1944 United States presidential election in Wyoming
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The 1944 United States presidential election in Wyoming took place on November 7, 1944, as part of the 1944 United States presidential election. State voters chose three representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Republican nominee, Governor of New York Thomas Dewey, running with Governor of Ohio John W. Bricker, by a 2.5% margin of victory, with 51.23 percent of the popular vote against incumbent Democratic President Franklin D. Roosevelt, running with Missouri Senator Harry S. Truman, with 48.77 percent of the popular vote, becoming the first Republican to win Wyoming since Herbert Hoover in 1928, sixteen years earlier.[1]
This election was conducted in the midst of
The New Deal, arguing in support of a smaller government and repealing many of the wartime regulations on the economy, as the end of the war appeared in sight. Roosevelt, now running for an unprecedented 4th term, faced allegations of poor health, which he would attempt to dispel by campaigning vigorously across the country, especially in the last month of the campaign, in October.[2] Though many were weary of Roosevelt's long tenure, as Americans were used to Presidents only seeking two terms, Roosevelt's longstanding popularity would prove too difficult to overcome, and major American victories in Europe and the Pacific, such as The Liberation of Paris in France, and the Battle of Leyte Gulf in the Philippines
gave Americans little to no reason to switch leadership in this election, and made Roosevelt unbeatable, with him leading Dewey in all pre-election polls.
Though voters nationwide would prefer Roosevelt over Dewey, voters in Wyoming, despite the fact that they had voted for Roosevelt by 6 points just 4 years ago in
House seat
.
This marked the first time since
that a Republican would win Wyoming without getting 70% of the vote in at least one county. Wyoming weighed in as 10 points more Republican than the rest of the nation in this election.Results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Thomas E. Dewey | 51,921 | 51.23% | |
Democratic | Franklin D. Roosevelt (incumbent) | 49,419 | 48.77% | |
Total votes | 101,340 | 100.00% |
Results by county
County | Thomas Edmund Dewey Republican |
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Democratic |
Margin | Total votes cast[3] | |||
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# | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Albany | 2,970 | 47.91% | 3,229 | 52.09% | -259 | -4.18% | 6,199 |
Big Horn | 2,659 | 53.47% | 2,314 | 46.53% | 345 | 6.94% | 4,973 |
Campbell | 1,514 | 62.87% | 894 | 37.13% | 620 | 25.74% | 2,408 |
Carbon | 2,698 | 47.49% | 2,983 | 52.51% | -285 | -5.02% | 5,681 |
Converse | 1,601 | 62.05% | 979 | 37.95% | 622 | 24.10% | 2,580 |
Crook | 1,244 | 64.32% | 690 | 35.68% | 554 | 28.64% | 1,934 |
Fremont | 3,193 | 59.46% | 2,177 | 40.54% | 1,016 | 18.92% | 5,370 |
Goshen | 2,674 | 63.85% | 1,514 | 36.15% | 1,160 | 27.70% | 4,188 |
Hot Springs | 877 | 47.51% | 969 | 52.49% | -92 | -4.98% | 1,846 |
Johnson | 1,384 | 64.67% | 756 | 35.33% | 628 | 29.34% | 2,140 |
Laramie | 7,326 | 49.27% | 7,542 | 50.73% | -216 | -1.46% | 14,868 |
Lincoln | 1,649 | 43.52% | 2,140 | 56.48% | -491 | -12.96% | 3,789 |
Natrona | 5,196 | 51.52% | 4,890 | 48.48% | 306 | 3.04% | 10,086 |
Niobrara | 1,312 | 61.37% | 826 | 38.63% | 486 | 22.74% | 2,138 |
Park | 2,571 | 53.25% | 2,257 | 46.75% | 314 | 6.50% | 4,828 |
Platte | 1,776 | 53.49% | 1,544 | 46.51% | 232 | 6.98% | 3,320 |
Sheridan | 3,802 | 49.61% | 3,862 | 50.39% | -60 | -0.78% | 7,664 |
Sublette | 683 | 59.24% | 470 | 40.76% | 213 | 18.48% | 1,153 |
Sweetwater | 2,623 | 31.90% | 5,599 | 68.10% | -2,976 | -36.20% | 8,222 |
Teton | 637 | 56.07% | 499 | 43.93% | 138 | 12.14% | 1,136 |
Uinta | 1,305 | 42.66% | 1,754 | 57.34% | -449 | -14.68% | 3,059 |
Washakie | 1,130 | 59.26% | 777 | 40.74% | 353 | 18.52% | 1,907 |
Weston | 1,097 | 59.27% | 754 | 40.73% | 343 | 18.54% | 1,851 |
Totals | 51,921 | 51.23% | 49,419 | 48.77% | 2,502 | 2.46% | 101,340 |
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
See also
References
- ^ a b "1944 Presidential Election Results – Wyoming".
- ^ Jordan, David M.; FDR, Dewey, and the Election of 1944, pp. 119
- ISBN 0405077114