Election 1944 Results
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1944 presidential election in North Carolina
Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democrat) beat Thomas E. Dewey (Republican) in North Carolina in 1944, 66.7% to 33.3%, a margin of 33.4 points and 264,244 votes.
North Carolina voted 25.9 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 86 of the 100 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 14. The largest, Guilford, cast 36,457 votes and went to the Democrat by 28.9 points. The closest was Davidson, where 10 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 | 527,399 | 66.7% |
| Thomas E. Dewey | Republican | 263,155 | 33.3% |
| Total | 790,554 |
Every county
| County | Democrat | Republican | Others | Total | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guilford | 23,495 64.4% | 12,962 35.6% | 36,457 | D+28.9 | |
| Mecklenburg | 25,950 73.3% | 9,434 26.7% | 35,384 | D+46.7 | |
| Buncombe | 20,878 69.0% | 9,398 31.0% | 30,276 | D+37.9 | |
| Forsyth | 16,390 62.1% | 10,014 37.9% | 26,404 | D+24.1 | |
| Wake | 18,050 81.9% | 3,996 18.1% | 22,046 | D+63.7 | |
| Gaston | 13,744 69.5% | 6,023 30.5% | 19,767 | D+39.1 | |
| Davidson | 9,455 50.0% | 9,445 50.0% | 18,900 | D+0.1 | |
| Catawba | 10,146 58.5% | 7,211 41.5% | 17,357 | D+16.9 | |
| Durham | 12,763 77.6% | 3,690 22.4% | 16,453 | D+55.1 | |
| Randolph | 7,277 45.4% | 8,768 54.6% | 16,045 | R+9.3 | |
| Rowan | 9,721 62.4% | 5,862 37.6% | 15,583 | D+24.8 | |
| Wilkes | 5,587 38.0% | 9,121 62.0% | 14,708 | R+24.0 | |
| Alamance | 9,184 64.9% | 4,976 35.1% | 14,160 | D+29.7 | |
| Cabarrus | 9,064 68.2% | 4,233 31.8% | 13,297 | D+36.3 | |
| Iredell | 8,358 63.2% | 4,864 36.8% | 13,222 | D+26.4 | |
| Surry | 7,679 60.0% | 5,116 40.0% | 12,795 | D+20.0 | |
| Johnston | 8,282 65.2% | 4,423 34.8% | 12,705 | D+30.4 | |
| Burke | 6,795 53.7% | 5,855 46.3% | 12,650 | D+7.4 | |
| New Hanover | 9,476 77.0% | 2,829 23.0% | 12,305 | D+54.0 | |
| Rutherford | 7,379 61.1% | 4,698 38.9% | 12,077 | D+22.2 | |
| Rockingham | 8,755 74.3% | 3,024 25.7% | 11,779 | D+48.7 | |
| Stanly | 5,499 47.5% | 6,083 52.5% | 11,582 | R+5.0 | |
| Cleveland | 8,170 75.6% | 2,636 24.4% | 10,806 | D+51.2 | |
| Haywood | 7,755 72.7% | 2,919 27.3% | 10,674 | D+45.3 | |
| Henderson | 5,679 55.2% | 4,613 44.8% | 10,292 | D+10.4 | |
| Sampson | 4,220 41.0% | 6,062 59.0% | 10,282 | R+17.9 | |
| Caldwell | 5,419 55.4% | 4,365 44.6% | 9,784 | D+10.8 | |
| Harnett | 6,579 67.3% | 3,191 32.7% | 9,770 | D+34.7 | |
| Pitt | 8,556 94.5% | 495 5.5% | 9,051 | D+89.1 | |
| Ashe | 4,363 49.1% | 4,524 50.9% | 8,887 | R+1.8 | |
| Cumberland | 6,615 76.7% | 2,014 23.3% | 8,629 | D+53.3 | |
| Nash | 7,577 89.6% | 876 10.4% | 8,453 | D+79.3 | |
| Robeson | 7,278 86.7% | 1,118 13.3% | 8,396 | D+73.4 | |
| Wayne | 6,228 76.5% | 1,914 23.5% | 8,142 | D+53.0 | |
| Lincoln | 4,168 53.1% | 3,678 46.9% | 7,846 | D+6.2 | |
| Stokes | 4,110 54.9% | 3,376 45.1% | 7,486 | D+9.8 | |
| Halifax | 6,989 94.1% | 440 5.9% | 7,429 | D+88.2 | |
| Columbus | 5,717 78.6% | 1,552 21.4% | 7,269 | D+57.3 | |
| Wilson | 6,480 89.4% | 769 10.6% | 7,249 | D+78.8 | |
| Edgecombe | 6,762 93.8% | 448 6.2% | 7,210 | D+87.6 | |
| Watauga | 3,214 44.8% | 3,954 55.2% | 7,168 | R+10.3 | |
| Duplin | 5,464 79.2% | 1,437 20.8% | 6,901 | D+58.4 | |
| Yadkin | 2,470 36.0% | 4,392 64.0% | 6,862 | R+28.0 | |
| Union | 5,729 83.7% | 1,114 16.3% | 6,843 | D+67.4 | |
| Jackson | 4,109 60.4% | 2,694 39.6% | 6,803 | D+20.8 | |
| Madison | 2,291 34.3% | 4,388 65.7% | 6,679 | R+31.4 | |
| Moore | 3,711 58.2% | 2,663 41.8% | 6,374 | D+16.4 | |
| Richmond | 5,394 85.2% | 938 14.8% | 6,332 | D+70.4 | |
| Chatham | 3,856 61.3% | 2,431 38.7% | 6,287 | D+22.7 | |
| McDowell | 4,008 64.0% | 2,258 36.0% | 6,266 | D+27.9 | |
| Beaufort | 4,706 80.6% | 1,133 19.4% | 5,839 | D+61.2 | |
| Lenoir | 5,253 90.5% | 554 9.5% | 5,807 | D+80.9 | |
| Yancey | 3,301 57.9% | 2,402 42.1% | 5,703 | D+15.8 | |
| Craven | 4,872 85.5% | 826 14.5% | 5,698 | D+71.0 | |
| Davie | 2,266 41.1% | 3,244 58.9% | 5,510 | R+17.7 | |
| Macon | 2,855 53.2% | 2,510 46.8% | 5,365 | D+6.4 | |
| Transylvania | 3,019 57.3% | 2,251 42.7% | 5,270 | D+14.6 | |
| Alexander | 2,282 43.4% | 2,971 56.6% | 5,253 | R+13.1 | |
| Cherokee | 2,582 49.6% | 2,625 50.4% | 5,207 | R+0.8 | |
| Carteret | 3,489 69.0% | 1,566 31.0% | 5,055 | D+38.0 | |
| Orange | 3,274 69.1% | 1,467 30.9% | 4,741 | D+38.1 | |
| Vance | 4,110 88.6% | 528 11.4% | 4,638 | D+77.2 | |
| Montgomery | 2,665 57.6% | 1,963 42.4% | 4,628 | D+15.2 | |
| Martin | 4,408 97.1% | 133 2.9% | 4,541 | D+94.1 | |
| Brunswick | 2,346 54.0% | 1,997 46.0% | 4,343 | D+8.0 | |
| Franklin | 3,967 93.2% | 289 6.8% | 4,256 | D+86.4 | |
| Lee | 3,448 81.0% | 808 19.0% | 4,256 | D+62.0 | |
| Mitchell | 1,024 24.3% | 3,192 75.7% | 4,216 | R+51.4 | |
| Anson | 3,582 87.5% | 510 12.5% | 4,092 | D+75.1 | |
| Polk | 2,340 58.2% | 1,678 41.8% | 4,018 | D+16.5 | |
| Avery | 838 20.9% | 3,178 79.1% | 4,016 | R+58.3 | |
| Northampton | 3,470 95.3% | 172 4.7% | 3,642 | D+90.6 | |
| Swain | 2,110 58.4% | 1,505 41.6% | 3,615 | D+16.7 | |
| Granville | 3,215 90.8% | 325 9.2% | 3,540 | D+81.6 | |
| Pasquotank | 2,540 74.7% | 860 25.3% | 3,400 | D+49.4 | |
| Alleghany | 1,810 54.8% | 1,495 45.2% | 3,305 | D+9.5 | |
| Bladen | 2,542 77.7% | 731 22.3% | 3,273 | D+55.3 | |
| Bertie | 3,142 96.2% | 124 3.8% | 3,266 | D+92.4 | |
| Graham | 1,889 58.2% | 1,356 41.8% | 3,245 | D+16.4 | |
| Onslow | 2,711 86.2% | 433 13.8% | 3,144 | D+72.5 | |
| Person | 2,507 80.5% | 607 19.5% | 3,114 | D+61.0 | |
| Warren | 2,480 91.1% | 242 8.9% | 2,722 | D+82.2 | |
| Scotland | 2,372 88.7% | 303 11.3% | 2,675 | D+77.3 | |
| Greene | 2,528 95.7% | 113 4.3% | 2,641 | D+91.4 | |
| Clay | 1,245 49.6% | 1,263 50.4% | 2,508 | R+0.7 | |
| Caswell | 1,923 79.6% | 492 20.4% | 2,415 | D+59.3 | |
| Washington | 1,782 78.2% | 497 21.8% | 2,279 | D+56.4 | |
| Pender | 1,732 79.7% | 441 20.3% | 2,173 | D+59.4 | |
| Hertford | 1,996 94.1% | 125 5.9% | 2,121 | D+88.2 | |
| Pamlico | 1,295 64.3% | 719 35.7% | 2,014 | D+28.6 | |
| Hoke | 1,782 91.8% | 160 8.2% | 1,942 | D+83.5 | |
| Chowan | 1,314 88.8% | 166 11.2% | 1,480 | D+77.6 | |
| Jones | 1,221 85.3% | 211 14.7% | 1,432 | D+70.5 | |
| Currituck | 1,049 82.0% | 231 18.0% | 1,280 | D+63.9 | |
| Gates | 1,105 87.8% | 153 12.2% | 1,258 | D+75.7 | |
| Hyde | 924 74.1% | 323 25.9% | 1,247 | D+48.2 | |
| Perquimans | 960 78.3% | 266 21.7% | 1,226 | D+56.6 | |
| Dare | 966 78.9% | 259 21.1% | 1,225 | D+57.7 | |
| Camden | 722 78.9% | 193 21.1% | 915 | D+57.8 | |
| Tyrrell | 611 68.5% | 281 31.5% | 892 | D+37.0 |
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.
North Carolina in every presidential election we hold
| Year | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Donald Trump (R) | R+3.2 |
| 2020 | Donald Trump (R) | R+1.3 |
| 2016 | Donald Trump (R) | R+3.7 |
| 2012 | Mitt Romney (R) | R+2.0 |
| 2008 | Barack Obama (D) | D+0.3 |
| 2004 | George W. Bush (R) | R+12.4 |
| 2000 | George W. Bush (R) | R+12.8 |
| 1996 | Bob Dole (R) | R+4.7 |
| 1992 | George H. W. Bush (R) | R+0.8 |
| 1988 | George H. W. Bush (R) | R+16.3 |
| 1984 | Ronald Reagan (R) | R+24.0 |
| 1980 | Ronald Reagan (R) | R+2.1 |
| 1976 | Jimmy Carter (D) | D+11.0 |
| 1972 | Richard Nixon (R) | R+40.6 |
| 1968 | Richard Nixon (R) | R+10.3 |
| 1964 | Lyndon B. Johnson (D) | D+12.3 |
| 1960 | John F. Kennedy (D) | D+4.2 |
| 1956 | Adlai Stevenson II (D) | D+1.3 |
| 1952 | Adlai Stevenson II (D) | D+7.8 |
| 1948 | Harry S. Truman (D) | D+25.3 |
| 1944 | Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) | D+33.4 |
| 1940 | Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) | D+48.1 |
| 1936 | Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) | D+46.8 |
| 1932 | Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) | D+40.6 |
| 1928 | Herbert Hoover (R) | R+9.9 |
| 1924 | John W. Davis (D) | D+19.2 |
| 1920 | James M. Cox (D) | D+13.5 |
| 1916 | Woodrow Wilson (D) | D+16.4 |
| 1912 | Woodrow Wilson (D) | D+47.3 |
| 1908 | William Jennings Bryan (D) | D+8.7 |
| 1904 | Alton B. Parker (D) | D+20.0 |
| 1900 | William Jennings Bryan (D) | D+8.5 |
| 1896 | William Jennings Bryan (D) | D+5.8 |
| 1892 | Grover Cleveland (D) | D+11.6 |
| 1888 | Grover Cleveland (D) | D+4.6 |
| 1884 | Grover Cleveland (D) | D+6.7 |
| 1880 | Winfield Scott Hancock (D) | D+3.6 |
| 1876 | Samuel J. Tilden (D) | D+7.2 |
| 1872 | Ulysses S. Grant (R) | R+14.5 |
| 1868 | Ulysses S. Grant (R) | R+6.8 |