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The 1944 United States presidential election in Montana took place on November 7, 1944. Voters chose four representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Montana voted to give Democratic nominee, President Franklin D. Roosevelt a record fourth term, over the Republican nominee, New York Governor Thomas E. Dewey. Roosevelt won Montana by a large margin of 9.35 percent.
Results
| United States presidential election in Montana, 1944[1] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Democratic | Franklin D. Roosevelt (incumbent) | 112,556 | 54.28% | 4 | |
| Republican | Thomas E. Dewey | 93,163 | 44.93% | 0 | |
| Socialist | Norman Thomas | 1,296 | 0.63% | 0 | |
| Prohibition | Claude Watson | 340 | 0.16% | 0 | |
| Totals | 207,355 | 100.00% | 4 | ||
Results by county
| Franklin Delano Roosevelt Democratic |
Wendell Lewis Willkie Republican |
Various candidates Other parties |
Margin | Total votes cast[2] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| County | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # |
| Beaverhead | 1,263 | 44.60% | 1,556 | 54.94% | 13 | 0.46% | -293 | -10.35% | 2,832 |
| Big Horn | 1,289 | 47.83% | 1,394 | 51.73% | 12 | 0.45% | -105 | -3.90% | 2,695 |
| Blaine | 1,469 | 59.26% | 990 | 39.94% | 20 | 0.81% | 479 | 19.32% | 2,479 |
| Broadwater | 558 | 42.18% | 760 | 57.45% | 5 | 0.38% | -202 | -15.27% | 1,323 |
| Carbon | 2,073 | 49.01% | 2,126 | 50.26% | 31 | 0.73% | -53 | -1.25% | 4,230 |
| Carter | 610 | 54.56% | 507 | 45.35% | 1 | 0.09% | 103 | 9.21% | 1,118 |
| Cascade | 10,924 | 62.65% | 6,372 | 36.54% | 141 | 0.81% | 4,552 | 26.11% | 17,437 |
| Chouteau | 1,906 | 60.45% | 1,220 | 38.69% | 27 | 0.86% | 686 | 21.76% | 3,153 |
| Custer | 2,038 | 52.30% | 1,830 | 46.96% | 29 | 0.74% | 208 | 5.34% | 3,897 |
| Daniels | 824 | 54.35% | 680 | 44.85% | 12 | 0.79% | 144 | 9.50% | 1,516 |
| Dawson | 1,362 | 46.53% | 1,549 | 52.92% | 16 | 0.55% | -187 | -6.39% | 2,927 |
| Deer Lodge | 4,347 | 66.31% | 2,176 | 33.19% | 33 | 0.50% | 2,171 | 33.11% | 6,556 |
| Fallon | 494 | 36.03% | 870 | 63.46% | 7 | 0.51% | -376 | -27.43% | 1,371 |
| Fergus | 3,164 | 58.35% | 2,229 | 41.11% | 29 | 0.53% | 935 | 17.24% | 5,422 |
| Flathead | 3,608 | 46.34% | 4,066 | 52.22% | 112 | 1.44% | -458 | -5.88% | 7,786 |
| Gallatin | 3,479 | 52.46% | 3,120 | 47.04% | 33 | 0.50% | 359 | 5.41% | 6,632 |
| Garfield | 478 | 46.27% | 553 | 53.53% | 2 | 0.19% | -75 | -7.26% | 1,033 |
| Glacier | 2,142 | 63.39% | 1,228 | 36.34% | 9 | 0.27% | 914 | 27.05% | 3,379 |
| Golden Valley | 266 | 40.18% | 395 | 59.67% | 1 | 0.15% | -129 | -19.49% | 662 |
| Granite | 574 | 44.57% | 702 | 54.50% | 12 | 0.93% | -128 | -9.94% | 1,288 |
| Hill | 2,986 | 63.95% | 1,646 | 35.25% | 37 | 0.79% | 1,340 | 28.70% | 4,669 |
| Jefferson | 803 | 50.09% | 797 | 49.72% | 3 | 0.19% | 6 | 0.37% | 1,603 |
| Judith Basin | 1,049 | 60.05% | 691 | 39.55% | 7 | 0.40% | 358 | 20.49% | 1,747 |
| Lake | 1,750 | 43.11% | 2,265 | 55.80% | 44 | 1.08% | -515 | -12.69% | 4,059 |
| Lewis and Clark | 4,737 | 51.17% | 4,482 | 48.41% | 39 | 0.42% | 255 | 2.75% | 9,258 |
| Liberty | 440 | 52.26% | 393 | 46.67% | 9 | 1.07% | 47 | 5.58% | 842 |
| Lincoln | 1,445 | 55.81% | 1,109 | 42.84% | 35 | 1.35% | 336 | 12.98% | 2,589 |
| Madison | 1,022 | 44.19% | 1,278 | 55.25% | 13 | 0.56% | -256 | -11.07% | 2,313 |
| McCone | 763 | 57.80% | 526 | 39.85% | 31 | 2.35% | 237 | 17.95% | 1,320 |
| Meagher | 482 | 48.54% | 509 | 51.26% | 2 | 0.20% | -27 | -2.72% | 993 |
| Mineral | 401 | 50.63% | 380 | 47.98% | 11 | 1.39% | 21 | 2.65% | 792 |
| Missoula | 5,558 | 50.40% | 5,371 | 48.70% | 99 | 0.90% | 187 | 1.70% | 11,028 |
| Musselshell | 1,342 | 56.51% | 1,004 | 42.27% | 29 | 1.22% | 338 | 14.23% | 2,375 |
| Park | 2,245 | 48.00% | 2,396 | 51.23% | 36 | 0.77% | -151 | -3.23% | 4,677 |
| Petroleum | 225 | 46.78% | 253 | 52.60% | 3 | 0.62% | -28 | -5.82% | 481 |
| Phillips | 1,435 | 56.43% | 1,089 | 42.82% | 19 | 0.75% | 346 | 13.61% | 2,543 |
| Pondera | 1,448 | 61.33% | 890 | 37.70% | 23 | 0.97% | 558 | 23.63% | 2,361 |
| Powder River | 476 | 41.86% | 650 | 57.17% | 11 | 0.97% | -174 | -15.30% | 1,137 |
| Powell | 1,527 | 57.73% | 1,100 | 41.59% | 18 | 0.68% | 427 | 16.14% | 2,645 |
| Prairie | 468 | 43.58% | 598 | 55.68% | 8 | 0.74% | -130 | -12.10% | 1,074 |
| Ravalli | 1,926 | 44.68% | 2,342 | 54.33% | 43 | 1.00% | -416 | -9.65% | 4,311 |
| Richland | 1,777 | 56.22% | 1,347 | 42.61% | 37 | 1.17% | 430 | 13.60% | 3,161 |
| Roosevelt | 1,848 | 58.33% | 1,281 | 40.44% | 39 | 1.23% | 567 | 17.90% | 3,168 |
| Rosebud | 1,114 | 48.41% | 1,154 | 50.15% | 33 | 1.43% | -40 | -1.74% | 2,301 |
| Sanders | 1,184 | 51.98% | 1,070 | 46.97% | 24 | 1.05% | 114 | 5.00% | 2,278 |
| Sheridan | 1,713 | 67.23% | 791 | 31.04% | 44 | 1.73% | 922 | 36.19% | 2,548 |
| Silver Bow | 13,228 | 62.87% | 7,610 | 36.17% | 202 | 0.96% | 5,618 | 26.70% | 21,040 |
| Stillwater | 934 | 43.60% | 1,201 | 56.07% | 7 | 0.33% | -267 | -12.46% | 2,142 |
| Sweet Grass | 533 | 37.01% | 897 | 62.29% | 10 | 0.69% | -364 | -25.28% | 1,440 |
| Teton | 1,508 | 57.98% | 1,074 | 41.29% | 19 | 0.73% | 434 | 16.69% | 2,601 |
| Toole | 1,545 | 57.91% | 1,113 | 41.72% | 10 | 0.37% | 432 | 16.19% | 2,668 |
| Treasure | 282 | 49.21% | 287 | 50.09% | 4 | 0.70% | -5 | -0.87% | 573 |
| Valley | 2,196 | 61.31% | 1,341 | 37.44% | 45 | 1.26% | 855 | 23.87% | 3,582 |
| Wheatland | 733 | 48.35% | 767 | 50.59% | 16 | 1.06% | -34 | -2.24% | 1,516 |
| Wibaux | 425 | 49.48% | 432 | 50.29% | 2 | 0.23% | -7 | -0.81% | 859 |
| Yellowstone | 8,140 | 48.09% | 8,706 | 51.44% | 79 | 0.47% | -566 | -3.34% | 16,925 |
| Totals | 112,556 | 54.28% | 93,163 | 44.93% | 1,636 | 0.79% | 19,393 | 9.35% | 207,355 |
References
- ^ David Leip. "1944 Presidential General Election Results – Montana". Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved 2018-03-19.
- ^ Scammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964; p. 272 ISBN 0405077114
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