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1944 United States presidential election in Rhode Island

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1944 United States presidential election in Rhode Island

← 1940 November 7, 1944 1948 →
 
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 175,356 123,487
Percentage 58.59% 41.26%


President before election

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democratic

Elected President

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democratic

The 1944 United States presidential election in Rhode Island took place on November 7, 1944, as part of the 1944 United States presidential election. State voters chose four electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.

Rhode Island voted Democratic candidate, incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York, over the Republican candidate, Governor Thomas E. Dewey of New York. Roosevelt ran with Senator Harry S. Truman of Missouri as his running mate, while Dewey ran with Governor John W. Bricker of Ohio as his running mate.

Roosevelt won the state by a margin of 17.33%. Rhode Island was one of six states that became more Democratic compared to 1940, alongside Michigan, Minnesota, New York, North Dakota, and Illinois.

Results

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1944 United States presidential election in Rhode Island[1]
Party Candidate Running mate Popular vote Electoral vote
Count % Count %
Democratic Franklin Delano Roosevelt of New York Harry S. Truman of Missouri 175,356 58.59% 4 100.00%
Republican Thomas Edmund Dewey of New York John William Bricker of Ohio 123,487 41.26% 0 0.00%
Prohibition Claude A. Watson of California Andrew Nathan Johnson of Kentucky 433 0.14% 0 0.00%
Total 299,276 100.00% 4 100.00%

By county

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1944 United States presidential election in Rhode Island (by county) [2]
County Franklin D. Roosevelt

Democratic

Thomas Dewey

Republican

Other candidates

Various parties

Total
% # % # % # #
Bristol 56.0% 6,287 43.8% 4,919 0.1% 16 11,222
Kent 50.5% 14,059 49.3% 13,710 0.2% 57 27,826
Newport 54.6% 11,375 45.3% 9,435 0.1% 21 20,831
Providence 61.1% 137,216 38.8% 87,190 0.1% 321 224,727
Washington 43.8% 6,419 56.1% 8,233 0.1% 18 14,670

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "1944 Presidential General Election Results - Rhode Island". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved December 23, 2013.
  2. ^ "RI.gov: Election Results". www.ri.gov. Retrieved February 15, 2024.