The 1944 United States presidential election in Rhode Island took place on November 7, 1944, as part of the 1944 United States presidential election. State voters chose four electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.
Rhode Island voted Democratic candidate, incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York, over the Republican candidate, Governor Thomas E. Dewey of New York. Roosevelt ran with Senator Harry S. Truman of Missouri as his running mate, while Dewey ran with Governor John W. Bricker of Ohio as his running mate.
Roosevelt won the state by a margin of 17.33%, which was his best performance in the state of his four runs. Rhode Island was also one of six states that shifted left from 1940, alongside Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, and North Dakota. This was the first time Kent County voted for a Democratic candidate for president in over 100 years, with the previous instance being for Martin Van Buren in 1836; the latter instance was also the first time in Kent's history that it had voted Democratic for president.
Results
By county 1944 United States presidential election in Rhode Island (by county)CountyFranklin D. RooseveltDemocraticThomas DeweyRepublicanOther candidatesVarious partiesMarginTotal % # % # % # % ##Bristol 56.0% 6,287 43.8% 4,919 0.1% 16 12.2% 1,368 11,222Kent 50.5% 14,059 49.3% 13,710 0.2% 57 1.2% 349 27,826Newport 54.6% 11,375 45.3% 9,435 0.1% 21 9.3% 1,940 20,831Providence 61.1% 137,216 38.8% 87,190 0.1% 321 22.3% 50,026 224,727Washington 43.8% 6,419 56.1% 8,233 0.1% 18 -12.3% -1,814 14,670
See also United States presidential elections in Rhode Island
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