1944 United States presidential election in Michigan

1944 United States presidential election in Michigan

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All 19 Michigan 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 19 0
Popular vote 1,106,899 1,084,423
Percentage 50.19% 49.18%

County Results

President before election

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democratic

Elected President

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democratic

The 1944 United States presidential election in Michigan took place on November 7, 1944, as part of the 1944 United States presidential election. Voters chose 19[1] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Michigan voted narrowly for Democratic nominee, incumbent Franklin D. Roosevelt over Republican Governor of New York Thomas E. Dewey, carrying 50.19% of the vote to Dewey's 49.18%.[2][3] The election was close, with Detroit, Flint and most of the Upper Peninsula going to Roosevelt and most of the rest of the state going to Dewey. Michigan would not vote Democratic again until John F. Kennedy narrowly won the state in 1960.

This was the only state Roosevelt flipped from the previous election. Meanwhile, Dewey flipped Ohio, Wisconsin, and Wyoming, which had gone for Roosevelt in 1940.

  1. ^ "1944 Election for the Fortieth Term (1945-1949)". Retrieved April 3, 2018.
  2. ^ "1944 Presidential General Election Results - Michigan". Retrieved April 3, 2018.
  3. ^ "The American Presidency Project - Election of 1944". Retrieved April 3, 2018.

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