1944 Presidential General Election Results - Illinois
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Party
Popular VoteElectoral Vote
Franklin RooseveltHarry TrumanDemocrat 2,079,479 51.52%28
Thomas DeweyJohn BrickerRepublican 1,939,314 48.05%0
Edward TeichertArla AlbaughSocialist Labor 9,677 0.24%0
Claude WatsonAndrew JohnsonProhibition 7,411 0.18%0
Norman ThomasDarlington HoopesWrite-in 180 0.00%0
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Demographic Data

1950 Population:8,712,176Enum.1950 Population Density:60.5persons/km2
1940 Population:7,897,241Enum.1940 Population Density:54.9persons/km2
Total Electoral Vote:28
Land Area (2000):143,961km2Annual Pop Growth Rate:1.0%

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Data Sources:
  • Source for Popular Vote data: Illinois Office of the Secretary of State, "Vote for President - Nov. 7, 1944," Official Vote of the State of Illinois Cast at the General Election November 7, 1944 (Springfield, 1944)
  • Source for Population data: U.S. Census Bureau.
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