1944 United States presidential election in North Carolina
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{{Infobox election
| election_name = 1944 United States presidential election in North Carolina
| country = North Carolina
| flag_year = 1885
| type = presidential
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = 1940 United States presidential election in North Carolina
| previous_year = 1940
| next_election = 1948 United States presidential election in North Carolina
| next_year = 1948
| votes_for_election = All 14 North Carolina 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=July 19, 2018}}
| image1 = 1944 portrait of FDR (1)(small).jpg
| image_size = x200px
| nominee1 = Franklin D. Roosevelt
| party1 = Democratic Party (United States)
| home_state1 = New York
| running_mate1 = Harry S. Truman
| electoral_vote1 = 14
| popular_vote1 = 527,399
| percentage1 = 66.71%
| 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 = 263,155
| percentage2 = 33.29%
| map_image = North Carolina Presidential Election Results 1944.svg
| map_size = 400px
| map_caption = County Results
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Roosevelt
{{legend|#86b6f2|50-60%}}
{{legend|#4389e3|60-70%}}
{{legend|#1666cb|70-80%}}
{{legend|#0645b4|80-90%}}
{{legend|#002b84|90-100%}}
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Dewey
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{{legend|#cc2f4a|60-70%}}
{{legend|#d40000|70-80%}}
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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)
}}
{{ElectionsNC}}
The 1944 United States presidential election in North Carolina took place on November 7, 1944, as part of the 1944 United States presidential election. North Carolina voters chose 14{{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=July 19, 2018}} representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
As a former Confederate state, North Carolina had a history of Jim Crow laws, disfranchisement of its African-American population and dominance of the Democratic Party in state politics. However, unlike the Deep South, the Republican Party had sufficient historic Unionist white support from the mountains and northwestern Piedmont to gain one-third of the statewide vote total in most general elections,{{cite book|last=Phillips|first=Kevin P.|title=The Emerging Republican Majority|date=November 23, 2014 |pages=210, 242|publisher=Princeton University Press |isbn=978-0-691-16324-6}} where turnout was higher than elsewhere in the former Confederacy due substantially to the state’s early abolition of the poll tax in 1920.{{cite book|last=Key|first=Valdimer Orlando|title=Southern Politics in State and Nation|page=502|publisher=Alfred A. Knopf|year=1949}} Like Virginia, Tennessee and Oklahoma, the relative strength of Republican opposition meant that North Carolina did not have statewide white primaries, although certain counties did use the white primary.{{cite journal|last=Klarman|first=Michael J.|title=The White Primary Rulings: A Case Study in the Consequences of Supreme Court Decision-Making|journal=Florida State University Law Review|volume=29|year=2001|pages=55–107}} A rapid move following disenfranchisement to a completely “lily-white” state GOP also helped maintain Republican support.{{cite book|last1=Heersink|first1=Boris|last2=Jenkins|first2=Jeffery A.|title=Republican Party Politics and the American South, 1865–1968|date=2020 |pages=48–50, 239–243|publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=9781316663950}}
In 1928, anti-Catholicism in the Outer Banks and growing middle-class urban Republicanism in Piedmont cities turned North Carolina to GOP nominee Herbert Hoover,Phillips. The Emerging Republican Majority, pp. 212-215 but this was sharply and severely reversed with the coming of the Great Depression. With the South having the highest unemployment in the nation and blaming its fate upon the North and Wall Street,{{cite book|last=Ritchie|first=Donald A.|year=2007|title=Electing FDR: the New Deal campaign of 1932|location=Lawrence, Kansas|publisher=University Press of Kansas|pages=143|isbn=978-0700616879}} exceptionally heavy support was given to Democratic nominee Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1932 and 1936 everywhere except in a few rock-ribbed Republican mountain bastions. Nevertheless, there was virtually no change to the state’s social structure during the New Deal,See {{cite book|last=Abrams|first=Douglas Carl|title=Conservative constraints: North Carolina and the New Deal|year=1992|publisher=University Press of Mississippi|location=Jackson, Mississippi|isbn=9780878055593}} and the conservative “Shelby Dynasty” was strong enough to prevent any populist challenge so much as developing.{{cite book|last=Christensen|first=Rob|title=The paradox of Tar Heel politics: the personalities, elections, and events that shaped modern North Carolina|year=2010|publisher=University of North Carolina Press|location=Chapel Hill, North Carolina|isbn=9780807899632 |pages=62–68}} Additionally, the state was among the least isolationist and strongly supported aid to Britain during the early phase of World War II,See {{cite book|last=Menendez|first=Albert J.|year=2005|title=The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004|page=68|publisher=McFarland |isbn=0786422173}} while the absence of a statewide white primary meant local response to the landmark court case of Smith v. Allwright was generally calm. However, the precarious health of incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt produced strong Southern opposition to vice-President Henry A. Wallace, who was viewed as a dangerous liberal throughout the region.{{cite book|last=Weintraub|first=Stanley|title=Final victory: FDR's Extraordinary World War II Presidential Campaign|year=2012|publisher=Da Capo Press|location=Philadelphia|isbn=9780306821134|pages=23–28|chapter=Bungled Beginnings}} Initially the South attempted to have former Supreme Court Justice James F. Byrnes replace Wallace, but Byrnes was unacceptable because of his lapsed Catholicism to the northern Catholic urban bosses, and also to the party’s union backers.{{cite book|last=Divine|first=Robert A.|title=Foreign policy and U.S. presidential elections, 1940-1948|year=1974|publisher=New Viewpoints|location=New York, New York|isbn=0531064956|pages=119–120}} Consequently, Missouri Senator Harry S. Truman became Roosevelt’s running mate.{{cite book|last=Weintraub|first=Stanley|title=Final victory: FDR's Extraordinary World War II Presidential Campaign|year=2012|pages=37–48|chapter=The Missouri Compromise}}
Polls were not taken in the state, but less than a week before the poll there were appeals to state Democrats to not support FDR for a fourth term.{{cite news|title=Senator Wherry Heard At Rally — GOP Senate Whip Urges "Jeffersonian Democrats" To Vote Against FDR|work=The News and Observer|date=November 2, 1944 |location=Raleigh, North Carolina|page=2}}
Results
{{Election box begin no change
| title = 1944 United States presidential election in North Carolina
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Franklin D. Roosevelt (inc.)
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| votes = 527,399
| percentage = 66.71%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Thomas E. Dewey
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| votes = 263,155
| percentage = 33.29%
}}
{{Election box total no change
| votes = 790,554
| percentage= 100%
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Results by county=
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|+1944 United States presidential election in North Carolina by county{{cite web|publisher=Our Campaigns|url=https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=2783|title=NC US President Race, November 07, 1944}} ! style="width:10%;" rowspan="2" |County ! colspan="2" |Franklin Delano Roosevelt ! colspan="2" |Thomas Edmund Dewey ! colspan="2" |Margin |
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| align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | Martin
|align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 97.07% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 4,408 |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 2.93% |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 133 |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 94.14% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 4,275 |
| align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | Bertie
|align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 96.20% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 3,142 |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 3.80% |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 124 |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 92.41% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 3,018 |
| align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | Greene
|align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 95.72% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 2,528 |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 4.28% |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 113 |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 91.44% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 2,415 |
| align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | Northampton
|align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 95.28% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 3,470 |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 4.72% |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 172 |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 90.55% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 3,298 |
| align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | Pitt
|align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 94.53% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 8,556 |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 5.47% |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 495 |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 89.06% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 8,061 |
| align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | Hertford
|align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 94.11% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 1,996 |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 5.89% |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 125 |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 88.21% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 1,871 |
| align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | Halifax
|align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 94.08% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 6,989 |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 5.92% |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 440 |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 88.15% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 6,549 |
| align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | Edgecombe
|align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 93.79% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 6,762 |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 6.21% |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 448 |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 87.57% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 6,314 |
| align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | Franklin
|align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 93.21% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 3,967 |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 6.79% |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 289 |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 86.42% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 3,678 |
| align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | Hoke
|align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 91.76% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 1,782 |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 8.24% |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 160 |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 83.52% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 1,622 |
| align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | Warren
|align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 91.11% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 2,480 |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 8.89% |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 242 |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 82.22% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 2,238 |
| align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | Granville
|align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 90.82% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 3,215 |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 9.18% |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 325 |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 81.64% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 2,890 |
| align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | Lenoir
|align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 90.46% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 5,253 |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 9.54% |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 554 |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 80.92% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 4,699 |
| align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | Nash
|align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 89.64% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 7,577 |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 10.36% |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 876 |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 79.27% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 6,701 |
| align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | Wilson
|align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 89.39% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 6,480 |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 10.61% |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 769 |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 78.78% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 5,711 |
| align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | Chowan
|align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 88.78% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 1,314 |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 11.22% |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 166 |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 77.57% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 1,148 |
| align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | Scotland
|align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 88.67% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 2,372 |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 11.33% |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 303 |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 77.35% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 2,069 |
| align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | Vance
|align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 88.62% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 4,110 |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 11.38% |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 528 |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 77.23% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 3,582 |
| align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | Gates
|align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 87.84% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 1,105 |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 12.16% |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 153 |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 75.68% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 952 |
| align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | Anson
|align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 87.54% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 3,582 |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 12.46% |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 510 |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 75.07% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 3,072 |
| align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | Robeson
|align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 86.68% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 7,278 |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 13.32% |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 1,118 |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 73.37% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 6,160 |
| align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | Onslow
|align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 86.23% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 2,711 |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 13.77% |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 433 |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 72.46% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 2,278 |
| align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | Craven
|align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 85.50% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 4,872 |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 14.50% |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 826 |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 71.01% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 4,046 |
| align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | Jones
|align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 85.27% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 1,221 |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 14.73% |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 211 |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 70.53% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 1,010 |
| align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | Richmond
|align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 85.19% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 5,394 |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 14.81% |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 938 |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 70.37% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 4,456 |
| align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | Union
|align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 83.72% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 5,729 |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 16.28% |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 1,114 |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 67.44% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 4,615 |
| align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | Currituck
|align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 81.95% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 1,049 |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 18.05% |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 231 |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 63.91% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 818 |
| align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | Wake
|align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 81.87% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 18,050 |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 18.13% |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 3,996 |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 63.75% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 14,054 |
| align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | Lee
|align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 81.02% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 3,448 |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 18.98% |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 808 |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 62.03% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 2,640 |
| align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | Beaufort
|align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 80.60% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 4,706 |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 19.40% |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 1,133 |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 61.19% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 3,573 |
| align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | Person
|align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 80.51% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 2,507 |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 19.49% |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 607 |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 61.01% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 1,900 |
| align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | Pender
|align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 79.71% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 1,732 |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 20.29% |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 441 |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 59.41% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 1,291 |
| align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | Caswell
|align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 79.63% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 1,923 |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 20.37% |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 492 |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 59.25% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 1,431 |
| align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | Duplin
|align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 79.18% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 5,464 |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 20.82% |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 1,437 |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 58.35% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 4,027 |
| align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | Camden
|align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 78.91% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 722 |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 21.09% |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 193 |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 57.81% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 529 |
| align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | Dare
|align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 78.86% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 966 |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 21.14% |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 259 |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 57.71% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 707 |
| align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | Columbus
|align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 78.65% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 5,717 |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 21.35% |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 1,552 |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 57.30% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 4,165 |
| align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | Perquimans
|align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 78.30% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 960 |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 21.70% |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 266 |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 56.61% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 694 |
| align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | Washington
|align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 78.19% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 1,782 |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 21.81% |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 497 |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 56.38% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 1,285 |
| align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | Bladen
|align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 77.67% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 2,542 |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 22.33% |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 731 |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 55.33% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 1,811 |
| align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | Durham
|align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 77.57% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 12,763 |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 22.43% |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 3,690 |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 55.14% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 9,073 |
| align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | New Hanover
|align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 76.99% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 9,467 |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 23.01% |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 2,829 |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 53.99% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 6,638 |
| align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | Cumberland
|align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 76.66% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 6,615 |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 23.34% |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 2,014 |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 53.32% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 4,601 |
| align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | Wayne
|align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 76.49% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 6,228 |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 23.51% |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 1,914 |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 52.98% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 4,314 |
| align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | Cleveland
|align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 75.61% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 8,170 |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 24.39% |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 2,636 |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 51.21% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 5,534 |
| align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | Pasquotank
|align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 74.71% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 2,540 |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 25.29% |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 860 |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 49.41% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 1,680 |
| align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | Rockingham
|align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 74.33% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 8,755 |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 25.67% |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 3,024 |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 48.65% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 5,731 |
| align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | Hyde
|align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 74.10% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 924 |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 25.90% |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 323 |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 48.20% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 601 |
| align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | Mecklenburg
|align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 73.34% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 25,950 |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 26.66% |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 9,434 |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 46.68% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 16,516 |
| align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | Haywood
|align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 72.65% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 7,755 |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 27.35% |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 2,919 |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 45.31% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 4,836 |
| align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | Gaston
|align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 69.53% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 13,744 |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 30.47% |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 6,023 |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 39.06% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 7,721 |
| align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | Orange
|align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 69.06% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 3,274 |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 30.94% |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 1,467 |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 38.11% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 1,807 |
| align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | Carteret
|align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 69.02% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 3,489 |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 30.98% |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 1,566 |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 38.04% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 1,923 |
| align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | Buncombe
|align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 68.96% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 20,878 |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 31.04% |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 9,398 |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 37.92% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 11,480 |
| align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | Tyrrell
|align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 68.50% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 611 |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 31.50% |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 281 |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 37.00% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 330 |
| align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | Cabarrus
|align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 68.17% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 9,064 |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 31.83% |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 4,233 |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 36.33% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 4,831 |
| align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | Harnett
|align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 67.34% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 6,579 |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 32.66% |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 3,191 |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 34.68% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 3,388 |
| align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | Johnston
|align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 65.19% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 8,282 |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 34.81% |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 4,423 |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 30.37% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 3,859 |
| align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | Alamance
|align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 64.86% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 9,184 |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 35.14% |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 4,976 |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 29.72% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 4,208 |
| align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | Guilford
|align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 64.45% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 23,495 |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 35.55% |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 12,962 |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 28.89% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 10,533 |
| align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | Pamlico
|align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 64.30% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 1,295 |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 35.70% |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 719 |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 28.60% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 576 |
| align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | McDowell
|align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 63.96% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 4,008 |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 36.04% |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 2,258 |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 27.93% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 1,750 |
| align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | Iredell
|align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 63.21% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 8,358 |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 36.79% |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 4,864 |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 26.43% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 3,494 |
| align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | Rowan
|align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 62.38% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 9,721 |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 37.62% |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 5,862 |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 24.76% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 3,859 |
| align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | Forsyth
|align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 62.07% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 16,390 |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 37.93% |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 10,014 |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 24.15% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 6,376 |
| align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | Chatham
|align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 61.33% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 3,856 |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 38.67% |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 2,431 |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 22.67% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 1,425 |
| align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | Rutherford
|align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 61.10% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 7,379 |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 38.90% |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 4,698 |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 22.20% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 2,681 |
| align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | Jackson
|align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 60.40% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 4,109 |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 39.60% |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 2,694 |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 20.80% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 1,415 |
| align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | Surry
|align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 60.02% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 7,679 |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 39.98% |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 5,116 |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 20.03% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 2,563 |
| align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | Catawba
|align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 58.45% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 10,146 |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 41.55% |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 7,211 |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 16.91% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 2,935 |
| align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | Swain
|align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 58.37% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 2,110 |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 41.63% |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 1,505 |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 16.74% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 605 |
| align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | Polk
|align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 58.24% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 2,340 |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 41.76% |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 1,678 |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 16.48% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 662 |
| align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | Moore
|align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 58.22% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 3,711 |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 41.78% |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 2,663 |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 16.44% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 1,048 |
| align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | Graham
|align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 58.21% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 1,889 |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 41.79% |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 1,356 |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 16.43% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 533 |
| align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | Yancey
|align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 57.88% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 3,301 |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 42.12% |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 2,402 |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 15.76% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 899 |
| align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | Montgomery
|align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 57.58% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 2,665 |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 42.42% |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 1,963 |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 15.17% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 702 |
| align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | Transylvania
|align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 57.29% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 3,019 |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 42.71% |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 2,251 |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 14.57% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 768 |
| align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | Caldwell
|align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 55.39% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 5,419 |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 44.61% |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 4,365 |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 10.77% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 1,054 |
| align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | Henderson
|align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 55.18% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 5,679 |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 44.82% |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 4,613 |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 10.36% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 1,066 |
| align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | Stokes
|align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 54.90% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 4,110 |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 45.10% |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 3,376 |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 9.80% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 734 |
| align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | Alleghany
|align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 54.77% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 1,810 |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 45.23% |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 1,495 |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 9.53% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 315 |
| align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | Brunswick
|align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 54.02% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 2,346 |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 45.98% |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 1,997 |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 8.04% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 349 |
| align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | Burke
|align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 53.72% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 6,795 |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 46.28% |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 5,855 |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 7.43% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 940 |
| align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | Macon
|align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 53.22% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 2,855 |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 46.78% |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 2,510 |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 6.43% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 345 |
| align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | Lincoln
|align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 53.12% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 4,168 |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 46.88% |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 3,678 |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 6.25% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 490 |
| align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | Davidson
|align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 50.03% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 9,455 |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 49.97% |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 9,445 |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 0.05% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 10 |
| align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | Clay
|align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 49.64% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 1,245 |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 50.36% |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 1,263 |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | -0.72% |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | -18 |
| align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | Cherokee
|align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 49.59% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 2,582 |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 50.41% |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 2,625 |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | -0.83% |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | -43 |
| align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | Ashe
|align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 49.09% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 4,363 |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 50.91% |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 4,524 |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | -1.81% |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | -161 |
| align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | Stanly
|align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 47.48% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 5,499 |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 52.52% |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 6,083 |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | -5.04% |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | -584 |
| align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | Randolph
|align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 45.61% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 7,277 |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 54.39% |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 8,678 |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | -8.78% |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | -1,401 |
| align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | Watauga
|align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 44.84% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 3,214 |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 55.16% |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 3,954 |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | -10.32% |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | -740 |
| align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | Alexander
|align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 43.44% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 2,282 |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 56.56% |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 2,971 |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | -13.12% |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | -689 |
| align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | Davie
|align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 41.13% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 2,266 |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 58.87% |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 3,244 |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | -17.75% |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | -978 |
| align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | Sampson
|align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 41.04% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 4,220 |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 58.96% |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 6,062 |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | -17.91% |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | -1,842 |
| align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | Wilkes
|align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 37.99% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 5,587 |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 62.01% |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 9,121 |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | -24.03% |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | -3,534 |
| align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | Yadkin
|align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 36.00% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 2,470 |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 64.00% |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 4,392 |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | -28.01% |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | -1,922 |
| align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | Madison
|align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 34.30% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 2,291 |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 65.70% |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 4,388 |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | -31.40% |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | -2,097 |
| align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | Mitchell
|align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 24.29% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 1,024 |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 75.71% |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 3,192 |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | -51.42% |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | -2,168 |
| align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | Avery
|align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 20.87% |align="center" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 838 |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 79.13% |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | 3,178 |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | -58.27% |align="center" {{party shading/Republican}} | -2,340 |
== Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican==
Analysis
North Carolina was won by Roosevelt with 66.71 percent of the popular vote, against Governor Thomas E. Dewey (R–New York), running with Governor John Bricker with 33.29 percent.{{cite web|url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?f=0&fips=37&year=1944|title=1944 Presidential General Election Results – North Carolina|access-date=July 19, 2018}}{{cite web|url=http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/showelection.php?year=1944|title=The American Presidency Project – Election of 1944|access-date=July 19, 2018}}
This was nonetheless a decline of over fifteen percentage points upon Roosevelt’s 1940 performance, reflecting the significant isolationism in Appalachia,Phillips. The Emerging Republican Majority, pp. 215, 289 alongside developing hostility towards Democratic liberalism on racial issues. {{As of|2024|11|alt=As of the 2024 presidential election}}, this is the last election in which the following counties voted for a Democratic presidential candidate: Catawba, Davidson and Henderson.{{cite magazine|last=Sullivan|first=Robert David|url=http://www.americamagazine.org/content/unconventional-wisdom/how-red-and-blue-map-evolved-over-past-century|title=How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century|edition=America Magazine|magazine=The National Catholic Review|date=June 29, 2016}}
References
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