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Election 1944 Results

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1944 presidential election in North Dakota

Thomas E. Dewey (Republican) beat Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democrat) in North Dakota in 1944, 53.8% to 45.5%, a margin of 8.4 points and 18,391 votes.

North Dakota voted 15.8 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 32 of the 53 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 21. The largest, Cass, cast 21,167 votes and went to the Republican by 1.3 points. The closest was Slope, where 5 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 118,535 53.8%
Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic 100,144 45.5%
All other candidates 1,492 0.7%
Total220,171

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Cass 10,390 49.1% 10,661 50.4% 116 21,167 R+1.3
Grand Forks 7,707 57.4% 5,668 42.2% 59 13,434 D+15.2
Ward 5,822 51.0% 5,514 48.3% 81 11,417 D+2.7
Burleigh 3,061 39.8% 4,616 59.9% 23 7,700 R+20.2
Richland 3,192 41.9% 4,402 57.7% 30 7,624 R+15.9
Stutsman 3,243 43.2% 4,220 56.2% 46 7,509 R+13.0
Walsh 4,747 65.5% 2,471 34.1% 34 7,252 D+31.4
Barnes 2,922 43.9% 3,696 55.6% 35 6,653 R+11.6
Williams 3,748 61.8% 2,217 36.6% 98 6,063 D+25.3
Morton 1,850 34.2% 3,537 65.3% 28 5,415 R+31.2
Pembina 2,903 54.2% 2,410 45.0% 48 5,361 D+9.2
McLean 2,326 44.0% 2,822 53.4% 140 5,288 R+9.4
McHenry 1,934 37.8% 3,141 61.4% 37 5,112 R+23.6
Ramsey 2,539 50.0% 2,505 49.3% 39 5,083 D+0.7
Traill 2,479 50.9% 2,370 48.7% 20 4,869 D+2.2
Bottineau 1,953 41.9% 2,663 57.1% 44 4,660 R+15.2
Stark 1,534 34.9% 2,852 64.8% 12 4,398 R+30.0
Cavalier 2,274 52.8% 2,011 46.7% 23 4,308 D+6.1
Wells 1,557 37.9% 2,529 61.6% 20 4,106 R+23.7
Benson 2,261 56.4% 1,726 43.0% 23 4,010 D+13.3
La Moure 1,422 37.9% 2,298 61.2% 32 3,752 R+23.3
Ransom 1,639 44.2% 2,044 55.1% 29 3,712 R+10.9
Mountrail 1,981 53.6% 1,666 45.1% 46 3,693 D+8.5
Dickey 1,339 38.3% 2,134 61.1% 19 3,492 R+22.8
Nelson 1,925 55.9% 1,506 43.8% 10 3,441 D+12.2
Pierce 1,307 39.4% 1,992 60.1% 17 3,316 R+20.7
Mercer 445 15.1% 2,504 84.7% 7 2,956 R+69.7
Sargent 1,426 48.6% 1,488 50.7% 20 2,934 R+2.1
Emmons 656 22.4% 2,255 77.0% 18 2,929 R+54.6
McIntosh 226 7.8% 2,682 92.0% 8 2,916 R+84.2
McKenzie 1,592 55.6% 1,241 43.3% 30 2,863 D+12.3
Rolette 1,745 61.6% 1,070 37.8% 17 2,832 D+23.8
Burke 1,226 43.4% 1,540 54.5% 61 2,827 R+11.1
Divide 1,513 54.6% 1,225 44.2% 34 2,772 D+10.4
Steele 1,320 55.6% 1,042 43.9% 12 2,374 D+11.7
Hettinger 554 23.4% 1,812 76.4% 5 2,371 R+53.1
Sheridan 386 16.7% 1,910 82.8% 12 2,308 R+66.0
Dunn 919 40.0% 1,374 59.8% 5 2,298 R+19.8
Towner 1,185 51.8% 1,097 48.0% 4 2,286 D+3.8
Griggs 1,228 55.1% 990 44.5% 9 2,227 D+10.7
Logan 294 13.4% 1,904 86.5% 4 2,202 R+73.1
Grant 410 18.9% 1,745 80.6% 9 2,164 R+61.7
Renville 1,095 50.6% 1,046 48.3% 23 2,164 D+2.3
Kidder 693 33.0% 1,397 66.4% 13 2,103 R+33.5
Eddy 1,042 50.9% 974 47.6% 32 2,048 D+3.3
Foster 1,102 54.9% 891 44.4% 14 2,007 D+10.5
Adams 668 40.5% 966 58.6% 14 1,648 R+18.1
Bowman 609 43.2% 785 55.7% 16 1,410 R+12.5
Golden Valley 443 38.3% 709 61.2% 6 1,158 R+23.0
Sioux 445 39.7% 673 60.0% 4 1,122 R+20.3
Oliver 219 22.3% 756 76.8% 9 984 R+54.6
Slope 439 50.0% 434 49.4% 5 878 D+0.6
Billings 209 36.9% 354 62.5% 3 566 R+25.6

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 Dakota in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Donald Trump (R) R+36.4
2020 Donald Trump (R) R+33.3
2016 Donald Trump (R) R+35.7
2012 Mitt Romney (R) R+19.6
2008 John McCain (R) R+8.6
2004 George W. Bush (R) R+27.4
2000 George W. Bush (R) R+27.6
1996 Bob Dole (R) R+6.8
1992 George H. W. Bush (R) R+12.0
1988 George H. W. Bush (R) R+13.1
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+31.0
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+38.0
1976 Gerald Ford (R) R+5.9
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+26.3
1968 Richard Nixon (R) R+17.7
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+16.1
1960 Richard Nixon (R) R+10.9
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+23.6
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+42.6
1948 Thomas E. Dewey (R) R+8.8
1944 Thomas E. Dewey (R) R+8.4
1940 Wendell Willkie (R) R+10.9
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+33.0
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+41.6
1928 Herbert Hoover (R) R+10.3
1924 Calvin Coolidge (R) R+40.7
1920 Warren G. Harding (R) R+59.6
1916 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+1.5
1912 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+7.5
1908 William Howard Taft (R) R+26.2
1904 Theodore Roosevelt (R) R+54.7
1900 William McKinley (R) R+26.6
1896 William McKinley (R) R+11.9
1892 James B. Weaver (other)