Franklin D. Roosevelt carried Illinois D+3.5.

Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) vs Thomas E. Dewey (R) in Illinois, 1944. The state ran 4.0 points more Republican than the nation (D+7.5 nationally).

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

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Illinois result

4,035,881 votes counted

Roosevelt (D)

2,079,479

51.5%

Dewey (R)

1,939,314

48.1%

All others

17,088

0.4%

Margin

D+3.5

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1944 presidential election

Illinois, 1944

RooseveltD+3.5

How it voted

Share of the 1944 vote

Franklin D. Roosevelt ✓Democratic	51.5%	2,079,479
Thomas E. DeweyRepublican	48.1%	1,939,314
OtherAll other candidates	0.4%	17,088

D+60

R+60

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

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Illinois's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1944 contest in context

Illinois's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	+3.1%
1896	−13.0%
1900	−8.4%
1904	−28.3%
1908	−15.5%
1912	+13.2%
1916	−9.2%
1920	−42.3%
1924	−35.5%
1928	−14.7%
1932	+13.2%
1936	+18.0%
1940	+2.4%
1944	+3.5%
1948	+0.8%
1952	−9.9%
1956	−19.2%
1960	+0.2%
1964	+18.9%
1968	−2.9%
1972	−18.5%
1976	−2.0%
1980	−7.9%
1984	−12.9%
1988	−2.1%
1992	+14.2%
1996	+17.5%
2000	+12.0%
2004	+10.3%
2008	+25.1%
2012	+16.8%
2016	+16.9%
2020	+16.9%
2024	+10.9%

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County results — 1944

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Adams County	R	−6.2%	13,733	15,564	29,439
Alexander County	R	−0.3%	4,767	4,792	9,637
Bond County	R	−19.4%	2,607	3,907	6,708
Boone County	R	−46.6%	2,074	5,708	7,800
Brown County	D	+3.1%	1,849	1,738	3,607
Bureau County	R	−25.6%	6,976	11,802	18,829
Calhoun County	R	−21.1%	1,271	1,956	3,241
Carroll County	R	−36.4%	2,843	6,101	8,962
Cass County	D	+3.5%	3,909	3,641	7,585
Champaign County	R	−15.5%	13,842	18,935	32,954
Christian County	D	+2.0%	9,360	8,995	18,437
Clark County	R	−19.4%	3,619	5,373	9,044
Clay County	R	−11.8%	3,531	4,484	8,110
Clinton County	R	−26.1%	3,944	6,753	10,750
Coles County	R	−2.9%	8,936	9,473	18,463
Cook County	D	+15.9%	1,275,367	924,659	2,206,191
Crawford County	R	−14.8%	4,482	6,056	10,617
Cumberland County	R	−6.1%	2,391	2,700	5,106
De Witt County	R	−11.6%	3,658	4,630	8,357
DeKalb County	R	−33.8%	6,004	12,157	18,210
Douglas County	R	−16.9%	3,323	4,684	8,035
DuPage County	R	−38.1%	18,711	41,890	60,775
Edgar County	R	−15.8%	5,054	6,961	12,069
Edwards County	R	−42.8%	1,197	3,016	4,250
Effingham County	R	−8.4%	4,587	5,441	10,119
Fayette County	R	−7.5%	5,435	6,332	11,887
Ford County	R	−40.1%	2,270	5,317	7,605
Franklin County	D	+1.2%	11,663	11,377	23,213
Fulton County	R	−10.7%	8,946	11,117	20,229
Gallatin County	D	+2.4%	2,175	2,073	4,295
Greene County	D	+0.1%	4,268	4,261	8,574
Grundy County	R	−28.0%	3,544	6,310	9,876
Hamilton County	R	−10.2%	2,914	3,582	6,551
Hancock County	R	−19.7%	5,338	7,972	13,378
Hardin County	R	−19.4%	1,370	2,037	3,438
Henderson County	R	−26.9%	1,550	2,695	4,255
Henry County	R	−19.4%	9,130	13,539	22,761
Iroquois County	R	−33.4%	5,168	10,389	15,648
Jackson County	R	−19.5%	6,735	10,002	16,791
Jasper County	R	−4.7%	3,142	3,453	6,624
Jefferson County	D	+3.5%	8,496	7,916	16,551
Jersey County	R	−9.8%	2,910	3,546	6,486
Jo Daviess County	R	−32.3%	3,298	6,465	9,797
Johnson County	R	−36.7%	1,522	3,298	4,833
Kane County	R	−24.6%	23,362	38,689	62,236
Kankakee County	R	−14.7%	11,342	15,256	26,688
Kendall County	R	−41.2%	1,673	4,022	5,701
Knox County	R	−22.5%	10,070	15,964	26,160
Lake County	R	−16.7%	25,453	35,674	61,310
LaSalle County	R	−12.9%	21,489	28,179	51,878
Lawrence County	R	−12.8%	4,003	5,191	9,305
Lee County	R	−35.9%	4,899	10,397	15,317
Livingston County	R	−33.1%	6,231	12,436	18,719
Logan County	R	−24.0%	4,868	7,955	12,852
Macon County	D	+7.5%	22,808	19,608	42,569
Macoupin County	D	+1.6%	11,951	11,572	23,683
Madison County	D	+17.0%	40,114	28,399	68,872
Marion County	D	+3.4%	10,079	9,408	19,640
Marshall County	R	−23.5%	2,596	4,195	6,801
Mason County	R	−9.3%	3,282	3,959	7,262
Massac County	R	−36.4%	1,758	3,814	5,648
McDonough County	R	−33.3%	4,497	9,028	13,616
McHenry County	R	−47.4%	5,567	15,666	21,299
McLean County	R	−16.0%	14,011	19,366	33,562
Menard County	R	−22.8%	1,888	3,013	4,926
Mercer County	R	−26.6%	3,277	5,667	8,978
Monroe County	R	−32.1%	2,068	4,032	6,109
Montgomery County	R	−6.7%	7,855	8,989	17,045
Morgan County	R	−12.3%	6,965	8,923	15,930
Moultrie County	R	−5.4%	2,853	3,180	6,079
Ogle County	R	−45.7%	3,951	10,680	14,712
Peoria County	R	−2.0%	32,837	34,171	67,251
Perry County	R	−14.2%	4,677	6,236	10,946
Piatt County	R	−19.3%	2,641	3,912	6,588
Pike County	D	+1.7%	5,833	5,633	11,532
Pope County	R	−47.2%	813	2,305	3,158
Pulaski County	R	−16.7%	2,311	3,248	5,598
Putnam County	R	−27.4%	865	1,521	2,396
Randolph County	R	−9.6%	6,199	7,518	13,756
Richland County	R	−22.9%	2,858	4,577	7,514
Rock Island County	D	+11.3%	30,102	23,980	54,262
Saline County	R	−10.5%	7,351	9,083	16,539
Sangamon County	R	−6.7%	28,713	32,871	61,745
Schuyler County	R	−4.6%	2,555	2,801	5,405
Scott County	R	−7.9%	1,864	2,185	4,058
Shelby County	R	−2.3%	5,919	6,201	12,243
St. Clair County	D	+18.0%	48,325	33,557	82,209
Stark County	R	−37.0%	1,401	3,050	4,458
Stephenson County	R	−21.2%	7,755	11,948	19,821
Tazewell County	D	+7.0%	14,412	12,531	27,039
Union County	D	+3.0%	4,367	4,114	8,527
Vermilion County	R	−6.1%	18,387	20,794	39,454
Wabash County	R	−7.1%	3,026	3,496	6,603
Warren County	R	−28.6%	3,926	7,085	11,050
Washington County	R	−33.0%	2,723	5,428	8,186
Wayne County	R	−17.0%	4,019	5,683	9,763
White County	R	−3.2%	4,822	5,139	10,052
Whiteside County	R	−43.3%	5,555	14,162	19,888
Will County	R	−5.2%	27,085	30,058	57,453
Williamson County	R	−11.6%	9,974	12,594	22,671
Winnebago County	R	−5.1%	27,831	30,837	58,945
Woodford County	R	−27.8%	3,514	6,237	9,787