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Election 1944 Results

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1944 Florida governor election

Millard F. Caldwell (Democrat) beat Bert L. Acker (Republican) in Florida in 1944, 78.9% to 21.1%, a margin of 57.9 points and 264,756 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 1940, when Spessard Holland won.

Democrats led in 67 of the 67 counties as they stood then. The largest, Dade, cast 87,500 votes and went to the Democrat by 45.2 points. The closest was Glades, where 358 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Governor

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Millard F. Caldwell won Democratic 361,077 78.9%
Bert L. Acker Republican 96,321 21.1%
Total457,398

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Dade 63,544 72.6% 23,956 27.4% 87,500 D+45.2
Duval 39,048 86.1% 6,328 13.9% 45,376 D+72.1
Hillsborough 31,184 83.7% 6,052 16.3% 37,236 D+67.5
Pinellas 21,231 65.0% 11,447 35.0% 32,678 D+29.9
Orange 13,790 69.1% 6,173 30.9% 19,963 D+38.2
Escambia 16,580 89.0% 2,055 11.0% 18,635 D+77.9
Palm Beach 11,778 66.9% 5,837 33.1% 17,615 D+33.7
Polk 14,348 82.4% 3,065 17.6% 17,413 D+64.8
Volusia 8,860 64.5% 4,870 35.5% 13,730 D+29.1
Broward 7,758 68.7% 3,528 31.3% 11,286 D+37.5
Bay 6,677 90.3% 718 9.7% 7,395 D+80.6
Alachua 6,262 89.2% 758 10.8% 7,020 D+78.4
Marion 5,937 85.4% 1,017 14.6% 6,954 D+70.8
Lake 4,941 73.2% 1,806 26.8% 6,747 D+46.5
Manatee 4,940 76.9% 1,487 23.1% 6,427 D+53.7
Sarasota 3,824 73.2% 1,401 26.8% 5,225 D+46.4
Jackson 4,593 89.8% 519 10.2% 5,112 D+79.7
Leon 4,708 93.4% 330 6.6% 5,038 D+86.9
St. Johns 4,065 80.8% 963 19.2% 5,028 D+61.7
Lee 3,840 76.6% 1,171 23.4% 5,011 D+53.3
Seminole 3,409 81.7% 765 18.3% 4,174 D+63.3
Brevard 3,179 76.9% 955 23.1% 4,134 D+53.8
Putnam 3,375 87.0% 503 13.0% 3,878 D+74.1
Okaloosa 3,545 92.7% 281 7.3% 3,826 D+85.3
Pasco 3,015 79.7% 769 20.3% 3,784 D+59.4
Monroe 3,481 92.2% 293 7.8% 3,774 D+84.5
Santa Rosa 2,637 82.0% 577 18.0% 3,214 D+64.1
Holmes 2,748 86.0% 447 14.0% 3,195 D+72.0
Osceola 1,924 60.7% 1,244 39.3% 3,168 D+21.5
Walton 2,710 86.6% 420 13.4% 3,130 D+73.2
St. Lucie 2,311 79.4% 598 20.6% 2,909 D+58.9
Highlands 2,360 81.2% 547 18.8% 2,907 D+62.4
Suwannee 2,617 93.8% 173 6.2% 2,790 D+87.6
Columbia 2,484 91.2% 239 8.8% 2,723 D+82.4
Gadsden 2,623 96.7% 90 3.3% 2,713 D+93.4
Hardee 2,178 82.7% 456 17.3% 2,634 D+65.4
Levy 2,171 95.5% 102 4.5% 2,273 D+91.0
Sumter 1,995 89.9% 224 10.1% 2,219 D+79.8
Madison 1,989 93.0% 150 7.0% 2,139 D+86.0
Bradford 1,853 87.2% 272 12.8% 2,125 D+74.4
De Soto 1,815 86.2% 290 13.8% 2,105 D+72.4
Washington 1,715 86.6% 266 13.4% 1,981 D+73.1
Indian River 1,528 78.8% 411 21.2% 1,939 D+57.6
Nassau 1,743 90.3% 188 9.7% 1,931 D+80.5
Taylor 1,741 95.8% 76 4.2% 1,817 D+91.6
Clay 1,362 81.2% 315 18.8% 1,677 D+62.4
Calhoun 1,555 94.2% 95 5.8% 1,650 D+88.5
Citrus 1,355 89.3% 163 10.7% 1,518 D+78.5
Martin 1,082 77.6% 313 22.4% 1,395 D+55.1
Hamilton 1,237 90.0% 137 10.0% 1,374 D+80.1
Hernando 1,116 81.4% 255 18.6% 1,371 D+62.8
Gulf 1,295 96.8% 43 3.2% 1,338 D+93.6
Hendry 1,103 88.0% 150 12.0% 1,253 D+76.1
Franklin 1,172 96.8% 39 3.2% 1,211 D+93.6
Baker 1,128 93.2% 82 6.8% 1,210 D+86.4
Jefferson 1,094 93.8% 72 6.2% 1,166 D+87.7
Charlotte 881 76.6% 269 23.4% 1,150 D+53.2
Wakulla 1,051 96.6% 37 3.4% 1,088 D+93.2
Dixie 1,027 95.8% 45 4.2% 1,072 D+91.6
Union 917 95.1% 47 4.9% 964 D+90.2
Lafayette 858 93.1% 64 6.9% 922 D+86.1
Gilchrist 867 94.8% 48 5.2% 915 D+89.5
Okeechobee 758 90.0% 84 10.0% 842 D+80.0
Collier 740 89.5% 87 10.5% 827 D+79.0
Liberty 572 95.3% 28 4.7% 600 D+90.7
Flagler 432 86.4% 68 13.6% 500 D+72.8
Glades 421 87.0% 63 13.0% 484 D+74.0

Counties as they stood in 1944; some have since been split, merged or renamed. Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

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2018 Ron Desantis (R) R+0.4
2014 Rick Scott (R) R+1.1
2010 Rick Scott (R) R+1.1
2006 Charlie Crist (R) R+7.1
2002 Jeb Bush (R) R+12.8
1998 Jeb Bush (R) R+10.5
1994 Lawton Chiles (D) D+1.5
1990 Lawton Chiles (D) D+13.0
1986 Bob Martinez (R) R+9.1
1982 Bob Graham (D) D+29.4
1978 Bob Graham (D) D+11.2
1974 Reubin Askew (D) D+22.4
1970 Reubin Askew (D) D+13.8
1966 Claude Roy Kirk (R) R+10.3
1964 Haydon Burns (D) D+14.9
1960 Farris Bryant (D) D+19.7
1956 LeRoy Collins (D) D+47.4
1954 LeRoy Collins (D) D+60.9
1952 Daniel T. McCarty (D) D+49.7
1948 Fuller Warren (D) D+66.7
1944 Millard F. Caldwell (D) D+57.9
1940 Spessard Holland (D) D+100.0
1936 Fred P. Cone (D) D+61.8
1932 David Sholtz (D) D+33.2
1928 Doyle E. Carlton (D) D+21.9
1924 John W. Martin (D) D+65.6
1920 Cary A. Hardee (D) D+60.0
1916 Sidney J. Catts (other)
1912 Park Trammell (D) D+75.0
1908 Albert W. Gilchrist (D) D+63.4
1904 Napoleon B. Broward (D) D+61.8
1900 William Sherman Jennings (D) D+63.7
1896 William D. Bloxham (D) D+46.2
1892 Henry L. Mitchell (D) D+78.7
1888 Francis P. Fleming (D) D+20.7
1884 Edward A. Perry (D) D+7.1
1880 William D. Bloxham (D) D+9.8
1876 George F. Drew (D) D+1.0
1872 Ossian B. Hart (R) R+52.4
1868 Harrison Reed (R) R+27.4
1865 David S. Walker (D) D+100.0