1944 United States presidential election in Arkansas
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The 1944 United States presidential election in Arkansas took place on November 7, 1944, as part of the 1944 United States presidential election. State voters chose nine[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Arkansas was won by incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt (D–New York), running with Senator Harry S. Truman, with 69.95 percent of the popular vote, against Governor Thomas E. Dewey (R–New York), running with Governor John W. Bricker, with 29.84 percent of the popular vote.[3][4]
Results
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Franklin D. Roosevelt (inc.) | 148,965 | 69.95% | |
| Republican | Thomas E. Dewey | 63,551 | 29.84% | |
| Socialist | Norman Thomas | 438 | 0.21% | |
| Total votes | 212,954 | 100% | ||
Results by county
[edit]| County | Franklin Delano Roosevelt Democratic |
Thomas Edmund Dewey Republican |
Norman Mattoon Thomas Socialist |
Margin | Total votes cast | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Arkansas | 1,711 | 62.20% | 1,031 | 37.48% | 9 | 0.33% | 680 | 24.72% | 2,751 |
| Ashley | 2,169 | 88.17% | 285 | 11.59% | 6 | 0.24% | 1,884 | 76.59% | 2,460 |
| Baxter | 796 | 58.02% | 572 | 41.69% | 4 | 0.29% | 224 | 16.33% | 1,372 |
| Benton | 2,861 | 46.33% | 3,305 | 53.52% | 9 | 0.15% | -444 | -7.19% | 6,175 |
| Boone | 2,132 | 61.25% | 1,349 | 38.75% | 0 | 0.00% | 783 | 22.49% | 3,481 |
| Bradley | 1,710 | 91.10% | 162 | 8.63% | 5 | 0.27% | 1,548 | 82.47% | 1,877 |
| Calhoun | 906 | 88.13% | 122 | 11.87% | 0 | 0.00% | 784 | 76.26% | 1,028 |
| Carroll | 1,464 | 55.45% | 1,176 | 44.55% | 0 | 0.00% | 288 | 10.91% | 2,640 |
| Chicot | 1,552 | 84.99% | 270 | 14.79% | 4 | 0.22% | 1,282 | 70.21% | 1,826 |
| Clark | 1,981 | 75.58% | 637 | 24.30% | 3 | 0.11% | 1,344 | 51.28% | 2,621 |
| Clay | 1,934 | 57.54% | 1,422 | 42.31% | 5 | 0.15% | 512 | 15.23% | 3,361 |
| Cleburne | 839 | 58.39% | 582 | 40.50% | 16 | 1.11% | 257 | 17.88% | 1,437 |
| Cleveland | 960 | 86.49% | 150 | 13.51% | 0 | 0.00% | 810 | 72.97% | 1,110 |
| Columbia | 2,145 | 84.35% | 394 | 15.49% | 4 | 0.16% | 1,751 | 68.86% | 2,543 |
| Conway | 1,579 | 71.09% | 639 | 28.77% | 3 | 0.14% | 940 | 42.32% | 2,221 |
| Craighead | 3,582 | 70.60% | 1,474 | 29.05% | 18 | 0.35% | 2,108 | 41.55% | 5,074 |
| Crawford | 1,702 | 59.47% | 1,141 | 39.87% | 19 | 0.66% | 561 | 19.60% | 2,862 |
| Crittenden | 1,548 | 80.63% | 372 | 19.38% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,176 | 61.25% | 1,920 |
| Cross | 1,724 | 79.01% | 452 | 20.71% | 6 | 0.27% | 1,272 | 58.30% | 2,182 |
| Dallas | 1,238 | 82.15% | 266 | 17.65% | 3 | 0.20% | 972 | 64.50% | 1,507 |
| Desha | 1,175 | 86.27% | 186 | 13.66% | 1 | 0.07% | 989 | 72.61% | 1,362 |
| Drew | 1,370 | 81.02% | 320 | 18.92% | 1 | 0.06% | 1,050 | 62.09% | 1,691 |
| Faulkner | 2,332 | 72.00% | 897 | 27.69% | 10 | 0.31% | 1,435 | 44.30% | 3,239 |
| Franklin | 1,188 | 72.13% | 457 | 27.75% | 2 | 0.12% | 731 | 44.38% | 1,647 |
| Fulton | 660 | 55.60% | 525 | 44.23% | 2 | 0.17% | 135 | 11.37% | 1,187 |
| Garland | 3,596 | 63.43% | 2,069 | 36.50% | 4 | 0.07% | 1,527 | 26.94% | 5,669 |
| Grant | 1,088 | 76.51% | 334 | 23.49% | 0 | 0.00% | 754 | 53.02% | 1,422 |
| Greene | 2,565 | 73.26% | 928 | 26.51% | 8 | 0.23% | 1,637 | 46.76% | 3,501 |
| Hempstead | 2,157 | 77.34% | 624 | 22.37% | 8 | 0.29% | 1,533 | 54.97% | 2,789 |
| Hot Spring | 1,646 | 65.58% | 853 | 33.98% | 11 | 0.44% | 793 | 31.59% | 2,510 |
| Howard | 1,538 | 72.62% | 576 | 27.20% | 4 | 0.19% | 962 | 45.42% | 2,118 |
| Independence | 1,779 | 59.70% | 1,192 | 40.00% | 9 | 0.30% | 587 | 19.70% | 2,980 |
| Izard | 853 | 67.75% | 402 | 31.93% | 4 | 0.32% | 451 | 35.82% | 1,259 |
| Jackson | 2,318 | 84.85% | 414 | 15.15% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,904 | 69.69% | 2,732 |
| Jefferson | 4,095 | 72.15% | 1,578 | 27.80% | 3 | 0.05% | 2,517 | 44.34% | 5,676 |
| Johnson | 1,311 | 68.60% | 593 | 31.03% | 7 | 0.37% | 718 | 37.57% | 1,911 |
| Lafayette | 1,150 | 86.66% | 177 | 13.34% | 0 | 0.00% | 973 | 73.32% | 1,327 |
| Lawrence | 1,810 | 66.06% | 927 | 33.83% | 3 | 0.11% | 883 | 32.23% | 2,740 |
| Lee | 1,118 | 80.09% | 275 | 19.70% | 3 | 0.21% | 843 | 60.39% | 1,396 |
| Lincoln | 1,034 | 88.00% | 141 | 12.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 893 | 76.00% | 1,175 |
| Little River | 961 | 74.55% | 326 | 25.29% | 2 | 0.16% | 635 | 49.26% | 1,289 |
| Logan | 2,269 | 63.83% | 1,279 | 35.98% | 7 | 0.20% | 990 | 27.85% | 3,555 |
| Lonoke | 2,064 | 74.70% | 697 | 25.23% | 2 | 0.07% | 1,367 | 49.48% | 2,763 |
| Madison | 1,788 | 45.75% | 2,120 | 54.25% | 0 | 0.00% | -332 | -8.50% | 3,908 |
| Marion | 842 | 66.40% | 414 | 32.65% | 12 | 0.95% | 428 | 33.75% | 1,268 |
| Miller | 2,873 | 74.60% | 972 | 25.24% | 6 | 0.16% | 1,901 | 49.36% | 3,851 |
| Mississippi | 3,938 | 75.22% | 1,292 | 24.68% | 5 | 0.10% | 2,646 | 50.54% | 5,235 |
| Monroe | 1,311 | 81.63% | 291 | 18.12% | 4 | 0.25% | 1,020 | 63.51% | 1,606 |
| Montgomery | 573 | 62.01% | 349 | 37.77% | 2 | 0.22% | 224 | 24.24% | 924 |
| Nevada | 1,353 | 76.40% | 415 | 23.43% | 3 | 0.17% | 938 | 52.96% | 1,771 |
| Newton | 710 | 43.03% | 934 | 56.61% | 6 | 0.36% | -224 | -13.58% | 1,650 |
| Ouachita | 3,154 | 86.93% | 473 | 13.04% | 1 | 0.03% | 2,681 | 73.90% | 3,628 |
| Perry | 710 | 71.36% | 285 | 28.64% | 0 | 0.00% | 425 | 42.71% | 995 |
| Phillips | 2,046 | 80.30% | 501 | 19.66% | 1 | 0.04% | 1,545 | 60.64% | 2,548 |
| Pike | 877 | 67.88% | 405 | 31.35% | 10 | 0.77% | 472 | 36.53% | 1,292 |
| Poinsett | 2,506 | 88.93% | 311 | 11.04% | 1 | 0.04% | 2,195 | 77.89% | 2,818 |
| Polk | 999 | 56.35% | 764 | 43.09% | 10 | 0.56% | 235 | 13.25% | 1,773 |
| Pope | 2,048 | 71.58% | 805 | 28.14% | 8 | 0.28% | 1,243 | 43.45% | 2,861 |
| Prairie | 1,117 | 70.47% | 465 | 29.34% | 3 | 0.19% | 652 | 41.14% | 1,585 |
| Pulaski | 16,470 | 72.91% | 6,069 | 26.87% | 50 | 0.22% | 10,401 | 46.04% | 22,589 |
| Randolph | 1,514 | 73.89% | 529 | 25.82% | 6 | 0.29% | 985 | 48.07% | 2,049 |
| St. Francis | 1,654 | 78.46% | 446 | 21.16% | 8 | 0.38% | 1,208 | 57.31% | 2,108 |
| Saline | 2,556 | 79.45% | 643 | 19.99% | 18 | 0.56% | 1,913 | 59.47% | 3,217 |
| Scott | 898 | 72.07% | 348 | 27.93% | 0 | 0.00% | 550 | 44.14% | 1,246 |
| Searcy | 891 | 38.62% | 1,409 | 61.07% | 7 | 0.30% | -518 | -22.45% | 2,307 |
| Sebastian | 6,008 | 63.46% | 3,452 | 36.46% | 7 | 0.07% | 2,556 | 27.00% | 9,467 |
| Sevier | 1,356 | 77.66% | 389 | 22.28% | 1 | 0.06% | 967 | 55.38% | 1,746 |
| Sharp | 1,217 | 64.29% | 664 | 35.08% | 12 | 0.63% | 553 | 29.21% | 1,893 |
| Stone | 592 | 51.30% | 549 | 47.57% | 13 | 1.13% | 43 | 3.73% | 1,154 |
| Union | 4,624 | 84.70% | 833 | 15.26% | 2 | 0.04% | 3,791 | 69.44% | 5,459 |
| Van Buren | 1,090 | 62.39% | 655 | 37.49% | 2 | 0.11% | 435 | 24.90% | 1,747 |
| Washington | 3,089 | 49.81% | 3,084 | 49.73% | 28 | 0.45% | 5 | 0.08% | 6,201 |
| White | 2,532 | 65.29% | 1,346 | 34.71% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,186 | 30.58% | 3,878 |
| Woodruff | 1,377 | 82.85% | 279 | 16.79% | 6 | 0.36% | 1,098 | 66.06% | 1,662 |
| Yell | 1,642 | 77.02% | 489 | 22.94% | 1 | 0.05% | 1,153 | 54.08% | 2,132 |
| Totals | 148,965 | 69.95% | 63,551 | 29.84% | 438 | 0.21% | 85,414 | 40.11% | 212,954 |
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "United States Presidential election of 1944 — Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved December 26, 2017.
- ^ "1944 Election for the Fortieth Term (1945-49)". Retrieved December 26, 2017.
- ^ "1944 Presidential General Election Results — Arkansas". Retrieved December 26, 2017.
- ^ "The American Presidency Project — Election of 1944". Retrieved December 26, 2017.
- ^ Scammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964; pp. 50-51 ISBN 0405077114
