United States presidential election in Pennsylvania, 1944

United States presidential election in Pennsylvania, 1944
Pennsylvania
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 35 0
Popular vote 1,940,479 1,835,054
Percentage 51.14% 48.36%

County results

President before election

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democratic

Elected President

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democratic

The 1944 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania took place on November 7, 1944 throughout the contiguous 48 states. Voters chose 35 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President.

Pennsylvania voted to give Democratic nominee, President Franklin D. Roosevelt a record fourth term, over the Republican nominee, New York Governor Thomas E. Dewey. Roosevelt won Pennsylvania by a slim margin of 2.78%.

Results

United States presidential [1]
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Democratic Franklin D. Roosevelt 1,940,479 51.14% 35
Republican Thomas E. Dewey 1,835,054 48.36% 0
Socialist Norman Thomas 11,721 0.31% 0
Prohibition Claude Watson 5,750 0.15% 0
Industrial Government Edward Teichert 1,789 0.05% 0

References

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