Franklin D. Roosevelt carried California D+13.5.

Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) vs Thomas E. Dewey (R) in California, 1944. The state ran 6.0 points more Democratic than the nation (D+7.5 nationally).

Nominees: Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) · Thomas E. Dewey (R)

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California result

3,520,875 votes counted

Roosevelt (D)

1,988,564

56.5%

Dewey (R)

1,512,965

43.0%

All others

19,346

0.5%

Margin

D+13.5

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1944 presidential election

California, 1944

RooseveltD+13.5

How it voted

Share of the 1944 vote

Franklin D. Roosevelt ✓Democratic	56.5%	1,988,564
Thomas E. DeweyRepublican	43.0%	1,512,965
OtherAll other candidates	0.5%	19,346

D+60

R+60

58 counties, each filled by 1944 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.

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California's presidential margins

1876–2024, the 1944 contest in context

California's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1876	−1.8%
1880	+0.1%
1884	−6.7%
1888	−2.8%
1892	+1.2%
1896	−0.6%
1900	−13.1%
1904	−34.9%
1908	−22.5%
1912	+41.8%
1916	+0.4%
1920	−41.9%
1924	−49.0%
1928	−30.5%
1932	+21.0%
1936	+35.3%
1940	+16.1%
1944	+13.5%
1948	+0.4%
1952	−13.6%
1956	−11.1%
1960	−0.5%
1964	+18.3%
1968	−3.1%
1972	−13.5%
1976	−1.8%
1980	−16.8%
1984	−16.2%
1988	−3.6%
1992	+13.4%
1996	+12.9%
2000	+11.8%
2004	+9.9%
2008	+24.0%
2012	+23.1%
2016	+30.0%
2020	+29.1%
2024	+20.1%

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County results — 1944

58 counties; every row links to the county's full page.

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Alameda County	D	+15.9%	169,631	122,982	293,987
Alpine County	R	−37.1%	45	98	143
Amador County	D	+24.5%	1,976	1,191	3,203
Butte County	D	+5.7%	8,811	7,852	16,768
Calaveras County	D	+13.0%	1,893	1,455	3,369
Colusa County	D	+13.9%	2,090	1,579	3,679
Contra Costa County	D	+28.1%	47,831	26,816	74,785
Del Norte County	R	−10.5%	818	1,011	1,830
El Dorado County	D	+20.4%	3,016	1,990	5,031
Fresno County	D	+28.3%	40,769	22,668	63,862
Glenn County	D	+0.9%	2,452	2,409	4,884
Humboldt County	D	+13.9%	12,083	9,127	21,260
Imperial County	R	−8.0%	5,085	5,979	11,112
Inyo County	R	−1.5%	1,647	1,699	3,355
Kern County	D	+11.6%	26,205	20,730	47,161
Kings County	D	+30.8%	6,591	3,468	10,134
Lake County	R	−10.4%	1,671	2,059	3,746
Lassen County	D	+31.9%	3,678	1,896	5,589
Los Angeles County	D	+14.1%	886,252	666,441	1,561,564
Madera County	D	+19.6%	4,276	2,865	7,190
Marin County	D	+4.3%	14,516	13,304	27,896
Mariposa County	D	+10.9%	1,203	965	2,185
Mendocino County	D	+7.9%	5,452	4,655	10,143
Merced County	D	+16.9%	9,192	6,518	15,779
Modoc County	D	+8.9%	1,540	1,288	2,837
Mono County	R	−21.9%	242	378	621
Monterey County	D	+7.8%	14,342	12,246	26,728
Napa County	D	+4.4%	7,748	7,092	14,936
Nevada County	D	+10.4%	3,266	2,648	5,961
Orange County	R	−14.4%	28,649	38,394	67,450
Placer County	D	+25.9%	7,149	4,196	11,409
Plumas County	D	+39.9%	2,625	1,126	3,759
Riverside County	R	−8.7%	19,439	23,168	42,953
Sacramento County	D	+33.1%	49,204	24,611	74,218
San Benito County	R	−6.0%	1,998	2,253	4,267
San Bernardino County	D	+6.1%	38,530	34,084	73,260
San Diego County	D	+8.5%	89,959	75,746	166,764
San Francisco County	D	+21.6%	208,609	134,163	344,731
San Joaquin County	D	+5.3%	27,074	24,357	51,588
San Luis Obispo County	D	+1.7%	8,068	7,793	15,936
San Mateo County	D	+1.5%	34,594	33,590	68,342
Santa Barbara County	D	+7.0%	15,721	13,647	29,457
Santa Clara County	D	+5.3%	43,869	39,409	83,777
Santa Cruz County	R	−8.5%	9,357	11,102	20,637
Shasta County	D	+18.0%	5,798	4,023	9,843
Sierra County	D	+19.7%	662	443	1,110
Siskiyou County	D	+15.1%	5,914	4,351	10,323
Solano County	D	+40.2%	24,335	10,361	34,801
Sonoma County	R	−1.1%	15,949	16,309	32,369
Stanislaus County	D	+4.1%	15,537	14,297	30,271
Sutter County	R	−0.4%	3,083	3,111	6,223
Tehama County	D	+3.7%	3,130	2,903	6,074
Trinity County	D	+15.1%	770	567	1,343
Tulare County	D	+0.7%	16,221	16,005	32,464
Tuolumne County	D	+15.7%	2,566	1,864	4,462
Ventura County	D	+19.1%	16,342	11,071	27,544
Yolo County	D	+15.9%	5,837	4,233	10,116
Yuba County	D	+15.5%	3,254	2,379	5,646