1944_United_States_presidential_election_in_California
The 1944 United States presidential election in California took place on November 7, 1944, as part of the 1944 United States presidential election. State voters chose 25 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. California voted for the Democratic incumbent, Franklin Roosevelt, in a landslide over the Republican challenger, New York Governor Thomas E. Dewey.
Main article: 1944 United States presidential election
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| Turnout | 86.13% (of registered voters)  4.69 pp 65.72% (of eligible voters)  12.6 pp[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Democrats would not win San Diego County again until 1992.
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| 1944 United States presidential election in California[2] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Democratic | Franklin D. Roosevelt (incumbent) | 1,988,564 | 56.48% | 25 | |
| Republican | Thomas E. Dewey | 1,512,965 | 42.97% | 0 | |
| Prohibition | Claude A. Watson | 14,770 | 0.42% | 0 | |
| No party | Norman Thomas (write-in) | 2,515 | 0.07% | 0 | |
| No party | Write-ins | 1,881 | 0.05% | 0 | |
| No party | Edward A. Teichert (write-in) | 180 | 0.01% | 0 | |
| Invalid or blank votes | — | ||||
| Totals | 3,520,875 | 100.00% | 25 | ||
| Voter turnout | — | ||||
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Results by county
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| County | Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Democratic |
Thomas Edmund Dewey
Republican |
Various candidatesOther parties | |||
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| # | % | # | % | Others | Votes | |
| Solano | 24,335 | 69.93% | 10,361 | 29.77% | 105 | 0.30% |
| Plumas | 2,625 | 69.83% | 1,126 | 29.95% | 8 | 0.21% |
| Sacramento | 49,204 | 66.30% | 24,611 | 33.16% | 403 | 0.54% |
| Lassen | 3,678 | 65.81% | 1,896 | 33.92% | 15 | 0.27% |
| Kings | 6,591 | 65.04% | 3,468 | 34.22% | 75 | 0.74% |
| Contra Costa | 47,831 | 63.96% | 26,816 | 35.86% | 138 | 0.18% |
| Fresno | 40,769 | 63.84% | 22,668 | 35.50% | 425 | 0.67% |
| Placer | 7,149 | 62.66% | 4,196 | 36.78% | 64 | 0.56% |
| Amador | 1,976 | 61.69% | 1,191 | 37.18% | 36 | 1.12% |
| San Francisco | 208,609 | 60.51% | 134,163 | 38.92% | 1,959 | 0.57% |
| El Dorado | 3,016 | 59.95% | 1,990 | 39.55% | 25 | 0.50% |
| Sierra | 662 | 59.64% | 443 | 39.91% | 5 | 0.45% |
| Madera | 4,276 | 59.47% | 2,865 | 39.85% | 49 | 0.68% |
| Ventura | 16,342 | 59.33% | 11,071 | 40.19% | 131 | 0.48% |
| Shasta | 5,798 | 58.90% | 4,023 | 40.87% | 22 | 0.22% |
| Merced | 9,192 | 58.25% | 6,518 | 41.31% | 69 | 0.44% |
| Yolo | 5,837 | 57.70% | 4,233 | 41.84% | 46 | 0.45% |
| Alameda | 169,631 | 57.70% | 122,982 | 41.83% | 1,374 | 0.47% |
| Yuba | 3,254 | 57.63% | 2,379 | 42.14% | 13 | 0.23% |
| Tuolumne | 2,566 | 57.51% | 1,864 | 41.77% | 32 | 0.72% |
| Trinity | 770 | 57.33% | 567 | 42.22% | 6 | 0.45% |
| Siskiyou | 5,914 | 57.29% | 4,351 | 42.15% | 58 | 0.56% |
| Humboldt | 12,083 | 56.83% | 9,127 | 42.93% | 50 | 0.24% |
| Colusa | 2,090 | 56.81% | 1,579 | 42.92% | 10 | 0.27% |
| Los Angeles | 886,252 | 56.75% | 666,441 | 42.68% | 8,871 | 0.57% |
| Calaveras | 1,893 | 56.19% | 1,455 | 43.19% | 21 | 0.62% |
| Kern | 26,205 | 55.56% | 20,730 | 43.96% | 226 | 0.48% |
| Mariposa | 1,203 | 55.06% | 965 | 44.16% | 17 | 0.78% |
| Nevada | 3,266 | 54.79% | 2,648 | 44.42% | 47 | 0.79% |
| Modoc | 1,540 | 54.28% | 1,288 | 45.40% | 9 | 0.32% |
| San Diego | 89,959 | 53.94% | 75,746 | 45.42% | 1,059 | 0.64% |
| Mendocino | 5,452 | 53.75% | 4,655 | 45.89% | 36 | 0.35% |
| Monterey | 14,342 | 53.66% | 12,246 | 45.82% | 140 | 0.52% |
| Santa Barbara | 15,721 | 53.37% | 13,647 | 46.33% | 89 | 0.30% |
| San Bernardino | 38,530 | 52.59% | 34,084 | 46.52% | 646 | 0.88% |
| Butte | 8,811 | 52.55% | 7,852 | 46.83% | 105 | 0.63% |
| San Joaquin | 27,074 | 52.48% | 24,357 | 47.21% | 157 | 0.30% |
| Santa Clara | 43,869 | 52.36% | 39,409 | 47.04% | 499 | 0.60% |
| Marin | 14,516 | 52.04% | 13,304 | 47.69% | 76 | 0.27% |
| Napa | 7,748 | 51.87% | 7,092 | 47.48% | 96 | 0.64% |
| Tehama | 3,130 | 51.53% | 2,903 | 47.79% | 41 | 0.68% |
| Stanislaus | 15,537 | 51.33% | 14,297 | 47.23% | 437 | 1.44% |
| San Luis Obispo | 8,068 | 50.63% | 7,793 | 48.90% | 75 | 0.47% |
| San Mateo | 34,594 | 50.62% | 33,590 | 49.15% | 158 | 0.23% |
| Glenn | 2,452 | 50.20% | 2,409 | 49.32% | 23 | 0.47% |
| Tulare | 16,221 | 49.97% | 16,005 | 49.30% | 238 | 0.73% |
| Sutter | 3,083 | 49.54% | 3,111 | 49.99% | 29 | 0.47% |
| Sonoma | 15,949 | 49.27% | 16,309 | 50.38% | 111 | 0.34% |
| Inyo | 1,647 | 49.09% | 1,699 | 50.64% | 9 | 0.27% |
| San Benito | 1,998 | 46.82% | 2,253 | 52.80% | 16 | 0.37% |
| Imperial | 5,085 | 45.76% | 5,979 | 53.81% | 48 | 0.43% |
| Santa Cruz | 9,357 | 45.34% | 11,102 | 53.80% | 178 | 0.86% |
| Riverside | 19,439 | 45.26% | 23,168 | 53.94% | 346 | 0.81% |
| Del Norte | 818 | 44.70% | 1,011 | 55.25% | 1 | 0.05% |
| Lake | 1,671 | 44.61% | 2,059 | 54.97% | 16 | 0.43% |
| Orange | 28,649 | 42.47% | 38,394 | 56.92% | 407 | 0.60% |
| Mono | 242 | 38.97% | 378 | 60.87% | 1 | 0.16% |
| Alpine | 45 | 31.47% | 98 | 68.53% | 0 | 0.00% |
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- "Historical Voter Registration and Participation in Statewide General Elections 1910–2018" (PDF). California Secretary of State. Retrieved May 5, 2022.
- "1944 Presidential General Election Results - California". Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved August 25, 2008.