1944 United States presidential election in Utah
November 7, 1944
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The 1944 United States presidential election in Utah took place on November 7, 1944, as part of the 1944 United States presidential election. All contemporary forty-eight states took part, and state voters selected four voters to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
The Democratic Party candidate, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, won the state of Utah with 60.44 percent of the popular vote. The Republican Party candidate, Thomas E. Dewey, garnered 39.42 percent of the popular vote. As of the 2024 presidential election, this is the last election in which the following counties voted for a Democratic presidential candidate: Washington, Millard, Box Elder, Cache, and Rich.[1] This is also the last time that a Democrat won 60% or more of the state's vote or carried the state by double-digits.
This was the final election in which Utah voters chose presidential electors directly. The state switched to the modern short ballot in the following election.
Results
| Party | Pledged to | Elector | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic Party | Franklin D. Roosevelt | Parnell Black | 150,088 | |
| Democratic Party | Franklin D. Roosevelt | Charles H. Semken | 149,843 | |
| Democratic Party | Franklin D. Roosevelt | Roxey S. Romney | 149,837 | |
| Democratic Party | Franklin D. Roosevelt | Edward J. McPollin | 149,823 | |
| Republican Party | Thomas E. Dewey | J. Paul Thomas | 97,891 | |
| Republican Party | Thomas E. Dewey | James A. Kelly | 97,863 | |
| Republican Party | Thomas E. Dewey | Mrs. Robert L. Judd | 97,833 | |
| Republican Party | Thomas E. Dewey | David R. Roberts | 97,815 | |
| Socialist Party | Norman Thomas | R. W. Bulloch | 340 | |
| Socialist Party | Norman Thomas | Will H. Price | 334 | |
| Socialist Party | Norman Thomas | Jens C. Peterson | 333 | |
| Socialist Party | Norman Thomas | A. L. Porter | 333 | |
| Votes cast[a] | 248,319 | |||
Results by county
| County[2][3] | Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic |
Thomas E. Dewey Republican |
Norman Thomas Socialist |
Margin | Total votes cast[a] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Beaver | 1,128 | 54.02% | 958 | 45.88% | 2 | 0.10% | 170 | 8.14% | 2,088 |
| Box Elder | 4,138 | 57.46% | 3,058 | 42.47% | 5 | 0.07% | 1,080 | 15.00% | 7,201 |
| Cache | 6,998 | 58.57% | 4,938 | 41.33% | 12 | 0.10% | 2,060 | 17.24% | 11,948 |
| Carbon | 5,364 | 69.70% | 2,318 | 30.12% | 14 | 0.18% | 3,046 | 39.58% | 7,696 |
| Daggett | 98 | 56.65% | 75 | 43.35% | 0 | 0.00% | 23 | 13.29% | 173 |
| Davis | 5,179 | 58.51% | 3,663 | 41.39% | 9 | 0.10% | 1,516 | 17.13% | 8,851 |
| Duchesne | 1,629 | 58.83% | 1,140 | 41.17% | 0 | 0.00% | 489 | 17.66% | 2,769 |
| Emery | 1,427 | 59.41% | 974 | 40.55% | 1 | 0.04% | 453 | 18.86% | 2,402 |
| Garfield | 559 | 39.87% | 842 | 60.06% | 1 | 0.07% | -283 | -20.19% | 1,402 |
| Grand | 380 | 46.74% | 428 | 52.64% | 5 | 0.62% | -48 | -5.90% | 813 |
| Iron | 1,677 | 46.31% | 1,930 | 53.30% | 14 | 0.39% | -253 | -6.99% | 3,621 |
| Juab | 1,483 | 55.34% | 1,192 | 44.48% | 5 | 0.19% | 291 | 10.86% | 2,680 |
| Kane | 244 | 26.93% | 662 | 73.07% | 0 | 0.00% | -418 | -46.14% | 906 |
| Millard | 1,909 | 50.20% | 1,889 | 49.67% | 5 | 0.13% | 20 | 0.53% | 3,803 |
| Morgan | 671 | 55.64% | 535 | 44.36% | 0 | 0.00% | 136 | 11.28% | 1,206 |
| Piute | 346 | 47.59% | 381 | 52.41% | 0 | 0.00% | -35 | -4.81% | 727 |
| Rich | 395 | 50.06% | 394 | 49.94% | 0 | 0.00% | 1 | 0.13% | 789 |
| Salt Lake | 66,114 | 62.61% | 39,327 | 37.24% | 157 | 0.15% | 26,787 | 25.37% | 105,598 |
| San Juan | 367 | 41.66% | 513 | 58.23% | 1 | 0.11% | -146 | -16.57% | 881 |
| Sanpete | 3,071 | 49.00% | 3,196 | 51.00% | 0 | 0.00% | -125 | -1.99% | 6,267 |
| Sevier | 2,095 | 47.13% | 2,345 | 52.76% | 5 | 0.11% | -250 | -5.62% | 4,445 |
| Summit | 1,761 | 54.32% | 1,479 | 45.62% | 2 | 0.06% | 282 | 8.70% | 3,242 |
| Tooele | 2,802 | 61.46% | 1,753 | 38.45% | 4 | 0.09% | 1,049 | 23.01% | 4,559 |
| Uintah | 1,519 | 50.63% | 1,479 | 49.30% | 2 | 0.07% | 40 | 1.33% | 3,000 |
| Utah | 15,722 | 61.14% | 9,946 | 38.68% | 45 | 0.18% | 5,776 | 22.46% | 25,713 |
| Wasatch | 1,249 | 54.09% | 1,058 | 45.82% | 2 | 0.09% | 191 | 8.27% | 2,309 |
| Washington | 1,694 | 51.80% | 1,575 | 48.17% | 1 | 0.03% | 119 | 3.64% | 3,270 |
| Wayne | 430 | 56.95% | 325 | 43.05% | 0 | 0.00% | 105 | 13.91% | 755 |
| Weber | 19,639 | 67.25% | 9,518 | 32.59% | 48 | 0.16% | 10,121 | 34.66% | 29,205 |
| Totals | 150,088 | 60.44% | 97,891 | 39.42% | 340 | 0.14% | 52,197 | 21.02% | 248,319 |
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
See also
Notes
References
- ^ Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
- ^ a b Utah State Archives, Abstract of the Returns of an Election held in the State of Utah, Tuesday, November 7, 1944 A.D.
- ^ Scammon, Richard M., ed. (1965). America at the Polls: A Handbook of American Presidential Election Statistics, 1920-1964. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press. p. 460. Retrieved December 29, 2025.