1944 United States presidential election in Illinois
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The 1944 United States presidential election in Illinois took place on November 7, 1944, as part of the 1944 United States presidential election. State voters chose 28[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Illinois was won by incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt (D–New York), running with Senator Harry S. Truman, with 51.52% of the popular vote, against Governor Thomas E. Dewey (R–New York), running with Governor John W. Bricker, with 48.05% of the popular vote.[3][4] Illinois was one of six states that became more Democratic compared to 1940, alongside Michigan, Minnesota, New York, North Dakota, and Rhode Island.
Primaries
[edit]The primaries and general elections coincided with those for other federal offices (Senate and House), as well as those for state offices.[5]
Turnout
[edit]The total vote in the state-run primary elections (Democratic and Republican) was 646,993.[5]
The total vote in the general election was 4,036,061.[5] Both major parties held non-binding state-run preferential primaries on April 11.[5]
Democratic
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The 1944 Illinois Democratic presidential primary was held on April 11, 1944, in the U.S. state of Illinois as one of the Democratic Party's state primaries ahead of the 1944 presidential election.
The popular vote was a non-binding "beauty contest". Delegates were instead elected by direct votes by congressional district on delegate candidates.[5]
| Candidate | Votes | % |
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| Franklin D. Roosevelt | 48,561 | 99.30 |
| Scattering | 343 | 0.70 |
| Total | 48,904 | 100 |
Republican
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The 1944 Illinois Republican presidential primary was held on April 11, 1944, in the U.S. state of Illinois as one of the Republican Party's state primaries ahead of the 1944 presidential election.
The preference vote was a "beauty contest". Delegates were instead selected by direct-vote in each congressional districts on delegate candidates.[5]
Douglas MacArthur won the primary. Illinois businessman Riley A. Bender placed second, running as a favorite son.
| Candidate | Votes | % |
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| Douglas MacArthur | 550,354 | 92.02 |
| Riley A. Bender | 37,575 | 6.28 |
| Thomas Dewey | 9,192 | 1.54 |
| Everett Dirksen | 581 | 0.10 |
| John Bricker | 148 | 0.03 |
| Harold E. Stassen | 111 | 0.02 |
| Wendell Willkie | 107 | 0.02 |
| Scattering | 21 | 0.00 |
| Total | 598,089 | 100 |
Results
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | Franklin D. Roosevelt (inc.) | 2,079,479 | 51.52% | |
| Republican | Thomas E. Dewey | 1,939,314 | 48.05% | |
| Socialist Labor | Edward Teichert | 9,677 | 0.24% | |
| Prohibition | Claude Watson | 7,411 | 0.18% | |
| Write-in | Norman Thomas | 180 | 0.00% | |
| Total votes | 4,036,061 | 100% | ||
Results by county
[edit]| County | Franklin Delano Roosevelt Democratic |
Thomas Edmund Dewey Republican |
Various candidates Other parties |
Margin | Total votes cast[6] | ||||
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| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adams | 13,733 | 46.65% | 15,564 | 52.87% | 142 | 0.48% | -1,831 | -6.22% | 29,439 |
| Alexander | 4,767 | 49.47% | 4,792 | 49.73% | 78 | 0.81% | -25 | -0.26% | 9,637 |
| Bond | 2,607 | 38.86% | 3,907 | 58.24% | 194 | 2.89% | -1,300 | -19.38% | 6,708 |
| Boone | 2,074 | 26.59% | 5,708 | 73.18% | 18 | 0.23% | -3,634 | -46.59% | 7,800 |
| Brown | 1,849 | 51.26% | 1,738 | 48.18% | 20 | 0.55% | 111 | 3.08% | 3,607 |
| Bureau | 6,976 | 37.05% | 11,802 | 62.68% | 51 | 0.27% | -4,826 | -25.63% | 18,829 |
| Calhoun | 1,271 | 39.22% | 1,956 | 60.35% | 14 | 0.43% | -685 | -21.14% | 3,241 |
| Carroll | 2,843 | 31.72% | 6,101 | 68.08% | 18 | 0.20% | -3,258 | -36.35% | 8,962 |
| Cass | 3,909 | 51.54% | 3,641 | 48.00% | 35 | 0.46% | 268 | 3.53% | 7,585 |
| Champaign | 13,842 | 42.00% | 18,935 | 57.46% | 177 | 0.54% | -5,093 | -15.45% | 32,954 |
| Christian | 9,360 | 50.77% | 8,995 | 48.79% | 82 | 0.44% | 365 | 1.98% | 18,437 |
| Clark | 3,619 | 40.02% | 5,373 | 59.41% | 52 | 0.57% | -1,754 | -19.39% | 9,044 |
| Clay | 3,531 | 43.54% | 4,484 | 55.29% | 95 | 1.17% | -953 | -11.75% | 8,110 |
| Clinton | 3,944 | 36.69% | 6,753 | 62.82% | 53 | 0.49% | -2,809 | -26.13% | 10,750 |
| Coles | 8,936 | 48.40% | 9,473 | 51.31% | 54 | 0.29% | -537 | -2.91% | 18,463 |
| Cook | 1,275,367 | 57.81% | 924,659 | 41.91% | 6,165 | 0.28% | 350,708 | 15.90% | 2,206,191 |
| Crawford | 4,482 | 42.22% | 6,056 | 57.04% | 79 | 0.74% | -1,574 | -14.83% | 10,617 |
| Cumberland | 2,391 | 46.83% | 2,700 | 52.88% | 15 | 0.29% | -309 | -6.05% | 5,106 |
| DeKalb | 6,004 | 32.97% | 12,157 | 66.76% | 49 | 0.27% | -6,153 | -33.79% | 18,210 |
| DeWitt | 3,658 | 43.77% | 4,630 | 55.40% | 69 | 0.83% | -972 | -11.63% | 8,357 |
| Douglas | 3,323 | 41.36% | 4,684 | 58.29% | 28 | 0.35% | -1,361 | -16.94% | 8,035 |
| DuPage | 18,711 | 30.79% | 41,890 | 68.93% | 174 | 0.29% | -23,179 | -38.14% | 60,775 |
| Edgar | 5,054 | 41.88% | 6,961 | 57.68% | 54 | 0.45% | -1,907 | -15.80% | 12,069 |
| Edwards | 1,197 | 28.16% | 3,016 | 70.96% | 37 | 0.87% | -1,819 | -42.80% | 4,250 |
| Effingham | 4,587 | 45.33% | 5,441 | 53.77% | 91 | 0.90% | -854 | -8.44% | 10,119 |
| Fayette | 5,435 | 45.72% | 6,332 | 53.27% | 120 | 1.01% | -897 | -7.55% | 11,887 |
| Ford | 2,270 | 29.85% | 5,317 | 69.91% | 18 | 0.24% | -3,047 | -40.07% | 7,605 |
| Franklin | 11,663 | 50.24% | 11,377 | 49.01% | 173 | 0.75% | 286 | 1.23% | 23,213 |
| Fulton | 8,946 | 44.22% | 11,117 | 54.96% | 166 | 0.82% | -2,171 | -10.73% | 20,229 |
| Gallatin | 2,175 | 50.64% | 2,073 | 48.27% | 47 | 1.09% | 102 | 2.37% | 4,295 |
| Greene | 4,268 | 49.78% | 4,261 | 49.70% | 45 | 0.52% | 7 | 0.08% | 8,574 |
| Grundy | 3,544 | 35.88% | 6,310 | 63.89% | 22 | 0.22% | -2,766 | -28.01% | 9,876 |
| Hamilton | 2,914 | 44.48% | 3,582 | 54.68% | 55 | 0.84% | -668 | -10.20% | 6,551 |
| Hancock | 5,338 | 39.90% | 7,972 | 59.59% | 68 | 0.51% | -2,634 | -19.69% | 13,378 |
| Hardin | 1,370 | 39.85% | 2,037 | 59.25% | 31 | 0.90% | -667 | -19.40% | 3,438 |
| Henderson | 1,550 | 36.43% | 2,695 | 63.34% | 10 | 0.24% | -1,145 | -26.91% | 4,255 |
| Henry | 9,130 | 40.11% | 13,539 | 59.48% | 92 | 0.40% | -4,409 | -19.37% | 22,761 |
| Iroquois | 5,168 | 33.03% | 10,389 | 66.39% | 91 | 0.58% | -5,221 | -33.37% | 15,648 |
| Jackson | 6,735 | 40.11% | 10,002 | 59.57% | 54 | 0.32% | -3,267 | -19.46% | 16,791 |
| Jasper | 3,142 | 47.43% | 3,453 | 52.13% | 29 | 0.44% | -311 | -4.70% | 6,624 |
| Jefferson | 8,496 | 51.33% | 7,916 | 47.83% | 139 | 0.84% | 580 | 3.50% | 16,551 |
| Jersey | 2,910 | 44.87% | 3,546 | 54.67% | 30 | 0.46% | -636 | -9.81% | 6,486 |
| Jo Daviess | 3,298 | 33.66% | 6,465 | 65.99% | 34 | 0.35% | -3,167 | -32.33% | 9,797 |
| Johnson | 1,522 | 31.49% | 3,298 | 68.24% | 13 | 0.27% | -1,776 | -36.75% | 4,833 |
| Kane | 23,362 | 37.54% | 38,689 | 62.16% | 185 | 0.30% | -15,327 | -24.63% | 62,236 |
| Kankakee | 11,342 | 42.50% | 15,256 | 57.16% | 90 | 0.34% | -3,914 | -14.67% | 26,688 |
| Kendall | 1,673 | 29.35% | 4,022 | 70.55% | 6 | 0.11% | -2,349 | -41.20% | 5,701 |
| Knox | 10,070 | 38.49% | 15,964 | 61.02% | 126 | 0.48% | -5,894 | -22.53% | 26,160 |
| Lake | 25,453 | 41.52% | 35,674 | 58.19% | 183 | 0.30% | -10,221 | -16.67% | 61,310 |
| LaSalle | 21,489 | 41.42% | 28,179 | 54.32% | 2,210 | 4.26% | -6,690 | -12.90% | 51,878 |
| Lawrence | 4,003 | 43.02% | 5,191 | 55.79% | 111 | 1.19% | -1,188 | -12.77% | 9,305 |
| Lee | 4,899 | 31.98% | 10,397 | 67.88% | 21 | 0.14% | -5,498 | -35.89% | 15,317 |
| Livingston | 6,231 | 33.29% | 12,436 | 66.44% | 52 | 0.28% | -6,205 | -33.15% | 18,719 |
| Logan | 4,868 | 37.88% | 7,955 | 61.90% | 29 | 0.23% | -3,087 | -24.02% | 12,852 |
| Macon | 22,808 | 53.58% | 19,608 | 46.06% | 153 | 0.36% | 3,200 | 7.52% | 42,569 |
| Macoupin | 11,951 | 50.46% | 11,572 | 48.86% | 160 | 0.68% | 379 | 1.60% | 23,683 |
| Madison | 40,114 | 58.24% | 28,399 | 41.23% | 359 | 0.52% | 11,715 | 17.01% | 68,872 |
| Marion | 10,079 | 51.32% | 9,408 | 47.90% | 153 | 0.78% | 671 | 3.42% | 19,640 |
| Marshall | 2,596 | 38.17% | 4,195 | 61.68% | 10 | 0.15% | -1,599 | -23.51% | 6,801 |
| Mason | 3,282 | 45.19% | 3,959 | 54.52% | 21 | 0.29% | -677 | -9.32% | 7,262 |
| Massac | 1,758 | 31.13% | 3,814 | 67.53% | 76 | 1.35% | -2,056 | -36.40% | 5,648 |
| McDonough | 4,497 | 33.03% | 9,028 | 66.30% | 91 | 0.67% | -4,531 | -33.28% | 13,616 |
| McHenry | 5,567 | 26.14% | 15,666 | 73.55% | 66 | 0.31% | -10,099 | -47.42% | 21,299 |
| McLean | 14,011 | 41.75% | 19,366 | 57.70% | 185 | 0.55% | -5,355 | -15.96% | 33,562 |
| Menard | 1,888 | 38.33% | 3,013 | 61.17% | 25 | 0.51% | -1,125 | -22.84% | 4,926 |
| Mercer | 3,277 | 36.50% | 5,667 | 63.12% | 34 | 0.38% | -2,390 | -26.62% | 8,978 |
| Monroe | 2,068 | 33.85% | 4,032 | 66.00% | 9 | 0.15% | -1,964 | -32.15% | 6,109 |
| Montgomery | 7,855 | 46.08% | 8,989 | 52.74% | 201 | 1.18% | -1,134 | -6.65% | 17,045 |
| Morgan | 6,965 | 43.72% | 8,923 | 56.01% | 42 | 0.26% | -1,958 | -12.29% | 15,930 |
| Moultrie | 2,853 | 46.93% | 3,180 | 52.31% | 46 | 0.76% | -327 | -5.38% | 6,079 |
| Ogle | 3,951 | 26.86% | 10,680 | 72.59% | 81 | 0.55% | -6,729 | -45.74% | 14,712 |
| Peoria | 32,837 | 48.83% | 34,171 | 50.81% | 243 | 0.36% | -1,334 | -1.98% | 67,251 |
| Perry | 4,677 | 42.73% | 6,236 | 56.97% | 33 | 0.30% | -1,559 | -14.24% | 10,946 |
| Piatt | 2,641 | 40.09% | 3,912 | 59.38% | 35 | 0.53% | -1,271 | -19.29% | 6,588 |
| Pike | 5,833 | 50.58% | 5,633 | 48.85% | 66 | 0.57% | 200 | 1.73% | 11,532 |
| Pope | 813 | 25.74% | 2,305 | 72.99% | 40 | 1.27% | -1,492 | -47.25% | 3,158 |
| Pulaski | 2,311 | 41.28% | 3,248 | 58.02% | 39 | 0.70% | -937 | -16.74% | 5,598 |
| Putnam | 865 | 36.10% | 1,521 | 63.48% | 10 | 0.42% | -656 | -27.38% | 2,396 |
| Randolph | 6,199 | 45.06% | 7,518 | 54.65% | 39 | 0.28% | -1,319 | -9.59% | 13,756 |
| Richland | 2,858 | 38.04% | 4,577 | 60.91% | 79 | 1.05% | -1,719 | -22.88% | 7,514 |
| Rock Island | 30,102 | 55.48% | 23,980 | 44.19% | 180 | 0.33% | 6,122 | 11.28% | 54,262 |
| Saline | 7,351 | 44.45% | 9,083 | 54.92% | 105 | 0.63% | -1,732 | -10.47% | 16,539 |
| Sangamon | 28,713 | 46.50% | 32,871 | 53.24% | 161 | 0.26% | -4,158 | -6.73% | 61,745 |
| Schuyler | 2,555 | 47.27% | 2,801 | 51.82% | 49 | 0.91% | -246 | -4.55% | 5,405 |
| Scott | 1,864 | 45.93% | 2,185 | 53.84% | 9 | 0.22% | -321 | -7.91% | 4,058 |
| Shelby | 5,919 | 48.35% | 6,201 | 50.65% | 123 | 1.00% | -282 | -2.30% | 12,243 |
| St. Clair | 48,325 | 58.78% | 33,557 | 40.82% | 327 | 0.40% | 14,768 | 17.96% | 82,209 |
| Stark | 1,401 | 31.43% | 3,050 | 68.42% | 7 | 0.16% | -1,649 | -36.99% | 4,458 |
| Stephenson | 7,755 | 39.13% | 11,948 | 60.28% | 118 | 0.60% | -4,193 | -21.15% | 19,821 |
| Tazewell | 14,412 | 53.30% | 12,531 | 46.34% | 96 | 0.36% | 1,881 | 6.96% | 27,039 |
| Union | 4,367 | 51.21% | 4,114 | 48.25% | 46 | 0.54% | 253 | 2.97% | 8,527 |
| Vermilion | 18,387 | 46.60% | 20,794 | 52.70% | 273 | 0.69% | -2,407 | -6.10% | 39,454 |
| Wabash | 3,026 | 45.83% | 3,496 | 52.95% | 81 | 1.23% | -470 | -7.12% | 6,603 |
| Warren | 3,926 | 35.53% | 7,085 | 64.12% | 39 | 0.35% | -3,159 | -28.59% | 11,050 |
| Washington | 2,723 | 33.26% | 5,428 | 66.31% | 35 | 0.43% | -2,705 | -33.04% | 8,186 |
| Wayne | 4,019 | 41.17% | 5,683 | 58.21% | 61 | 0.62% | -1,664 | -17.04% | 9,763 |
| White | 4,822 | 47.97% | 5,139 | 51.12% | 91 | 0.91% | -317 | -3.15% | 10,052 |
| Whiteside | 5,555 | 27.93% | 14,162 | 71.21% | 171 | 0.86% | -8,607 | -43.28% | 19,888 |
| Will | 27,085 | 47.14% | 30,058 | 52.32% | 310 | 0.54% | -2,973 | -5.17% | 57,453 |
| Williamson | 9,974 | 43.99% | 12,863 | 55.55% | 103 | 0.45% | -2,620 | -11.56% | 22,671 |
| Winnebago | 27,831 | 47.22% | 30,837 | 52.31% | 277 | 0.47% | -3,006 | -5.10% | 58,945 |
| Woodford | 3,514 | 35.90% | 6,237 | 63.73% | 36 | 0.37% | -2,723 | -27.82% | 9,787 |
| Totals | 2,079,479 | 51.52% | 1,939,314 | 48.05% | 17,088 | 0.42% | 140,165 | 3.47% | 4,035,881 |
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "United States Presidential election of 1944 – Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved March 26, 2018.
- ^ "1944 Election for the Fortieth Term (1945-49)". Retrieved March 26, 2018.
- ^ "1944 Presidential General Election Results – Illinois". Retrieved March 26, 2018.
- ^ "The American Presidency Project – Election of 1944". Retrieved March 26, 2018.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "OFFICIAL VOTE of the STATE OF ILLINOIS CAST AT THE GENERAL ELECTION, Nov. 7, 1944 PRIMARY ELECTION GENERAL PRIMARY, APRIL 11, 1944" (PDF). Illinois State Board of Elections. Retrieved July 11, 2020.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Géoelections; 1944 Presidential Election Popular Vote (.xlsx file for €15)
