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Election 1944 Results

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1944 presidential election in Wisconsin

Thomas E. Dewey (Republican) beat Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democrat) in Wisconsin in 1944, 50.4% to 48.6%, a margin of 1.8 points and 24,119 votes.

Wisconsin voted 9.3 points more Republican than the country as a whole, where the margin was D+7.5.

Wisconsin changed party: in 1940 it went Democratic, for Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Republicans led in 54 of the 71 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 17. The largest, Milwaukee, cast 354,830 votes and went to the Democrat by 17.7 points. The closest was Taylor, where 21 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 674,532 50.4%
Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic 650,413 48.6%
All other candidates 14,207 1.1%
Total1,339,152

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Milwaukee 205,282 57.9% 142,448 40.1% 7,100 354,830 D+17.7
Dane 37,076 61.1% 23,021 38.0% 554 60,651 D+23.2
Racine 25,697 58.0% 18,220 41.1% 408 44,325 D+16.9
Brown 17,576 49.6% 17,762 50.1% 88 35,426 R+0.5
Rock 16,766 47.4% 18,477 52.2% 133 35,376 R+4.8
Winnebago 12,841 39.6% 19,310 59.6% 269 32,420 R+20.0
Waukesha 13,038 41.6% 17,995 57.4% 293 31,326 R+15.8
Kenosha 18,325 58.9% 12,436 40.0% 360 31,121 D+18.9
Shawano 15,062 48.7% 15,291 49.4% 585 30,938 R+0.7
Marathon 13,192 44.8% 15,782 53.5% 503 29,477 R+8.8
Outagamie 9,955 35.1% 18,294 64.4% 140 28,389 R+29.4
Fond Du Lac 9,378 35.6% 16,785 63.8% 143 26,306 R+28.2
Manitowoc 11,949 45.5% 14,047 53.5% 251 26,247 R+8.0
La Crosse 12,247 48.8% 12,784 50.9% 72 25,103 R+2.1
Dodge 7,667 35.0% 14,102 64.4% 114 21,883 R+29.4
Douglas 12,985 64.1% 7,132 35.2% 146 20,263 D+28.9
Eau Claire 8,962 48.4% 9,470 51.1% 88 18,520 R+2.7
Jefferson 6,988 40.4% 10,245 59.2% 84 17,317 R+18.8
Walworth 5,696 34.1% 10,901 65.3% 86 16,683 R+31.2
Wood 6,861 41.5% 9,569 57.9% 90 16,520 R+16.4
Grant 6,091 37.3% 10,226 62.6% 28 16,345 R+25.3
St. Croix 5,690 36.6% 9,751 62.7% 105 15,546 R+26.1
Waupaca 3,879 25.1% 11,495 74.4% 68 15,442 R+49.3
Chippewa 6,567 45.8% 7,691 53.6% 93 14,351 R+7.8
Portage 8,678 61.4% 5,405 38.3% 42 14,125 D+23.2
Columbia 5,997 43.1% 7,867 56.5% 60 13,924 R+13.4
Marinette 6,483 47.3% 7,159 52.2% 70 13,712 R+4.9
Washington 3,840 29.9% 8,921 69.4% 86 12,847 R+39.6
Barron 5,585 43.6% 7,137 55.7% 101 12,823 R+12.1
Sawyer 4,015 31.3% 8,732 68.2% 64 12,811 R+36.8
Clark 4,612 36.4% 7,948 62.8% 97 12,657 R+26.4
Monroe 4,013 35.3% 7,277 64.1% 64 11,354 R+28.7
Vernon 5,409 48.6% 5,676 51.0% 36 11,121 R+2.4
Sheboygan 4,930 46.2% 5,660 53.0% 88 10,678 R+6.8
Oconto 4,348 42.1% 5,923 57.4% 51 10,322 R+15.3
Polk 4,489 45.1% 5,329 53.6% 127 9,945 R+8.4
Dunn 3,853 38.9% 5,980 60.4% 72 9,905 R+21.5
Green 4,101 42.3% 5,556 57.3% 42 9,699 R+15.0
Ozaukee 3,579 38.4% 5,655 60.7% 89 9,323 R+22.3
Trempealeau 4,496 48.6% 4,719 51.1% 27 9,242 R+2.4
Lincoln 2,938 34.2% 5,564 64.7% 96 8,598 R+30.5
Langlade 4,310 51.5% 4,036 48.2% 23 8,369 D+3.3
Door 2,599 31.3% 5,668 68.2% 38 8,305 R+37.0
Pierce 3,033 36.8% 5,137 62.4% 63 8,233 R+25.6
Iowa 3,585 43.6% 4,608 56.0% 35 8,228 R+12.4
Richland 3,109 37.8% 5,088 61.9% 29 8,226 R+24.1
Lafayette 3,696 45.4% 4,421 54.3% 30 8,147 R+8.9
Ashland 4,609 58.8% 3,183 40.6% 47 7,839 D+18.2
Juneau 2,857 37.4% 4,733 62.0% 47 7,637 R+24.6
Calumet 1,966 25.8% 5,611 73.6% 49 7,626 R+47.8
Oneida 4,076 55.2% 3,253 44.1% 54 7,383 D+11.1
Crawford 3,130 42.6% 4,199 57.1% 22 7,351 R+14.5
Price 3,515 51.5% 3,258 47.8% 46 6,819 D+3.8
Green Lake 2,190 32.3% 4,571 67.4% 23 6,784 R+35.1
Kewaunee 2,611 38.5% 4,153 61.3% 16 6,780 R+22.7
Taylor 3,215 48.6% 3,194 48.2% 212 6,621 D+0.3
Rusk 3,238 50.7% 3,092 48.4% 58 6,388 D+2.3
Jackson 3,040 48.6% 3,182 50.9% 34 6,256 R+2.3
Waushara 1,485 24.0% 4,675 75.5% 29 6,189 R+51.5
Bayfield 3,362 57.1% 2,475 42.0% 53 5,890 D+15.1
Buffalo 1,948 36.0% 3,416 63.2% 42 5,406 R+27.2
Washburn 2,059 45.4% 2,441 53.8% 33 4,533 R+8.4
Sauk 1,947 44.3% 2,421 55.0% 32 4,400 R+10.8
Iron 2,894 67.8% 1,345 31.5% 29 4,268 D+36.3
Vilas 2,079 50.3% 2,021 48.9% 32 4,132 D+1.4
Burnett 1,868 46.5% 2,119 52.7% 32 4,019 R+6.2
Marquette 1,016 26.2% 2,853 73.5% 14 3,883 R+47.3
Forest 2,436 63.4% 1,391 36.2% 13 3,840 D+27.2
Adams 1,478 48.1% 1,579 51.4% 15 3,072 R+3.3
Pepin 1,029 34.8% 1,902 64.3% 28 2,959 R+29.5
Florence 897 53.5% 765 45.6% 16 1,678 D+7.9

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.

Wisconsin in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Donald Trump (R) R+0.9
2020 Joe Biden (D) D+0.6
2016 Donald Trump (R) R+0.8
2012 Barack Obama (D) D+6.9
2008 Barack Obama (D) D+13.9
2004 John Kerry (D) D+0.4
2000 Al Gore (D) D+0.2
1996 Bill Clinton (D) D+10.3
1992 Bill Clinton (D) D+4.4
1988 Michael Dukakis (D) D+3.6
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+9.2
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+4.7
1976 Jimmy Carter (D) D+1.7
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+9.7
1968 Richard Nixon (R) R+3.6
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+24.3
1960 Richard Nixon (R) R+3.7
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+23.7
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+22.2
1948 Harry S. Truman (D) D+4.4
1944 Thomas E. Dewey (R) R+1.8
1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+1.8
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+33.5
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+32.3
1928 Herbert Hoover (R) R+9.2
1924 Robert M. La Follette (other)
1920 Warren G. Harding (R) R+54.9
1916 Charles Evans Hughes (R) R+6.6
1912 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+8.4
1908 William Howard Taft (R) R+17.8
1904 Theodore Roosevelt (R) R+35.2
1900 William McKinley (R) R+24.1
1896 William McKinley (R) R+22.9
1892 Grover Cleveland (D) D+1.7
1888 Benjamin Harrison (R) R+6.0
1884 James G. Blaine (R) R+4.6
1880 James A. Garfield (R) R+11.1
1876 Rutherford B. Hayes (R) R+2.4
1872 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+9.2
1868 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+12.5