The 1944 United States presidential election in California took place on November 7, 1944, as part of the 1944 United States presidential election. State voters chose 25 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. California voted for the Democratic incumbent, Franklin Roosevelt, in a landslide over the Republican challenger, New York Governor Thomas E. Dewey.
Democrats would not win San Diego County again until 1992.
Results 1944 United States presidential election in CaliforniaPartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes Democratic Franklin D. Roosevelt (incumbent) 1,988,564 56.48% 25 Republican Thomas E. Dewey 1,512,965 42.97% 0 Prohibition Claude A. Watson 14,770 0.42% 0 No Party Norman Thomas (write-in) 2,515 0.07% 0 No Party Darlington Hoopes (write-in) 1,408 0.04% 0 No Party Edward A. Teichert (write-in) 180 0.01% 0 No Party Arla A. Albaugh (write-in) 147 0.00% 0 No Party Scattering 326 0.01% 0 Invalid or blank votes — Totals 3,520,875 100.00% 25 Voter turnout —
Results by county County Franklin D. RooseveltDemocratic Thomas E. DeweyRepublican Claude A. WatsonProhibition ScatteringWrite-in Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % # % # %Alameda169,63157.70%122,98241.83%7210.25%6530.22%46,64915.87%293,987Alpine4531.47%9868.53%00.00%00.00%-53-37.06%143Amador1,97661.69%1,19137.18%361.12%00.00%78524.51%3,203Butte8,81152.55%7,85246.83%1050.63%00.00%9595.72%16,768Calaveras1,89356.19%1,45543.19%210.62%00.00%43813.00%3,369Colusa2,09056.81%1,57942.92%100.27%00.00%51113.89%3,679Contra Costa47,83163.96%26,81635.86%1380.18%00.00%21,01528.10%74,785Del Norte81844.70%1,01155.25%10.05%00.00%-193-10.55%1,830El Dorado3,01659.95%1,99039.55%250.50%00.00%1,02620.39%5,031Fresno40,76963.84%22,66835.50%4250.67%00.00%18,10128.34%63,862Glenn2,45250.20%2,40949.32%230.47%00.00%430.88%4,884Humboldt12,08356.83%9,12742.93%500.24%00.00%2,95613.90%21,260Imperial5,08545.76%5,97953.81%480.43%00.00%-894-8.05%11,112Inyo1,64749.09%1,69950.64%90.27%00.00%-52-1.55%3,355Kern26,20555.56%20,73043.96%2060.44%200.04%5,47511.61%47,161Kings6,59165.04%3,46834.22%750.74%00.00%3,12330.82%10,134Lake1,67144.61%2,05954.97%160.43%00.00%-388-10.36%3,746Lassen3,67865.81%1,89633.92%150.27%00.00%1,78231.88%5,589Los Angeles886,25256.75%666,44142.68%6,0810.39%2,7900.18%219,81114.08%1,561,564Madera4,27659.47%2,86539.85%490.68%00.00%1,41119.62%7,190Marin14,51652.04%13,30447.69%320.11%440.16%1,2124.34%27,896Mariposa1,20355.06%96544.16%170.78%00.00%23810.89%2,185Mendocino5,45253.75%4,65545.89%320.32%40.04%7977.86%10,143Merced9,19258.25%6,51841.31%690.44%00.00%2,67416.95%15,779Modoc1,54054.28%1,28845.40%90.32%00.00%2528.88%2,837Mono24238.97%37860.87%10.16%00.00%-136-21.90%621Monterey14,34253.66%12,24645.82%1060.40%340.13%2,0967.84%26,728Napa7,74851.87%7,09247.48%810.54%150.10%6564.39%14,936Nevada3,26654.79%2,64844.42%470.79%00.00%61810.37%5,961Orange28,64942.47%38,39456.92%4070.60%00.00%-9,745-14.45%67,450Placer7,14962.66%4,19636.78%640.56%00.00%2,95325.88%11,409Plumas2,62569.83%1,12629.95%80.21%00.00%1,49939.88%3,759Riverside19,43945.26%23,16853.94%3460.81%00.00%-3,729-8.68%42,953Sacramento49,20466.30%24,61133.16%3430.46%600.08%24,59333.14%74,218San Benito1,99846.82%2,25352.80%160.37%00.00%-255-5.98%4,267San Bernardino38,53052.59%34,08446.52%6460.88%00.00%4,4466.07%73,260San Diego89,95953.94%75,74645.42%7770.47%2820.17%14,2138.52%166,764San Francisco208,60960.51%134,16338.92%1,6130.47%3460.10%74,44621.60%344,731San Joaquin27,07452.48%24,35747.21%1250.24%320.06%2,7175.27%51,588San Luis Obispo8,06850.63%7,79348.90%750.47%00.00%2751.73%15,936San Mateo34,59450.62%33,59049.15%1580.23%00.00%1,0041.47%68,342Santa Barbara15,72153.37%13,64746.33%890.30%00.00%2,0747.04%29,457Santa Clara43,86952.36%39,40947.04%2970.35%2020.24%4,4605.32%83,777Santa Cruz9,35745.34%11,10253.80%1640.79%140.07%-1,745-8.46%20,637Shasta5,79858.90%4,02340.87%220.22%00.00%1,77518.03%9,843Sierra66259.64%44339.91%50.45%00.00%21919.73%1,110Siskiyou5,91457.29%4,35142.15%580.56%00.00%1,56315.14%10,323Solano24,33569.93%10,36129.77%1050.30%00.00%13,97440.15%34,801Sonoma15,94949.27%16,30950.38%850.26%260.08%-360-1.11%32,369Stanislaus15,53751.33%14,29747.23%3991.32%380.13%1,2404.10%30,271Sutter3,08349.54%3,11149.99%290.47%00.00%-28-0.45%6,223Tehama3,13051.53%2,90347.79%410.68%00.00%2273.74%6,074Trinity77057.33%56742.22%60.45%00.00%20315.12%1,343Tulare16,22149.97%16,00549.30%2380.73%00.00%2160.67%32,464Tuolumne2,56657.51%1,86441.77%160.36%160.36%70215.73%4,462Ventura16,34259.33%11,07140.19%1310.48%00.00%5,27119.14%27,544Yolo5,83757.70%4,23341.84%460.45%00.00%1,60415.86%10,116Yuba3,25457.63%2,37942.14%130.23%00.00%87515.50%5,646Total 1,988,56456.48%1,512,96542.97%14,7700.42%4,5760.13%475,59913.51%3,520,875
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Imperial Inyo Mono San Benito Sutter
Electors Franklin D. Roosevelt & Harry S. TrumanDemocratic Party Thomas E. Dewey & John W. BrickerRepublican Party Claude A. Watson & Andrew JohnsonProhibition Party
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