Franklin D. Roosevelt carried Washington D+14.6.

Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) vs Thomas E. Dewey (R) in Washington, 1944. The state ran 7.1 points more Democratic than the nation (D+7.5 nationally).

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

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Washington result

856,328 votes counted

Roosevelt (D)

486,774

56.8%

Dewey (R)

361,689

42.2%

All others

7,865

0.9%

Margin

D+14.6

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1944 presidential election

Washington, 1944

RooseveltD+14.6

How it voted

Share of the 1944 vote

Franklin D. Roosevelt ✓Democratic	56.8%	486,774
Thomas E. DeweyRepublican	42.2%	361,689
OtherAll other candidates	0.9%	7,865

D+60

R+60

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

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Washington's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1944 contest in context

Washington's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	−7.6%
1896	+15.1%
1900	−11.7%
1904	−50.6%
1908	−25.8%
1912	+5.1%
1916	+4.2%
1920	−34.8%
1924	−42.1%
1928	−35.8%
1932	+23.5%
1936	+36.5%
1940	+17.6%
1944	+14.6%
1948	+9.8%
1952	−9.6%
1956	−8.5%
1960	−2.4%
1964	+24.6%
1968	+2.1%
1972	−18.3%
1976	−3.9%
1980	−12.3%
1984	−13.0%
1988	+1.6%
1992	+11.4%
1996	+12.5%
2000	+5.6%
2004	+7.2%
2008	+17.2%
2012	+14.8%
2016	+15.7%
2020	+19.2%
2024	+18.2%

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County results — 1944

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Adams County	R	−22.0%	1,062	1,666	2,740
Asotin County	D	+15.9%	1,888	1,367	3,270
Benton County	D	+4.0%	4,233	3,905	8,172
Chelan County	R	−3.8%	6,557	7,081	13,713
Clallam County	D	+20.9%	5,441	3,551	9,051
Clark County	D	+20.8%	18,861	12,312	31,549
Columbia County	R	−7.6%	1,039	1,211	2,270
Cowlitz County	D	+25.8%	10,485	6,157	16,799
Douglas County	D	+0.6%	1,832	1,809	3,665
Ferry County	D	+20.8%	792	518	1,315
Franklin County	D	+17.6%	1,974	1,381	3,371
Garfield County	R	−15.4%	677	925	1,612
Grant County	D	+21.1%	2,354	1,530	3,902
Grays Harbor County	D	+27.4%	13,803	7,834	21,767
Island County	D	+5.5%	1,662	1,487	3,187
Jefferson County	D	+12.7%	1,829	1,415	3,262
King County	D	+16.3%	165,308	118,719	286,604
Kitsap County	D	+36.0%	24,016	11,224	35,491
Kittitas County	D	+10.5%	4,227	3,423	7,686
Klickitat County	D	+2.6%	2,089	1,980	4,127
Lewis County	R	−7.1%	7,706	8,896	16,726
Lincoln County	R	−7.8%	2,328	2,723	5,066
Mason County	D	+26.0%	3,379	1,976	5,397
Okanogan County	D	+6.4%	4,642	4,084	8,764
Pacific County	D	+21.5%	3,745	2,419	6,176
Pend Oreille County	D	+13.6%	1,385	1,052	2,452
Pierce County	D	+25.1%	53,269	31,626	86,370
San Juan County	R	−4.4%	644	703	1,354
Skagit County	D	+9.3%	9,409	7,805	17,332
Skamania County	D	+18.2%	968	668	1,647
Snohomish County	D	+28.2%	27,345	15,182	43,130
Spokane County	D	+11.1%	45,491	36,359	82,306
Stevens County	D	+11.2%	3,951	3,151	7,165
Thurston County	D	+10.2%	9,708	7,900	17,766
Wahkiakum County	D	+30.5%	1,003	532	1,545
Walla Walla County	R	−11.9%	5,793	7,364	13,235
Whatcom County	D	+6.8%	14,787	12,890	28,098
Whitman County	R	−4.8%	5,449	6,000	11,490
Yakima County	R	−14.2%	15,643	20,864	36,756