Election 1944 Results
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1944 presidential election in Georgia
Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democrat) beat Thomas E. Dewey (Republican) in Georgia in 1944, 81.7% to 18.3%, a margin of 63.5 points and 208,307 votes.
Georgia voted 56.0 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 157 of the 159 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 2. The largest, Fulton, cast 44,848 votes and went to the Democrat by 65.7 points. The closest was Pickens, where 15 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 | 268,187 | 81.7% |
| Thomas E. Dewey | Republican | 59,880 | 18.3% |
| All other candidates | 42 | 0.0% | |
| Total | 328,109 |
Every county
| County | Democrat | Republican | Others | Total | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fulton | 37,161 82.9% | 7,687 17.1% | 44,848 | D+65.7 | |
| Dekalb | 12,069 82.5% | 2,556 17.5% | 14,625 | D+65.0 | |
| Chatham | 8,725 80.9% | 2,058 19.1% | 10,783 | D+61.8 | |
| Richmond | 6,918 85.7% | 1,152 14.3% | 8,070 | D+71.4 | |
| Muscogee | 6,498 82.9% | 1,344 17.1% | 7,842 | D+65.7 | |
| Bibb | 5,352 74.0% | 1,884 26.0% | 7,236 | D+47.9 | |
| Cobb | 5,000 78.8% | 1,349 21.2% | 6,349 | D+57.5 | |
| Floyd | 4,764 80.9% | 1,123 19.1% | 5,887 | D+61.8 | |
| Gwinnett | 3,339 82.4% | 713 17.6% | 4,052 | D+64.8 | |
| Carroll | 3,331 82.6% | 704 17.4% | 4,035 | D+65.1 | |
| Hall | 3,066 79.4% | 797 20.6% | 3,863 | D+58.7 | |
| Whitfield | 2,827 73.3% | 1,032 26.7% | 3,859 | D+46.5 | |
| Troup | 3,233 90.4% | 342 9.6% | 3,575 | D+80.9 | |
| Dougherty | 3,199 90.4% | 338 9.6% | 3,537 | D+80.9 | |
| Walker | 2,753 78.2% | 766 21.8% | 3,519 | D+56.5 | |
| Clarke | 3,112 91.9% | 274 8.1% | 3,386 | D+83.8 | |
| Fannin | 1,298 39.6% | 1,980 60.4% | 3,278 | R+20.8 | |
| Polk | 2,698 85.4% | 463 14.6% | 3,161 | D+70.7 | |
| Laurens | 2,544 83.6% | 498 16.4% | 3,042 | D+67.3 | |
| Spalding | 2,805 92.8% | 218 7.2% | 3,023 | D+85.6 | |
| Colquitt | 2,308 76.8% | 696 23.2% | 3,004 | D+53.7 | |
| Chattooga | 2,495 89.7% | 287 10.3% | 2,782 | D+79.4 | |
| Coweta | 2,649 95.3% | 130 4.7% | 2,779 | D+90.6 | |
| Ware | 2,306 83.3% | 461 16.7% | 2,767 | D+66.7 | |
| Upson | 2,362 90.7% | 243 9.3% | 2,605 | D+81.3 | |
| Lowndes | 2,092 83.9% | 401 16.1% | 2,493 | D+67.8 | |
| Bartow | 1,915 79.1% | 506 20.9% | 2,421 | D+58.2 | |
| Cherokee | 1,348 56.0% | 1,059 44.0% | 2,407 | D+12.0 | |
| Mitchell | 2,179 90.6% | 226 9.4% | 2,405 | D+81.2 | |
| Glynn | 1,995 83.8% | 385 16.2% | 2,380 | D+67.6 | |
| Meriwether | 2,187 92.0% | 189 8.0% | 2,376 | D+84.1 | |
| Habersham | 1,842 78.5% | 504 21.5% | 2,346 | D+57.0 | |
| Thomas | 1,747 75.8% | 558 24.2% | 2,305 | D+51.6 | |
| Walton | 2,046 92.2% | 172 7.8% | 2,218 | D+84.5 | |
| Bulloch | 1,921 87.5% | 274 12.5% | 2,195 | D+75.0 | |
| Haralson | 1,248 57.8% | 911 42.2% | 2,159 | D+15.6 | |
| Newton | 2,022 94.3% | 123 5.7% | 2,145 | D+88.5 | |
| Paulding | 1,355 63.5% | 778 36.5% | 2,133 | D+27.1 | |
| Gordon | 1,457 70.2% | 618 29.8% | 2,075 | D+40.4 | |
| Clayton | 1,828 88.1% | 246 11.9% | 2,074 | D+76.3 | |
| Toombs | 1,825 88.5% | 237 11.5% | 2,062 | D+77.0 | |
| Union | 1,288 62.9% | 760 37.1% | 2,048 | D+25.8 | |
| Murray | 1,375 67.2% | 671 32.8% | 2,046 | D+34.4 | |
| Tift | 1,630 80.5% | 396 19.5% | 2,026 | D+60.9 | |
| Coffee | 1,625 81.6% | 366 18.4% | 1,991 | D+63.2 | |
| Jackson | 1,754 88.8% | 221 11.2% | 1,975 | D+77.6 | |
| Emanuel | 1,635 83.7% | 318 16.3% | 1,953 | D+67.4 | |
| Elbert | 1,564 80.8% | 372 19.2% | 1,936 | D+61.6 | |
| Decatur | 1,606 84.5% | 294 15.5% | 1,900 | D+69.1 | |
| Grady | 1,661 88.2% | 223 11.8% | 1,884 | D+76.3 | |
| Catoosa | 1,453 78.6% | 395 21.4% | 1,848 | D+57.3 | |
| Early | 1,753 95.8% | 77 4.2% | 1,830 | D+91.6 | |
| Towns | 1,137 62.8% | 674 37.2% | 1,811 | D+25.6 | |
| Barrow | 1,513 85.5% | 257 14.5% | 1,770 | D+71.0 | |
| Sumter | 1,550 88.9% | 194 11.1% | 1,744 | D+77.8 | |
| Forsyth | 1,047 60.1% | 695 39.9% | 1,742 | D+20.2 | |
| Tattnall | 1,215 71.1% | 494 28.9% | 1,709 | D+42.2 | |
| Appling | 1,318 77.3% | 387 22.7% | 1,705 | D+54.6 | |
| Franklin | 1,377 80.8% | 328 19.2% | 1,705 | D+61.5 | |
| Berrien | 1,481 87.2% | 217 12.8% | 1,698 | D+74.4 | |
| Terrell | 1,639 97.1% | 49 2.9% | 1,688 | D+94.2 | |
| Gilmer | 884 52.7% | 793 47.3% | 1,677 | D+5.4 | |
| Dodge | 1,437 85.8% | 237 14.2% | 1,674 | D+71.7 | |
| Brooks | 1,381 83.2% | 279 16.8% | 1,660 | D+66.4 | |
| Baldwin | 1,307 81.0% | 307 19.0% | 1,614 | D+62.0 | |
| Henry | 1,461 90.6% | 152 9.4% | 1,613 | D+81.2 | |
| Pickens | 780 49.5% | 795 50.5% | 1,575 | R+1.0 | |
| Wilcox | 1,364 86.9% | 206 13.1% | 1,570 | D+73.8 | |
| Monroe | 1,132 73.4% | 410 26.6% | 1,542 | D+46.8 | |
| Madison | 1,235 82.2% | 267 17.8% | 1,502 | D+64.4 | |
| Washington | 1,094 75.7% | 351 24.3% | 1,445 | D+51.4 | |
| Rabun | 1,247 87.1% | 185 12.9% | 1,432 | D+74.2 | |
| Crisp | 1,199 84.7% | 217 15.3% | 1,416 | D+69.4 | |
| Butts | 1,330 94.0% | 85 6.0% | 1,415 | D+88.0 | |
| Greene | 1,246 89.4% | 148 10.6% | 1,394 | D+78.8 | |
| Stephens | 1,158 84.5% | 212 15.5% | 1,370 | D+69.1 | |
| Telfair | 1,187 87.2% | 174 12.8% | 1,361 | D+74.4 | |
| Cook | 1,155 85.0% | 204 15.0% | 1,359 | D+70.0 | |
| Hart | 1,161 86.4% | 183 13.6% | 1,344 | D+72.8 | |
| Jefferson | 1,043 79.2% | 274 20.8% | 1,317 | D+58.4 | |
| Worth | 1,096 83.4% | 218 16.6% | 1,314 | D+66.8 | |
| Johnson | 978 76.3% | 304 23.7% | 1,282 | D+52.6 | |
| Randolph | 1,159 91.6% | 106 8.4% | 1,265 | D+83.2 | |
| Ben Hill | 1,046 84.6% | 191 15.4% | 1,237 | D+69.1 | |
| Pierce | 1,069 86.6% | 165 13.4% | 1,234 | D+73.3 | |
| Wayne | 978 79.5% | 252 20.5% | 1,230 | D+59.0 | |
| Morgan | 1,166 95.5% | 55 4.5% | 1,221 | D+91.0 | |
| Seminole | 1,076 92.8% | 83 7.2% | 1,159 | D+85.7 | |
| Lamar | 1,015 87.7% | 143 12.3% | 1,158 | D+75.3 | |
| Peach | 919 79.6% | 236 20.4% | 1,155 | D+59.1 | |
| Turner | 797 70.4% | 335 29.6% | 1,132 | D+40.8 | |
| Irwin | 862 76.9% | 259 23.1% | 1,121 | D+53.8 | |
| Dade | 943 84.8% | 169 15.2% | 1,112 | D+69.6 | |
| Douglas | 828 74.7% | 280 25.3% | 1,108 | D+49.5 | |
| Lumpkin | 896 80.9% | 212 19.1% | 1,108 | D+61.7 | |
| Wilkes | 946 85.6% | 159 14.4% | 1,105 | D+71.2 | |
| Oglethorpe | 922 84.2% | 173 15.8% | 1,095 | D+68.4 | |
| Screven | 895 82.0% | 197 18.0% | 1,092 | D+63.9 | |
| Burke | 909 85.6% | 153 14.4% | 1,062 | D+71.2 | |
| Macon | 889 84.1% | 168 15.9% | 1,057 | D+68.2 | |
| Rockdale | 946 90.8% | 96 9.2% | 1,042 | D+81.6 | |
| Taylor | 773 74.2% | 269 25.8% | 1,042 | D+48.4 | |
| Wilkinson | 763 73.8% | 271 26.2% | 1,034 | D+47.6 | |
| Bleckley | 815 79.3% | 213 20.7% | 1,028 | D+58.6 | |
| Bacon | 763 77.6% | 220 22.4% | 983 | D+55.2 | |
| McDuffie | 795 81.0% | 187 19.0% | 982 | D+61.9 | |
| Harris | 893 91.9% | 79 8.1% | 972 | D+83.7 | |
| Dooly | 845 90.7% | 87 9.3% | 932 | D+81.3 | |
| Treutlen | 893 96.3% | 34 3.7% | 927 | D+92.7 | |
| Fayette | 782 88.9% | 98 11.1% | 880 | D+77.7 | |
| Talbot | 832 94.9% | 45 5.1% | 877 | D+89.7 | |
| Pike | 742 84.8% | 133 15.2% | 875 | D+69.6 | |
| Evans | 756 86.5% | 118 13.5% | 874 | D+73.0 | |
| White | 706 81.2% | 163 18.8% | 869 | D+62.5 | |
| Miller | 809 93.2% | 59 6.8% | 868 | D+86.4 | |
| Jasper | 777 90.0% | 86 10.0% | 863 | D+80.1 | |
| Jones | 661 76.9% | 198 23.1% | 859 | D+53.9 | |
| Jeff Davis | 737 86.0% | 120 14.0% | 857 | D+72.0 | |
| Atkinson | 766 89.5% | 90 10.5% | 856 | D+79.0 | |
| Dawson | 469 57.8% | 342 42.2% | 811 | D+15.7 | |
| Jenkins | 698 87.4% | 101 12.6% | 799 | D+74.7 | |
| Effingham | 433 54.3% | 365 45.7% | 798 | D+8.5 | |
| Candler | 653 82.6% | 138 17.4% | 791 | D+65.1 | |
| Bryan | 688 88.4% | 90 11.6% | 778 | D+76.9 | |
| Putnam | 701 90.5% | 74 9.5% | 775 | D+80.9 | |
| Calhoun | 736 95.2% | 37 4.8% | 773 | D+90.4 | |
| Oconee | 570 74.5% | 195 25.5% | 765 | D+49.0 | |
| Heard | 557 75.1% | 185 24.9% | 742 | D+50.1 | |
| Houston | 535 73.8% | 190 26.2% | 725 | D+47.6 | |
| Stewart | 597 88.4% | 78 11.6% | 675 | D+76.9 | |
| Montgomery | 575 85.8% | 95 14.2% | 670 | D+71.6 | |
| Wheeler | 517 77.4% | 151 22.6% | 668 | D+54.8 | |
| Lanier | 625 94.0% | 40 6.0% | 665 | D+88.0 | |
| Brantley | 540 81.3% | 124 18.7% | 664 | D+62.7 | |
| Pulaski | 592 91.5% | 55 8.5% | 647 | D+83.0 | |
| Clinch | 582 90.1% | 64 9.9% | 646 | D+80.2 | |
| Camden | 556 88.0% | 76 12.0% | 632 | D+75.9 | |
| Twiggs | 457 72.9% | 170 27.1% | 627 | D+45.8 | |
| Banks | 490 79.2% | 129 20.8% | 619 | D+58.3 | |
| Lincoln | 444 72.9% | 165 27.1% | 609 | D+45.8 | |
| Liberty | 481 79.8% | 122 20.2% | 603 | D+59.5 | |
| Warren | 449 74.5% | 154 25.5% | 603 | D+48.9 | |
| Columbia | 508 87.6% | 72 12.4% | 580 | D+75.2 | |
| Marion | 501 87.7% | 70 12.3% | 571 | D+75.5 | |
| McIntosh | 406 72.8% | 152 27.2% | 558 | D+45.5 | |
| Charlton | 462 83.8% | 89 16.2% | 551 | D+67.7 | |
| Crawford | 375 71.6% | 149 28.4% | 524 | D+43.1 | |
| Baker | 478 93.9% | 31 6.1% | 509 | D+87.8 | |
| Echols | 466 91.7% | 42 8.3% | 508 | D+83.5 | |
| Hancock | 380 77.7% | 109 22.3% | 489 | D+55.4 | |
| Glascock | 318 66.4% | 161 33.6% | 479 | D+32.8 | |
| Clay | 442 92.7% | 35 7.3% | 477 | D+85.3 | |
| Lee | 447 94.3% | 27 5.7% | 474 | D+88.6 | |
| Long | 318 71.1% | 129 28.9% | 447 | D+42.3 | |
| Taliaferro | 389 98.5% | 6 1.5% | 395 | D+97.0 | |
| Quitman | 355 95.7% | 16 4.3% | 371 | D+91.4 | |
| Schley | 329 89.9% | 37 10.1% | 366 | D+79.8 | |
| Webster | 284 81.4% | 65 18.6% | 349 | D+62.8 | |
| Chattahoochee | 100 84.0% | 19 16.0% | 119 | D+68.1 |
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.
Georgia in every presidential election we hold
| Year | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Donald Trump (R) | R+2.2 |
| 2020 | Joe Biden (D) | D+0.2 |
| 2016 | Donald Trump (R) | R+5.1 |
| 2012 | Mitt Romney (R) | R+7.8 |
| 2008 | John McCain (R) | R+5.2 |
| 2004 | George W. Bush (R) | R+16.6 |
| 2000 | George W. Bush (R) | R+11.7 |
| 1996 | Bob Dole (R) | R+1.2 |
| 1992 | Bill Clinton (D) | D+0.6 |
| 1988 | George H. W. Bush (R) | R+20.3 |
| 1984 | Ronald Reagan (R) | R+20.4 |
| 1980 | Jimmy Carter (D) | D+14.8 |
| 1976 | Jimmy Carter (D) | D+33.9 |
| 1972 | Richard Nixon (R) | R+50.4 |
| 1968 | George Wallace (other) | |
| 1964 | Barry Goldwater (R) | R+8.3 |
| 1960 | John F. Kennedy (D) | D+25.1 |
| 1956 | Adlai Stevenson II (D) | D+33.8 |
| 1952 | Adlai Stevenson II (D) | D+39.3 |
| 1948 | Harry S. Truman (D) | D+42.5 |
| 1944 | Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) | D+63.5 |
| 1940 | Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) | D+70.0 |
| 1936 | Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) | D+74.5 |
| 1932 | Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) | D+83.8 |
| 1928 | Al Smith (D) | D+13.2 |
| 1924 | John W. Davis (D) | D+55.8 |
| 1920 | James M. Cox (D) | D+44.6 |
| 1916 | Woodrow Wilson (D) | D+72.5 |
| 1912 | Woodrow Wilson (D) | D+72.4 |
| 1908 | William Jennings Bryan (D) | D+23.4 |
| 1904 | Alton B. Parker (D) | D+45.4 |
| 1900 | William Jennings Bryan (D) | D+38.6 |
| 1896 | William Jennings Bryan (D) | D+21.0 |
| 1892 | Grover Cleveland (D) | D+36.3 |
| 1888 | Grover Cleveland (D) | D+42.0 |
| 1884 | Grover Cleveland (D) | D+32.2 |
| 1880 | Winfield Scott Hancock (D) | D+30.9 |
| 1876 | Samuel J. Tilden (D) | D+44.1 |
| 1872 | Third party (other) | |
| 1868 | Horatio Seymour (D) | D+28.5 |