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The1944 United States presidential election in Connecticut took place on November 7, 1944, as part of the1944 United States presidential election. State voters chose eight electors to theElectoral College, which selected thepresident andvice president.
IncumbentDemocraticPresidentFranklin D. Roosevelt won the state overNew YorkgovernorThomas E. Dewey by a margin of 5.36%.
This is the most recent election in which a candidate won Connecticut without carryingMiddlesex County.
| 1944 United States presidential election in Connecticut[2] | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Running mate | Popular vote | Electoral vote | ||||
| Count | % | Count | % | |||||
| Democratic | Franklin Delano Roosevelt ofNew York | Harry S. Truman ofMissouri | 435,146 | 52.30% | 8 | 100.00% | ||
| Republican | Thomas Edmund Dewey ofNew York | John William Bricker ofOhio | 390,527 | 46.94% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Socialist | Norman Thomas ofNew York | Darlington Hoopes ofPennsylvania | 5,097 | 0.61% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Socialist Labor | Edward A. Teichert ofPennsylvania | Arla Arbaugh ofOhio | 1,220 | 0.15% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Total | 831,990 | 100.00% | 8 | 100.00% | ||||
| 1944 United States presidential election in Connecticut (by county)[3] | |||||||
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| County | Roosevelt % | Roosevelt # | Dewey % | Dewey # | Others % | Others # | Total # |
| Fairfield | 48.3% | 99,181 | 50.5% | 103,693 | 1.2% | 2,423 | 205,297 |
| Hartford | 57.0% | 127,841 | 42.5% | 95,224 | 0.5% | 1,153 | 224,218 |
| Litchfield | 44.2% | 19,212 | 55.2% | 24,019 | 0.6% | 248 | 43,479 |
| Middlesex | 48.3% | 13,551 | 51.0% | 14,315 | 0.6% | 176 | 28,042 |
| New Haven | 52.7% | 123,450 | 46.5% | 108,883 | 0.8% | 1,811 | 234,144 |
| New London | 54.5% | 29,304 | 44.9% | 24,153 | 0.5% | 285 | 53,742 |
| Tolland | 48.1% | 7,721 | 51.2% | 8,208 | 0.7% | 117 | 16,046 |
| Windham | 55.1% | 14,886 | 44.5% | 12,032 | 0.4% | 104 | 27,022 |
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