1944 United States presidential election in Utah

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1944 United States presidential election in Utah

November 7, 1944

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 4 0 Popular vote 150,088 97,891 Percentage 60.44% 39.42%

County Results Roosevelt   50–60%   60–70% Dewey   50-60%   60-70%   70-80%

President before election Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic Elected President Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic

The 1944 United States presidential election in Utah took place on November 7, 1944 as part of the 1944 United States presidential election. All contemporary forty-eight states took part, and state voters selected four voters to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

The Democratic Party candidate, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, won the state of Utah with 60.44 percent of the popular vote. The Republican Party candidate, Thomas E. Dewey, garnered 39.42 percent of the popular vote. As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last election in which the following counties voted for a Democratic presidential candidate: Washington, Millard, Box Elder, Cache, and Rich. This is also the last time that a Democrat would carry the state by double-digits.

Results

1944 United States presidential election in Utah
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Democratic	Franklin D. Roosevelt (incumbent)	150,088	60.44%	4
	Republican	Thomas E. Dewey	97,891	39.42%	0
	Socialist	Norman Thomas	340	0.14%	0
Totals			248,319	100.00%	4

Results by county

County	Franklin Delano Roosevelt Democratic		Thomas Edmund Dewey Republican		Norman Thomas Socialist		Margin		Total votes cast
	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%
Beaver	1,128	54.02%	958	45.88%	2	0.10%	170	8.14%	2,088
Box Elder	4,138	57.46%	3,058	42.47%	5	0.07%	1,080	15.00%	7,201
Cache	6,998	58.57%	4,938	41.33%	12	0.10%	2,060	17.24%	11,948
Carbon	5,364	69.70%	2,318	30.12%	14	0.18%	3,046	39.58%	7,696
Daggett	98	56.65%	75	43.35%	0	0.00%	23	13.29%	173
Davis	5,179	58.51%	3,663	41.39%	9	0.10%	1,516	17.13%	8,851
Duchesne	1,629	58.83%	1,140	41.17%	0	0.00%	489	17.66%	2,769
Emery	1,427	59.41%	974	40.55%	1	0.04%	453	18.86%	2,402
Garfield	559	39.87%	842	60.06%	1	0.07%	-283	-20.19%	1,402
Grand	380	46.74%	428	52.64%	5	0.62%	-48	-5.90%	813
Iron	1,677	46.31%	1,930	53.30%	14	0.39%	-253	-6.99%	3,621
Juab	1,483	55.34%	1,192	44.48%	5	0.19%	291	10.86%	2,680
Kane	244	26.93%	662	73.07%	0	0.00%	-418	-46.14%	906
Millard	1,909	50.20%	1,889	49.67%	5	0.13%	20	0.53%	3,803
Morgan	671	55.64%	535	44.36%	0	0.00%	136	11.28%	1,206
Piute	346	47.59%	381	52.41%	0	0.00%	-35	-4.81%	727
Rich	395	50.06%	394	49.94%	0	0.00%	1	0.13%	789
Salt Lake	66,114	62.61%	39,327	37.24%	157	0.15%	26,787	25.37%	105,598
San Juan	367	41.66%	513	58.23%	1	0.11%	-146	-16.57%	881
Sanpete	3,071	49.00%	3,196	51.00%	0	0.00%	-125	-1.99%	6,267
Sevier	2,095	47.13%	2,345	52.76%	5	0.11%	-250	-5.62%	4,445
Summit	1,761	54.32%	1,479	45.62%	2	0.06%	282	8.70%	3,242
Tooele	2,802	61.46%	1,753	38.45%	4	0.09%	1,049	23.01%	4,559
Uintah	1,519	50.63%	1,479	49.30%	2	0.07%	40	1.33%	3,000
Utah	15,722	61.14%	9,946	38.68%	45	0.18%	5,776	22.46%	25,713
Wasatch	1,249	54.09%	1,058	45.82%	2	0.09%	191	8.27%	2,309
Washington	1,694	51.80%	1,575	48.17%	1	0.03%	119	3.64%	3,270
Wayne	430	56.95%	325	43.05%	0	0.00%	105	13.91%	755
Weber	19,639	67.25%	9,518	32.59%	48	0.16%	10,121	34.66%	29,205
Totals	150,088	60.44%	97,891	39.42%	340	0.14%	52,197	21.02%	248,319

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

• Grand
• Piute

See also

• United States presidential elections in Utah