Election 1944 Results
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1944 presidential election in Arkansas
Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democrat) beat Thomas E. Dewey (Republican) in Arkansas in 1944, 70.0% to 29.8%, a margin of 40.1 points and 85,414 votes.
Arkansas voted 32.6 points more Democratic than the country as a whole, where the margin was D+7.5.
The Democratic hold continued from 1940, when Franklin D. Roosevelt also won.
Democrats led in 71 of the 75 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 4. The largest, Pulaski, cast 22,589 votes and went to the Democrat by 46.0 points. The closest was Washington, where 5 votes separated the two parties.
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.
Result
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin D. Roosevelt won | Democratic | 148,965 | 70.0% |
| Thomas E. Dewey | Republican | 63,551 | 29.8% |
| All other candidates | 438 | 0.2% | |
| Total | 212,954 |
Every county
| County | Democrat | Republican | Others | Total | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulaski | 16,470 72.9% | 6,069 26.9% | 50 | 22,589 | D+46.0 |
| Sebastian | 6,008 63.5% | 3,452 36.5% | 7 | 9,467 | D+27.0 |
| Washington | 3,089 49.8% | 3,084 49.7% | 28 | 6,201 | D+0.1 |
| Benton | 2,861 46.3% | 3,305 53.5% | 9 | 6,175 | R+7.2 |
| Jefferson | 4,095 72.1% | 1,578 27.8% | 3 | 5,676 | D+44.3 |
| Garland | 3,596 63.4% | 2,069 36.5% | 4 | 5,669 | D+26.9 |
| Union | 4,624 84.7% | 833 15.3% | 2 | 5,459 | D+69.4 |
| Mississippi | 3,938 75.2% | 1,292 24.7% | 5 | 5,235 | D+50.5 |
| Craighead | 3,582 70.6% | 1,474 29.1% | 18 | 5,074 | D+41.5 |
| Madison | 1,788 45.7% | 2,125 54.3% | 3,913 | R+8.6 | |
| White | 2,532 65.3% | 1,346 34.7% | 3,878 | D+30.6 | |
| Miller | 2,873 74.6% | 972 25.2% | 6 | 3,851 | D+49.4 |
| Ouachita | 3,154 86.9% | 473 13.0% | 1 | 3,628 | D+73.9 |
| Logan | 2,269 63.8% | 1,279 36.0% | 7 | 3,555 | D+27.8 |
| Greene | 2,565 73.3% | 928 26.5% | 8 | 3,501 | D+46.8 |
| Boone | 2,132 61.2% | 1,349 38.8% | 3,481 | D+22.5 | |
| Clay | 1,934 57.5% | 1,422 42.3% | 5 | 3,361 | D+15.2 |
| Faulkner | 2,332 72.0% | 897 27.7% | 10 | 3,239 | D+44.3 |
| Saline | 2,556 79.5% | 643 20.0% | 18 | 3,217 | D+59.5 |
| Independence | 1,779 59.7% | 1,192 40.0% | 9 | 2,980 | D+19.7 |
| Crawford | 1,702 59.5% | 1,141 39.9% | 19 | 2,862 | D+19.6 |
| Pope | 2,048 71.6% | 805 28.1% | 8 | 2,861 | D+43.4 |
| Poinsett | 2,506 88.9% | 311 11.0% | 1 | 2,818 | D+77.9 |
| Hempstead | 2,157 77.3% | 624 22.4% | 8 | 2,789 | D+55.0 |
| Lonoke | 2,064 74.7% | 697 25.2% | 2 | 2,763 | D+49.5 |
| Arkansas | 1,711 62.2% | 1,031 37.5% | 9 | 2,751 | D+24.7 |
| Lawrence | 1,810 66.1% | 927 33.8% | 3 | 2,740 | D+32.2 |
| Jackson | 2,318 84.8% | 414 15.2% | 2,732 | D+69.7 | |
| Carroll | 1,464 55.5% | 1,176 44.5% | 2,640 | D+10.9 | |
| Clark | 1,981 75.6% | 637 24.3% | 3 | 2,621 | D+51.3 |
| Phillips | 2,046 80.3% | 501 19.7% | 1 | 2,548 | D+60.6 |
| Columbia | 2,145 84.3% | 394 15.5% | 4 | 2,543 | D+68.9 |
| Hot Spring | 1,646 65.6% | 853 34.0% | 11 | 2,510 | D+31.6 |
| Ashley | 2,169 88.2% | 285 11.6% | 6 | 2,460 | D+76.6 |
| Searcy | 891 38.6% | 1,409 61.1% | 7 | 2,307 | R+22.5 |
| Conway | 1,579 71.1% | 639 28.8% | 3 | 2,221 | D+42.3 |
| Cross | 1,724 79.0% | 452 20.7% | 6 | 2,182 | D+58.3 |
| Yell | 1,642 77.0% | 489 22.9% | 1 | 2,132 | D+54.1 |
| Howard | 1,538 72.6% | 576 27.2% | 4 | 2,118 | D+45.4 |
| St. Francis | 1,654 78.5% | 446 21.2% | 8 | 2,108 | D+57.3 |
| Randolph | 1,514 73.9% | 529 25.8% | 6 | 2,049 | D+48.1 |
| Crittenden | 1,548 80.6% | 372 19.4% | 1,920 | D+61.3 | |
| Johnson | 1,311 68.6% | 593 31.0% | 7 | 1,911 | D+37.6 |
| Sharp | 1,217 64.3% | 664 35.1% | 12 | 1,893 | D+29.2 |
| Bradley | 1,710 91.1% | 162 8.6% | 5 | 1,877 | D+82.5 |
| Chicot | 1,552 85.0% | 270 14.8% | 4 | 1,826 | D+70.2 |
| Polk | 999 56.3% | 764 43.1% | 10 | 1,773 | D+13.3 |
| Nevada | 1,353 76.4% | 415 23.4% | 3 | 1,771 | D+53.0 |
| Van Buren | 1,090 62.4% | 655 37.5% | 2 | 1,747 | D+24.9 |
| Sevier | 1,356 77.7% | 389 22.3% | 1 | 1,746 | D+55.4 |
| Drew | 1,370 81.0% | 320 18.9% | 1 | 1,691 | D+62.1 |
| Woodruff | 1,377 82.9% | 279 16.8% | 6 | 1,662 | D+66.1 |
| Newton | 710 43.0% | 934 56.6% | 6 | 1,650 | R+13.6 |
| Franklin | 1,188 72.1% | 457 27.7% | 2 | 1,647 | D+44.4 |
| Monroe | 1,311 81.6% | 291 18.1% | 4 | 1,606 | D+63.5 |
| Prairie | 1,117 70.5% | 465 29.3% | 3 | 1,585 | D+41.1 |
| Dallas | 1,238 82.1% | 266 17.7% | 3 | 1,507 | D+64.5 |
| Cleburne | 839 58.4% | 582 40.5% | 16 | 1,437 | D+17.9 |
| Grant | 1,088 76.5% | 334 23.5% | 1,422 | D+53.0 | |
| Lee | 1,118 80.1% | 275 19.7% | 3 | 1,396 | D+60.4 |
| Baxter | 796 58.0% | 572 41.7% | 4 | 1,372 | D+16.3 |
| Desha | 1,175 86.3% | 186 13.7% | 1 | 1,362 | D+72.6 |
| Lafayette | 1,150 86.7% | 177 13.3% | 1,327 | D+73.3 | |
| Pike | 877 67.9% | 405 31.3% | 10 | 1,292 | D+36.5 |
| Little River | 961 74.6% | 326 25.3% | 2 | 1,289 | D+49.3 |
| Marion | 842 66.4% | 414 32.6% | 12 | 1,268 | D+33.8 |
| Izard | 853 67.8% | 402 31.9% | 4 | 1,259 | D+35.8 |
| Scott | 898 72.1% | 348 27.9% | 1,246 | D+44.1 | |
| Fulton | 660 55.6% | 525 44.2% | 2 | 1,187 | D+11.4 |
| Lincoln | 1,034 88.0% | 141 12.0% | 1,175 | D+76.0 | |
| Stone | 592 51.3% | 549 47.6% | 13 | 1,154 | D+3.7 |
| Cleveland | 960 86.5% | 150 13.5% | 1,110 | D+73.0 | |
| Calhoun | 906 88.1% | 122 11.9% | 1,028 | D+76.3 | |
| Perry | 710 71.4% | 285 28.6% | 995 | D+42.7 | |
| Montgomery | 573 62.0% | 349 37.8% | 2 | 924 | D+24.2 |
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.
Arkansas in every presidential election we hold
| Year | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Donald Trump (R) | R+30.6 |
| 2020 | Donald Trump (R) | R+27.6 |
| 2016 | Donald Trump (R) | R+26.9 |
| 2012 | Mitt Romney (R) | R+23.7 |
| 2008 | John McCain (R) | R+19.9 |
| 2004 | George W. Bush (R) | R+9.8 |
| 2000 | George W. Bush (R) | R+5.4 |
| 1996 | Bill Clinton (D) | D+16.9 |
| 1992 | Bill Clinton (D) | D+17.7 |
| 1988 | George H. W. Bush (R) | R+14.2 |
| 1984 | Ronald Reagan (R) | R+22.2 |
| 1980 | Ronald Reagan (R) | R+0.6 |
| 1976 | Jimmy Carter (D) | D+30.1 |
| 1972 | Richard Nixon (R) | R+38.1 |
| 1968 | George Wallace (other) | |
| 1964 | Lyndon B. Johnson (D) | D+12.7 |
| 1960 | John F. Kennedy (D) | D+7.1 |
| 1956 | Adlai Stevenson II (D) | D+6.6 |
| 1952 | Adlai Stevenson II (D) | D+12.1 |
| 1948 | Harry S. Truman (D) | D+40.7 |
| 1944 | Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) | D+40.1 |
| 1940 | Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) | D+58.0 |
| 1936 | Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) | D+63.9 |
| 1932 | Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) | D+73.1 |
| 1928 | Al Smith (D) | D+20.9 |
| 1924 | John W. Davis (D) | D+31.9 |
| 1920 | James M. Cox (D) | D+19.8 |
| 1916 | Woodrow Wilson (D) | D+37.2 |
| 1912 | Woodrow Wilson (D) | D+34.6 |
| 1908 | William Jennings Bryan (D) | D+20.0 |
| 1904 | Alton B. Parker (D) | D+15.2 |
| 1900 | William Jennings Bryan (D) | D+28.5 |
| 1896 | William Jennings Bryan (D) | D+48.6 |
| 1892 | Grover Cleveland (D) | D+27.5 |
| 1888 | Grover Cleveland (D) | D+16.8 |
| 1884 | Grover Cleveland (D) | D+17.1 |
| 1880 | Winfield Scott Hancock (D) | D+17.1 |
| 1876 | Samuel J. Tilden (D) | D+20.0 |
| 1872 | Ulysses S. Grant (R) | R+4.3 |
| 1868 | Ulysses S. Grant (R) | R+7.4 |