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Election 1944 Results

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1944 presidential election in Illinois

Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democrat) beat Thomas E. Dewey (Republican) in Illinois in 1944, 51.5% to 48.0%, a margin of 3.5 points and 140,165 votes.

Illinois 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.

Republicans led in 85 of the 102 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 17. The largest, Cook, cast 2,206,191 votes and went to the Democrat by 15.9 points. The closest was Greene, where 7 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

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Franklin D. Roosevelt won Democratic 2,079,479 51.5%
Thomas E. Dewey Republican 1,939,314 48.0%
All other candidates 17,268 0.4%
Total4,036,061

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Cook 1,275,367 57.8% 924,659 41.9% 6,165 2,206,191 D+15.9
St. Clair 48,325 58.8% 33,557 40.8% 327 82,209 D+18.0
Madison 40,114 58.2% 28,399 41.2% 359 68,872 D+17.0
Peoria 32,837 48.8% 34,171 50.8% 243 67,251 R+2.0
Kane 23,362 37.5% 38,689 62.2% 185 62,236 R+24.6
Sangamon 28,713 46.5% 32,871 53.2% 161 61,745 R+6.7
Lake 25,453 41.5% 35,674 58.2% 183 61,310 R+16.7
Du Page 18,711 30.8% 41,890 68.9% 174 60,775 R+38.1
Winnebago 27,831 47.2% 30,837 52.3% 277 58,945 R+5.1
Will 27,085 47.1% 30,058 52.3% 310 57,453 R+5.2
Rock Island 30,102 55.5% 23,980 44.2% 180 54,262 D+11.3
La Salle 21,489 41.4% 28,179 54.3% 2,210 51,878 R+12.9
Macon 22,808 53.6% 19,608 46.1% 153 42,569 D+7.5
Vermilion 18,387 46.6% 20,794 52.7% 273 39,454 R+6.1
McLean 14,011 41.7% 19,366 57.7% 185 33,562 R+16.0
Champaign 13,842 42.0% 18,935 57.5% 177 32,954 R+15.5
Adams 13,733 46.6% 15,564 52.9% 142 29,439 R+6.2
Tazewell 14,412 53.3% 12,531 46.3% 96 27,039 D+7.0
Kankakee 11,342 42.5% 15,256 57.2% 90 26,688 R+14.7
Knox 10,070 38.5% 15,964 61.0% 126 26,160 R+22.5
Macoupin 11,951 50.5% 11,572 48.9% 160 23,683 D+1.6
Franklin 11,663 50.2% 11,377 49.0% 173 23,213 D+1.2
Henry 9,130 40.1% 13,539 59.5% 92 22,761 R+19.4
Williamson 9,974 44.0% 12,594 55.6% 103 22,671 R+11.6
McHenry 5,567 26.1% 15,666 73.6% 66 21,299 R+47.4
Fulton 8,946 44.2% 11,117 55.0% 166 20,229 R+10.7
Whiteside 5,555 27.9% 14,162 71.2% 171 19,888 R+43.3
Stephenson 7,755 39.1% 11,948 60.3% 118 19,821 R+21.2
Marion 10,079 51.3% 9,408 47.9% 153 19,640 D+3.4
Bureau 6,976 37.0% 11,802 62.7% 51 18,829 R+25.6
Livingston 6,231 33.3% 12,436 66.4% 52 18,719 R+33.1
Coles 8,936 48.4% 9,473 51.3% 54 18,463 R+2.9
Christian 9,360 50.8% 8,995 48.8% 82 18,437 D+2.0
De Kalb 6,004 33.0% 12,157 66.8% 49 18,210 R+33.8
Montgomery 7,855 46.1% 8,989 52.7% 201 17,045 R+6.7
Jackson 6,735 40.1% 10,002 59.6% 54 16,791 R+19.5
Jefferson 8,496 51.3% 7,916 47.8% 139 16,551 D+3.5
Saline 7,351 44.4% 9,083 54.9% 105 16,539 R+10.5
Morgan 6,965 43.7% 8,923 56.0% 42 15,930 R+12.3
Iroquois 5,168 33.0% 10,389 66.4% 91 15,648 R+33.4
Lee 4,899 32.0% 10,397 67.9% 21 15,317 R+35.9
Ogle 3,951 26.9% 10,680 72.6% 81 14,712 R+45.7
Randolph 6,199 45.1% 7,518 54.7% 39 13,756 R+9.6
McDonough 4,497 33.0% 9,028 66.3% 91 13,616 R+33.3
Hancock 5,338 39.9% 7,972 59.6% 68 13,378 R+19.7
Logan 4,868 37.9% 7,955 61.9% 29 12,852 R+24.0
Shelby 5,919 48.3% 6,201 50.6% 123 12,243 R+2.3
Edgar 5,054 41.9% 6,961 57.7% 54 12,069 R+15.8
Fayette 5,435 45.7% 6,332 53.3% 120 11,887 R+7.5
Pike 5,833 50.6% 5,633 48.8% 66 11,532 D+1.7
Warren 3,926 35.5% 7,085 64.1% 39 11,050 R+28.6
Perry 4,677 42.7% 6,236 57.0% 33 10,946 R+14.2
Clinton 3,944 36.7% 6,753 62.8% 53 10,750 R+26.1
Crawford 4,482 42.2% 6,056 57.0% 79 10,617 R+14.8
Effingham 4,587 45.3% 5,441 53.8% 91 10,119 R+8.4
White 4,822 48.0% 5,139 51.1% 91 10,052 R+3.2
Grundy 3,544 35.9% 6,310 63.9% 22 9,876 R+28.0
Jo Daviess 3,298 33.7% 6,465 66.0% 34 9,797 R+32.3
Woodford 3,514 35.9% 6,237 63.7% 36 9,787 R+27.8
Wayne 4,019 41.2% 5,683 58.2% 61 9,763 R+17.0
Alexander 4,767 49.5% 4,792 49.7% 78 9,637 R+0.3
Lawrence 4,003 43.0% 5,191 55.8% 111 9,305 R+12.8
Clark 3,619 40.0% 5,373 59.4% 52 9,044 R+19.4
Mercer 3,277 36.5% 5,667 63.1% 34 8,978 R+26.6
Carroll 2,843 31.7% 6,101 68.1% 18 8,962 R+36.4
Greene 4,268 49.8% 4,261 49.7% 45 8,574 D+0.1
Union 4,367 51.2% 4,114 48.2% 46 8,527 D+3.0
De Witt 3,658 43.8% 4,630 55.4% 69 8,357 R+11.6
Washington 2,723 33.3% 5,428 66.3% 35 8,186 R+33.0
Clay 3,531 43.5% 4,484 55.3% 95 8,110 R+11.8
Douglas 3,323 41.4% 4,684 58.3% 28 8,035 R+16.9
Boone 2,074 26.6% 5,708 73.2% 18 7,800 R+46.6
Ford 2,270 29.8% 5,317 69.9% 18 7,605 R+40.1
Cass 3,909 51.5% 3,641 48.0% 35 7,585 D+3.5
Richland 2,858 38.0% 4,577 60.9% 79 7,514 R+22.9
Mason 3,282 45.2% 3,959 54.5% 21 7,262 R+9.3
Marshall 2,596 38.2% 4,195 61.7% 10 6,801 R+23.5
Bond 2,607 38.9% 3,907 58.2% 194 6,708 R+19.4
Jasper 3,142 47.4% 3,453 52.1% 29 6,624 R+4.7
Wabash 3,026 45.8% 3,496 52.9% 81 6,603 R+7.1
Piatt 2,641 40.1% 3,912 59.4% 35 6,588 R+19.3
Hamilton 2,914 44.5% 3,582 54.7% 55 6,551 R+10.2
Jersey 2,910 44.9% 3,546 54.7% 30 6,486 R+9.8
Monroe 2,068 33.9% 4,032 66.0% 9 6,109 R+32.1
Moultrie 2,853 46.9% 3,180 52.3% 46 6,079 R+5.4
Kendall 1,673 29.3% 4,022 70.5% 6 5,701 R+41.2
Massac 1,758 31.1% 3,814 67.5% 76 5,648 R+36.4
Pulaski 2,311 41.3% 3,248 58.0% 39 5,598 R+16.7
Schuyler 2,555 47.3% 2,801 51.8% 49 5,405 R+4.6
Cumberland 2,391 46.8% 2,700 52.9% 15 5,106 R+6.1
Menard 1,888 38.3% 3,013 61.2% 25 4,926 R+22.8
Johnson 1,522 31.5% 3,298 68.2% 13 4,833 R+36.7
Stark 1,401 31.4% 3,050 68.4% 7 4,458 R+37.0
Gallatin 2,175 50.6% 2,073 48.3% 47 4,295 D+2.4
Henderson 1,550 36.4% 2,695 63.3% 10 4,255 R+26.9
Edwards 1,197 28.2% 3,016 71.0% 37 4,250 R+42.8
Scott 1,864 45.9% 2,185 53.8% 9 4,058 R+7.9
Brown 1,849 51.3% 1,738 48.2% 20 3,607 D+3.1
Hardin 1,370 39.8% 2,037 59.2% 31 3,438 R+19.4
Calhoun 1,271 39.2% 1,956 60.4% 14 3,241 R+21.1
Pope 813 25.7% 2,305 73.0% 40 3,158 R+47.2
Putnam 865 36.1% 1,521 63.5% 10 2,396 R+27.4

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.

Illinois in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Kamala Harris (D) D+10.9
2020 Joe Biden (D) D+17.0
2016 Hillary Clinton (D) D+17.1
2012 Barack Obama (D) D+16.9
2008 Barack Obama (D) D+25.1
2004 John Kerry (D) D+10.3
2000 Al Gore (D) D+12.0
1996 Bill Clinton (D) D+17.5
1992 Bill Clinton (D) D+14.2
1988 George H. W. Bush (R) R+2.1
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+12.9
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+7.9
1976 Gerald Ford (R) R+2.0
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+18.5
1968 Richard Nixon (R) R+2.9
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+18.9
1960 John F. Kennedy (D) D+0.2
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+19.4
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+9.9
1948 Harry S. Truman (D) D+0.8
1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+3.5
1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+2.4
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+18.0
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+13.2
1928 Herbert Hoover (R) R+14.8
1924 Calvin Coolidge (R) R+35.5
1920 Warren G. Harding (R) R+42.3
1916 Charles Evans Hughes (R) R+9.2
1912 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+13.2
1908 William Howard Taft (R) R+15.5
1904 Theodore Roosevelt (R) R+28.3
1900 William McKinley (R) R+8.4
1896 William McKinley (R) R+13.1
1892 Grover Cleveland (D) D+3.1
1888 Benjamin Harrison (R) R+3.0
1884 James G. Blaine (R) R+3.7
1880 James A. Garfield (R) R+6.5
1876 Rutherford B. Hayes (R) R+3.5
1872 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+13.3
1868 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+11.4