1944 United States presidential election in Idaho
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The 1944 United States presidential election in Idaho took place on November 7, 1944, as part of the 1944 United States presidential election. State voters chose four[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Idaho was won by incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt (D–New York), running with Senator Harry S. Truman, with 51.55% of the popular vote, against Governor Thomas E. Dewey (R–New York), running with Governor John W. Bricker, with 48.07% of the popular vote.[3][4] This constitutes the last occasion when Franklin County has voted for a Democratic presidential candidate.[5]
Results
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Franklin D. Roosevelt (inc.) | 107,399 | 51.55% | |
| Republican | Thomas E. Dewey | 100,137 | 48.07% | |
| Prohibition | Claude A. Watson | 503 | 0.24% | |
| Socialist | Norman Thomas | 282 | 0.14% | |
| Total votes | 208,321 | 100.00% | ||
Results by county
[edit]| County | Franklin Delano Roosevelt Democratic |
Thomas Edmund Dewey Republican |
Claude A. Watson[6] Prohibition |
Norman Mattoon Thomas[6] Socialist |
Margin | Total votes cast[7] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Ada | 10,667 | 44.18% | 13,410 | 55.54% | 41 | 0.17% | 26 | 0.11% | -2,743 | -11.36% | 24,144 |
| Adams | 721 | 52.86% | 642 | 47.07% | 1 | 0.07% | 0 | 0.00% | 79 | 5.79% | 1,364 |
| Bannock | 9,681 | 64.09% | 5,413 | 35.84% | 5 | 0.03% | 6 | 0.04% | 4,268 | 28.26% | 15,105 |
| Bear Lake | 1,732 | 51.75% | 1,613 | 48.19% | 2 | 0.06% | 0 | 0.00% | 119 | 3.56% | 3,347 |
| Benewah | 1,446 | 54.71% | 1,173 | 44.38% | 12 | 0.45% | 12 | 0.45% | 273 | 10.33% | 2,643 |
| Bingham | 3,428 | 51.49% | 3,223 | 48.41% | 4 | 0.06% | 3 | 0.05% | 205 | 3.08% | 6,658 |
| Blaine | 1,037 | 54.12% | 874 | 45.62% | 1 | 0.05% | 4 | 0.21% | 163 | 8.51% | 1,916 |
| Boise | 564 | 54.70% | 464 | 45.00% | 1 | 0.10% | 2 | 0.19% | 100 | 9.70% | 1,031 |
| Bonner | 3,116 | 51.39% | 2,924 | 48.23% | 10 | 0.16% | 13 | 0.21% | 192 | 3.17% | 6,063 |
| Bonneville | 4,935 | 54.84% | 4,048 | 44.98% | 6 | 0.07% | 10 | 0.11% | 887 | 9.86% | 8,999 |
| Boundary | 1,053 | 48.75% | 1,064 | 49.26% | 5 | 0.23% | 38 | 1.76% | -11 | -0.51% | 2,160 |
| Butte | 416 | 49.00% | 431 | 50.77% | 2 | 0.24% | 0 | 0.00% | -15 | -1.77% | 849 |
| Camas | 317 | 51.29% | 301 | 48.71% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 16 | 2.59% | 618 |
| Canyon | 7,306 | 43.59% | 9,215 | 54.98% | 208 | 1.24% | 33 | 0.20% | -1,909 | -11.39% | 16,762 |
| Caribou | 516 | 52.76% | 462 | 47.24% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 54 | 5.52% | 978 |
| Cassia | 2,325 | 47.49% | 2,563 | 52.35% | 5 | 0.10% | 3 | 0.06% | -238 | -4.86% | 4,896 |
| Clark | 180 | 36.07% | 317 | 63.53% | 2 | 0.40% | 0 | 0.00% | -137 | -27.45% | 499 |
| Clearwater | 1,744 | 66.41% | 865 | 32.94% | 8 | 0.30% | 9 | 0.34% | 879 | 33.47% | 2,626 |
| Custer | 613 | 52.04% | 565 | 47.96% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 48 | 4.07% | 1,178 |
| Elmore | 1,627 | 61.00% | 1,030 | 38.62% | 7 | 0.26% | 3 | 0.11% | 597 | 22.38% | 2,667 |
| Franklin | 1,971 | 50.22% | 1,950 | 49.68% | 4 | 0.10% | 0 | 0.00% | 21 | 0.54% | 3,925 |
| Fremont | 2,116 | 54.66% | 1,755 | 45.34% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 361 | 9.33% | 3,871 |
| Gem | 1,866 | 57.15% | 1,363 | 41.75% | 36 | 1.10% | 0 | 0.00% | 503 | 15.41% | 3,265 |
| Gooding | 1,659 | 44.64% | 2,049 | 55.14% | 6 | 0.16% | 2 | 0.05% | -390 | -10.50% | 3,716 |
| Idaho | 2,071 | 50.97% | 1,977 | 48.66% | 10 | 0.25% | 5 | 0.12% | 94 | 2.31% | 4,063 |
| Jefferson | 2,198 | 59.97% | 1,458 | 39.78% | 7 | 0.19% | 2 | 0.05% | 740 | 20.19% | 3,665 |
| Jerome | 1,741 | 44.66% | 2,157 | 55.34% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | -416 | -10.67% | 3,898 |
| Kootenai | 5,792 | 56.66% | 4,388 | 42.93% | 17 | 0.17% | 25 | 0.24% | 1,404 | 13.74% | 10,222 |
| Latah | 3,514 | 49.61% | 3,526 | 49.78% | 32 | 0.45% | 11 | 0.16% | -12 | -0.17% | 7,083 |
| Lemhi | 988 | 48.43% | 1,048 | 51.37% | 2 | 0.10% | 2 | 0.10% | -60 | -2.94% | 2,040 |
| Lewis | 1,222 | 67.48% | 589 | 32.52% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 633 | 34.95% | 1,811 |
| Lincoln | 784 | 45.58% | 934 | 54.30% | 2 | 0.12% | 0 | 0.00% | -150 | -8.72% | 1,720 |
| Madison | 1,927 | 55.73% | 1,527 | 44.16% | 3 | 0.09% | 1 | 0.03% | 400 | 11.57% | 3,458 |
| Minidoka | 1,635 | 47.75% | 1,781 | 52.02% | 6 | 0.18% | 2 | 0.06% | -146 | -4.26% | 3,424 |
| Nez Perce | 5,453 | 63.05% | 3,159 | 36.52% | 8 | 0.09% | 29 | 0.34% | 2,294 | 26.52% | 8,649 |
| Oneida | 1,227 | 56.73% | 935 | 43.23% | 1 | 0.05% | 0 | 0.00% | 292 | 13.50% | 2,163 |
| Owyhee | 824 | 45.30% | 983 | 54.04% | 1 | 0.05% | 11 | 0.60% | -159 | -8.74% | 1,819 |
| Payette | 1,382 | 35.57% | 2,485 | 63.96% | 13 | 0.33% | 5 | 0.13% | -1,103 | -28.39% | 3,885 |
| Power | 801 | 47.23% | 895 | 52.77% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | -94 | -5.54% | 1,696 |
| Shoshone | 5,290 | 62.51% | 3,162 | 37.36% | 1 | 0.01% | 10 | 0.12% | 2,128 | 25.14% | 8,463 |
| Teton | 641 | 53.73% | 552 | 46.27% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 89 | 7.46% | 1,193 |
| Twin Falls | 6,128 | 43.41% | 7,946 | 56.29% | 36 | 0.26% | 6 | 0.04% | -1,818 | -12.88% | 14,116 |
| Valley | 896 | 49.26% | 919 | 50.52% | 1 | 0.05% | 3 | 0.16% | -23 | -1.26% | 1,819 |
| Washington | 1,849 | 47.98% | 2,002 | 51.95% | 2 | 0.05% | 1 | 0.03% | -153 | -3.97% | 3,854 |
| Totals | 107,399 | 51.55% | 100,137 | 48.07% | 503 | 0.24% | 282 | 0.14% | 7,262 | 3.49% | 208,321 |
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "United States Presidential election of 1944 - Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved December 26, 2017.
- ^ "1944 Election for the Fortieth Term (1945-49)". Retrieved December 26, 2017.
- ^ "1944 Presidential General Election Results - Idaho". Retrieved December 26, 2017.
- ^ "The American Presidency Project - Election of 1944". Retrieved December 26, 2017.
- ^ Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
- ^ a b Our Campaigns; ID US President November 07, 1944
- ^ Scammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964; p. 120 ISBN 0405077114
