1944 United States presidential election in Iowa

The 1944 United States presidential election in Iowa took place on November 7, 1944, as part of the 1944 United States presidential election. Iowa voters chose ten representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Iowa was won by Governor Thomas E. Dewey (R–New York), running with Governor John Bricker, with 51.99% of the popular vote, against incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt (D–New York), running with Senator Harry S. Truman, with 47.49% of the popular vote. As of 2025, this, is the last election in which an incumbent president of either party won another term in office without winning Iowa, as well as the only election in which the state backed the losing candidate more than once consecutively.

Results

Results by county CountyThomas E. DeweyRepublicanFranklin D. RooseveltDemocraticClaude A. WatsonProhibitionNorman ThomasSocialistEdward A. TeichertSocialist LaborMarginTotal votes cast#%#%#%#%#%#% Adair 3,428 59.69% 2,297 40.00% 11 0.19% 4 0.07% 3 0.05% 1,131 19.69% 5,743 Adams 2,540 57.56% 1,868 42.33% 5 0.11% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 672 15.23% 4,413 Allamakee 5,017 63.27% 2,893 36.49% 9 0.11% 8 0.10% 2 0.03% 2,124 26.79% 7,929 Appanoose 4,928 49.18% 5,015 50.05% 69 0.69% 6 0.06% 2 0.02% -87 -0.87% 10,020 Audubon 2,346 43.07% 3,094 56.80% 6 0.11% 1 0.02% 0 0.00% -748 -13.73% 5,447 Benton 4,378 48.43% 4,619 51.10% 21 0.23% 17 0.19% 4 0.04% -241 -2.67% 9,039 Black Hawk 15,687 48.37% 16,593 51.16% 99 0.31% 34 0.10% 21 0.06% -906 -2.79% 32,434 Boone 4,868 44.24% 6,062 55.09% 41 0.37% 30 0.27% 2 0.02% -1,194 -10.85% 11,003 Bremer 4,861 63.61% 2,764 36.17% 8 0.10% 9 0.12% 0 0.00% 2,097 27.44% 7,642 Buchanan 4,653 54.69% 3,841 45.15% 12 0.14% 2 0.02% 0 0.00% 812 9.54% 8,508 Buena Vista 3,993 48.06% 4,277 51.47% 26 0.31% 12 0.14% 1 0.01% -284 -3.42% 8,309 Butler 4,182 65.03% 2,225 34.60% 13 0.20% 10 0.16% 1 0.02% 1,957 30.43% 6,431 Calhoun 3,375 48.59% 3,544 51.02% 18 0.26% 8 0.12% 1 0.01% -169 -2.43% 6,946 Carroll 4,833 50.04% 4,799 49.68% 19 0.20% 8 0.08% 0 0.00% 34 0.35% 9,659 Cass 5,610 65.53% 2,928 34.20% 17 0.20% 6 0.07% 0 0.00% 2,682 31.33% 8,561 Cedar 4,673 63.95% 2,610 35.72% 12 0.16% 12 0.16% 0 0.00% 2,063 28.23% 7,307 Cerro Gordo 8,311 47.60% 9,088 52.05% 30 0.17% 19 0.11% 11 0.06% -777 -4.45% 17,459 Cherokee 3,723 53.58% 3,197 46.01% 17 0.24% 10 0.14% 2 0.03% 526 7.57% 6,949 Chickasaw 3,575 51.59% 3,328 48.03% 18 0.26% 8 0.12% 0 0.00% 247 3.56% 6,929 Clarke 2,603 56.78% 1,946 42.45% 30 0.65% 5 0.11% 0 0.00% 657 14.33% 4,584 Clay 3,055 45.43% 3,639 54.12% 19 0.28% 11 0.16% 0 0.00% -584 -8.69% 6,724 Clayton 5,855 57.61% 4,259 41.91% 45 0.44% 4 0.04% 0 0.00% 1,596 15.70% 10,163 Clinton 11,533 58.77% 8,028 40.91% 12 0.06% 32 0.16% 19 0.10% 3,505 17.86% 19,624 Crawford 4,242 56.49% 3,218 42.86% 23 0.31% 14 0.19% 12 0.16% 1,024 13.64% 7,509 Dallas 5,413 49.83% 5,316 48.93% 113 1.04% 22 0.20% 0 0.00% 97 0.89% 10,864 Davis 2,559 48.12% 2,727 51.28% 29 0.55% 2 0.04% 1 0.02% -168 -3.16% 5,318 Decatur 2,934 46.81% 3,316 52.90% 17 0.27% 1 0.02% 0 0.00% -382 -6.09% 6,268 Delaware 5,164 67.22% 2,498 32.52% 14 0.18% 5 0.07% 1 0.01% 2,666 34.70% 7,682 Des Moines 9,488 55.24% 7,543 43.91% 48 0.28% 96 0.56% 2 0.01% 1,945 11.32% 17,177 Dickinson 2,133 46.10% 2,473 53.45% 9 0.19% 11 0.24% 1 0.02% -340 -7.35% 4,627 Dubuque 12,502 49.11% 12,867 50.54% 21 0.08% 58 0.23% 10 0.04% -365 -1.43% 25,458 Emmet 2,668 50.47% 2,577 48.75% 32 0.61% 7 0.13% 2 0.04% 91 1.72% 5,286 Fayette 6,693 56.50% 5,105 43.09% 33 0.28% 15 0.13% 0 0.00% 1,588 13.41% 11,846 Floyd 5,248 60.11% 3,446 39.47% 28 0.32% 7 0.08% 2 0.02% 1,802 20.64% 8,731 Franklin 3,150 51.96% 2,851 47.03% 41 0.68% 20 0.33% 0 0.00% 299 4.93% 6,062 Fremont 3,113 52.97% 2,747 46.74% 15 0.26% 2 0.03% 0 0.00% 366 6.23% 5,877 Greene 3,437 54.88% 2,797 44.66% 19 0.30% 10 0.16% 0 0.00% 640 10.22% 6,263 Grundy 3,625 62.14% 2,191 37.56% 9 0.15% 9 0.15% 0 0.00% 1,434 24.58% 5,834 Guthrie 4,042 57.93% 2,899 41.55% 27 0.39% 8 0.11% 1 0.01% 1,143 16.38% 6,977 Hamilton 3,837 46.91% 4,302 52.59% 32 0.39% 8 0.10% 1 0.01% -465 -5.68% 8,180 Hancock 3,114 51.87% 2,855 47.56% 24 0.40% 9 0.15% 1 0.02% 259 4.31% 6,003 Hardin 5,059 55.63% 3,975 43.71% 25 0.27% 35 0.38% 0 0.00% 1,084 11.92% 9,094 Harrison 5,059 54.35% 4,201 45.13% 44 0.47% 5 0.05% 0 0.00% 858 9.22% 9,309 Henry 5,028 64.31% 2,741 35.06% 45 0.58% 4 0.05% 0 0.00% 2,287 29.25% 7,818 Howard 2,961 48.43% 3,132 51.23% 18 0.29% 2 0.03% 1 0.02% -171 -2.80% 6,114 Humboldt 2,525 47.73% 2,749 51.97% 13 0.25% 3 0.06% 0 0.00% -224 -4.23% 5,290 Ida 2,640 57.38% 1,943 42.23% 13 0.28% 5 0.11% 0 0.00% 697 15.15% 4,601 Iowa 3,959 53.94% 3,119 42.49% 249 3.39% 12 0.16% 1 0.01% 840 11.44% 7,340 Jackson 4,341 55.05% 3,537 44.85% 3 0.04% 5 0.06% 0 0.00% 804 10.20% 7,886 Jasper 6,413 47.58% 6,978 51.77% 64 0.47% 22 0.16% 2 0.01% -565 -4.19% 13,479 Jefferson 4,335 59.03% 2,926 39.84% 78 1.06% 4 0.05% 1 0.01% 1,409 19.19% 7,344 Johnson 6,396 42.93% 8,434 56.62% 35 0.23% 31 0.21% 1 0.01% -2,038 -13.68% 14,897 Jones 4,453 55.44% 3,563 44.36% 6 0.07% 8 0.10% 2 0.02% 890 11.08% 8,032 Keokuk 4,644 53.96% 3,900 45.32% 53 0.62% 9 0.10% 0 0.00% 744 8.65% 8,606 Kossuth 4,918 47.14% 5,488 52.60% 23 0.22% 2 0.02% 2 0.02% -570 -5.46% 10,433 Lee 9,406 53.03% 8,252 46.53% 59 0.33% 19 0.11% 0 0.00% 1,154 6.51% 17,736 Linn 21,293 50.03% 21,123 49.63% 88 0.21% 50 0.12% 8 0.02% 170 0.40% 42,562 Louisa 2,745 58.67% 1,894 40.48% 37 0.79% 3 0.06% 0 0.00% 851 18.19% 4,679 Lucas 3,139 54.94% 2,526 44.21% 44 0.77% 3 0.05% 1 0.02% 613 10.73% 5,713 Lyon 3,065 60.79% 1,970 39.07% 4 0.08% 3 0.06% 0 0.00% 1,095 21.72% 5,042 Madison 3,737 59.20% 2,550 40.39% 25 0.40% 1 0.02% 0 0.00% 1,187 18.80% 6,313 Mahaska 5,123 50.86% 4,652 46.19% 266 2.64% 29 0.29% 2 0.02% 471 4.68% 10,072 Marion 4,874 42.99% 6,365 56.14% 83 0.73% 15 0.13% 1 0.01% -1,491 -13.15% 11,338 Marshall 7,325 55.67% 5,598 42.55% 204 1.55% 26 0.20% 4 0.03% 1,727 13.13% 13,157 Mills 3,288 60.65% 2,106 38.85% 23 0.42% 4 0.07% 0 0.00% 1,182 21.80% 5,421 Mitchell 3,406 55.54% 2,696 43.97% 19 0.31% 7 0.11% 4 0.07% 710 11.58% 6,132 Monona 3,583 48.64% 3,761 51.06% 17 0.23% 5 0.07% 0 0.00% -178 -2.42% 7,366 Monroe 2,625 44.41% 3,258 55.12% 13 0.22% 12 0.20% 3 0.05% -633 -10.71% 5,911 Montgomery 4,165 61.40% 2,572 37.92% 41 0.60% 4 0.06% 1 0.01% 1,593 23.49% 6,783 Muscatine 7,104 59.38% 4,801 40.13% 23 0.19% 35 0.29% 0 0.00% 2,303 19.25% 11,963 O'Brien 4,033 56.01% 3,138 43.58% 14 0.19% 16 0.22% 0 0.00% 895 12.43% 7,201 Osceola 2,100 55.29% 1,689 44.47% 6 0.16% 3 0.08% 0 0.00% 411 10.82% 3,798 Page 6,300 65.07% 3,297 34.05% 74 0.76% 9 0.09% 2 0.02% 3,003 31.02% 9,682 Palo Alto 2,772 42.43% 3,726 57.03% 25 0.38% 10 0.15% 0 0.00% -954 -14.60% 6,533 Plymouth 6,085 67.04% 2,970 32.72% 13 0.14% 5 0.06% 3 0.03% 3,115 34.32% 9,076 Pocahontas 2,600 41.94% 3,577 57.70% 14 0.23% 8 0.13% 0 0.00% -977 -15.76% 6,199 Polk 36,629 44.07% 46,072 55.43% 215 0.26% 183 0.22% 19 0.02% -9,443 -11.36% 83,118 Pottawattamie 14,007 54.25% 11,752 45.52% 31 0.12% 27 0.10% 1 0.00% 2,255 8.73% 25,818 Poweshiek 4,186 49.47% 4,234 50.04% 31 0.37% 10 0.12% 0 0.00% -48 -0.57% 8,461 Ringgold 2,767 59.35% 1,867 40.05% 26 0.56% 2 0.04% 0 0.00% 900 19.31% 4,662 Sac 3,770 53.63% 3,223 45.85% 33 0.47% 3 0.04% 1 0.01% 547 7.78% 7,030 Scott 18,015 48.58% 18,962 51.14% 16 0.04% 81 0.22% 7 0.02% -947 -2.55% 37,081 Shelby 3,873 55.86% 2,978 42.95% 80 1.15% 2 0.03% 0 0.00% 895 12.91% 6,933 Sioux 6,552 65.92% 3,369 33.89% 13 0.13% 6 0.06% 0 0.00% 3,183 32.02% 9,940 Story 7,163 51.84% 6,554 47.43% 39 0.28% 59 0.43% 3 0.02% 609 4.41% 13,818 Tama 5,249 49.67% 5,286 50.02% 18 0.17% 14 0.13% 0 0.00% -37 -0.35% 10,567 Taylor 3,804 61.35% 2,376 38.32% 19 0.31% 1 0.02% 0 0.00% 1,428 23.03% 6,200 Union 4,566 61.29% 2,861 38.40% 17 0.23% 5 0.07% 1 0.01% 1,705 22.89% 7,450 Van Buren 3,095 60.43% 1,997 38.99% 28 0.55% 2 0.04% 0 0.00% 1,098 21.44% 5,122 Wapello 8,244 44.02% 10,732 55.38% 79 0.42% 25 0.13% 9 0.05% -2,128 -11.36% 18,729 Warren 4,266 55.83% 3,319 43.44% 44 0.58% 11 0.14% 1 0.01% 947 12.39% 7,641 Washington 5,308 60.57% 3,423 39.06% 28 0.32% 4 0.05% 0 0.00% 1,885 21.51% 8,763 Wayne 3,098 50.31% 3,025 49.12% 31 0.50% 4 0.06% 0 0.00% 73 1.19% 6,158 Webster 6,935 42.11% 9,477 57.55% 28 0.17% 26 0.16% 2 0.01% -2,542 -15.44% 16,468 Winnebago 2,808 51.24% 2,654 48.43% 16 0.29% 2 0.04% 0 0.00% 154 2.81% 5,480 Winneshiek 5,318 53.76% 4,557 46.06% 9 0.09% 8 0.08% 1 0.01% 761 7.69% 9,893 Woodbury 18,544 47.43% 20,448 52.30% 47 0.12% 52 0.13% 5 0.01% -1,904 -4.87% 39,096 Worth 2,086 44.15% 2,629 55.64% 10 0.21% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% -543 -11.49% 4,725 Wright 3,916 47.86% 4,232 51.72% 24 0.29% 10 0.12% 1 0.01% -316 -3.86% 8,183Totals547,26751.99%499,87647.49%3,7520.36%1,5110.14%1930.02%47,3914.50%1,052,599

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Carroll Dallas Emmet Fremont

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic Dubuque Howard

See also United States presidential elections in Iowa

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