Franklin D. Roosevelt carried Minnesota D+5.5.

Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) vs Thomas E. Dewey (R) in Minnesota, 1944. The state ran 1.9 points more Republican than the nation (D+7.5 nationally).

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

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Minnesota result

1,125,504 votes counted

Roosevelt (D)

589,864

52.4%

Dewey (R)

527,416

46.9%

All others

8,224

0.7%

Margin

D+5.5

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1944 presidential election

Minnesota, 1944

RooseveltD+5.5

How it voted

Share of the 1944 vote

Franklin D. Roosevelt ✓Democratic	52.4%	589,864
Thomas E. DeweyRepublican	46.9%	527,416
OtherAll other candidates	0.7%	8,224

D+60

R+60

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

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Minnesota's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1944 contest in context

Minnesota's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	+8.3%
1896	−15.7%
1900	−24.5%
1904	−55.1%
1908	−26.2%
1912	+12.6%
1916	−0.1%
1920	−51.2%
1924	−44.4%
1928	−16.9%
1932	+23.6%
1936	+30.8%
1940	+3.8%
1944	+5.5%
1948	+17.3%
1952	−11.2%
1956	−7.6%
1960	+1.4%
1964	+27.8%
1968	+12.5%
1972	−5.5%
1976	+12.9%
1980	+3.9%
1984	+0.2%
1988	+7.0%
1992	+11.6%
1996	+16.1%
2000	+2.4%
2004	+3.5%
2008	+10.2%
2012	+7.7%
2016	+1.5%
2020	+7.1%
2024	+4.2%

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County results — 1944

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Aitkin County	D	+0.4%	2,743	2,720	5,509
Anoka County	D	+15.6%	5,431	3,958	9,468
Becker County	D	+12.4%	4,889	3,803	8,750
Beltrami County	D	+33.7%	5,490	2,705	8,256
Benton County	R	−13.9%	2,258	2,988	5,264
Big Stone County	D	+13.6%	2,120	1,608	3,752
Blue Earth County	R	−29.7%	5,098	9,429	14,581
Brown County	R	−42.0%	2,842	7,018	9,949
Carlton County	D	+39.5%	6,153	2,653	8,856
Carver County	R	−57.3%	1,565	5,823	7,427
Cass County	D	+3.7%	3,377	3,135	6,547
Chippewa County	D	+4.7%	3,264	2,967	6,279
Chisago County	R	−11.9%	2,376	3,020	5,434
Clay County	D	+8.7%	5,230	4,392	9,674
Clearwater County	D	+40.2%	2,658	1,125	3,817
Cook County	D	+3.0%	545	513	1,066
Cottonwood County	R	−24.8%	2,354	3,916	6,308
Crow Wing County	D	+10.0%	5,504	4,500	10,067
Dakota County	D	+5.1%	8,562	7,731	16,403
Dodge County	R	−23.2%	1,808	2,902	4,725
Douglas County	R	−5.8%	3,681	4,140	7,867
Faribault County	R	−23.0%	3,640	5,822	9,487
Fillmore County	R	−33.0%	3,183	6,339	9,562
Freeborn County	D	+6.2%	6,486	5,728	12,246
Goodhue County	R	−14.8%	5,791	7,820	13,679
Grant County	D	+1.8%	1,969	1,898	3,879
Hennepin County	D	+12.0%	148,792	116,781	267,320
Houston County	R	−37.1%	1,847	4,036	5,908
Hubbard County	R	−13.4%	1,613	2,114	3,740
Isanti County	D	+0.4%	2,225	2,205	4,487
Itasca County	D	+34.8%	8,787	4,227	13,095
Jackson County	D	+10.1%	3,417	2,789	6,230
Kanabec County	R	−3.7%	1,776	1,913	3,713
Kandiyohi County	D	+26.1%	6,482	3,784	10,353
Kittson County	D	+47.1%	2,752	983	3,757
Koochiching County	D	+42.1%	3,981	1,607	5,639
Lac qui Parle County	R	−5.5%	2,779	3,104	5,900
Lake County	D	+49.7%	2,401	792	3,239
Lake of the Woods County	D	+29.0%	1,168	642	1,811
Le Sueur County	R	−15.1%	3,358	4,560	7,967
Lincoln County	D	+17.9%	2,302	1,600	3,917
Lyon County	D	+12.3%	4,640	3,617	8,295
Mahnomen County	D	+33.0%	1,494	748	2,260
Marshall County	D	+30.3%	3,808	2,029	5,864
Martin County	R	−7.7%	4,443	5,182	9,654
McLeod County	R	−38.3%	2,557	5,756	8,361
Meeker County	R	−15.2%	3,159	4,302	7,506
Mille Lacs County	D	+1.3%	2,872	2,798	5,707
Morrison County	R	−12.4%	3,920	5,035	9,002
Mower County	D	+4.4%	7,199	6,588	13,835
Murray County	R	−1.8%	2,495	2,585	5,102
Nicollet County	R	−30.2%	2,321	4,345	6,702
Nobles County	R	−9.7%	3,413	4,149	7,597
Norman County	D	+20.2%	2,846	1,884	4,768
Olmsted County	R	−9.7%	6,873	8,355	15,274
Otter Tail County	R	−35.7%	5,823	12,351	18,284
Pennington County	D	+36.8%	3,330	1,525	4,905
Pine County	D	+11.5%	4,332	3,433	7,829
Pipestone County	R	−14.3%	2,129	2,844	4,994
Polk County	D	+33.1%	8,808	4,402	13,310
Pope County	D	+3.2%	2,781	2,607	5,401
Ramsey County	D	+19.2%	78,759	53,052	133,744
Red Lake County	D	+36.7%	1,642	757	2,414
Redwood County	R	−30.5%	2,886	5,428	8,343
Renville County	R	−15.7%	3,747	5,160	8,976
Rice County	R	−20.8%	4,470	6,824	11,322
Rock County	R	−21.9%	1,649	2,584	4,260
Roseau County	D	+41.6%	3,697	1,513	5,250
Scott County	R	−8.8%	2,786	3,326	6,150
Sherburne County	R	−17.0%	1,447	2,046	3,518
Sibley County	R	−43.6%	1,683	4,311	6,024
St. Louis County	D	+39.0%	63,369	27,493	91,942
Stearns County	R	−21.1%	8,647	13,298	22,029
Steele County	R	−18.0%	3,307	4,760	8,082
Stevens County	R	−16.8%	1,693	2,377	4,082
Swift County	D	+13.5%	3,310	2,519	5,876
Todd County	R	−19.3%	3,803	5,636	9,493
Traverse County	D	+14.0%	1,721	1,296	3,031
Wabasha County	R	−25.7%	2,482	4,213	6,728
Wadena County	R	−17.3%	1,868	2,653	4,537
Waseca County	R	−30.4%	2,207	4,146	6,375
Washington County	R	−3.6%	5,599	6,014	11,679
Watonwan County	R	−15.0%	2,324	3,146	5,493
Wilkin County	R	−3.3%	1,819	1,945	3,776
Winona County	R	−15.0%	6,117	8,296	14,506
Wright County	R	−30.7%	3,678	6,961	10,711
Yellow Medicine County	R	−1.9%	3,214	3,337	6,585