Franklin D. Roosevelt carried Oregon D+4.8.

Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) vs Thomas E. Dewey (R) in Oregon, 1944. The state ran 2.6 points more Republican than the nation (D+7.5 nationally).

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

akashic

Oregon result

480,147 votes counted

Roosevelt (D)

248,635

51.8%

Dewey (R)

225,365

46.9%

All others

6,147

1.3%

Margin

D+4.8

akashic

1944 presidential election

Oregon, 1944

RooseveltD+4.8

How it voted

Share of the 1944 vote

Franklin D. Roosevelt ✓Democratic	51.8%	248,635
Thomas E. DeweyRepublican	46.9%	225,365
OtherAll other candidates	1.3%	6,147

D+60

R+60

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

akashic

Oregon's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1944 contest in context

Oregon's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	−26.4%
1896	−2.1%
1900	−15.6%
1904	−47.6%
1908	−22.1%
1912	+9.0%
1916	−2.6%
1920	−26.7%
1924	−26.8%
1928	−30.0%
1932	+21.1%
1936	+34.8%
1940	+8.1%
1944	+4.8%
1948	−3.4%
1952	−21.6%
1956	−10.5%
1960	−5.2%
1964	+27.8%
1968	−6.0%
1972	−10.1%
1976	−0.2%
1980	−9.7%
1984	−12.2%
1988	+4.7%
1992	+10.0%
1996	+8.1%
2000	+0.4%
2004	+4.2%
2008	+16.3%
2012	+12.1%
2016	+11.0%
2020	+16.1%
2024	+14.3%

akashic

County results — 1944

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

akashic

County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Baker County	D	+11.0%	3,116	2,494	5,641
Benton County	R	−29.6%	2,830	5,242	8,141
Clackamas County	D	+5.8%	14,060	12,492	26,987
Clatsop County	D	+21.1%	6,038	3,921	10,031
Columbia County	D	+31.3%	5,213	2,696	8,049
Coos County	D	+16.6%	6,476	4,609	11,225
Crook County	D	+10.1%	1,145	932	2,105
Curry County	R	−9.8%	678	827	1,527
Deschutes County	D	+19.6%	3,807	2,547	6,426
Douglas County	R	−14.5%	4,563	6,134	10,840
Gilliam County	D	+7.1%	567	492	1,060
Grant County	D	+3.0%	1,072	1,006	2,203
Harney County	D	+11.7%	997	787	1,794
Hood River County	R	−1.2%	1,960	2,008	4,012
Jackson County	R	−12.5%	6,668	8,598	15,426
Jefferson County	R	−16.9%	297	419	723
Josephine County	R	−10.8%	3,214	4,010	7,355
Klamath County	D	+5.4%	6,656	5,969	12,717
Lake County	D	+6.4%	1,147	1,008	2,169
Lane County	R	−10.2%	14,375	17,690	32,397
Lincoln County	D	+2.5%	2,947	2,801	5,813
Linn County	R	−2.9%	6,480	6,877	13,493
Malheur County	R	−11.1%	2,234	2,797	5,078
Marion County	R	−14.9%	11,907	16,176	28,601
Morrow County	D	+5.6%	836	747	1,596
Multnomah County	D	+14.6%	105,516	78,279	186,218
Polk County	R	−8.0%	3,318	3,904	7,340
Sherman County	D	+4.3%	518	475	996
Tillamook County	D	+3.0%	2,634	2,477	5,186
Umatilla County	R	−4.0%	4,967	5,379	10,391
Union County	D	+23.9%	3,951	2,413	6,424
Wallowa County	D	+14.4%	1,544	1,152	2,721
Wasco County	R	−2.4%	2,313	2,429	4,786
Washington County	R	−1.3%	9,110	9,362	18,677
Wheeler County	R	−13.5%	414	544	962
Yamhill County	R	−5.5%	5,067	5,672	11,037