Franklin D. Roosevelt carried North Carolina D+33.4.

Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) vs Thomas E. Dewey (R) in North Carolina, 1944. The state ran 25.9 points more Democratic than the nation (D+7.5 nationally).

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

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North Carolina result

790,554 votes counted

Roosevelt (D)

527,399

66.7%

Dewey (R)

263,155

33.3%

All others

0

0.0%

Margin

D+33.4

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1944 presidential election

North Carolina, 1944

RooseveltD+33.4

How it voted

Share of the 1944 vote

Franklin D. Roosevelt ✓Democratic	66.7%	527,399
Thomas E. DeweyRepublican	33.3%	263,155
OtherAll other candidates	0.0%	0

D+60

R+60

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

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North Carolina's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1944 contest in context

North Carolina's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	+11.6%
1896	+5.8%
1900	+8.5%
1904	+20.1%
1908	+8.7%
1912	+47.3%
1916	+16.4%
1920	+13.5%
1924	+19.4%
1928	−9.9%
1932	+40.6%
1936	+46.8%
1940	+48.1%
1944	+33.4%
1948	+25.3%
1952	+7.8%
1956	+1.3%
1960	+4.2%
1964	+12.3%
1968	−10.3%
1972	−40.6%
1976	+11.0%
1980	−2.1%
1984	−24.0%
1988	−16.3%
1992	−0.8%
1996	−4.7%
2000	−12.8%
2004	−12.4%
2008	+0.3%
2012	−2.0%
2016	−3.7%
2020	−1.3%
2024	−3.2%

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County results — 1944

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Alamance County	D	+29.7%	9,184	4,976	14,160
Alexander County	R	−13.1%	2,282	2,971	5,253
Alleghany County	D	+9.5%	1,810	1,495	3,305
Anson County	D	+75.1%	3,582	510	4,092
Ashe County	R	−1.8%	4,363	4,524	8,887
Avery County	R	−58.3%	838	3,178	4,016
Beaufort County	D	+61.2%	4,706	1,133	5,839
Bertie County	D	+92.4%	3,142	124	3,266
Bladen County	D	+55.3%	2,542	731	3,273
Brunswick County	D	+8.0%	2,346	1,997	4,343
Buncombe County	D	+37.9%	20,878	9,398	30,276
Burke County	D	+7.4%	6,795	5,855	12,650
Cabarrus County	D	+36.3%	9,064	4,233	13,297
Caldwell County	D	+10.8%	5,419	4,365	9,784
Camden County	D	+57.8%	722	193	915
Carteret County	D	+38.0%	3,489	1,566	5,055
Caswell County	D	+59.3%	1,923	492	2,415
Catawba County	D	+16.9%	10,146	7,211	17,357
Chatham County	D	+22.7%	3,856	2,431	6,287
Cherokee County	R	−0.8%	2,582	2,625	5,207
Chowan County	D	+77.6%	1,314	166	1,480
Clay County	R	−0.7%	1,245	1,263	2,508
Cleveland County	D	+51.2%	8,170	2,636	10,806
Columbus County	D	+57.3%	5,717	1,552	7,269
Craven County	D	+71.0%	4,872	826	5,698
Cumberland County	D	+53.3%	6,615	2,014	8,629
Currituck County	D	+63.9%	1,049	231	1,280
Dare County	D	+57.7%	966	259	1,225
Davidson County	D	+0.1%	9,455	9,445	18,900
Davie County	R	−17.7%	2,266	3,244	5,510
Duplin County	D	+58.4%	5,464	1,437	6,901
Durham County	D	+55.1%	12,763	3,690	16,453
Edgecombe County	D	+87.6%	6,762	448	7,210
Forsyth County	D	+24.1%	16,390	10,014	26,404
Franklin County	D	+86.4%	3,967	289	4,256
Gaston County	D	+39.1%	13,744	6,023	19,767
Gates County	D	+75.7%	1,105	153	1,258
Graham County	D	+16.4%	1,889	1,356	3,245
Granville County	D	+81.6%	3,215	325	3,540
Greene County	D	+91.4%	2,528	113	2,641
Guilford County	D	+28.9%	23,495	12,962	36,457
Halifax County	D	+88.2%	6,989	440	7,429
Harnett County	D	+34.7%	6,579	3,191	9,770
Haywood County	D	+45.3%	7,755	2,919	10,674
Henderson County	D	+10.4%	5,679	4,613	10,292
Hertford County	D	+88.2%	1,996	125	2,121
Hoke County	D	+83.5%	1,782	160	1,942
Hyde County	D	+48.2%	924	323	1,247
Iredell County	D	+26.4%	8,358	4,864	13,222
Jackson County	D	+20.8%	4,109	2,694	6,803
Johnston County	D	+30.4%	8,282	4,423	12,705
Jones County	D	+70.5%	1,221	211	1,432
Lee County	D	+62.0%	3,448	808	4,256
Lenoir County	D	+80.9%	5,253	554	5,807
Lincoln County	D	+6.2%	4,168	3,678	7,846
Macon County	D	+6.4%	2,855	2,510	5,365
Madison County	R	−31.4%	2,291	4,388	6,679
Martin County	D	+94.1%	4,408	133	4,541
McDowell County	D	+27.9%	4,008	2,258	6,266
Mecklenburg County	D	+46.7%	25,950	9,434	35,384
Mitchell County	R	−51.4%	1,024	3,192	4,216
Montgomery County	D	+15.2%	2,665	1,963	4,628
Moore County	D	+16.4%	3,711	2,663	6,374
Nash County	D	+79.3%	7,577	876	8,453
New Hanover County	D	+54.0%	9,467	2,829	12,296
Northampton County	D	+90.6%	3,470	172	3,642
Onslow County	D	+72.5%	2,711	433	3,144
Orange County	D	+38.1%	3,274	1,467	4,741
Pamlico County	D	+28.6%	1,295	719	2,014
Pasquotank County	D	+49.4%	2,540	860	3,400
Pender County	D	+59.4%	1,732	441	2,173
Perquimans County	D	+56.6%	960	266	1,226
Person County	D	+61.0%	2,507	607	3,114
Pitt County	D	+89.1%	8,556	495	9,051
Polk County	D	+16.5%	2,340	1,678	4,018
Randolph County	R	−9.3%	7,277	8,768	16,045
Richmond County	D	+70.4%	5,394	938	6,332
Robeson County	D	+73.4%	7,278	1,118	8,396
Rockingham County	D	+48.7%	8,755	3,024	11,779
Rowan County	D	+24.8%	9,721	5,862	15,583
Rutherford County	D	+22.2%	7,379	4,698	12,077
Sampson County	R	−17.9%	4,220	6,062	10,282
Scotland County	D	+77.3%	2,372	303	2,675
Stanly County	R	−5.0%	5,499	6,083	11,582
Stokes County	D	+9.8%	4,110	3,376	7,486
Surry County	D	+20.0%	7,679	5,116	12,795
Swain County	D	+16.7%	2,110	1,505	3,615
Transylvania County	D	+14.6%	3,019	2,251	5,270
Tyrrell County	D	+37.0%	611	281	892
Union County	D	+67.4%	5,729	1,114	6,843
Vance County	D	+77.2%	4,110	528	4,638
Wake County	D	+63.7%	18,050	3,996	22,046
Warren County	D	+82.2%	2,480	242	2,722
Washington County	D	+56.4%	1,782	497	2,279
Watauga County	R	−10.3%	3,214	3,954	7,168
Wayne County	D	+53.0%	6,228	1,914	8,142
Wilkes County	R	−24.0%	5,587	9,121	14,708
Wilson County	D	+78.8%	6,480	769	7,249
Yadkin County	R	−28.0%	2,470	4,392	6,862
Yancey County	D	+15.8%	3,301	2,402	5,703