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Election 1944 Results

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1944 presidential election in Missouri

Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democrat) beat Thomas E. Dewey (Republican) in Missouri in 1944, 51.4% to 48.4%, a margin of 2.9 points and 46,280 votes.

Missouri voted 4.6 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 72 of the 115 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 43. The largest, St. Louis City, cast 339,919 votes and went to the Democrat by 20.7 points. The closest was Wayne, where 2 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	807,804	51.4%
Thomas E. Dewey	Republican	761,524	48.4%
All other candidates		3,146	0.2%
Total		1,572,474

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	Margin
St. Louis City	204,687 60.2%	134,411 39.5%	821	339,919	D+20.7
Jackson	113,803 54.3%	95,406 45.5%	423	209,632	D+8.8
St. Louis	57,780 47.4%	64,131 52.6%		121,911	R+5.2
Greene	17,287 44.5%	21,531 55.4%	68	38,886	R+10.9
Buchanan	20,091 57.0%	15,113 42.9%	20	35,224	D+14.1
Jasper	13,111 43.0%	17,301 56.8%	63	30,475	R+13.7
Clay	8,682 56.2%	6,724 43.5%	40	15,446	D+12.7
Franklin	5,958 38.9%	9,325 60.8%	43	15,326	R+22.0
Cape Girardeau	6,845 45.0%	8,339 54.9%	11	15,195	R+9.8
Pettis	7,176 48.2%	7,696 51.7%	22	14,894	R+3.5
Jefferson	7,953 53.9%	6,758 45.8%	34	14,745	D+8.1
Cole	7,139 49.2%	7,364 50.8%	4	14,507	R+1.6
St. Francois	6,745 47.9%	7,320 52.0%	11	14,076	R+4.1
Boone	9,704 69.7%	4,195 30.1%	30	13,929	D+39.6
Lafayette	5,603 41.3%	7,951 58.6%	7	13,561	R+17.3
Marion	8,575 65.2%	4,560 34.7%	14	13,149	D+30.5
Saline	6,715 52.7%	6,022 47.2%	16	12,753	D+5.4
Dunklin	8,431 66.2%	4,274 33.6%	27	12,732	D+32.7
Newton	5,146 42.3%	6,985 57.5%	23	12,154	R+15.1
St. Charles	4,880 40.8%	7,050 58.9%	36	11,966	R+18.1
New Madrid	7,626 64.9%	4,108 35.0%	18	11,752	D+29.9
Pemiscot	7,380 62.9%	4,333 36.9%	20	11,733	D+26.0
Nodaway	5,407 48.4%	5,766 51.6%	7	11,180	R+3.2
Scott	7,132 63.9%	3,995 35.8%	41	11,168	D+28.1
Stoddard	5,982 54.0%	5,079 45.8%	25	11,086	D+8.1
Lawrence	3,859 36.0%	6,836 63.8%	27	10,722	R+27.8
Butler	4,219 39.7%	6,375 60.0%	32	10,626	R+20.3
Randolph	7,629 72.5%	2,879 27.4%	17	10,525	D+45.1
Johnson	4,419 42.6%	5,949 57.3%	10	10,378	R+14.7
Linn	5,242 51.4%	4,942 48.5%	9	10,193	D+2.9
Henry	4,587 45.1%	5,564 54.7%	23	10,174	R+9.6
Vernon	4,885 48.5%	5,171 51.4%	6	10,062	R+2.8
Audrain	6,471 65.1%	3,455 34.8%	13	9,939	D+30.3
Barry	4,029 40.9%	5,796 58.9%	23	9,848	R+17.9
Macon	4,772 49.8%	4,796 50.1%	13	9,581	R+0.3
Bates	4,096 44.3%	5,122 55.5%	18	9,236	R+11.1
Cass	4,347 48.1%	4,687 51.8%	7	9,041	R+3.8
Callaway	5,757 64.5%	3,143 35.2%	24	8,924	D+29.3
Cooper	3,729 43.0%	4,928 56.8%	20	8,677	R+13.8
Livingston	3,887 45.1%	4,697 54.6%	26	8,610	R+9.4
Adair	3,606 42.2%	4,909 57.5%	26	8,541	R+15.3
Carroll	3,283 38.9%	5,127 60.8%	20	8,430	R+21.9
Howell	3,020 36.9%	5,151 62.9%	14	8,185	R+26.0
Pike	4,659 58.0%	3,351 41.7%	22	8,032	D+16.3
Texas	4,011 50.5%	3,916 49.3%	11	7,938	D+1.2
Chariton	3,930 50.8%	3,802 49.1%	8	7,740	D+1.7
Laclede	3,011 39.2%	4,670 60.8%	6	7,687	R+21.6
Ray	4,521 59.3%	3,094 40.6%	12	7,627	D+18.7
Polk	2,527 33.3%	5,040 66.4%	18	7,585	R+33.1
Phelps	4,256 57.1%	3,180 42.7%	13	7,449	D+14.4
Grundy	2,997 41.8%	4,158 58.0%	12	7,167	R+16.2
Webster	2,785 39.3%	4,281 60.5%	15	7,081	R+21.1
Harrison	2,623 37.7%	4,330 62.2%	11	6,964	R+24.5
Sullivan	3,328 47.9%	3,611 52.0%	5	6,944	R+4.1
Lincoln	3,773 56.3%	2,910 43.4%	15	6,698	D+12.9
Wright	2,116 32.4%	4,413 67.5%	8	6,537	R+35.1
Montgomery	2,743 43.7%	3,527 56.2%	6	6,276	R+12.5
Perry	2,014 32.3%	4,207 67.6%	5	6,226	R+35.2
Daviess	2,567 41.6%	3,597 58.3%	5	6,169	R+16.7
Mississippi	4,182 68.0%	1,944 31.6%	27	6,153	D+36.4
Monroe	5,000 81.9%	1,098 18.0%	8	6,106	D+63.9
Platte	3,741 61.4%	2,344 38.5%	8	6,093	D+22.9
Barton	2,688 44.3%	3,356 55.3%	23	6,067	R+11.0
McDonald	2,523 41.7%	3,520 58.1%	13	6,056	R+16.5
Gasconade	994 16.5%	5,007 83.3%	12	6,013	R+66.7
Gentry	3,022 50.4%	2,970 49.5%	8	6,000	D+0.9
Clinton	3,079 51.4%	2,912 48.6%	5	5,996	D+2.8
Andrew	2,254 37.6%	3,734 62.3%	7	5,995	R+24.7
Howard	3,958 66.9%	1,951 33.0%	9	5,918	D+33.9
Miller	2,229 38.1%	3,609 61.7%	12	5,850	R+23.6
Moniteau	2,327 41.7%	3,237 58.0%	13	5,577	R+16.3
St. Clair	2,119 39.0%	3,306 60.9%	6	5,431	R+21.9
Osage	2,121 39.2%	3,284 60.7%	7	5,412	R+21.5
Pulaski	3,048 56.4%	2,345 43.4%	7	5,400	D+13.0
Caldwell	2,001 37.1%	3,384 62.7%	8	5,393	R+25.6
Shelby	3,435 63.8%	1,934 35.9%	18	5,387	D+27.9
Christian	1,134 21.4%	4,167 78.5%	9	5,310	R+57.1
Crawford	2,177 41.4%	3,077 58.5%	10	5,264	R+17.1
Dent	2,699 52.3%	2,456 47.6%	7	5,162	D+4.7
Cedar	1,478 29.2%	3,576 70.7%	5	5,059	R+41.5
Atchison	2,214 44.1%	2,803 55.8%	4	5,021	R+11.7
Washington	2,065 41.5%	2,900 58.3%	9	4,974	R+16.8
Holt	1,785 36.1%	3,152 63.7%	9	4,946	R+27.6
Lewis	2,883 59.1%	1,988 40.7%	11	4,882	D+18.3
Clark	2,155 44.3%	2,707 55.6%	6	4,868	R+11.3
Dade	1,462 30.5%	3,316 69.3%	8	4,786	R+38.7
Bollinger	1,841 39.2%	2,850 60.7%	3	4,694	R+21.5
Morgan	1,735 37.4%	2,896 62.4%	10	4,641	R+25.0
De Kalb	1,961 42.4%	2,658 57.5%	6	4,625	R+15.1
Madison	2,203 49.1%	2,277 50.7%	8	4,488	R+1.6
Benton	1,108 25.1%	3,294 74.7%	6	4,408	R+49.6
Wayne	2,169 49.9%	2,171 49.9%	9	4,349	level
Douglas	746 17.2%	3,570 82.4%	14	4,330	R+65.2
Oregon	2,734 63.4%	1,573 36.5%	7	4,314	D+26.9
Dallas	1,064 24.7%	3,232 75.1%	10	4,306	R+50.3
Putnam	1,168 27.3%	3,106 72.6%	7	4,281	R+45.3
Scotland	2,158 51.1%	2,058 48.7%	6	4,222	D+2.4
Ste. Genevieve	1,878 45.8%	2,214 54.0%	6	4,098	R+8.2
Knox	1,943 48.5%	2,057 51.3%	8	4,008	R+2.8
Ralls	2,799 70.6%	1,164 29.3%	3	3,966	D+41.2
Iron	2,205 57.2%	1,649 42.8%		3,854	D+14.4
Warren	815 21.2%	3,017 78.4%	15	3,847	R+57.2
Stone	737 19.3%	3,080 80.7%	1	3,818	R+61.4
Ripley	1,923 50.9%	1,841 48.7%	15	3,779	D+2.2
Taney	936 27.2%	2,499 72.6%	9	3,444	R+45.4
Maries	1,824 54.2%	1,519 45.1%	23	3,366	D+9.1
Ozark	628 18.8%	2,707 81.1%	3	3,338	R+62.3
Mercer	1,035 31.5%	2,249 68.4%	4	3,288	R+36.9
Schuyler	1,729 53.0%	1,526 46.8%	9	3,264	D+6.2
Shannon	2,093 65.1%	1,110 34.5%	11	3,214	D+30.6
Camden	990 31.2%	2,180 68.7%	5	3,175	R+37.5
Worth	1,437 49.9%	1,444 50.1%		2,881	R+0.2
Reynolds	1,877 66.3%	951 33.6%	5	2,833	D+32.7
Hickory	560 20.5%	2,171 79.4%	3	2,734	R+58.9
Carter	1,207 53.6%	1,033 45.9%	12	2,252	D+7.7

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.

Missouri in every presidential election we hold

Year	Winner	Margin
2024	Donald Trump (R)	R+18.4
2020	Donald Trump (R)	R+15.4
2016	Donald Trump (R)	R+18.6
2012	Mitt Romney (R)	R+9.4
2008	John McCain (R)	R+0.1
2004	George W. Bush (R)	R+7.2
2000	George W. Bush (R)	R+3.3
1996	Bill Clinton (D)	D+6.3
1992	Bill Clinton (D)	D+10.1
1988	George H. W. Bush (R)	R+4.0
1984	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+20.0
1980	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+6.8
1976	Jimmy Carter (D)	D+3.6
1972	Richard Nixon (R)	R+24.6
1968	Richard Nixon (R)	R+1.1
1964	Lyndon B. Johnson (D)	D+28.1
1960	John F. Kennedy (D)	D+0.5
1956	Adlai Stevenson II (D)	D+0.2
1952	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)	R+1.6
1948	Harry S. Truman (D)	D+16.6
1944	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+2.9
1940	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+4.8
1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+22.6
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+28.6
1928	Herbert Hoover (R)	R+11.4
1924	Calvin Coolidge (R)	R+5.8
1920	Warren G. Harding (R)	R+11.4
1916	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+3.6
1912	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+17.6
1908	William Howard Taft (R)	R+0.1
1904	Theodore Roosevelt (R)	R+3.9
1900	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+5.5
1896	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+8.7
1892	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+7.5
1888	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+4.9
1884	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+7.5
1880	Winfield Scott Hancock (D)	D+13.7
1876	Samuel J. Tilden (D)	D+16.3
1872	Third party (other)
1868	Ulysses S. Grant (R)	R+13.9

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