1944 United States presidential election

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The 1944 United States presidential election was a World War II–era contest in which incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt won an unprecedented fourth term, defeating Republican nominee Thomas E. Dewey.

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instanceOf United States presidential election
BrickerHomeState Ohio
BrickerParty Republican Party
campaignFeature heavy use of radio for campaigning
limited in-person campaigning by Roosevelt due to health and wartime duties
country United States of America
surface form: United States
DemocraticPartyPlatformIncludes support for creation of an international organization for peace
support for the New Deal
DemocraticRunningMate President Harry S. Truman
surface form: Harry S. Truman
DeweyAgeOnElectionDay 42
DeweyHomeState New York
DeweyParty Republican Party
DeweyPositionAtTimeOfElection Governor of New York
electionDate November 7, 1944
electoralVoteToFranklinDRoosevelt 432
electoralVoteToThomasEDewey 99
followedBy 1948 United States presidential election
follows 1940 United States presidential election
hasDemocraticNominee President Franklin D. Roosevelt
surface form: Franklin D. Roosevelt
hasIncumbentPresident President Franklin D. Roosevelt
surface form: Franklin D. Roosevelt
hasRepublicanNominee Thomas E. Dewey
influencedLaterEvent adoption of the Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution
isUnprecedentedFourthTermWin true
majorIssue conduct of World War II
economic reconversion after the war
postwar international organization
notableOutcome Roosevelt became the only U.S. president elected to a fourth term
partOf World War II
surface form: World War II era
partyOfPresidentAfterElection Democratic Party
partyOfPresidentBeforeElection Democratic Party
popularVoteForFranklinDRoosevelt 25,612,916
popularVoteForThomasEDewey 22,017,929
popularVotePercentageForFranklinDRoosevelt 53.4%
popularVotePercentageForThomasEDewey 45.9%
presidentAfterElection President Franklin D. Roosevelt
surface form: Franklin D. Roosevelt
presidentBeforeElection President Franklin D. Roosevelt
surface form: Franklin D. Roosevelt
RepublicanPartyPlatformIncludes criticism of New Deal bureaucracy
promise of more efficient war management
RepublicanRunningMate John W. Bricker
RooseveltAgeOnElectionDay 62
RooseveltHomeState New York
RooseveltParty Democratic Party
RooseveltPositionAtTimeOfElection President of the United States
RooseveltTermNumberWon fourth presidential term
tookPlaceDuring World War II
TrumanHomeState Missouri
TrumanParty Democratic Party
voterTurnoutChangeFromPreviousElection -2.6 percentage points
voterTurnoutPercentage 55.9%

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1940 United States presidential election followedBy 1944 United States presidential election
New Deal coalition significantEvent 1944 United States presidential election
Thomas E. Dewey presidentialCandidateIn 1944 United States presidential election
Thomas E. Dewey partyPresidentialNomineeIn 1944 United States presidential election