 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/showelection.php?year=1944|title=The American Presidency Project - Election of 1944|access-date=December 26, 2017}}
Results
| class="wikitable"
|+ General Election Results{{cite book |title=Official Returns of the General Election of 1944 |publisher=State Printing Office |location=Carson City, Nevada |pages=20}} ! colspan=2|Party ! Pledged to ! Elector ! Votes |
| style="font-weight:bold"
| bgcolor="{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" | | Franklin D. Roosevelt | Richard Kirman | align="right" |29,623 |
| style="font-weight:bold"
| bgcolor="{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" | | Franklin D. Roosevelt | Arthur A. Phillips | align="right" |29,623 |
| style="font-weight:bold"
| bgcolor="{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" | | Franklin D. Roosevelt | Mrs. H. W. Sawyer | align="right" |29,623 |
| bgcolor="{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" |
| Thomas E. Dewey | Newton Crumley Sr. | align="right" |24,611 |
| bgcolor="{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" |
| Thomas E. Dewey | A. L. Riddle | align="right" |24,611 |
| bgcolor="{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" |
| Thomas E. Dewey | Margaret Ross | align="right" |24,611 |
| colspan="4" |Votes cast{{efn|Based on totals for highest elector on each ticket}}
! 54,234 |
|---|
=Results by county=
| width="60%" class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" |
| colspan="1" rowspan="2" |County
! colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | Franklin Delano Roosevelt ! colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | Thomas Edmund Dewey ! style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Margin ! colspan="1" rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | Total votes cast |
|---|
| style="text-align:center;" data-sort-type="number" | #
! style="text-align:center;" data-sort-type="number" | % ! style="text-align:center;" data-sort-type="number" | # ! style="text-align:center;" data-sort-type="number" | % ! style="text-align:center;" data-sort-type="number" | # ! style="text-align:center;" data-sort-type="number" | % |
| style="text-align:center;"
| {{party shading/Republican}}| Churchill | {{party shading/Democratic}} | 1,046 | {{party shading/Democratic}} | 48.07% | {{party shading/Republican}} | 1,130 | {{party shading/Republican}} | 51.93% | {{party shading/Republican}} | -84 | {{party shading/Republican}} | -3.86% | {{party shading/Republican}} | 2,176 |
| style="text-align:center;"
| {{party shading/Democratic}}| Clark | {{party shading/Democratic}} | 7,350 | {{party shading/Democratic}} | 61.80% | {{party shading/Republican}} | 4,543 | {{party shading/Republican}} | 38.20% | {{party shading/Democratic}} | 2,807 | {{party shading/Democratic}} | 23.60% | {{party shading/Democratic}} | 11,893 |
| style="text-align:center;"
| {{party shading/Republican}}| Douglas | {{party shading/Democratic}} | 282 | {{party shading/Democratic}} | 33.65% | {{party shading/Republican}} | 556 | {{party shading/Republican}} | 66.35% | {{party shading/Republican}} | -274 | {{party shading/Republican}} | -32.70% | {{party shading/Republican}} | 838 |
| style="text-align:center;"
| {{party shading/Democratic}}| Elko | {{party shading/Democratic}} | 2,280 | {{party shading/Democratic}} | 58.13% | {{party shading/Republican}} | 1,642 | {{party shading/Republican}} | 41.87% | {{party shading/Democratic}} | 638 | {{party shading/Democratic}} | 16.27% | {{party shading/Democratic}} | 3,922 |
| style="text-align:center;"
| {{party shading/Democratic}}| Esmeralda | {{party shading/Democratic}} | 223 | {{party shading/Democratic}} | 59.79% | {{party shading/Republican}} | 150 | {{party shading/Republican}} | 40.21% | {{party shading/Democratic}} | 73 | {{party shading/Democratic}} | 19.57% | {{party shading/Democratic}} | 373 |
| style="text-align:center;"
| {{party shading/Republican}}| Eureka | {{party shading/Democratic}} | 217 | {{party shading/Democratic}} | 40.64% | {{party shading/Republican}} | 317 | {{party shading/Republican}} | 59.36% | {{party shading/Republican}} | -100 | {{party shading/Republican}} | -18.73% | {{party shading/Republican}} | 534 |
| style="text-align:center;"
| {{party shading/Democratic}}| Humboldt | {{party shading/Democratic}} | 994 | {{party shading/Democratic}} | 54.35% | {{party shading/Republican}} | 835 | {{party shading/Republican}} | 45.65% | {{party shading/Democratic}} | 159 | {{party shading/Democratic}} | 8.69% | {{party shading/Democratic}} | 1,829 |
| style="text-align:center;"
| {{party shading/Republican}}| Lander | {{party shading/Democratic}} | 383 | {{party shading/Democratic}} | 47.40% | {{party shading/Republican}} | 425 | {{party shading/Republican}} | 52.60% | {{party shading/Republican}} | -42 | {{party shading/Republican}} | -5.20% | {{party shading/Republican}} | 808 |
| style="text-align:center;"
| {{party shading/Democratic}}|Lincoln | {{party shading/Democratic}} | 1,295 | {{party shading/Democratic}} | 71.19% | {{party shading/Republican}} | 524 | {{party shading/Republican}} | 28.81% | {{party shading/Democratic}} | 771 | {{party shading/Democratic}} | 42.39% | {{party shading/Democratic}} | 1,819 |
| style="text-align:center;"
| {{party shading/Republican}}| Lyon | {{party shading/Democratic}} | 708 | {{party shading/Democratic}} | 44.17% | {{party shading/Republican}} | 895 | {{party shading/Republican}} | 55.83% | {{party shading/Republican}} | -187 | {{party shading/Republican}} | -11.67% | {{party shading/Republican}} | 1,603 |
| style="text-align:center;"
| {{party shading/Democratic}}| Mineral | {{party shading/Democratic}} | 1,344 | {{party shading/Democratic}} | 64.15% | {{party shading/Republican}} | 751 | {{party shading/Republican}} | 35.85% | {{party shading/Democratic}} | 593 | {{party shading/Democratic}} | 28.31% | {{party shading/Democratic}} | 2,095 |
| style="text-align:center;"
| {{party shading/Democratic}}| Nye | {{party shading/Democratic}} | 943 | {{party shading/Democratic}} | 56.60% | {{party shading/Republican}} | 723 | {{party shading/Republican}} | 43.40% | {{party shading/Democratic}} | 220 | {{party shading/Democratic}} | 13.21% | {{party shading/Democratic}} | 1,666 |
| style="text-align:center;"
| {{party shading/Republican}}| Ormsby | {{party shading/Democratic}} | 665 | {{party shading/Democratic}} | 44.16% | {{party shading/Republican}} | 841 | {{party shading/Republican}} | 55.84% | {{party shading/Republican}} | -176 | {{party shading/Republican}} | -11.69% | {{party shading/Republican}} | 1,506 |
| style="text-align:center;"
| {{party shading/Republican}}| Pershing | {{party shading/Democratic}} | 524 | {{party shading/Democratic}} | 49.34% | {{party shading/Republican}} | 538 | {{party shading/Republican}} | 50.66% | {{party shading/Republican}} | -14 | {{party shading/Republican}} | -1.32% | {{party shading/Republican}} | 1,062 |
| style="text-align:center;"
| {{party shading/Democratic}}| Storey | {{party shading/Democratic}} | 173 | {{party shading/Democratic}} | 51.49% | {{party shading/Republican}} | 163 | {{party shading/Republican}} | 48.51% | {{party shading/Democratic}} | 10 | {{party shading/Democratic}} | 2.98% | {{party shading/Democratic}} | 336 |
| style="text-align:center;"
| {{party shading/Republican}}| Washoe | {{party shading/Democratic}} | 8,384 | {{party shading/Democratic}} | 48.16% | {{party shading/Republican}} | 9,024 | {{party shading/Republican}} | 51.84% | {{party shading/Republican}} | -640 | {{party shading/Republican}} | -3.68% | {{party shading/Republican}} | 17,408 |
| style="text-align:center;"
| {{party shading/Democratic}}| White Pine | {{party shading/Democratic}} | 2,812 | {{party shading/Democratic}} | 64.41% | {{party shading/Republican}} | 1,554 | {{party shading/Republican}} | 35.59% | {{party shading/Democratic}} | 1,258 | {{party shading/Democratic}} | 28.81% | {{party shading/Democratic}} | 4,366 |
| style="text-align:center;"
!Totals!!29,623!!54.62%!!24,611!!45.38%!!5,012!!9.24%!!54,234 |
== Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican ==
See also
Notes
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References
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{{State Results of the 1944 U.S. presidential election}}
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