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Election 1944 Results

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1944 presidential election in Iowa

Thomas E. Dewey (Republican) beat Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democrat) in Iowa in 1944, 52.0% to 47.5%, a margin of 4.5 points and 47,391 votes.

Iowa voted 12.0 points more Republican than the country as a whole, where the margin was D+7.5.

The Republican hold continued from 1940, when Wendell Willkie won.

Republicans led in 66 of the 99 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 33. The largest, Polk, cast 83,118 votes and went to the Democrat by 11.4 points. The closest was Carroll, where 34 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
Thomas E. Dewey won Republican 547,267 52.0%
Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic 499,876 47.5%
All other candidates 5,456 0.5%
Total1,052,599

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Polk 46,072 55.4% 36,629 44.1% 417 83,118 D+11.4
Linn 21,123 49.6% 21,293 50.0% 146 42,562 R+0.4
Woodbury 20,448 52.3% 18,544 47.4% 104 39,096 D+4.9
Scott 18,962 51.1% 18,015 48.6% 104 37,081 D+2.6
Black Hawk 16,593 51.2% 15,687 48.4% 154 32,434 D+2.8
Pottawattamie 11,752 45.5% 14,007 54.3% 59 25,818 R+8.7
Dubuque 12,867 50.5% 12,502 49.1% 89 25,458 D+1.4
Clinton 8,028 40.9% 11,533 58.8% 63 19,624 R+17.9
Wapello 10,732 56.2% 8,244 43.2% 113 19,089 D+13.0
Lee 8,252 46.5% 9,406 53.0% 78 17,736 R+6.5
Cerro Gordo 9,088 52.1% 8,311 47.6% 60 17,459 D+4.5
Des Moines 7,543 43.9% 9,488 55.2% 146 17,177 R+11.3
Webster 9,477 57.5% 6,935 42.1% 56 16,468 D+15.4
Johnson 8,434 56.6% 6,396 42.9% 67 14,897 D+13.7
Story 6,554 47.4% 7,163 51.8% 101 13,818 R+4.4
Jasper 6,978 51.8% 6,413 47.6% 88 13,479 D+4.2
Marshall 5,598 42.5% 7,325 55.7% 234 13,157 R+13.1
Muscatine 4,801 40.1% 7,104 59.4% 58 11,963 R+19.3
Fayette 5,105 43.1% 6,693 56.5% 48 11,846 R+13.4
Marion 6,365 56.1% 4,874 43.0% 99 11,338 D+13.2
Boone 6,062 55.1% 4,868 44.2% 73 11,003 D+10.9
Dallas 5,316 48.9% 5,413 49.8% 135 10,864 R+0.9
Tama 5,286 50.0% 5,249 49.7% 32 10,567 D+0.4
Kossuth 5,488 52.6% 4,918 47.1% 27 10,433 D+5.5
Clayton 4,259 41.9% 5,855 57.6% 49 10,163 R+15.7
Mahaska 4,652 46.2% 5,123 50.9% 297 10,072 R+4.7
Appanoose 5,015 50.0% 4,928 49.2% 77 10,020 D+0.9
Sioux 3,369 33.9% 6,552 65.9% 19 9,940 R+32.0
Winneshiek 4,557 46.1% 5,318 53.8% 18 9,893 R+7.7
Page 3,297 34.1% 6,300 65.1% 85 9,682 R+31.0
Carroll 4,799 49.7% 4,833 50.0% 27 9,659 R+0.4
Harrison 4,201 45.1% 5,059 54.3% 49 9,309 R+9.2
Hardin 3,975 43.7% 5,059 55.6% 60 9,094 R+11.9
Plymouth 2,970 32.7% 6,085 67.0% 21 9,076 R+34.3
Benton 4,619 51.1% 4,378 48.4% 42 9,039 D+2.7
Washington 3,423 39.1% 5,308 60.6% 32 8,763 R+21.5
Floyd 3,446 39.5% 5,248 60.1% 37 8,731 R+20.6
Keokuk 3,900 45.3% 4,644 54.0% 62 8,606 R+8.6
Cass 2,928 34.2% 5,610 65.5% 23 8,561 R+31.3
Buchanan 3,841 45.1% 4,653 54.7% 14 8,508 R+9.5
Poweshiek 4,234 50.0% 4,186 49.5% 41 8,461 D+0.6
Buena Vista 4,277 51.5% 3,993 48.1% 39 8,309 D+3.4
Wright 4,232 51.7% 3,916 47.9% 35 8,183 D+3.9
Hamilton 4,302 52.6% 3,837 46.9% 41 8,180 D+5.7
Jones 3,563 44.4% 4,453 55.4% 16 8,032 R+11.1
Henry 2,741 34.3% 5,208 65.1% 49 7,998 R+30.8
Allamakee 2,893 36.5% 5,017 63.3% 19 7,929 R+26.8
Jackson 3,537 44.9% 4,341 55.0% 8 7,886 R+10.2
Delaware 2,498 32.5% 5,164 67.2% 20 7,682 R+34.7
Bremer 2,764 36.2% 4,861 63.6% 17 7,642 R+27.4
Warren 3,319 43.4% 4,266 55.8% 56 7,641 R+12.4
Crawford 3,218 42.9% 4,242 56.5% 49 7,509 R+13.6
Union 2,861 38.4% 4,566 61.3% 23 7,450 R+22.9
Monona 3,761 51.1% 3,583 48.6% 22 7,366 D+2.4
Jefferson 2,926 39.8% 4,335 59.0% 83 7,344 R+19.2
Iowa 3,119 42.5% 3,959 53.9% 262 7,340 R+11.4
Cedar 2,610 35.7% 4,673 64.0% 24 7,307 R+28.2
O'Brien 3,138 43.6% 4,033 56.0% 30 7,201 R+12.4
Sac 3,223 45.8% 3,770 53.6% 37 7,030 R+7.8
Guthrie 2,899 41.6% 4,042 57.9% 36 6,977 R+16.4
Cherokee 3,197 46.0% 3,723 53.6% 29 6,949 R+7.6
Calhoun 3,544 51.0% 3,375 48.6% 27 6,946 D+2.4
Shelby 2,978 43.0% 3,873 55.9% 82 6,933 R+12.9
Chickasaw 3,328 48.0% 3,575 51.6% 26 6,929 R+3.6
Montgomery 2,572 37.9% 4,165 61.4% 46 6,783 R+23.5
Clay 3,639 54.1% 3,055 45.4% 30 6,724 D+8.7
Palo Alto 3,726 57.0% 2,772 42.4% 35 6,533 D+14.6
Butler 2,225 34.6% 4,182 65.0% 24 6,431 R+30.4
Madison 2,550 40.4% 3,737 59.2% 26 6,313 R+18.8
Decatur 3,316 52.9% 2,934 46.8% 18 6,268 D+6.1
Greene 2,797 44.7% 3,437 54.9% 29 6,263 R+10.2
Taylor 2,376 38.3% 3,804 61.4% 20 6,200 R+23.0
Pocahontas 3,577 57.7% 2,600 41.9% 22 6,199 D+15.8
Wayne 3,025 49.1% 3,098 50.3% 35 6,158 R+1.2
Mitchell 2,696 44.0% 3,406 55.5% 30 6,132 R+11.6
Howard 3,132 51.2% 2,961 48.4% 21 6,114 D+2.8
Franklin 2,851 47.0% 3,150 52.0% 61 6,062 R+4.9
Hancock 2,855 47.6% 3,114 51.9% 34 6,003 R+4.3
Monroe 3,258 55.0% 2,625 44.3% 46 5,929 D+10.7
Fremont 2,747 46.7% 3,113 53.0% 17 5,877 R+6.2
Grundy 2,191 37.6% 3,625 62.1% 18 5,834 R+24.6
Adair 2,297 40.0% 3,428 59.7% 18 5,743 R+19.7
Lucas 2,526 44.2% 3,139 54.9% 48 5,713 R+10.7
Winnebago 2,654 48.4% 2,808 51.2% 18 5,480 R+2.8
Audubon 3,094 56.8% 2,346 43.1% 7 5,447 D+13.7
Mills 2,106 38.8% 3,288 60.7% 27 5,421 R+21.8
Davis 2,727 51.3% 2,559 48.1% 32 5,318 D+3.2
Humboldt 2,749 52.0% 2,525 47.7% 16 5,290 D+4.2
Emmet 2,577 48.8% 2,668 50.5% 41 5,286 R+1.7
Van Buren 1,997 39.0% 3,095 60.4% 30 5,122 R+21.4
Lyon 1,970 39.1% 3,065 60.8% 7 5,042 R+21.7
Worth 2,629 55.6% 2,086 44.1% 10 4,725 D+11.5
Louisa 1,894 40.5% 2,745 58.7% 40 4,679 R+18.2
Ringgold 1,867 40.0% 2,767 59.4% 28 4,662 R+19.3
Dickinson 2,473 53.4% 2,133 46.1% 21 4,627 D+7.3
Ida 1,943 42.2% 2,640 57.4% 18 4,601 R+15.1
Clarke 1,946 42.5% 2,603 56.8% 35 4,584 R+14.3
Adams 1,868 42.3% 2,540 57.6% 5 4,413 R+15.2
Osceola 1,689 44.5% 2,100 55.3% 9 3,798 R+10.8

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.

Iowa in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Donald Trump (R) R+13.2
2020 Donald Trump (R) R+8.2
2016 Donald Trump (R) R+9.4
2012 Barack Obama (D) D+5.8
2008 Barack Obama (D) D+9.5
2004 George W. Bush (R) R+0.7
2000 Al Gore (D) D+0.3
1996 Bill Clinton (D) D+10.3
1992 Bill Clinton (D) D+6.0
1988 Michael Dukakis (D) D+10.2
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+7.4
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+12.7
1976 Gerald Ford (R) R+1.0
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+17.1
1968 Richard Nixon (R) R+12.2
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+24.0
1960 Richard Nixon (R) R+13.5
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+18.4
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+28.2
1948 Harry S. Truman (D) D+2.7
1944 Thomas E. Dewey (R) R+4.5
1940 Wendell Willkie (R) R+4.4
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+11.7
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+17.7
1928 Herbert Hoover (R) R+24.2
1924 Calvin Coolidge (R) R+38.4
1920 Warren G. Harding (R) R+45.4
1916 Charles Evans Hughes (R) R+12.0
1912 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+13.3
1908 William Howard Taft (R) R+15.0
1904 Theodore Roosevelt (R) R+32.7
1900 William McKinley (R) R+18.6
1896 William McKinley (R) R+12.6
1892 Benjamin Harrison (R) R+5.3
1888 Benjamin Harrison (R) R+7.8
1884 James G. Blaine (R) R+5.2
1880 James A. Garfield (R) R+24.1
1876 Rutherford B. Hayes (R) R+20.2
1872 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+23.1
1868 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+23.8