Thomas E. Dewey carried North Dakota R+8.4.

Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) vs Thomas E. Dewey (R) in North Dakota, 1944. The state ran 15.8 points more Republican than the nation (D+7.5 nationally).

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

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North Dakota result

220,182 votes counted

Roosevelt (D)

100,144

45.5%

Dewey (R)

118,535

53.8%

All others

1,503

0.7%

Margin

R+8.4

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1944 presidential election

North Dakota, 1944

DeweyR+8.4

How it voted

Share of the 1944 vote

Thomas E. Dewey ✓Republican	53.8%	118,535
Franklin D. RooseveltDemocratic	45.5%	100,144
OtherAll other candidates	0.7%	1,503

D+60

R+60

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

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North Dakota's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1944 contest in context

North Dakota's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	−48.5%
1896	−11.9%
1900	−26.6%
1904	−54.7%
1908	−26.2%
1912	+7.5%
1916	+1.5%
1920	−59.6%
1924	−40.7%
1928	−10.3%
1932	+41.6%
1936	+33.0%
1940	−10.9%
1944	−8.4%
1948	−8.8%
1952	−42.6%
1956	−23.6%
1960	−10.9%
1964	+16.1%
1968	−17.7%
1972	−26.3%
1976	−5.9%
1980	−38.0%
1984	−31.0%
1988	−13.1%
1992	−12.0%
1996	−6.8%
2000	−27.6%
2004	−27.4%
2008	−8.6%
2012	−19.6%
2016	−35.7%
2020	−33.3%
2024	−36.4%

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County results — 1944

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Adams County	R	−18.1%	668	966	1,648
Barnes County	R	−11.6%	2,922	3,696	6,653
Benson County	D	+13.3%	2,261	1,726	4,010
Billings County	R	−25.6%	209	354	566
Bottineau County	R	−15.2%	1,953	2,663	4,660
Bowman County	R	−12.5%	609	785	1,410
Burke County	R	−11.1%	1,226	1,540	2,827
Burleigh County	R	−20.2%	3,061	4,616	7,700
Cass County	R	−1.3%	10,390	10,661	21,167
Cavalier County	D	+6.1%	2,274	2,011	4,308
Dickey County	R	−22.8%	1,339	2,134	3,492
Divide County	D	+10.4%	1,513	1,225	2,772
Dunn County	R	−19.8%	919	1,374	2,298
Eddy County	D	+3.3%	1,042	974	2,048
Emmons County	R	−54.6%	656	2,255	2,929
Foster County	D	+10.5%	1,102	891	2,007
Golden Valley County	R	−23.0%	443	709	1,158
Grand Forks County	D	+15.2%	7,707	5,668	13,434
Grant County	R	−61.7%	410	1,745	2,164
Griggs County	D	+10.7%	1,228	990	2,227
Hettinger County	R	−53.1%	554	1,812	2,371
Kidder County	R	−33.5%	693	1,397	2,103
LaMoure County	R	−23.3%	1,422	2,298	3,752
Logan County	R	−73.1%	294	1,904	2,202
McHenry County	R	−23.6%	1,934	3,141	5,112
McIntosh County	R	−84.2%	226	2,682	2,916
McKenzie County	D	+12.3%	1,592	1,241	2,863
McLean County	R	−9.4%	2,326	2,822	5,288
Mercer County	R	−69.7%	445	2,504	2,956
Morton County	R	−31.2%	1,850	3,537	5,415
Mountrail County	D	+8.5%	1,981	1,666	3,693
Nelson County	D	+12.2%	1,925	1,506	3,441
Oliver County	R	−54.6%	219	756	984
Pembina County	D	+9.2%	2,903	2,410	5,361
Pierce County	R	−20.7%	1,307	1,992	3,316
Ramsey County	D	+0.7%	2,539	2,505	5,083
Ransom County	R	−10.9%	1,639	2,044	3,712
Renville County	D	+2.3%	1,095	1,046	2,164
Richland County	R	−15.9%	3,192	4,402	7,624
Rolette County	D	+23.8%	1,745	1,070	2,832
Sargent County	R	−2.1%	1,426	1,488	2,934
Sheridan County	R	−66.0%	386	1,910	2,308
Sioux County	R	−20.3%	445	673	1,122
Slope County	D	+0.6%	439	434	878
Stark County	R	−30.0%	1,534	2,852	4,398
Steele County	D	+11.7%	1,320	1,042	2,374
Stutsman County	R	−13.0%	3,243	4,220	7,509
Towner County	D	+3.8%	1,185	1,097	2,286
Traill County	D	+2.2%	2,479	2,370	4,869
Walsh County	D	+31.4%	4,747	2,471	7,252
Ward County	D	+2.7%	5,822	5,514	11,417
Wells County	R	−23.7%	1,557	2,529	4,106
Williams County	D	+25.3%	3,748	2,217	6,063