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1944 United States presidential election in North Carolina

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1944 United States presidential election in North Carolina

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All 14 North Carolina votes to the Electoral College
 
Nominee Franklin D. Roosevelt Thomas E. Dewey
Party Democratic Republican
Home state New York New York
Running mate Harry S. Truman John W. Bricker
Electoral vote 14 0
Popular vote 527,399 263,155
Percentage 66.71% 33.29%

County Results

President before election

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democratic

Elected President

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democratic

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[2] 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,[3] where turnout was higher than elsewhere in the former Confederacy due substantially to the state’s early abolition of the poll tax in 1920.[4] 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.[5] A rapid move following disenfranchisement to a completely “lily-white” state GOP also helped maintain Republican support.[6]

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,[7] 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,[8] 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.[7] Nevertheless, there was virtually no change to the state’s social structure during the New Deal,[9] and the conservative “Shelby Dynasty” was strong enough to prevent any populist challenge so much as developing.[10] Additionally, the state was among the least isolationist and strongly supported aid to Britain during the early phase of World War II,[11] while the absence of a statewide white primary meant local response to the landmark court case of Smith v. Allwright was generally calm.[5] 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.[12] 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.[13] Consequently, Missouri Senator Harry S. Truman became Roosevelt’s running mate.[14]

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.[15]

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Results

1944 United States presidential election in North Carolina
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Franklin D. Roosevelt (inc.) 527,399 66.71%
Republican Thomas E. Dewey 263,155 33.29%
Total votes 790,554 100%

Results by county

1944 United States presidential election in North Carolina by county[16]
County Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Democratic
Thomas Edmund Dewey
Republican
Margin
% # % # % #
Martin 97.07% 4,408 2.93% 133 94.14% 4,275
Bertie 96.20% 3,142 3.80% 124 92.41% 3,018
Greene 95.72% 2,528 4.28% 113 91.44% 2,415
Northampton 95.28% 3,470 4.72% 172 90.55% 3,298
Pitt 94.53% 8,556 5.47% 495 89.06% 8,061
Hertford 94.11% 1,996 5.89% 125 88.21% 1,871
Halifax 94.08% 6,989 5.92% 440 88.15% 6,549
Edgecombe 93.79% 6,762 6.21% 448 87.57% 6,314
Franklin 93.21% 3,967 6.79% 289 86.42% 3,678
Hoke 91.76% 1,782 8.24% 160 83.52% 1,622
Warren 91.11% 2,480 8.89% 242 82.22% 2,238
Granville 90.82% 3,215 9.18% 325 81.64% 2,890
Lenoir 90.46% 5,253 9.54% 554 80.92% 4,699
Nash 89.64% 7,577 10.36% 876 79.27% 6,701
Wilson 89.39% 6,480 10.61% 769 78.78% 5,711
Chowan 88.78% 1,314 11.22% 166 77.57% 1,148
Scotland 88.67% 2,372 11.33% 303 77.35% 2,069
Vance 88.62% 4,110 11.38% 528 77.23% 3,582
Gates 87.84% 1,105 12.16% 153 75.68% 952
Anson 87.54% 3,582 12.46% 510 75.07% 3,072
Robeson 86.68% 7,278 13.32% 1,118 73.37% 6,160
Onslow 86.23% 2,711 13.77% 433 72.46% 2,278
Craven 85.50% 4,872 14.50% 826 71.01% 4,046
Jones 85.27% 1,221 14.73% 211 70.53% 1,010
Richmond 85.19% 5,394 14.81% 938 70.37% 4,456
Union 83.72% 5,729 16.28% 1,114 67.44% 4,615
Currituck 81.95% 1,049 18.05% 231 63.91% 818
Wake 81.87% 18,050 18.13% 3,996 63.75% 14,054
Lee 81.02% 3,448 18.98% 808 62.03% 2,640
Beaufort 80.60% 4,706 19.40% 1,133 61.19% 3,573
Person 80.51% 2,507 19.49% 607 61.01% 1,900
Pender 79.71% 1,732 20.29% 441 59.41% 1,291
Caswell 79.63% 1,923 20.37% 492 59.25% 1,431
Duplin 79.18% 5,464 20.82% 1,437 58.35% 4,027
Camden 78.91% 722 21.09% 193 57.81% 529
Dare 78.86% 966 21.14% 259 57.71% 707
Columbus 78.65% 5,717 21.35% 1,552 57.30% 4,165
Perquimans 78.30% 960 21.70% 266 56.61% 694
Washington 78.19% 1,782 21.81% 497 56.38% 1,285
Bladen 77.67% 2,542 22.33% 731 55.33% 1,811
Durham 77.57% 12,763 22.43% 3,690 55.14% 9,073
New Hanover 76.99% 9,467 23.01% 2,829 53.99% 6,638
Cumberland 76.66% 6,615 23.34% 2,014 53.32% 4,601
Wayne 76.49% 6,228 23.51% 1,914 52.98% 4,314
Cleveland 75.61% 8,170 24.39% 2,636 51.21% 5,534
Pasquotank 74.71% 2,540 25.29% 860 49.41% 1,680
Rockingham 74.33% 8,755 25.67% 3,024 48.65% 5,731
Hyde 74.10% 924 25.90% 323 48.20% 601
Mecklenburg 73.34% 25,950 26.66% 9,434 46.68% 16,516
Haywood 72.65% 7,755 27.35% 2,919 45.31% 4,836
Gaston 69.53% 13,744 30.47% 6,023 39.06% 7,721
Orange 69.06% 3,274 30.94% 1,467 38.11% 1,807
Carteret 69.02% 3,489 30.98% 1,566 38.04% 1,923
Buncombe 68.96% 20,878 31.04% 9,398 37.92% 11,480
Tyrrell 68.50% 611 31.50% 281 37.00% 330
Cabarrus 68.17% 9,064 31.83% 4,233 36.33% 4,831
Harnett 67.34% 6,579 32.66% 3,191 34.68% 3,388
Johnston 65.19% 8,282 34.81% 4,423 30.37% 3,859
Alamance 64.86% 9,184 35.14% 4,976 29.72% 4,208
Guilford 64.45% 23,495 35.55% 12,962 28.89% 10,533
Pamlico 64.30% 1,295 35.70% 719 28.60% 576
McDowell 63.96% 4,008 36.04% 2,258 27.93% 1,750
Iredell 63.21% 8,358 36.79% 4,864 26.43% 3,494
Rowan 62.38% 9,721 37.62% 5,862 24.76% 3,859
Forsyth 62.07% 16,390 37.93% 10,014 24.15% 6,376
Chatham 61.33% 3,856 38.67% 2,431 22.67% 1,425
Rutherford 61.10% 7,379 38.90% 4,698 22.20% 2,681
Jackson 60.40% 4,109 39.60% 2,694 20.80% 1,415
Surry 60.02% 7,679 39.98% 5,116 20.03% 2,563
Catawba 58.45% 10,146 41.55% 7,211 16.91% 2,935
Swain 58.37% 2,110 41.63% 1,505 16.74% 605
Polk 58.24% 2,340 41.76% 1,678 16.48% 662
Moore 58.22% 3,711 41.78% 2,663 16.44% 1,048
Graham 58.21% 1,889 41.79% 1,356 16.43% 533
Yancey 57.88% 3,301 42.12% 2,402 15.76% 899
Montgomery 57.58% 2,665 42.42% 1,963 15.17% 702
Transylvania 57.29% 3,019 42.71% 2,251 14.57% 768
Caldwell 55.39% 5,419 44.61% 4,365 10.77% 1,054
Henderson 55.18% 5,679 44.82% 4,613 10.36% 1,066
Stokes 54.90% 4,110 45.10% 3,376 9.80% 734
Alleghany 54.77% 1,810 45.23% 1,495 9.53% 315
Brunswick 54.02% 2,346 45.98% 1,997 8.04% 349
Burke 53.72% 6,795 46.28% 5,855 7.43% 940
Macon 53.22% 2,855 46.78% 2,510 6.43% 345
Lincoln 53.12% 4,168 46.88% 3,678 6.25% 490
Davidson 50.03% 9,455 49.97% 9,445 0.05% 10
Clay 49.64% 1,245 50.36% 1,263 -0.72% -18
Cherokee 49.59% 2,582 50.41% 2,625 -0.83% -43
Ashe 49.09% 4,363 50.91% 4,524 -1.81% -161
Stanly 47.48% 5,499 52.52% 6,083 -5.04% -584
Randolph 45.61% 7,277 54.39% 8,678 -8.78% -1,401
Watauga 44.84% 3,214 55.16% 3,954 -10.32% -740
Alexander 43.44% 2,282 56.56% 2,971 -13.12% -689
Davie 41.13% 2,266 58.87% 3,244 -17.75% -978
Sampson 41.04% 4,220 58.96% 6,062 -17.91% -1,842
Wilkes 37.99% 5,587 62.01% 9,121 -24.03% -3,534
Yadkin 36.00% 2,470 64.00% 4,392 -28.01% -1,922
Madison 34.30% 2,291 65.70% 4,388 -31.40% -2,097
Mitchell 24.29% 1,024 75.71% 3,192 -51.42% -2,168
Avery 20.87% 838 79.13% 3,178 -58.27% -2,340

Analysis

North Carolina was won by Roosevelt with 66.71 percent of the popular vote, against Governor Thomas E. Dewey (RNew York), running with Governor John Bricker with 33.29 percent.[17][18]

This was nonetheless a decline of over fifteen percentage points upon Roosevelt’s 1940 performance, reflecting the significant isolationism in Appalachia,[19] alongside developing hostility towards Democratic liberalism on racial issues. As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last election in which the following counties voted for a Democratic presidential candidate: Catawba, Davidson and Henderson.[20]

References

  1. ^ "United States Presidential election of 1944 – Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved July 19, 2018.
  2. ^ "1944 Election for the Fortieth Term (1945-49)". Retrieved July 19, 2018.
  3. ^ Phillips, Kevin P. The Emerging Republican Majority. pp. 210, 242. ISBN 978-0-691-16324-6.
  4. ^ Key, Valdimer Orlando (1949). Southern Politics in State and Nation. Alfred A. Knopf. p. 502.
  5. ^ a b Klarman, Michael J. (2001). "The White Primary Rulings: A Case Study in the Consequences of Supreme Court Decision-Making". Florida State University Law Review. 29: 55–107.
  6. ^ Heersink, Boris; Jenkins, Jeffery A. Republican Party Politics and the American South, 1865–1968. pp. 48–50, 239–243. ISBN 9781316663950.
  7. ^ a b Phillips. The Emerging Republican Majority, pp. 212-215
  8. ^ Ritchie, Donald A. (2007). Electing FDR: the New Deal campaign of 1932. Lawrence, Kansas: University Press of Kansas. p. 143. ISBN 070061687X.
  9. ^ See Abrams, Douglas Carl (1992). Conservative constraints: North Carolina and the New Deal. Jackson, Mississippi: University Press of Mississippi. ISBN 9780878055593.
  10. ^ Christensen, Rob (2010). The paradox of Tar Heel politics: the personalities, elections, and events that shaped modern North Carolina. Chapel Hill, North Carolina: University of North Carolina Press. pp. 62–68. ISBN 9780807899632.
  11. ^ See Menendez, Albert J. (2005). The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004. p. 68. ISBN 0786422173.
  12. ^ Weintraub, Stanley (2012). "Bungled Beginnings". Final victory: FDR’s Extraordinary World War II Presidential Campaign. Philadelphia: Da Capo Press. pp. 23–28. ISBN 9780306821134.
  13. ^ Divine, Robert A. (1974). Foreign policy and U.S. presidential elections, 1940-1948. New York, New York: New Viewpoints. pp. 119–120. ISBN 0531064956.
  14. ^ Weintraub, Stanley (2012). "The Missouri Compromise". Final victory: FDR’s Extraordinary World War II Presidential Campaign. pp. 37–48.
  15. ^ "Senator Wherry Heard At Rally — GOP Senate Whip Urges "Jeffersonian Democrats" To Vote Against FDR". The News and Observer. Raleigh, North Carolina. November 2, 1944. p. 2.
  16. ^ "NC US President Race, November 07, 1944". Our Campaigns.
  17. ^ "1944 Presidential General Election Results – North Carolina". Retrieved July 19, 2018.
  18. ^ "The American Presidency Project – Election of 1944". Retrieved July 19, 2018.
  19. ^ Phillips. The Emerging Republican Majority, pp. 215, 289
  20. ^ Sullivan, Robert David (June 29, 2016). "How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century". The National Catholic Review (America Magazine ed.).
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