Election 1944 Results
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1944 presidential election in New York
Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democrat) beat Thomas E. Dewey (Republican) in New York in 1944, 52.3% to 47.3%, a margin of 5.0 points and 316,591 votes.
New York voted 2.5 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 55 of the 62 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 7. The largest, Kings, cast 1,158,364 votes and went to the Democrat by 32.0 points. The closest was Oneida, where 154 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 | 3,304,238 | 52.3% |
| Thomas E. Dewey | Republican | 2,987,647 | 47.3% |
| All other candidates | 24,905 | 0.4% | |
| Total | 6,316,790 |
Every county
| County | Democrat | Republican | Others | Total | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kings | 764,438 66.0% | 393,926 34.0% | 1,158,364 | D+32.0 | |
| New York | 514,111 66.5% | 258,650 33.5% | 772,761 | D+33.1 | |
| Bronx | 453,877 68.2% | 211,158 31.8% | 665,035 | D+36.5 | |
| Queens | 295,010 44.7% | 365,365 55.3% | 660,375 | R+10.7 | |
| Erie | 197,260 51.5% | 185,975 48.5% | 383,235 | D+2.9 | |
| Westchester | 108,345 38.3% | 174,635 61.7% | 282,980 | R+23.4 | |
| Nassau | 79,088 33.1% | 159,713 66.9% | 238,801 | R+33.8 | |
| Monroe | 120,548 51.9% | 111,725 48.1% | 232,273 | D+3.8 | |
| Onondaga | 74,131 47.9% | 80,507 52.1% | 154,638 | R+4.1 | |
| Albany | 71,417 54.1% | 60,543 45.9% | 131,960 | D+8.2 | |
| Oneida | 48,595 49.9% | 48,749 50.1% | 97,344 | R+0.2 | |
| Suffolk | 31,483 32.4% | 65,650 67.6% | 97,133 | R+35.2 | |
| Broome | 31,193 41.5% | 44,013 58.5% | 75,206 | R+17.0 | |
| Richmond | 31,727 42.9% | 42,188 57.1% | 73,915 | R+14.2 | |
| Niagara | 35,052 48.2% | 37,614 51.8% | 72,666 | R+3.5 | |
| Schenectady | 33,690 48.9% | 35,178 51.1% | 68,868 | R+2.2 | |
| Rensselaer | 30,312 44.5% | 37,819 55.5% | 68,131 | R+11.0 | |
| Orange | 24,221 38.3% | 39,041 61.7% | 63,262 | R+23.4 | |
| Dutchess | 22,936 41.1% | 32,890 58.9% | 55,826 | R+17.8 | |
| Chautauqua | 22,350 40.5% | 32,824 59.5% | 55,174 | R+19.0 | |
| Ulster | 17,060 39.0% | 26,703 61.0% | 43,763 | R+22.0 | |
| Steuben | 13,534 34.6% | 25,538 65.4% | 39,072 | R+30.7 | |
| Chemung | 15,159 40.6% | 22,198 59.4% | 37,357 | R+18.8 | |
| St. Lawrence | 15,300 41.1% | 21,919 58.9% | 37,219 | R+17.8 | |
| Jefferson | 14,495 39.9% | 21,834 60.1% | 36,329 | R+20.2 | |
| Saratoga | 13,886 40.7% | 20,197 59.3% | 34,083 | R+18.5 | |
| Rockland | 13,527 41.0% | 19,471 59.0% | 32,998 | R+18.0 | |
| Cayuga | 13,949 42.8% | 18,680 57.2% | 32,629 | R+14.5 | |
| Oswego | 12,622 39.0% | 19,733 61.0% | 32,355 | R+22.0 | |
| Cattaraugus | 11,888 37.4% | 19,907 62.6% | 31,795 | R+25.2 | |
| Montgomery | 14,463 49.5% | 14,726 50.5% | 29,189 | R+0.9 | |
| Herkimer | 12,429 44.3% | 15,656 55.7% | 28,085 | R+11.5 | |
| Ontario | 9,505 36.1% | 16,859 63.9% | 26,364 | R+27.9 | |
| Wayne | 7,032 28.6% | 17,523 71.4% | 24,555 | R+42.7 | |
| Otsego | 7,886 33.8% | 15,427 66.2% | 23,313 | R+32.3 | |
| Fulton | 8,875 40.2% | 13,195 59.8% | 22,070 | R+19.6 | |
| Washington | 7,131 34.0% | 13,861 66.0% | 20,992 | R+32.1 | |
| Genesee | 6,846 33.7% | 13,478 66.3% | 20,324 | R+32.6 | |
| Sullivan | 8,909 44.2% | 11,258 55.8% | 20,167 | R+11.6 | |
| Columbia | 7,023 35.0% | 13,055 65.0% | 20,078 | R+30.0 | |
| Delaware | 5,153 25.7% | 14,916 74.3% | 20,069 | R+48.6 | |
| Tompkins | 7,248 36.1% | 12,805 63.9% | 20,053 | R+27.7 | |
| Madison | 6,145 31.5% | 13,369 68.5% | 19,514 | R+37.0 | |
| Warren | 6,753 35.7% | 12,144 64.3% | 18,897 | R+28.5 | |
| Clinton | 10,031 53.3% | 8,775 46.7% | 18,806 | D+6.7 | |
| Allegany | 4,825 26.4% | 13,454 73.6% | 18,279 | R+47.2 | |
| Chenango | 5,034 28.3% | 12,745 71.7% | 17,779 | R+43.4 | |
| Livingston | 6,392 36.0% | 11,383 64.0% | 17,775 | R+28.1 | |
| Franklin | 8,099 46.8% | 9,225 53.2% | 17,324 | R+6.5 | |
| Cortland | 4,991 32.3% | 10,450 67.7% | 15,441 | R+35.4 | |
| Greene | 5,257 34.9% | 9,807 65.1% | 15,064 | R+30.2 | |
| Essex | 4,670 31.6% | 10,128 68.4% | 14,798 | R+36.9 | |
| Wyoming | 4,470 30.4% | 10,219 69.6% | 14,689 | R+39.1 | |
| Orleans | 4,028 28.7% | 9,998 71.3% | 14,026 | R+42.6 | |
| Tioga | 3,856 30.1% | 8,934 69.9% | 12,790 | R+39.7 | |
| Seneca | 4,264 36.5% | 7,424 63.5% | 11,688 | R+27.0 | |
| Putnam | 4,284 37.9% | 7,010 62.1% | 11,294 | R+24.1 | |
| Schoharie | 4,255 39.4% | 6,546 60.6% | 10,801 | R+21.2 | |
| Lewis | 3,459 35.6% | 6,256 64.4% | 9,715 | R+28.8 | |
| Yates | 2,014 24.1% | 6,338 75.9% | 8,352 | R+51.8 | |
| Schuyler | 1,773 28.2% | 4,506 71.8% | 6,279 | R+43.5 | |
| Hamilton | 839 31.4% | 1,834 68.6% | 2,673 | R+37.2 |
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.
New York in every presidential election we hold
| Year | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Kamala Harris (D) | D+12.6 |
| 2020 | Joe Biden (D) | D+23.1 |
| 2016 | Hillary Clinton (D) | D+22.5 |
| 2012 | Barack Obama (D) | D+28.2 |
| 2008 | Barack Obama (D) | D+26.9 |
| 2004 | John Kerry (D) | D+18.3 |
| 2000 | Al Gore (D) | D+25.0 |
| 1996 | Bill Clinton (D) | D+28.9 |
| 1992 | Bill Clinton (D) | D+15.8 |
| 1988 | Michael Dukakis (D) | D+4.1 |
| 1984 | Ronald Reagan (R) | R+8.0 |
| 1980 | Ronald Reagan (R) | R+2.7 |
| 1976 | Jimmy Carter (D) | D+4.4 |
| 1972 | Richard Nixon (R) | R+17.3 |
| 1968 | Hubert Humphrey (D) | D+5.5 |
| 1964 | Lyndon B. Johnson (D) | D+37.3 |
| 1960 | John F. Kennedy (D) | D+5.3 |
| 1956 | Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) | R+22.5 |
| 1952 | Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) | R+11.9 |
| 1948 | Thomas E. Dewey (R) | R+1.0 |
| 1944 | Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) | D+5.0 |
| 1940 | Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) | D+3.6 |
| 1936 | Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) | D+19.9 |
| 1932 | Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) | D+12.7 |
| 1928 | Herbert Hoover (R) | R+2.3 |
| 1924 | Calvin Coolidge (R) | R+26.6 |
| 1920 | Warren G. Harding (R) | R+37.6 |
| 1916 | Charles Evans Hughes (R) | R+7.0 |
| 1912 | Woodrow Wilson (D) | D+12.6 |
| 1908 | William Howard Taft (R) | R+12.4 |
| 1904 | Theodore Roosevelt (R) | R+10.9 |
| 1900 | William McKinley (R) | R+9.3 |
| 1896 | William McKinley (R) | R+18.9 |
| 1892 | Grover Cleveland (D) | D+3.4 |
| 1888 | Benjamin Harrison (R) | R+1.1 |
| 1884 | Grover Cleveland (D) | D+0.1 |
| 1880 | James A. Garfield (R) | R+1.9 |
| 1876 | Samuel J. Tilden (D) | D+3.2 |
| 1872 | Ulysses S. Grant (R) | R+6.5 |
| 1868 | Horatio Seymour (D) | D+1.2 |