1944 United States presidential election in Indiana

1944 United States presidential election in Indiana
All 13 Indiana votes to the Electoral College
Dewey 40-50% 50-60% 60-70% 70-80%	Roosevelt 40-50% 50-60% 60-70%
President before election; Franklin D. Roosevelt; Democratic	Elected President ; Franklin D. Roosevelt; Democratic

The 1944 United States presidential election in Indiana took place on November 7, 1944, as part of the 1944 United States presidential election. Indiana voters chose 13^[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Indiana was won by Governor Thomas E. Dewey (R–New York), running with Governor John Bricker, with 52.38% of the popular vote, against incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt (D–New York), running with Senator Harry S. Truman, with 46.73% of the popular vote.^[3]^[4]

Results

1944 United States presidential election in Indiana
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Thomas E. Dewey	875,891	52.38%
	Democratic	Franklin D. Roosevelt (inc.)	781,403	46.73%
	Prohibition	Claude A. Watson	12,574	0.75%
	Socialist	Norman Thomas	2,223	0.13%
Total votes			1,672,091	100%

Results by county

County	Thomas Edmund Dewey Republican		Franklin Delano Roosevelt Democratic		Various candidates Other parties		Margin		Total votes cast^[5]
County	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	Total votes cast^[5]
Adams	5,648	58.83%	3,804	39.62%	149	1.55%	1,844	19.21%	9,601
Allen	41,907	57.64%	30,445	41.87%	357	0.49%	11,462	15.76%	72,709
Bartholomew	7,689	50.99%	7,139	47.34%	252	1.67%	550	3.65%	15,080
Benton	3,621	63.38%	2,065	36.15%	27	0.47%	1,556	27.24%	5,713
Blackford	3,079	47.82%	3,207	49.81%	153	2.38%	-128	-1.99%	6,439
Boone	6,823	56.00%	5,292	43.43%	70	0.57%	1,531	12.56%	12,185
Brown	1,174	45.66%	1,352	52.59%	45	1.75%	-178	-6.92%	2,571
Carroll	4,872	57.28%	3,578	42.07%	55	0.65%	1,294	15.21%	8,505
Cass	9,788	52.89%	8,615	46.55%	103	0.56%	1,173	6.34%	18,506
Clark	7,241	42.39%	9,778	57.24%	62	0.36%	-2,537	-14.85%	17,081
Clay	6,688	53.28%	5,721	45.57%	144	1.15%	967	7.70%	12,553
Clinton	8,087	55.37%	6,381	43.69%	137	0.94%	1,706	11.68%	14,605
Crawford	2,488	50.50%	2,335	47.39%	104	2.11%	153	3.11%	4,927
Daviess	7,458	57.14%	5,523	42.32%	71	0.54%	1,935	14.83%	13,052
Dearborn	5,487	51.32%	5,157	48.24%	47	0.44%	330	3.09%	10,691
Decatur	5,479	60.86%	3,471	38.55%	53	0.59%	2,008	22.30%	9,003
DeKalb	7,479	60.38%	4,810	38.83%	98	0.79%	2,669	21.55%	12,387
Delaware	17,340	47.41%	18,780	51.35%	455	1.24%	-1,440	-3.94%	36,575
Dubois	4,855	47.78%	5,273	51.89%	34	0.33%	-418	-4.11%	10,162
Elkhart	20,659	60.39%	12,991	37.98%	558	1.63%	7,668	22.42%	34,208
Fayette	5,603	51.23%	5,299	48.45%	36	0.33%	304	2.78%	10,938
Floyd	8,410	44.10%	10,541	55.27%	120	0.63%	-2,131	-11.17%	19,071
Fountain	5,557	57.74%	4,022	41.79%	46	0.48%	1,535	15.95%	9,625
Franklin	3,796	59.82%	2,530	39.87%	20	0.32%	1,266	19.95%	6,346
Fulton	5,190	61.28%	3,201	37.80%	78	0.92%	1,989	23.49%	8,469
Gibson	7,895	50.85%	7,462	48.06%	168	1.08%	433	2.79%	15,525
Grant	14,527	55.07%	11,031	41.82%	821	3.11%	3,496	13.25%	26,379
Greene	8,213	54.44%	6,744	44.70%	129	0.86%	1,469	9.74%	15,086
Hamilton	8,297	66.06%	4,101	32.65%	162	1.29%	4,196	33.41%	12,560
Hancock	5,139	51.71%	4,652	46.81%	147	1.48%	487	4.90%	9,938
Harrison	4,397	50.05%	4,285	48.77%	104	1.18%	112	1.27%	8,786
Hendricks	6,673	60.45%	4,297	38.93%	69	0.63%	2,376	21.52%	11,039
Henry	10,583	54.85%	8,297	43.00%	416	2.16%	2,286	11.85%	19,296
Howard	11,515	49.49%	11,224	48.24%	526	2.26%	291	1.25%	23,265
Huntington	8,668	57.15%	6,128	40.41%	370	2.44%	2,540	16.75%	15,166
Jackson	6,321	50.87%	5,982	48.14%	123	0.99%	339	2.73%	12,426
Jasper	4,364	66.63%	2,168	33.10%	18	0.27%	2,196	33.53%	6,550
Jay	6,207	53.38%	5,166	44.42%	256	2.20%	1,041	8.95%	11,629
Jefferson	5,748	56.17%	4,376	42.76%	110	1.07%	1,372	13.41%	10,234
Jennings	3,643	58.58%	2,537	40.79%	39	0.63%	1,106	17.78%	6,219
Johnson	6,194	53.06%	5,426	46.48%	53	0.45%	768	6.58%	11,673
Knox	10,023	48.98%	10,297	50.32%	143	0.70%	-274	-1.34%	20,463
Kosciusko	9,577	65.11%	4,865	33.08%	266	1.81%	4,712	32.04%	14,708
LaGrange	3,501	68.71%	1,539	30.21%	55	1.08%	1,962	38.51%	5,095
Lake	48,147	38.84%	75,066	60.56%	737	0.59%	-26,919	-21.72%	123,950
LaPorte	16,543	54.12%	13,896	45.46%	129	0.42%	2,647	8.66%	30,568
Lawrence	9,200	63.38%	5,246	36.14%	69	0.48%	3,954	27.24%	14,515
Madison	21,381	46.10%	24,488	52.80%	514	1.11%	-3,107	-6.70%	46,383
Marion	116,421	52.01%	106,382	47.53%	1,034	0.46%	10,039	4.48%	223,837
Marshall	8,225	59.88%	5,254	38.25%	257	1.87%	2,971	21.63%	13,736
Martin	2,467	49.37%	2,515	50.33%	15	0.30%	-48	-0.96%	4,997
Miami	8,207	55.54%	6,379	43.17%	191	1.29%	1,828	12.37%	14,777
Monroe	8,993	55.77%	6,809	42.23%	323	2.00%	2,184	13.54%	16,125
Montgomery	8,319	59.43%	5,620	40.15%	60	0.43%	2,699	19.28%	13,999
Morgan	6,115	59.09%	4,156	40.16%	77	0.74%	1,959	18.93%	10,348
Newton	3,398	67.91%	1,583	31.63%	23	0.46%	1,815	36.27%	5,004
Noble	7,200	62.89%	4,174	36.46%	74	0.65%	3,026	26.43%	11,448
Ohio	1,126	51.56%	1,043	47.76%	15	0.69%	83	3.80%	2,184
Orange	4,784	60.06%	3,130	39.29%	52	0.65%	1,654	20.76%	7,966
Owen	3,318	55.53%	2,602	43.55%	55	0.92%	716	11.98%	5,975
Parke	4,751	59.03%	3,241	40.27%	56	0.70%	1,510	18.76%	8,048
Perry	4,087	50.44%	3,996	49.32%	19	0.23%	91	1.12%	8,102
Pike	4,267	54.11%	3,513	44.55%	106	1.34%	754	9.56%	7,886
Porter	8,561	60.52%	5,528	39.08%	57	0.40%	3,033	21.44%	14,146
Posey	4,374	50.75%	4,183	48.53%	62	0.72%	191	2.22%	8,619
Pulaski	3,206	55.03%	2,509	43.07%	111	1.91%	697	11.96%	5,826
Putnam	5,386	52.38%	4,857	47.23%	40	0.39%	529	5.14%	10,283
Randolph	7,805	61.18%	4,590	35.98%	363	2.85%	3,215	25.20%	12,758
Ripley	5,642	59.12%	3,835	40.18%	67	0.70%	1,807	18.93%	9,544
Rush	5,853	59.60%	3,891	39.62%	77	0.78%	1,962	19.98%	9,821
St. Joseph	39,875	45.53%	47,149	53.83%	565	0.65%	-7,274	-8.30%	87,589
Scott	2,379	47.07%	2,621	51.86%	54	1.07%	-242	-4.79%	5,054
Shelby	6,816	49.63%	6,798	49.50%	119	0.87%	18	0.13%	13,733
Spencer	4,986	57.40%	3,647	41.99%	53	0.61%	1,339	15.42%	8,686
Starke	3,574	55.71%	2,791	43.51%	50	0.78%	783	12.21%	6,415
Steuben	4,739	71.61%	1,837	27.76%	42	0.63%	2,902	43.85%	6,618
Sullivan	5,855	47.23%	6,420	51.79%	122	0.98%	-565	-4.56%	12,397
Switzerland	2,019	47.32%	2,191	51.35%	57	1.34%	-172	-4.03%	4,267
Tippecanoe	15,888	60.61%	10,229	39.02%	95	0.36%	5,659	21.59%	26,212
Tipton	4,296	54.77%	3,427	43.70%	120	1.53%	869	11.08%	7,843
Union	1,998	63.05%	1,154	36.42%	17	0.54%	844	26.63%	3,169
Vanderburgh	30,684	46.87%	34,440	52.61%	338	0.52%	-3,756	-5.74%	65,462
Vermillion	4,998	50.17%	4,912	49.30%	53	0.53%	86	0.86%	9,963
Vigo	21,493	46.50%	24,649	53.33%	81	0.18%	-3,156	-6.83%	46,223
Wabash	8,357	62.30%	4,665	34.77%	393	2.93%	3,692	27.52%	13,415
Warren	2,870	64.73%	1,555	35.07%	9	0.20%	1,315	29.66%	4,434
Warrick	5,042	55.01%	4,049	44.17%	75	0.82%	993	10.83%	9,166
Washington	4,033	50.32%	3,940	49.16%	42	0.52%	93	1.16%	8,015
Wayne	15,295	54.51%	12,432	44.31%	332	1.18%	2,863	10.20%	28,059
Wells	4,708	50.03%	4,475	47.56%	227	2.41%	233	2.48%	9,410
White	5,039	58.25%	3,570	41.27%	41	0.47%	1,469	16.98%	8,650
Whitley	5,268	55.88%	4,079	43.27%	80	0.85%	1,189	12.61%	9,427
Totals	875,891	52.38%	781,403	46.73%	14,797	0.88%	94,488	5.65%	1,672,091

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

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References

^ "United States Presidential election of 1944 - Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved December 22, 2017.
^ "1944 Election for the Fortieth Term (1945-49)". Retrieved December 22, 2017.
^ "1944 Presidential General Election Results - Indiana". Retrieved December 22, 2017.
^ "The American Presidency Project - Election of 1944". Retrieved December 22, 2017.
^ Scammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964; pp. 143-144 ISBN 0405077114

[1] "United States Presidential election of 1944 - Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved December 22, 2017.

[2] "1944 Election for the Fortieth Term (1945-49)". Retrieved December 22, 2017.

[3] "1944 Presidential General Election Results - Indiana". Retrieved December 22, 2017.

[4] "The American Presidency Project - Election of 1944". Retrieved December 22, 2017.

[5] Scammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964; pp. 143-144 ISBN 0405077114

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