1944 United States presidential election in Kentucky
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The 1944 United States presidential election in Kentucky took place on November 7, 1944, as part of the 1944 United States presidential election. Kentucky voters chose 11[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Kentucky was won by incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt (D–New York), running with Senator Harry S. Truman, with 54.45 percent of the popular vote, against Governor Thomas E. Dewey (R–New York), running with Governor John W. Bricker, with 45.22 percent of the popular vote.[3][4]
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Franklin D. Roosevelt (inc.) | 472,589 | 54.45% | |
| Republican | Thomas E. Dewey | 392,448 | 45.22% | |
| Prohibition | Claude A. Watson | 2,023 | 0.23% | |
| Socialist | Norman Thomas | 535 | 0.06% | |
| Socialist Labor | Edward A. Teichert | 326 | 0.04% | |
| Total votes | 867,921 | 100% | ||
Results by county
| County | Franklin Delano Roosevelt Democratic |
Thomas Edmund Dewey Republican |
Various candidates Other parties |
Margin | Total votes cast[5] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adair | 2,411 | 41.23% | 3,414 | 58.39% | 22 | 0.38% | -1,003 | -17.15% | 5,847 |
| Allen | 1,742 | 35.65% | 3,120 | 63.86% | 24 | 0.49% | -1,378 | -28.20% | 4,886 |
| Anderson | 2,148 | 60.02% | 1,409 | 39.37% | 22 | 0.61% | 739 | 20.65% | 3,579 |
| Ballard | 2,845 | 81.50% | 637 | 18.25% | 9 | 0.26% | 2,208 | 63.25% | 3,491 |
| Barren | 4,439 | 57.64% | 3,262 | 42.36% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,177 | 15.28% | 7,701 |
| Bath | 2,184 | 57.88% | 1,581 | 41.90% | 8 | 0.21% | 603 | 15.98% | 3,773 |
| Bell | 4,616 | 48.72% | 4,822 | 50.90% | 36 | 0.38% | -206 | -2.17% | 9,474 |
| Boone | 2,451 | 62.51% | 1,457 | 37.16% | 13 | 0.33% | 994 | 25.35% | 3,921 |
| Bourbon | 3,828 | 65.97% | 1,957 | 33.72% | 18 | 0.31% | 1,871 | 32.24% | 5,803 |
| Boyd | 8,130 | 54.06% | 6,868 | 45.66% | 42 | 0.28% | 1,262 | 8.39% | 15,040 |
| Boyle | 3,490 | 61.02% | 2,195 | 38.38% | 34 | 0.59% | 1,295 | 22.64% | 5,719 |
| Bracken | 1,915 | 56.04% | 1,483 | 43.40% | 19 | 0.56% | 432 | 12.64% | 3,417 |
| Breathitt | 2,922 | 69.85% | 1,230 | 29.40% | 31 | 0.74% | 1,692 | 40.45% | 4,183 |
| Breckinridge | 2,889 | 46.46% | 3,292 | 52.94% | 37 | 0.60% | -403 | -6.48% | 6,218 |
| Bullitt | 2,092 | 70.30% | 876 | 29.44% | 8 | 0.27% | 1,216 | 40.86% | 2,976 |
| Butler | 1,153 | 25.54% | 3,354 | 74.30% | 7 | 0.16% | -2,201 | -48.76% | 4,514 |
| Caldwell | 2,444 | 52.04% | 2,242 | 47.74% | 10 | 0.21% | 202 | 4.30% | 4,696 |
| Calloway | 4,888 | 81.12% | 1,121 | 18.60% | 17 | 0.28% | 3,767 | 62.51% | 6,026 |
| Campbell | 12,959 | 48.59% | 13,647 | 51.17% | 64 | 0.24% | -688 | -2.58% | 26,670 |
| Carlisle | 2,057 | 80.10% | 505 | 19.67% | 6 | 0.23% | 1,552 | 60.44% | 2,568 |
| Carroll | 2,662 | 77.65% | 755 | 22.02% | 11 | 0.32% | 1,907 | 55.63% | 3,428 |
| Carter | 2,733 | 39.84% | 4,117 | 60.01% | 10 | 0.15% | -1,384 | -20.17% | 6,860 |
| Casey | 1,520 | 28.10% | 3,869 | 71.53% | 20 | 0.37% | -2,349 | -43.43% | 5,409 |
| Christian | 6,260 | 57.96% | 4,506 | 41.72% | 35 | 0.32% | 1,754 | 16.24% | 10,801 |
| Clark | 3,608 | 64.85% | 1,929 | 34.67% | 27 | 0.49% | 1,679 | 30.18% | 5,564 |
| Clay | 1,185 | 21.57% | 4,307 | 78.38% | 3 | 0.05% | -3,122 | -56.82% | 5,495 |
| Clinton | 564 | 17.71% | 2,618 | 82.20% | 3 | 0.09% | -2,054 | -64.49% | 3,185 |
| Crittenden | 1,544 | 36.25% | 2,690 | 63.16% | 25 | 0.59% | -1,146 | -26.91% | 4,259 |
| Cumberland | 717 | 21.43% | 2,619 | 78.27% | 10 | 0.30% | -1,902 | -56.84% | 3,346 |
| Daviess | 8,143 | 56.73% | 6,135 | 42.74% | 77 | 0.54% | 2,008 | 13.99% | 14,355 |
| Edmonson | 1,016 | 29.38% | 2,433 | 70.36% | 9 | 0.26% | -1,417 | -40.98% | 3,458 |
| Elliott | 1,721 | 77.00% | 514 | 23.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,207 | 54.00% | 2,235 |
| Estill | 2,000 | 44.28% | 2,493 | 55.19% | 24 | 0.53% | -493 | -10.91% | 4,517 |
| Fayette | 13,567 | 55.15% | 10,857 | 44.14% | 174 | 0.71% | 2,710 | 11.02% | 24,598 |
| Fleming | 2,612 | 49.36% | 2,666 | 50.38% | 14 | 0.26% | -54 | -1.02% | 5,292 |
| Floyd | 7,729 | 70.74% | 3,197 | 29.26% | 0 | 0.00% | 4,532 | 41.48% | 10,926 |
| Franklin | 6,356 | 75.24% | 2,050 | 24.27% | 42 | 0.50% | 4,306 | 50.97% | 8,448 |
| Fulton | 2,973 | 81.68% | 654 | 17.97% | 13 | 0.36% | 2,319 | 63.71% | 3,640 |
| Gallatin | 1,360 | 72.03% | 516 | 27.33% | 12 | 0.64% | 844 | 44.70% | 1,888 |
| Garrard | 1,764 | 46.18% | 2,042 | 53.46% | 14 | 0.37% | -278 | -7.28% | 3,820 |
| Grant | 2,413 | 59.62% | 1,621 | 40.05% | 13 | 0.32% | 792 | 19.57% | 4,047 |
| Graves | 8,057 | 78.70% | 2,172 | 21.22% | 9 | 0.09% | 5,885 | 57.48% | 10,238 |
| Grayson | 2,436 | 40.03% | 3,629 | 59.64% | 20 | 0.33% | -1,193 | -19.61% | 6,085 |
| Green | 1,809 | 42.88% | 2,379 | 56.39% | 31 | 0.73% | -570 | -13.51% | 4,219 |
| Greenup | 3,821 | 50.66% | 3,718 | 49.30% | 3 | 0.04% | 103 | 1.37% | 7,542 |
| Hancock | 1,129 | 45.00% | 1,365 | 54.40% | 15 | 0.60% | -236 | -9.41% | 2,509 |
| Hardin | 4,436 | 60.82% | 2,831 | 38.81% | 27 | 0.37% | 1,605 | 22.00% | 7,294 |
| Harlan | 8,000 | 57.81% | 5,815 | 42.02% | 23 | 0.17% | 2,185 | 15.79% | 13,838 |
| Harrison | 3,706 | 71.38% | 1,466 | 28.24% | 20 | 0.39% | 2,240 | 43.14% | 5,192 |
| Hart | 3,138 | 50.93% | 3,014 | 48.91% | 10 | 0.16% | 124 | 2.01% | 6,162 |
| Henderson | 5,887 | 68.49% | 2,683 | 31.22% | 25 | 0.29% | 3,204 | 37.28% | 8,595 |
| Henry | 3,548 | 70.08% | 1,497 | 29.57% | 18 | 0.36% | 2,051 | 40.51% | 5,063 |
| Hickman | 2,005 | 77.06% | 588 | 22.60% | 9 | 0.35% | 1,417 | 54.46% | 2,602 |
| Hopkins | 7,352 | 65.80% | 3,795 | 33.96% | 27 | 0.24% | 3,557 | 31.83% | 11,174 |
| Jackson | 328 | 8.39% | 3,578 | 91.56% | 2 | 0.05% | -3,250 | -83.16% | 3,908 |
| Jefferson | 80,236 | 56.66% | 60,905 | 43.01% | 480 | 0.34% | 19,331 | 13.65% | 141,621 |
| Jessamine | 2,426 | 57.11% | 1,790 | 42.14% | 32 | 0.75% | 636 | 14.97% | 4,248 |
| Johnson | 2,222 | 32.32% | 4,642 | 67.53% | 10 | 0.15% | -2,420 | -35.21% | 6,874 |
| Kenton | 17,524 | 57.96% | 12,654 | 41.85% | 58 | 0.19% | 4,870 | 16.11% | 30,236 |
| Knott | 3,867 | 82.81% | 803 | 17.19% | 0 | 0.00% | 3,064 | 65.61% | 4,670 |
| Knox | 2,385 | 31.51% | 5,178 | 68.40% | 7 | 0.09% | -2,793 | -36.90% | 7,570 |
| Larue | 2,065 | 56.72% | 1,550 | 42.57% | 26 | 0.71% | 515 | 14.14% | 3,641 |
| Laurel | 2,104 | 29.39% | 5,051 | 70.54% | 5 | 0.07% | -2,947 | -41.16% | 7,160 |
| Lawrence | 2,408 | 46.89% | 2,715 | 52.87% | 12 | 0.23% | -307 | -5.98% | 5,135 |
| Lee | 1,072 | 42.04% | 1,468 | 57.57% | 10 | 0.39% | -396 | -15.53% | 2,550 |
| Leslie | 499 | 15.70% | 2,679 | 84.30% | 0 | 0.00% | -2,180 | -68.60% | 3,178 |
| Letcher | 4,599 | 53.04% | 4,055 | 46.77% | 16 | 0.18% | 544 | 6.27% | 8,670 |
| Lewis | 1,434 | 30.40% | 3,275 | 69.43% | 8 | 0.17% | -1,841 | -39.03% | 4,717 |
| Lincoln | 3,087 | 52.13% | 2,793 | 47.16% | 42 | 0.71% | 294 | 4.96% | 5,922 |
| Livingston | 1,686 | 58.30% | 1,202 | 41.56% | 4 | 0.14% | 484 | 16.74% | 2,892 |
| Logan | 5,110 | 69.63% | 2,211 | 30.13% | 18 | 0.25% | 2,899 | 39.50% | 7,339 |
| Lyon | 1,743 | 65.06% | 924 | 34.49% | 12 | 0.45% | 819 | 30.57% | 2,679 |
| Madison | 5,769 | 51.02% | 5,468 | 48.36% | 70 | 0.62% | 301 | 2.66% | 11,307 |
| Magoffin | 2,031 | 48.75% | 2,135 | 51.25% | 0 | 0.00% | -104 | -2.50% | 4,166 |
| Marion | 2,996 | 63.83% | 1,673 | 35.64% | 25 | 0.53% | 1,323 | 28.18% | 4,694 |
| Marshall | 2,947 | 68.95% | 1,316 | 30.79% | 11 | 0.26% | 1,631 | 38.16% | 4,274 |
| Martin | 571 | 21.64% | 2,067 | 78.33% | 1 | 0.04% | -1,496 | -56.69% | 2,639 |
| Mason | 3,810 | 53.62% | 3,256 | 45.83% | 39 | 0.55% | 554 | 7.80% | 7,105 |
| McCracken | 10,846 | 71.73% | 4,190 | 27.71% | 84 | 0.56% | 6,656 | 44.02% | 15,120 |
| McCreary | 880 | 20.46% | 3,419 | 79.49% | 2 | 0.05% | -2,539 | -59.03% | 4,301 |
| McLean | 2,222 | 55.59% | 1,752 | 43.83% | 23 | 0.58% | 470 | 11.76% | 3,997 |
| Meade | 1,828 | 63.47% | 1,040 | 36.11% | 12 | 0.42% | 788 | 27.36% | 2,880 |
| Menifee | 976 | 63.09% | 568 | 36.72% | 3 | 0.19% | 408 | 26.37% | 1,547 |
| Mercer | 3,086 | 59.97% | 2,039 | 39.62% | 21 | 0.41% | 1,047 | 20.35% | 5,146 |
| Metcalfe | 1,694 | 42.22% | 2,306 | 57.48% | 12 | 0.30% | -612 | -15.25% | 4,012 |
| Monroe | 1,101 | 23.18% | 3,648 | 76.82% | 0 | 0.00% | -2,547 | -53.63% | 4,749 |
| Montgomery | 2,334 | 61.05% | 1,481 | 38.74% | 8 | 0.21% | 853 | 22.31% | 3,823 |
| Morgan | 3,242 | 72.63% | 1,217 | 27.26% | 5 | 0.11% | 2,025 | 45.36% | 4,464 |
| Muhlenberg | 3,657 | 44.04% | 4,618 | 55.61% | 29 | 0.35% | -961 | -11.57% | 8,304 |
| Nelson | 3,648 | 62.78% | 2,136 | 36.76% | 27 | 0.46% | 1,512 | 26.02% | 5,811 |
| Nicholas | 1,813 | 62.84% | 1,059 | 36.71% | 13 | 0.45% | 754 | 26.14% | 2,885 |
| Ohio | 3,131 | 40.89% | 4,494 | 58.69% | 32 | 0.42% | -1,363 | -17.80% | 7,657 |
| Oldham | 1,908 | 64.74% | 1,021 | 34.65% | 18 | 0.61% | 887 | 30.10% | 2,947 |
| Owen | 3,157 | 83.08% | 627 | 16.50% | 16 | 0.42% | 2,530 | 66.58% | 3,800 |
| Owsley | 325 | 13.77% | 2,033 | 86.11% | 3 | 0.13% | -1,708 | -72.34% | 2,361 |
| Pendleton | 2,096 | 51.25% | 1,977 | 48.34% | 17 | 0.42% | 119 | 2.91% | 4,090 |
| Perry | 5,527 | 56.04% | 4,333 | 43.94% | 2 | 0.02% | 1,194 | 12.11% | 9,862 |
| Pike | 9,757 | 54.52% | 8,092 | 45.21% | 48 | 0.27% | 1,665 | 9.30% | 17,897 |
| Powell | 1,023 | 52.98% | 902 | 46.71% | 6 | 0.31% | 121 | 6.27% | 1,931 |
| Pulaski | 3,934 | 31.91% | 8,318 | 67.47% | 76 | 0.62% | -4,384 | -35.56% | 12,328 |
| Robertson | 855 | 60.51% | 556 | 39.35% | 2 | 0.14% | 299 | 21.16% | 1,413 |
| Rockcastle | 1,327 | 25.84% | 3,802 | 74.03% | 7 | 0.14% | -2,475 | -48.19% | 5,136 |
| Rowan | 1,944 | 51.51% | 1,815 | 48.09% | 15 | 0.40% | 129 | 3.42% | 3,774 |
| Russell | 1,185 | 28.09% | 3,019 | 71.56% | 15 | 0.36% | -1,834 | -43.47% | 4,219 |
| Scott | 3,627 | 69.11% | 1,589 | 30.28% | 32 | 0.61% | 2,038 | 38.83% | 5,248 |
| Shelby | 4,415 | 68.49% | 1,997 | 30.98% | 34 | 0.53% | 2,418 | 37.51% | 6,446 |
| Simpson | 2,821 | 73.27% | 1,012 | 26.29% | 17 | 0.44% | 1,809 | 46.99% | 3,850 |
| Spencer | 1,443 | 68.85% | 646 | 30.82% | 7 | 0.33% | 797 | 38.02% | 2,096 |
| Taylor | 2,475 | 48.19% | 2,622 | 51.05% | 39 | 0.76% | -147 | -2.86% | 5,136 |
| Todd | 2,990 | 68.36% | 1,363 | 31.16% | 21 | 0.48% | 1,627 | 37.20% | 4,374 |
| Trigg | 2,511 | 65.10% | 1,332 | 34.53% | 14 | 0.36% | 1,179 | 30.57% | 3,857 |
| Trimble | 1,916 | 86.70% | 264 | 11.95% | 30 | 1.36% | 1,652 | 74.75% | 2,210 |
| Union | 3,489 | 78.65% | 935 | 21.08% | 12 | 0.27% | 2,554 | 57.57% | 4,436 |
| Warren | 7,528 | 60.18% | 4,944 | 39.52% | 37 | 0.30% | 2,584 | 20.66% | 12,509 |
| Washington | 2,283 | 49.05% | 2,353 | 50.56% | 18 | 0.39% | -70 | -1.50% | 4,654 |
| Wayne | 2,022 | 39.88% | 3,048 | 60.12% | 0 | 0.00% | -1,026 | -20.24% | 5,070 |
| Webster | 3,324 | 64.06% | 1,840 | 35.46% | 25 | 0.48% | 1,484 | 28.60% | 5,189 |
| Whitley | 2,352 | 26.94% | 6,378 | 73.05% | 1 | 0.01% | -4,026 | -46.11% | 8,731 |
| Wolfe | 1,450 | 61.94% | 889 | 37.98% | 2 | 0.09% | 561 | 23.96% | 2,341 |
| Woodford | 2,154 | 60.81% | 1,374 | 38.79% | 14 | 0.40% | 780 | 22.02% | 3,542 |
| Totals | 472,589 | 54.45% | 392,448 | 45.22% | 2,887 | 0.33% | 80,141 | 9.23% | 867,924 |
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
References
- ^ "United States Presidential election of 1944 - Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved March 26, 2018.
- ^ "1944 Election for the Fortieth Term (1945-49)". Retrieved March 26, 2018.
- ^ "1944 Presidential General Election Results – Kentucky". Retrieved March 26, 2018.
- ^ "The American Presidency Project – Election of 1944". Retrieved March 26, 2018.
- ^ Géoelections; 1944 Presidential Election Popular Vote (.xlsx file for €15)
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