Thomas E. Dewey carried Iowa R+4.5.

Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) vs Thomas E. Dewey (R) in Iowa, 1944. The state ran 12.0 points more Republican than the nation (D+7.5 nationally).

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

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Iowa result

1,052,599 votes counted

Roosevelt (D)

499,876

47.5%

Dewey (R)

547,267

52.0%

All others

5,456

0.5%

Margin

R+4.5

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1944 presidential election

Iowa, 1944

DeweyR+4.5

How it voted

Share of the 1944 vote

Thomas E. Dewey ✓Republican	52.0%	547,267
Franklin D. RooseveltDemocratic	47.5%	499,876
OtherAll other candidates	0.5%	5,456

D+60

R+60

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

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Iowa's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1944 contest in context

Iowa's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	−5.3%
1896	−12.6%
1900	−18.6%
1904	−32.7%
1908	−15.0%
1912	+13.3%
1916	−11.4%
1920	−45.5%
1924	−38.6%
1928	−24.2%
1932	+17.7%
1936	+11.7%
1940	−4.4%
1944	−4.5%
1948	+2.7%
1952	−28.2%
1956	−18.4%
1960	−13.5%
1964	+24.0%
1968	−12.2%
1972	−17.1%
1976	−1.0%
1980	−12.7%
1984	−7.4%
1988	+10.2%
1992	+6.0%
1996	+10.3%
2000	+0.3%
2004	−0.7%
2008	+9.5%
2012	+5.8%
2016	−9.3%
2020	−8.2%
2024	−13.2%

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County results — 1944

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Adair County	R	−19.7%	2,297	3,428	5,743
Adams County	R	−15.2%	1,868	2,540	4,413
Allamakee County	R	−26.8%	2,893	5,017	7,929
Appanoose County	D	+0.9%	5,015	4,928	10,020
Audubon County	D	+13.7%	3,094	2,346	5,447
Benton County	D	+2.7%	4,619	4,378	9,039
Black Hawk County	D	+2.8%	16,593	15,687	32,434
Boone County	D	+10.9%	6,062	4,868	11,003
Bremer County	R	−27.4%	2,764	4,861	7,642
Buchanan County	R	−9.5%	3,841	4,653	8,508
Buena Vista County	D	+3.4%	4,277	3,993	8,309
Butler County	R	−30.4%	2,225	4,182	6,431
Calhoun County	D	+2.4%	3,544	3,375	6,946
Carroll County	R	−0.4%	4,799	4,833	9,659
Cass County	R	−31.3%	2,928	5,610	8,561
Cedar County	R	−28.2%	2,610	4,673	7,307
Cerro Gordo County	D	+4.5%	9,088	8,311	17,459
Cherokee County	R	−7.6%	3,197	3,723	6,949
Chickasaw County	R	−3.6%	3,328	3,575	6,929
Clarke County	R	−14.3%	1,946	2,603	4,584
Clay County	D	+8.7%	3,639	3,055	6,724
Clayton County	R	−15.7%	4,259	5,855	10,163
Clinton County	R	−17.9%	8,028	11,533	19,624
Crawford County	R	−13.6%	3,218	4,242	7,509
Dallas County	R	−0.9%	5,316	5,413	10,864
Davis County	D	+3.2%	2,727	2,559	5,318
Decatur County	D	+6.1%	3,316	2,934	6,268
Delaware County	R	−34.7%	2,498	5,164	7,682
Des Moines County	R	−11.3%	7,543	9,488	17,177
Dickinson County	D	+7.3%	2,473	2,133	4,627
Dubuque County	D	+1.4%	12,867	12,502	25,458
Emmet County	R	−1.7%	2,577	2,668	5,286
Fayette County	R	−13.4%	5,105	6,693	11,846
Floyd County	R	−20.6%	3,446	5,248	8,731
Franklin County	R	−4.9%	2,851	3,150	6,062
Fremont County	R	−6.2%	2,747	3,113	5,877
Greene County	R	−10.2%	2,797	3,437	6,263
Grundy County	R	−24.6%	2,191	3,625	5,834
Guthrie County	R	−16.4%	2,899	4,042	6,977
Hamilton County	D	+5.7%	4,302	3,837	8,180
Hancock County	R	−4.3%	2,855	3,114	6,003
Hardin County	R	−11.9%	3,975	5,059	9,094
Harrison County	R	−9.2%	4,201	5,059	9,309
Henry County	R	−30.8%	2,741	5,208	7,998
Howard County	D	+2.8%	3,132	2,961	6,114
Humboldt County	D	+4.2%	2,749	2,525	5,290
Ida County	R	−15.1%	1,943	2,640	4,601
Iowa County	R	−11.4%	3,119	3,959	7,340
Jackson County	R	−10.2%	3,537	4,341	7,886
Jasper County	D	+4.2%	6,978	6,413	13,479
Jefferson County	R	−19.2%	2,926	4,335	7,344
Johnson County	D	+13.7%	8,434	6,396	14,897
Jones County	R	−11.1%	3,563	4,453	8,032
Keokuk County	R	−8.6%	3,900	4,644	8,606
Kossuth County	D	+5.5%	5,488	4,918	10,433
Lee County	R	−6.5%	8,252	9,406	17,736
Linn County	R	−0.4%	21,123	21,293	42,562
Louisa County	R	−18.2%	1,894	2,745	4,679
Lucas County	R	−10.7%	2,526	3,139	5,713
Lyon County	R	−21.7%	1,970	3,065	5,042
Madison County	R	−18.8%	2,550	3,737	6,313
Mahaska County	R	−4.7%	4,652	5,123	10,072
Marion County	D	+13.2%	6,365	4,874	11,338
Marshall County	R	−13.1%	5,598	7,325	13,157
Mills County	R	−21.8%	2,106	3,288	5,421
Mitchell County	R	−11.6%	2,696	3,406	6,132
Monona County	D	+2.4%	3,761	3,583	7,366
Monroe County	D	+10.7%	3,258	2,625	5,929
Montgomery County	R	−23.5%	2,572	4,165	6,783
Muscatine County	R	−19.3%	4,801	7,104	11,963
O'Brien County	R	−12.4%	3,138	4,033	7,201
Osceola County	R	−10.8%	1,689	2,100	3,798
Page County	R	−31.0%	3,297	6,300	9,682
Palo Alto County	D	+14.6%	3,726	2,772	6,533
Plymouth County	R	−34.3%	2,970	6,085	9,076
Pocahontas County	D	+15.8%	3,577	2,600	6,199
Polk County	D	+11.4%	46,072	36,629	83,118
Pottawattamie County	R	−8.7%	11,752	14,007	25,818
Poweshiek County	D	+0.6%	4,234	4,186	8,461
Ringgold County	R	−19.3%	1,867	2,767	4,662
Sac County	R	−7.8%	3,223	3,770	7,030
Scott County	D	+2.6%	18,962	18,015	37,081
Shelby County	R	−12.9%	2,978	3,873	6,933
Sioux County	R	−32.0%	3,369	6,552	9,940
Story County	R	−4.4%	6,554	7,163	13,818
Tama County	D	+0.4%	5,286	5,249	10,567
Taylor County	R	−23.0%	2,376	3,804	6,200
Union County	R	−22.9%	2,861	4,566	7,450
Van Buren County	R	−21.4%	1,997	3,095	5,122
Wapello County	D	+13.0%	10,732	8,244	19,089
Warren County	R	−12.4%	3,319	4,266	7,641
Washington County	R	−21.5%	3,423	5,308	8,763
Wayne County	R	−1.2%	3,025	3,098	6,158
Webster County	D	+15.4%	9,477	6,935	16,468
Winnebago County	R	−2.8%	2,654	2,808	5,480
Winneshiek County	R	−7.7%	4,557	5,318	9,893
Woodbury County	D	+4.9%	20,448	18,544	39,096
Worth County	D	+11.5%	2,629	2,086	4,725
Wright County	D	+3.9%	4,232	3,916	8,183