1944 United States presidential election in Kansas

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1944 United States presidential election in Kansas
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  1940 November 7, 1944 [1] 1948  

All 8 Kansas votes to the Electoral College
  Dewey circa 1946 (cropped).jpg 1944 portrait of FDR (1)(small).jpg
Nominee Thomas E. Dewey Franklin D. Roosevelt
Party Republican Democratic
Home state New York New York
Running mate John W. Bricker Harry S. Truman
Electoral vote80
Popular vote442,096287,458
Percentage60.25%39.18%

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County Results

President before election

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democratic

Elected President

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democratic

The 1944 United States presidential election in Kansas took place on November 7, 1944, as part of the 1944 United States presidential election. Voters chose eight [2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Contents

Kansas was won by Governor Thomas E. Dewey (RNew York), running with Governor John Bricker, with 60.25 percent of the popular vote, against incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt (DNew York), running with Senator Harry S. Truman, with 39.18 percent of the popular vote. [3] [4] Dewey's margin was the largest against Roosevelt in any state in any of the four elections that he contested, despite carrying the state by comfortable margins in both 1932 and 1936. [5] The 104 counties (all except Wyandotte) that Roosevelt lost is the most he lost in any state during his four elections to the White House.

Results

1944 United States presidential election in Kansas
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Thomas E. Dewey 442,096 60.25%
Democratic Franklin D. Roosevelt (inc.)287,45839.18%
Prohibition Claude A. Watson 2,6090.36%
Socialist Norman Thomas 1,6130.22%
Total votes733,776 100%

Results by county

1944 United States presidential election in Kansas by county [6] [7]
CountyThomas Edmund Dewey
Republican
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Democratic
Claude A. Watson
Prohibition
Norman Mattoon Thomas
Socialist
MarginTotal votes cast
# %# %# %# %# %
Allen 5,03268.56%2,26230.82%350.48%110.15%2,77037.74%7,340
Anderson 3,06064.89%1,64934.97%30.06%40.08%1,41129.92%4,716
Atchison 4,73158.58%3,32541.17%40.05%160.20%1,40617.41%8,076
Barber 2,14058.28%1,50140.88%180.49%130.35%63917.40%3,672
Barton 5,54759.36%3,76140.25%200.21%170.18%1,78619.11%9,345
Bourbon 4,79056.68%3,62242.86%300.35%90.11%1,16813.82%8,451
Brown 4,94772.98%1,81726.80%110.16%40.06%3,13046.17%6,779
Butler 7,06453.50%6,08446.08%390.30%160.12%9807.42%13,203
Chase 1,51059.99%99839.65%50.20%40.16%51220.34%2,517
Chautauqua 2,30567.38%1,10632.33%60.18%40.12%1,19935.05%3,421
Cherokee 5,45854.65%4,46844.73%240.24%380.38%9909.91%9,988
Cheyenne 1,61067.99%73631.08%160.68%60.25%87436.91%2,368
Clark 95055.69%74143.43%110.64%40.23%20912.25%1,706
Clay 4,10174.01%1,39125.10%350.63%140.25%2,71048.91%5,541
Cloud 4,37763.67%2,39134.78%781.13%290.42%1,98628.89%6,875
Coffey 3,46167.28%1,66032.27%150.29%80.16%1,80135.01%5,144
Comanche 1,04861.47%64237.65%150.88%00.00%40623.81%1,705
Cowley 8,45355.91%6,57743.50%610.40%290.19%1,87612.41%15,120
Crawford 9,01752.09%8,21147.43%270.16%560.32%8064.66%17,311
Decatur 1,75859.92%1,15939.50%120.41%50.17%59920.42%2,934
Dickinson 6,22765.92%3,19033.77%190.20%100.11%3,03732.15%9,446
Doniphan 3,23071.92%1,26128.08%00.00%00.00%1,96943.84%4,491
Douglas 8,22467.47%3,88631.88%300.25%490.40%4,33835.59%12,189
Edwards 1,66965.09%87634.17%110.43%80.31%79330.93%2,564
Elk 2,28370.33%95429.39%70.22%20.06%1,32940.94%3,246
Ellis 3,36960.13%2,21839.59%90.16%70.12%1,15120.54%5,603
Ellsworth 2,29057.62%1,67842.22%20.05%40.10%61215.40%3,974
Finney 2,36658.20%1,66741.01%230.57%90.22%69917.20%4,065
Ford 4,11057.23%2,99441.69%600.84%170.24%1,11615.54%7,181
Franklin 5,37564.68%2,88034.66%380.46%170.20%2,49530.02%8,310
Geary 2,83356.97%2,10742.37%210.42%120.24%72614.60%4,973
Gove 1,12572.02%42026.89%60.38%110.70%70545.13%1,562
Graham 1,65166.52%81432.80%130.52%40.16%83733.72%2,482
Grant 56666.35%28233.06%30.35%20.23%28433.29%853
Gray 1,05757.01%77541.80%170.92%50.27%28215.21%1,854
Greeley 37863.00%21535.83%71.17%00.00%16327.17%600
Greenwood 3,95963.99%2,18735.35%260.42%150.24%1,77228.64%6,187
Hamilton 79562.35%47136.94%40.31%50.39%32425.41%1,275
Harper 2,84963.76%1,57335.21%330.74%130.29%1,27628.56%4,468
Harvey 5,33961.35%3,30037.92%260.30%380.44%2,03923.43%8,703
Haskell 52059.91%34239.40%60.69%00.00%17820.51%868
Hodgeman 98266.31%49033.09%10.07%80.54%49233.22%1,481
Jackson 3,66569.72%1,56729.81%150.29%100.19%2,09839.91%5,257
Jefferson 3,50468.73%1,57530.89%60.12%130.26%1,92937.84%5,098
Jewell 3,75474.20%1,21624.04%801.58%90.18%2,53850.17%5,059
Johnson 11,95167.24%5,77132.47%290.16%220.12%6,18034.77%17,773
Kearny 61262.45%36537.24%10.10%20.20%24725.20%980
Kingman 2,82763.74%1,57935.60%220.50%70.16%1,24828.14%4,435
Kiowa 1,47969.60%61829.08%261.22%20.09%86140.52%2,125
Labette 7,48057.87%5,39841.76%260.20%220.17%2,08216.11%12,926
Lane 77365.90%38833.08%40.34%80.68%38532.82%1,173
Leavenworth 7,28258.55%5,09740.98%250.20%340.27%2,18517.57%12,438
Lincoln 2,40572.03%91027.25%150.45%90.27%1,49544.77%3,339
Linn 3,18568.54%1,44231.03%80.17%120.26%1,74337.51%4,647
Logan 1,10772.92%40626.75%40.26%10.07%70146.18%1,518
Lyon 5,71052.88%4,98446.15%770.71%280.26%7266.72%10,799
Marion 5,21972.64%1,92526.79%150.21%260.36%3,29445.85%7,185
Marshall 6,18469.59%2,68130.17%120.14%90.10%3,50339.42%8,886
McPherson 5,84062.31%3,32135.44%1361.45%750.80%2,51926.88%9,372
Meade 1,42468.23%63130.23%301.44%20.10%79338.00%2,087
Miami 4,32657.28%3,21742.60%50.07%40.05%1,10914.68%7,552
Mitchell 3,23866.67%1,57932.51%280.58%120.25%1,65934.16%4,857
Montgomery 11,73862.29%7,06337.48%290.15%140.07%4,67524.81%18,844
Morris 2,62862.11%1,58437.44%100.24%90.21%1,04424.68%4,231
Morton 61762.51%36737.18%30.30%00.00%25025.33%987
Nemaha 4,27766.44%2,14933.39%20.03%90.14%2,12833.06%6,437
Neosho 5,42062.45%3,23337.25%190.22%70.08%2,18725.20%8,679
Ness 1,74565.45%87632.86%321.20%130.49%86932.60%2,666
Norton 2,89070.87%1,15928.42%160.39%130.32%1,73142.45%4,078
Osage 4,10764.40%2,21234.69%390.61%190.30%1,89529.72%6,377
Osborne 2,82771.52%1,07827.27%340.86%140.35%1,74944.24%3,953
Ottawa 2,42863.11%1,37835.82%290.75%120.31%1,05027.29%3,847
Pawnee 2,05754.05%1,72745.38%140.37%80.21%3308.67%3,806
Phillips 3,05372.74%1,09826.16%340.81%120.29%1,95546.58%4,197
Pottawatomie 4,07470.01%1,72729.68%120.21%60.10%2,34740.33%5,819
Pratt 2,65852.85%2,33446.41%260.52%110.22%3246.44%5,029
Rawlins 1,56961.72%95537.57%90.35%90.35%61424.15%2,542
Reno 11,00458.71%7,60440.57%950.51%400.21%3,40018.14%18,743
Republic 3,80266.53%1,89133.09%160.28%60.10%1,91133.44%5,715
Rice 4,02461.12%2,50538.05%340.52%210.32%1,51923.07%6,584
Riley 6,51170.43%2,65928.76%390.42%350.38%3,85241.67%9,244
Rooks 2,36166.53%1,16632.85%180.51%40.11%1,19533.67%3,549
Rush 2,19366.80%1,07632.77%40.12%100.30%1,11734.02%3,283
Russell 3,34467.56%1,58331.98%140.28%90.18%1,76135.58%4,950
Saline 7,57159.51%5,09740.06%360.28%190.15%2,47419.45%12,723
Scott 90360.93%56538.12%100.67%40.27%33822.81%1,482
Sedgwick 38,89652.78%34,44246.73%1880.26%1720.23%4,4546.04%73,698
Seward 1,59053.92%1,34245.51%130.44%40.14%2488.41%2,949
Shawnee 21,39659.03%14,67840.49%1080.30%650.18%6,71818.53%36,247
Sheridan 1,34266.87%65832.79%30.15%40.20%68434.08%2,007
Sherman 1,60860.07%1,02138.14%291.08%190.71%58721.93%2,677
Smith 3,28269.93%1,37729.34%300.64%40.09%1,90540.59%4,693
Stafford 2,49356.25%1,90843.05%200.45%110.25%58513.20%4,432
Stanton 39861.71%24037.21%50.78%20.31%15824.50%645
Stevens 76064.63%41435.20%20.17%00.00%34629.42%1,176
Sumner 6,34359.87%4,18739.52%380.36%260.25%2,15620.35%10,594
Thomas 1,63159.14%1,09739.78%190.69%110.40%53419.36%2,758
Trego 1,45961.98%88337.51%40.17%80.34%57624.47%2,354
Wabaunsee 2,83975.95%87323.35%80.21%180.48%1,96652.59%3,738
Wallace 72070.80%29228.71%50.49%00.00%42842.08%1,017
Washington 5,04077.11%1,45522.26%240.37%170.26%3,58554.85%6,536
Wichita 60464.32%32935.04%60.64%00.00%27529.29%939
Wilson 4,24868.57%1,91230.86%170.27%180.29%2,33637.71%6,195
Woodson 2,30869.56%99930.11%20.06%90.27%1,30939.45%3,318
Wyandotte 26,81744.74%32,91454.91%1280.21%860.14%-6,097-10.17%59,945
Totals442,09660.25%287,45839.18%2,6090.36%1,6130.22%154,63821.07%733,776

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

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