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Election of 1944

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- The ^V1 notations refers to notes in the red cell immediately below.
- The popular vote shown is for the Party Ticket. Popular Vote Results will vary among sources but will give a general idea of the percentage in relation to the other results. Popular vote figures exclude those states that did not use a popular vote to select their electors to the Electoral College.
- - - Amendment XII was enacted after the tie in 1800 - In 1804 the electors began voting for President and Vice President using separate ballots. This change ensured the Vice President would most likely be of the same party as the President.
- Beginning in 1848 all States hold the presidential election on the same day in November.
- The 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution gives women, across America, the right to vote.

Year

Presidential Candidates

Party

Electoral

Popular Vote

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1944

1
2
3
4
5
6

Franklin D. Roosevelt ^V1
Thomas E. Dewey ^V2
(None)
Norman Thomas
Claude Watson
Other

Democratic
Republican
Texas Regulars ^V3
Socialist
Prohibition
(nominal parties)

432
99
    0
    0
    0
    0

25,602,504
22,006,285
135,439
80,518
74,758
57,004

Vice Presidential Candidates

Party

Electoral

1
2
3
4
5
6

Harry S. Truman
John W. Bricker
(None)
Darlington Hoopes
Andrew Johnson
---

Democratic
Republican
Texas Regulars
Socialist
Prohibition
---

432
99    0
    0
    0
---

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^V1	Roosevelt becomes the only candidate to have been elected to a fourth term as U. S. President. President Roosevelt dies in office during the second year of his fourth term.
^V2	Wendell Willkie died of a heart attack after a defeat in the Wisconsin primary where Thomas E Dewey took all but one vote and Bricker took the vice president candidacy by acclamation. Republicans campaigned against Roosevelt's "New Deal" and for a smaller government and less regulations.
^V3	Texas Regulars were an anti-Roosevelt wing of the Democratic Party that sought to split the democrat vote having failed to sway the party as a whole.

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