Election 1944 Results
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1944 presidential election in Montana
Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democrat) beat Thomas E. Dewey (Republican) in Montana in 1944, 54.3% to 44.9%, a margin of 9.4 points and 19,393 votes.
Montana voted 1.9 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 31 of the 56 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 25. The largest, Silver Bow, cast 21,040 votes and went to the Democrat by 26.7 points. The closest was Treasure, where 5 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 | 112,556 | 54.3% |
| Thomas E. Dewey | Republican | 93,163 | 44.9% |
| All other candidates | 1,636 | 0.8% | |
| Total | 207,355 |
Every county
| County | Democrat | Republican | Others | Total | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Silver Bow | 13,228 62.9% | 7,610 36.2% | 202 | 21,040 | D+26.7 |
| Cascade | 10,924 62.6% | 6,372 36.5% | 141 | 17,437 | D+26.1 |
| Yellowstone | 8,140 48.1% | 8,706 51.4% | 79 | 16,925 | R+3.3 |
| Missoula | 5,558 50.4% | 5,371 48.7% | 99 | 11,028 | D+1.7 |
| Lewis And Clark | 4,737 51.2% | 4,482 48.4% | 39 | 9,258 | D+2.8 |
| Flathead | 3,608 46.3% | 4,066 52.2% | 112 | 7,786 | R+5.9 |
| Gallatin | 3,479 52.5% | 3,120 47.0% | 33 | 6,632 | D+5.4 |
| Deer Lodge | 4,347 66.3% | 2,176 33.2% | 33 | 6,556 | D+33.1 |
| Fergus | 3,164 58.4% | 2,229 41.1% | 29 | 5,422 | D+17.2 |
| Park | 2,245 48.0% | 2,396 51.2% | 36 | 4,677 | R+3.2 |
| Hill | 2,986 64.0% | 1,646 35.3% | 37 | 4,669 | D+28.7 |
| Ravalli | 1,926 44.7% | 2,342 54.3% | 43 | 4,311 | R+9.6 |
| Carbon | 2,073 49.0% | 2,126 50.3% | 31 | 4,230 | R+1.3 |
| Lake | 1,750 43.1% | 2,265 55.8% | 44 | 4,059 | R+12.7 |
| Custer | 2,038 52.3% | 1,830 47.0% | 29 | 3,897 | D+5.3 |
| Valley | 2,196 61.3% | 1,341 37.4% | 45 | 3,582 | D+23.9 |
| Glacier | 2,152 63.5% | 1,228 36.2% | 9 | 3,389 | D+27.3 |
| Roosevelt | 1,848 58.3% | 1,281 40.4% | 39 | 3,168 | D+17.9 |
| Richland | 1,777 56.2% | 1,347 42.6% | 37 | 3,161 | D+13.6 |
| Chouteau | 1,906 60.5% | 1,220 38.7% | 27 | 3,153 | D+21.8 |
| Dawson | 1,362 46.5% | 1,549 52.9% | 16 | 2,927 | R+6.4 |
| Beaverhead | 1,263 44.6% | 1,556 54.9% | 13 | 2,832 | R+10.3 |
| Big Horn | 1,289 47.8% | 1,394 51.7% | 12 | 2,695 | R+3.9 |
| Toole | 1,545 57.9% | 1,113 41.7% | 10 | 2,668 | D+16.2 |
| Powell | 1,527 57.7% | 1,100 41.6% | 18 | 2,645 | D+16.1 |
| Teton | 1,508 58.0% | 1,074 41.3% | 19 | 2,601 | D+16.7 |
| Lincoln | 1,445 55.8% | 1,109 42.8% | 35 | 2,589 | D+13.0 |
| Sheridan | 1,713 67.2% | 791 31.0% | 44 | 2,548 | D+36.2 |
| Phillips | 1,435 56.4% | 1,089 42.8% | 19 | 2,543 | D+13.6 |
| Blaine | 1,469 59.3% | 990 39.9% | 20 | 2,479 | D+19.3 |
| Musselshell | 1,342 56.5% | 1,004 42.3% | 29 | 2,375 | D+14.2 |
| Pondera | 1,448 61.3% | 890 37.7% | 23 | 2,361 | D+23.6 |
| Madison | 1,022 44.2% | 1,278 55.3% | 13 | 2,313 | R+11.1 |
| Rosebud | 1,114 48.4% | 1,154 50.2% | 33 | 2,301 | R+1.7 |
| Sanders | 1,184 52.0% | 1,070 47.0% | 24 | 2,278 | D+5.0 |
| Stillwater | 934 43.6% | 1,201 56.1% | 7 | 2,142 | R+12.5 |
| Judith Basin | 1,049 60.0% | 691 39.6% | 7 | 1,747 | D+20.5 |
| Jefferson | 803 50.1% | 797 49.7% | 3 | 1,603 | D+0.4 |
| Daniels | 824 54.4% | 680 44.9% | 12 | 1,516 | D+9.5 |
| Wheatland | 733 48.4% | 767 50.6% | 16 | 1,516 | R+2.2 |
| Sweet Grass | 533 37.0% | 897 62.3% | 10 | 1,440 | R+25.3 |
| Fallon | 494 36.0% | 870 63.5% | 7 | 1,371 | R+27.4 |
| Broadwater | 558 42.2% | 760 57.4% | 5 | 1,323 | R+15.3 |
| McCone | 763 57.8% | 526 39.8% | 31 | 1,320 | D+18.0 |
| Granite | 574 44.6% | 702 54.5% | 12 | 1,288 | R+9.9 |
| Powder River | 476 41.9% | 650 57.2% | 11 | 1,137 | R+15.3 |
| Carter | 610 54.6% | 507 45.3% | 1 | 1,118 | D+9.2 |
| Prairie | 468 43.6% | 598 55.7% | 8 | 1,074 | R+12.1 |
| Garfield | 478 46.3% | 553 53.5% | 2 | 1,033 | R+7.3 |
| Meagher | 482 48.5% | 509 51.3% | 2 | 993 | R+2.7 |
| Wibaux | 425 49.5% | 432 50.3% | 2 | 859 | R+0.8 |
| Liberty | 440 52.3% | 393 46.7% | 9 | 842 | D+5.6 |
| Mineral | 401 50.6% | 380 48.0% | 11 | 792 | D+2.7 |
| Golden Valley | 266 40.2% | 395 59.7% | 1 | 662 | R+19.5 |
| Treasure | 282 49.2% | 287 50.1% | 4 | 573 | R+0.9 |
| Petroleum | 225 46.8% | 253 52.6% | 3 | 481 | R+5.8 |
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.
Montana in every presidential election we hold
| Year | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Donald Trump (R) | R+19.9 |
| 2020 | Donald Trump (R) | R+16.4 |
| 2016 | Donald Trump (R) | R+20.4 |
| 2012 | Mitt Romney (R) | R+13.7 |
| 2008 | John McCain (R) | R+2.3 |
| 2004 | George W. Bush (R) | R+20.5 |
| 2000 | George W. Bush (R) | R+25.1 |
| 1996 | Bob Dole (R) | R+2.9 |
| 1992 | Bill Clinton (D) | D+2.5 |
| 1988 | George H. W. Bush (R) | R+5.9 |
| 1984 | Ronald Reagan (R) | R+22.3 |
| 1980 | Ronald Reagan (R) | R+24.4 |
| 1976 | Gerald Ford (R) | R+7.4 |
| 1972 | Richard Nixon (R) | R+20.1 |
| 1968 | Richard Nixon (R) | R+9.0 |
| 1964 | Lyndon B. Johnson (D) | D+18.4 |
| 1960 | Richard Nixon (R) | R+2.5 |
| 1956 | Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) | R+14.3 |
| 1952 | Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) | R+19.3 |
| 1948 | Harry S. Truman (D) | D+9.9 |
| 1944 | Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) | D+9.4 |
| 1940 | Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) | D+18.6 |
| 1936 | Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) | D+41.7 |
| 1932 | Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) | D+22.7 |
| 1928 | Herbert Hoover (R) | R+17.9 |
| 1924 | Calvin Coolidge (R) | R+23.1 |
| 1920 | Warren G. Harding (R) | R+29.1 |
| 1916 | Woodrow Wilson (D) | D+19.3 |
| 1912 | Woodrow Wilson (D) | D+11.8 |
| 1908 | William Howard Taft (R) | R+4.4 |
| 1904 | Theodore Roosevelt (R) | R+20.4 |
| 1900 | William Jennings Bryan (D) | D+18.6 |
| 1896 | William Jennings Bryan (D) | D+60.6 |
| 1892 | Benjamin Harrison (R) | R+2.7 |