1944 United States presidential election in Washington (state)
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{{Infobox election
| election_name = 1944 United States presidential election in Washington
| country = Washington (state)
| flag_image = Flag of Washington (1923–1967).svg
| type = presidential
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = 1940 United States presidential election in Washington (state)
| previous_year = 1940
| next_election = 1948 United States presidential election in Washington (state)
| next_year = 1948
| votes_for_election = All 8 Washington 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 21, 2018}}
| 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 = 8
| popular_vote1 = 486,774
| percentage1 = 56.84%
| 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 = 361,689
| percentage2 = 42.24%
| map_image = Washington Presidential Election Results 1944.svg
| map_size = 350px
| map_caption = County Results
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{{col-2}}
Roosevelt
{{legend|#b9d7ff|40-50%}}
{{legend|#86b6f2|50-60%}}
{{legend|#4389e3|60-70%}}
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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)
}}
{{Elections in Washington (state) sidebar}}
The 1944 United States presidential election in Washington took place on November 7, 1944, as part of the 1944 United States presidential election. Voters chose eight{{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 21, 2018}} representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Washington was won by incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt (D–New York), running with Missouri Senator Harry S. Truman, with 56.84% of the popular vote, against Governor Thomas E. Dewey (R–New York), running with Ohio Governor John Bricker, with 42.24% of the popular vote.{{cite web|url=http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?f=0&fips=53&year=1944|title=1944 Presidential General Election Results - Washington|access-date=July 21, 2018}}{{cite web|url=http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/showelection.php?year=1944|title=The American Presidency Project - Election of 1944|access-date=July 21, 2018}}
Results
{{Election box begin no change
| title = 1944 United States presidential election in Washington{{cite book|title=Abstract of Votes Polled in the State of Washington at General Election, Nov. 7, 1944|section=Presidential Candidates|author=Washington Secretary of State|location=Olympia, Washington|pages=13|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=ien.35556023598030&view=1up&seq=17}}
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Franklin D. Roosevelt (inc.)
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| votes = 486,774
| percentage = 56.84%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Thomas E. Dewey
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| votes = 361,689
| percentage = 42.24%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Norman Thomas
| party = Socialist Party of America
| votes = 3,824
| percentage = 0.45%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Claude A. Watson
| party = Prohibition Party
| votes = 2,396
| percentage = 0.28%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Edward A. Teichert
| party = Socialist Labor Party of America
| votes = 1,645
| percentage = 0.19%
}}
{{Election box total no change
| votes = 856,328
| percentage= 100%
}}
{{Election box end}}
=Results by county=
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| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2" | County
! style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Franklin Delano Roosevelt ! style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Thomas Edmund Dewey ! style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Various candidates ! style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Margin |
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| 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;" data-sort-type="number"| # ! style="text-align:center;" data-sort-type="number"| % |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| Adams | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 1,062 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 38.76% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 1,666 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 60.80% | {{party shading/Others}}| 12 | {{party shading/Others}}| 0.44% | {{party shading/Republican}}| -604 | {{party shading/Republican}}| -22.04% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 2,740 |
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| {{party shading/Democratic}}| Asotin | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 1,888 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 57.74% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 1,367 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 41.80% | {{party shading/Others}}| 15 | {{party shading/Others}}| 0.46% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 521 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 15.93% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 3,270 |
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| {{party shading/Democratic}}| Benton | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 4,233 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 51.80% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 3,905 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 47.79% | {{party shading/Others}}| 34 | {{party shading/Others}}| 0.42% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 328 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 4.01% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 8,172 |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| Chelan | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 6,557 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 47.82% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 7,081 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 51.64% | {{party shading/Others}}| 75 | {{party shading/Others}}| 0.55% | {{party shading/Republican}}| -524 | {{party shading/Republican}}| -3.82% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 13,713 |
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| {{party shading/Democratic}}| Clallam | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 5,441 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 60.11% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 3,551 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 39.23% | {{party shading/Others}}| 59 | {{party shading/Others}}| 0.65% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 1,890 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 20.88% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 9,051 |
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| {{party shading/Democratic}}| Clark | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 18,861 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 59.78% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 12,312 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 39.03% | {{party shading/Others}}| 376 | {{party shading/Others}}| 1.19% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 6,549 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 20.76% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 31,549 |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| Columbia | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 1,039 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 45.77% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 1,211 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 53.35% | {{party shading/Others}}| 20 | {{party shading/Others}}| 0.88% | {{party shading/Republican}}| -172 | {{party shading/Republican}}| -7.58% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 2,270 |
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| {{party shading/Democratic}}| Cowlitz | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 10,485 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 62.41% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 6,157 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 36.65% | {{party shading/Others}}| 157 | {{party shading/Others}}| 0.93% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 4,328 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 25.76% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 16,799 |
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| {{party shading/Democratic}}| Douglas | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 1,832 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 49.99% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 1,809 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 49.36% | {{party shading/Others}}| 24 | {{party shading/Others}}| 0.65% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 23 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 0.63% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 3,665 |
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| {{party shading/Democratic}}| Ferry | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 792 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 60.23% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 518 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 39.39% | {{party shading/Others}}| 5 | {{party shading/Others}}| 0.38% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 274 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 20.84% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 1,315 |
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| {{party shading/Democratic}}| Franklin | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 1,974 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 58.56% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 1,381 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 40.97% | {{party shading/Others}}| 16 | {{party shading/Others}}| 0.47% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 593 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 17.59% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 3,371 |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| Garfield | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 677 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 42.00% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 925 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 57.38% | {{party shading/Others}}| 10 | {{party shading/Others}}| 0.62% | {{party shading/Republican}}| -248 | {{party shading/Republican}}| -15.38% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 1,612 |
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| {{party shading/Democratic}}| Grant | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 2,354 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 60.33% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 1,530 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 39.21% | {{party shading/Others}}| 18 | {{party shading/Others}}| 0.46% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 824 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 21.12% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 3,902 |
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| {{party shading/Democratic}}| Grays Harbor | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 13,803 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 63.41% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 7,834 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 35.99% | {{party shading/Others}}| 130 | {{party shading/Others}}| 0.60% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 5,969 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 27.42% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 21,767 |
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| {{party shading/Democratic}}| Island | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 1,662 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 52.15% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 1,487 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 46.66% | {{party shading/Others}}| 38 | {{party shading/Others}}| 1.19% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 175 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 5.49% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 3,187 |
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| {{party shading/Democratic}}| Jefferson | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 1,829 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 56.07% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 1,415 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 43.38% | {{party shading/Others}}| 18 | {{party shading/Others}}| 0.55% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 414 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 12.69% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 3,262 |
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| {{party shading/Democratic}}| King | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 165,308 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 57.68% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 118,719 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 41.42% | {{party shading/Others}}| 2,577 | {{party shading/Others}}| 0.90% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 46,589 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 16.26% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 286,604 |
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| {{party shading/Democratic}}| Kitsap | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 24,016 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 67.67% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 11,224 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 31.62% | {{party shading/Others}}| 251 | {{party shading/Others}}| 0.71% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 12,792 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 36.04% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 35,491 |
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| {{party shading/Democratic}}| Kittitas | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 4,227 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 55.00% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 3,423 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 44.54% | {{party shading/Others}}| 36 | {{party shading/Others}}| 0.47% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 804 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 10.46% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 7,686 |
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| {{party shading/Democratic}}| Klickitat | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 2,089 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 50.62% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 1,980 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 47.98% | {{party shading/Others}}| 58 | {{party shading/Others}}| 1.41% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 109 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 2.64% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 4,127 |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| Lewis | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 7,706 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 46.07% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 8,896 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 53.19% | {{party shading/Others}}| 124 | {{party shading/Others}}| 0.74% | {{party shading/Republican}}| -1,190 | {{party shading/Republican}}| -7.11% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 16,726 |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| Lincoln | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 2,328 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 45.95% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 2,723 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 53.75% | {{party shading/Others}}| 15 | {{party shading/Others}}| 0.30% | {{party shading/Republican}}| -395 | {{party shading/Republican}}| -7.80% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 5,066 |
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| {{party shading/Democratic}}| Mason | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 3,379 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 62.61% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 1,976 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 36.61% | {{party shading/Others}}| 42 | {{party shading/Others}}| 0.78% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 1,403 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 26.00% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 5,397 |
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| {{party shading/Democratic}}| Okanogan | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 4,642 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 52.97% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 4,084 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 46.60% | {{party shading/Others}}| 38 | {{party shading/Others}}| 0.43% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 558 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 6.37% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 8,764 |
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| {{party shading/Democratic}}| Pacific | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 3,745 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 60.64% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 2,419 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 39.17% | {{party shading/Others}}| 12 | {{party shading/Others}}| 0.19% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 1,326 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 21.47% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 6,176 |
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| {{party shading/Democratic}}| Pend Oreille | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 1,385 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 56.48% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 1,052 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 42.90% | {{party shading/Others}}| 15 | {{party shading/Others}}| 0.61% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 333 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 13.58% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 2,452 |
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| {{party shading/Democratic}}| Pierce | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 53,269 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 61.68% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 31,626 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 36.62% | {{party shading/Others}}| 1,475 | {{party shading/Others}}| 1.71% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 21,643 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 25.06% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 86,370 |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| San Juan | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 644 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 47.56% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 703 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 51.92% | {{party shading/Others}}| 7 | {{party shading/Others}}| 0.52% | {{party shading/Republican}}| -59 | {{party shading/Republican}}| -4.36% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 1,354 |
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| {{party shading/Democratic}}| Skagit | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 9,409 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 54.29% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 7,805 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 45.03% | {{party shading/Others}}| 118 | {{party shading/Others}}| 0.68% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 1,604 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 9.25% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 17,332 |
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| {{party shading/Democratic}}| Skamania | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 968 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 58.77% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 668 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 40.56% | {{party shading/Others}}| 11 | {{party shading/Others}}| 0.67% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 300 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 18.21% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 1,647 |
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| {{party shading/Democratic}}| Snohomish | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 27,345 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 63.40% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 15,182 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 35.20% | {{party shading/Others}}| 603 | {{party shading/Others}}| 1.40% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 12,163 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 28.20% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 43,130 |
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| {{party shading/Democratic}}| Spokane | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 45,491 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 55.27% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 36,359 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 44.18% | {{party shading/Others}}| 456 | {{party shading/Others}}| 0.55% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 9,132 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 11.10% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 82,306 |
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| {{party shading/Democratic}}| Stevens | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 3,951 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 55.14% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 3,151 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 43.98% | {{party shading/Others}}| 63 | {{party shading/Others}}| 0.88% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 800 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 11.17% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 7,165 |
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| {{party shading/Democratic}}| Thurston | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 9,708 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 54.64% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 7,900 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 44.47% | {{party shading/Others}}| 158 | {{party shading/Others}}| 0.89% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 1,808 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 10.18% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 17,766 |
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| {{party shading/Democratic}}| Wahkiakum | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 1,003 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 64.92% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 532 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 34.43% | {{party shading/Others}}| 10 | {{party shading/Others}}| 0.65% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 471 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 30.49% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 1,545 |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| Walla Walla | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 5,793 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 43.77% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 7,364 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 55.64% | {{party shading/Others}}| 78 | {{party shading/Others}}| 0.59% | {{party shading/Republican}}| -1,571 | {{party shading/Republican}}| -11.87% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 13,235 |
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| {{party shading/Democratic}}| Whatcom | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 14,787 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 52.63% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 12,890 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 45.88% | {{party shading/Others}}| 421 | {{party shading/Others}}| 1.50% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 1,897 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 6.75% | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 28,098 |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| Whitman | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 5,449 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 47.42% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 6,000 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 52.22% | {{party shading/Others}}| 41 | {{party shading/Others}}| 0.36% | {{party shading/Republican}}| -551 | {{party shading/Republican}}| -4.80% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 11,490 |
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| {{party shading/Republican}}| Yakima | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 15,643 | {{party shading/Democratic}}| 42.56% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 20,864 | {{party shading/Republican}}| 56.76% | {{party shading/Others}}| 249 | {{party shading/Others}}| 0.68% | {{party shading/Republican}}| -5,221 | {{party shading/Republican}}| -14.20% | {{party shading/Republican}}| 36,756 |
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!Totals!!486,774!!56.84%!!361,689!!42.24%!!7,865!!0.92%!!125,085!!14.61%!!856,328 |
== Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic ==
== Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican ==
See also
References
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{{State Results of the 1944 U.S. presidential election}}
{{Washington elections}}
{{1944 United States elections}}
{{United States elections}}