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Election 1944 Results

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1944 presidential election in Idaho

Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democrat) beat Thomas E. Dewey (Republican) in Idaho in 1944, 51.6% to 48.1%, a margin of 3.5 points and 7,262 votes.

Idaho voted 4.0 points more Republican 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 26 of the 44 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 18. The largest, Ada, cast 24,144 votes and went to the Republican by 11.4 points. The closest was Boundary, where 11 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.

Result

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Franklin D. Roosevelt won	Democratic	107,399	51.6%
Thomas E. Dewey	Republican	100,137	48.1%
All other candidates		785	0.4%
Total		208,321

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	Margin
Ada	10,667 44.2%	13,410 55.5%	67	24,144	R+11.4
Canyon	7,306 43.6%	9,215 55.0%	241	16,762	R+11.4
Bannock	9,681 64.1%	5,413 35.8%	11	15,105	D+28.3
Twin Falls	6,128 43.4%	7,946 56.3%	42	14,116	R+12.9
Kootenai	5,792 56.7%	4,388 42.9%	42	10,222	D+13.7
Bonneville	4,935 54.8%	4,048 45.0%	16	8,999	D+9.9
Nez Perce	5,453 63.0%	3,159 36.5%	37	8,649	D+26.5
Shoshone	5,290 62.5%	3,162 37.4%	11	8,463	D+25.1
Latah	3,514 49.6%	3,526 49.8%	43	7,083	R+0.2
Bingham	3,428 51.5%	3,223 48.4%	7	6,658	D+3.1
Bonner	3,116 51.4%	2,924 48.2%	23	6,063	D+3.2
Cassia	2,325 47.5%	2,563 52.3%	8	4,896	R+4.9
Idaho	2,071 51.0%	1,977 48.7%	15	4,063	D+2.3
Franklin	1,971 50.2%	1,950 49.7%	4	3,925	D+0.5
Jerome	1,741 44.7%	2,157 55.3%		3,898	R+10.7
Payette	1,382 35.6%	2,485 64.0%	18	3,885	R+28.4
Fremont	2,116 54.7%	1,755 45.3%		3,871	D+9.3
Washington	1,849 48.0%	2,002 51.9%	3	3,854	R+4.0
Gooding	1,659 44.6%	2,049 55.1%	8	3,716	R+10.5
Jefferson	2,198 60.0%	1,458 39.8%	9	3,665	D+20.2
Madison	1,927 55.7%	1,527 44.2%	4	3,458	D+11.6
Minidoka	1,635 47.8%	1,781 52.0%	8	3,424	R+4.3
Bear Lake	1,732 51.7%	1,613 48.2%	2	3,347	D+3.6
Gem	1,866 57.2%	1,363 41.7%	36	3,265	D+15.4
Elmore	1,627 61.0%	1,030 38.6%	10	2,667	D+22.4
Benewah	1,446 54.7%	1,173 44.4%	24	2,643	D+10.3
Clearwater	1,744 66.4%	865 32.9%	17	2,626	D+33.5
Oneida	1,227 56.7%	935 43.2%	1	2,163	D+13.5
Boundary	1,053 48.8%	1,064 49.3%	43	2,160	R+0.5
Lemhi	988 48.4%	1,048 51.4%	4	2,040	R+2.9
Blaine	1,037 54.1%	874 45.6%	5	1,916	D+8.5
Owyhee	824 45.3%	983 54.0%	12	1,819	R+8.7
Valley	896 49.3%	919 50.5%	4	1,819	R+1.3
Lewis	1,222 67.5%	589 32.5%		1,811	D+35.0
Lincoln	784 45.6%	934 54.3%	2	1,720	R+8.7
Power	801 47.2%	895 52.8%		1,696	R+5.5
Adams	721 52.9%	642 47.1%	1	1,364	D+5.8
Teton	641 53.7%	552 46.3%		1,193	D+7.5
Custer	613 52.0%	565 48.0%		1,178	D+4.1
Boise	564 54.7%	464 45.0%	3	1,031	D+9.7
Caribou	516 52.8%	462 47.2%		978	D+5.5
Butte	416 49.0%	431 50.8%	2	849	R+1.8
Camas	317 51.3%	301 48.7%		618	D+2.6
Clark	180 36.1%	317 63.5%	2	499	R+27.5

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.

Idaho in every presidential election we hold

Year	Winner	Margin
2024	Donald Trump (R)	R+36.5
2020	Donald Trump (R)	R+30.8
2016	Donald Trump (R)	R+31.8
2012	Mitt Romney (R)	R+31.7
2008	John McCain (R)	R+25.4
2004	George W. Bush (R)	R+38.1
2000	George W. Bush (R)	R+39.5
1996	Bob Dole (R)	R+18.5
1992	George H. W. Bush (R)	R+13.6
1988	George H. W. Bush (R)	R+26.1
1984	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+46.0
1980	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+41.3
1976	Gerald Ford (R)	R+22.8
1972	Richard Nixon (R)	R+38.2
1968	Richard Nixon (R)	R+26.1
1964	Lyndon B. Johnson (D)	D+1.8
1960	Richard Nixon (R)	R+7.6
1956	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)	R+22.4
1952	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)	R+31.0
1948	Harry S. Truman (D)	D+2.7
1944	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+3.5
1940	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+9.1
1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+29.8
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+20.4
1928	Herbert Hoover (R)	R+29.3
1924	Calvin Coolidge (R)	R+30.8
1920	Warren G. Harding (R)	R+31.3
1916	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+10.9
1912	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+1.1
1908	William Howard Taft (R)	R+16.9
1904	Theodore Roosevelt (R)	R+40.4
1900	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+3.9
1896	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+56.8
1892	James B. Weaver (other)

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