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Election 1944 Results

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1944 presidential election in Virginia

Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democrat) beat Thomas E. Dewey (Republican) in Virginia in 1944, 62.4% to 37.4%, a margin of 25.0 points and 97,033 votes.

Virginia voted 17.5 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 106 of the 124 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 18. The largest, Richmond, cast 31,387 votes and went to the Democrat by 44.1 points. The closest was Botetourt, where 3 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	242,276	62.4%
Thomas E. Dewey	Republican	145,243	37.4%
All other candidates		966	0.2%
Total		388,485

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	Margin
Richmond	22,584 72.0%	8,737 27.8%	66	31,387	D+44.1
Norfolk	12,010 70.7%	4,958 29.2%	28	16,996	D+41.5
Arlington	7,122 46.0%	8,317 53.7%	60	15,499	R+7.7
Roanoke	7,322 58.8%	5,095 40.9%	34	12,451	D+17.9
Lee	4,470 53.2%	3,921 46.7%	8	8,399	D+6.5
Alexandria	4,391 56.1%	3,405 43.5%	27	7,823	D+12.6
Fairfax	3,582 46.8%	4,046 52.8%	34	7,662	R+6.1
Norfolk (Ext)	5,467 78.0%	1,527 21.8%	17	7,011	D+56.2
Portsmouth	5,735 83.4%	1,129 16.4%	13	6,877	D+67.0
Lynchburg	4,302 64.1%	2,396 35.7%	15	6,713	D+28.4
Roanoke	3,380 51.7%	3,146 48.1%	10	6,536	D+3.6
Wise	4,588 71.5%	1,817 28.3%	15	6,420	D+43.2
Scott	2,888 48.3%	3,089 51.6%	6	5,983	R+3.4
Grayson	2,607 44.1%	3,298 55.8%	9	5,914	R+11.7
Rockingham	2,104 36.0%	3,714 63.6%	21	5,839	R+27.6
Washington	2,849 50.3%	2,792 49.3%	23	5,664	D+1.0
Shenandoah	1,962 35.8%	3,517 64.1%	6	5,485	R+28.4
Russell	2,945 55.0%	2,385 44.6%	20	5,350	D+10.5
Newport News	4,051 76.3%	1,237 23.3%	21	5,309	D+53.0
Augusta	2,913 55.5%	2,319 44.2%	15	5,247	D+11.3
Tazewell	2,832 55.2%	2,271 44.3%	25	5,128	D+10.9
Smyth	2,266 45.3%	2,726 54.5%	7	4,999	R+9.2
Buchanan	2,826 58.8%	1,971 41.0%	8	4,805	D+17.8
Pittsylvania	3,492 73.9%	1,224 25.9%	8	4,724	D+48.0
Dickenson	2,786 61.2%	1,762 38.7%	6	4,554	D+22.5
Danville	3,121 71.5%	1,231 28.2%	14	4,366	D+43.3
Henrico	3,056 70.6%	1,263 29.2%	12	4,331	D+41.4
Page	1,653 39.0%	2,574 60.8%	7	4,234	R+21.8
Halifax	3,351 86.6%	512 13.2%	7	3,870	D+73.4
Chesterfield	2,860 75.8%	901 23.9%	11	3,772	D+51.9
Carroll	1,375 36.9%	2,352 63.1%	2	3,729	R+26.2
Elizabeth City (Ext)	2,563 69.2%	1,128 30.5%	13	3,704	D+38.7
Bedford	2,534 70.2%	1,068 29.6%	6	3,608	D+40.6
Montgomery	1,652 45.8%	1,936 53.7%	19	3,607	R+7.9
Pulaski	2,155 62.3%	1,302 37.7%	1	3,458	D+24.7
Alleghany	1,985 60.2%	1,308 39.6%	7	3,300	D+20.5
Loudoun	1,802 54.7%	1,485 45.1%	7	3,294	D+9.6
Wythe	1,465 44.6%	1,822 55.4%		3,287	R+10.9
Charlottesville	2,188 67.2%	1,055 32.4%	12	3,255	D+34.8
Franklin	2,002 62.1%	1,206 37.4%	16	3,224	D+24.7
Fauquier	2,110 65.9%	1,089 34.0%	5	3,204	D+31.9
Amherst	2,585 85.1%	442 14.5%	12	3,039	D+70.5
Mecklenburg	2,561 85.6%	430 14.4%		2,991	D+71.2
Petersburg	2,256 75.7%	719 24.1%	6	2,981	D+51.6
Princess Anne (Ext)	1,959 66.3%	993 33.6%	1	2,953	D+32.7
Giles	1,703 58.5%	1,203 41.3%	4	2,910	D+17.2
Accomack	1,747 62.5%	1,045 37.4%	3	2,795	D+25.1
Albemarle	1,725 63.9%	964 35.7%	12	2,701	D+28.2
Warwick (Ext)	1,849 69.5%	807 30.3%	5	2,661	D+39.2
Campbell	1,995 75.8%	634 24.1%	4	2,633	D+51.7
Rockbridge	1,638 62.8%	961 36.8%	9	2,608	D+26.0
Harrisonburg	1,292 49.7%	1,302 50.0%	8	2,602	R+0.4
Botetourt	1,275 49.8%	1,272 49.6%	15	2,562	D+0.1
Henry	1,538 67.8%	727 32.0%	5	2,270	D+35.7
Bristol	1,561 71.0%	628 28.6%	9	2,198	D+42.4
Frederick	1,213 56.3%	938 43.5%	5	2,156	D+12.8
Prince William	1,340 63.6%	763 36.2%	5	2,108	D+27.4
Winchester	1,000 47.6%	1,095 52.1%	7	2,102	R+4.5
Patrick	1,383 66.0%	706 33.7%	7	2,096	D+32.3
Floyd	630 30.6%	1,424 69.1%	8	2,062	R+38.5
Hanover	1,471 71.7%	575 28.0%	5	2,051	D+43.7
Staunton	1,159 57.6%	847 42.1%	6	2,012	D+15.5
Nottoway	1,453 75.3%	472 24.5%	5	1,930	D+50.8
Suffolk	1,342 70.1%	569 29.7%	3	1,914	D+40.4
Orange	1,199 63.2%	694 36.6%	3	1,896	D+26.6
Southampton	1,599 84.4%	284 15.0%	12	1,895	D+69.4
Charlotte	1,473 80.5%	356 19.5%	1	1,830	D+61.0
Nelson	1,390 76.4%	427 23.5%	2	1,819	D+52.9
Warren	1,034 57.5%	761 42.3%	3	1,798	D+15.2
Fredericksburg	1,092 60.9%	698 38.9%	3	1,793	D+22.0
Culpeper	1,022 57.6%	750 42.3%	1	1,773	D+15.3
Nansemond (Ext)	1,398 79.9%	351 20.1%		1,749	D+59.9
Hopewell	1,284 77.5%	368 22.2%	5	1,657	D+55.3
Isle Of Wight	1,178 73.3%	430 26.7%		1,608	D+46.5
Louisa	930 59.2%	634 40.3%	8	1,572	D+18.8
Martinsville	1,093 70.4%	458 29.5%	2	1,553	D+40.9
Bland	762 50.6%	744 49.4%		1,506	D+1.2
Clifton Forge	1,082 72.0%	415 27.6%	5	1,502	D+44.4
Northampton	1,108 74.2%	381 25.5%	4	1,493	D+48.7
Prince Edward	1,063 71.2%	425 28.5%	4	1,492	D+42.8
Brunswick	1,239 85.6%	208 14.4%		1,447	D+71.3
Madison	616 43.1%	811 56.8%	1	1,428	R+13.7
Radford	824 57.9%	597 42.0%	2	1,423	D+16.0
Stafford	698 49.2%	714 50.4%	6	1,418	R+1.1
Lunenburg	1,205 86.5%	184 13.2%	4	1,393	D+73.3
Caroline	1,004 72.2%	383 27.5%	4	1,391	D+44.6
Appomattox	1,109 80.1%	270 19.5%	6	1,385	D+60.6
Dinwiddie	1,096 79.6%	279 20.3%	2	1,377	D+59.3
Gloucester	934 69.2%	410 30.4%	5	1,349	D+38.8
Westmoreland	808 60.1%	532 39.6%	4	1,344	D+20.5
Hampton	987 76.7%	297 23.1%	3	1,287	D+53.6
Spotsylvania	744 59.5%	504 40.3%	3	1,251	D+19.2
Greensville	954 77.1%	279 22.6%	4	1,237	D+54.6
Clarke	816 66.0%	415 33.6%	5	1,236	D+32.4
Northumberland	695 56.9%	525 43.0%	1	1,221	D+13.9
Highland	535 45.5%	641 54.5%		1,176	R+9.0
South Norfolk	924 79.1%	241 20.6%	3	1,168	D+58.5
Mathews	615 55.6%	491 44.4%	1	1,107	D+11.2
Prince George	796 72.5%	301 27.4%	1	1,098	D+45.1
York	760 69.3%	318 29.0%	18	1,096	D+40.3
Bath	581 53.4%	504 46.3%	4	1,089	D+7.1
Lancaster	666 62.8%	390 36.8%	5	1,061	D+26.0
Buckingham	723 71.4%	286 28.3%	3	1,012	D+43.2
King William	718 71.9%	280 28.1%		998	D+43.9
Sussex	773 78.9%	201 20.5%	6	980	D+58.4
Goochland	691 74.7%	230 24.9%	4	925	D+49.8
Craig	564 63.2%	327 36.7%	1	892	D+26.6
Fluvanna	577 66.3%	291 33.4%	2	870	D+32.9
Amelia	553 65.0%	295 34.7%	3	851	D+30.3
Middlesex	627 76.8%	186 22.8%	3	816	D+54.0
Rappahannock	497 62.4%	297 37.3%	3	797	D+25.1
Surry	602 82.9%	123 16.9%	1	726	D+66.0
Richmond	364 51.9%	336 47.9%	1	701	D+4.0
Powhatan	461 66.4%	230 33.1%	3	694	D+33.3
King George	348 50.4%	340 49.3%	2	690	D+1.2
Essex	508 73.7%	179 26.0%	2	689	D+47.8
Cumberland	463 67.6%	218 31.8%	4	685	D+35.8
Greene	282 41.7%	393 58.1%	1	676	R+16.4
Williamsburg	454 67.7%	211 31.4%	6	671	D+36.2
Buena Vista	402 69.1%	179 30.8%	1	582	D+38.3
King And Queen	363 68.6%	166 31.4%		529	D+37.2
New Kent	329 67.6%	158 32.4%		487	D+35.1
James City	317 66.3%	161 33.7%		478	D+32.6
Charles City	326 70.1%	139 29.9%		465	D+40.2

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.

Virginia in every presidential election we hold

Year	Winner	Margin
2024	Kamala Harris (D)	D+5.8
2020	Joe Biden (D)	D+10.1
2016	Hillary Clinton (D)	D+5.3
2012	Barack Obama (D)	D+3.9
2008	Barack Obama (D)	D+6.3
2004	George W. Bush (R)	R+8.2
2000	George W. Bush (R)	R+8.0
1996	Bob Dole (R)	R+2.0
1992	George H. W. Bush (R)	R+4.4
1988	George H. W. Bush (R)	R+20.5
1984	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+25.2
1980	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+12.7
1976	Gerald Ford (R)	R+1.3
1972	Richard Nixon (R)	R+37.7
1968	Richard Nixon (R)	R+10.9
1964	Lyndon B. Johnson (D)	D+7.4
1960	Richard Nixon (R)	R+5.5
1956	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)	R+17.0
1952	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)	R+13.0
1948	Harry S. Truman (D)	D+6.8
1944	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+25.0
1940	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+36.5
1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+40.8
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+38.4
1928	Herbert Hoover (R)	R+8.0
1924	John W. Davis (D)	D+29.7
1920	James M. Cox (D)	D+23.7
1916	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+35.2
1912	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+48.9
1908	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+22.2
1904	Alton B. Parker (D)	D+24.8
1900	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+11.5
1896	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+6.6
1892	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+17.5
1888	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+0.5
1884	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+2.2
1880	Winfield Scott Hancock (D)	D+21.1
1876	Samuel J. Tilden (D)	D+19.2
1872	Ulysses S. Grant (R)	R+1.0

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