1944 U.S. Presidential Election



The 1944 U.S. Presidential Election was between incumbent Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt and Republican Thomas Dewey. Franklin D. Roosevelt was easily reelected and would serve his fourth term.

Geography
Many of the central-Midwest states voted for Dewey, along with the northern-Rust Belt. Dewey also won Vermont and Maine. Unsurprisingly, The South voted for Franklin D. Roosevelt, as that region was heavily Democratic before until the 1980s.

There were no Faithless Electors.

Trivia

 * Franklin Roosevelt died from complications of a hemorrhage only three months into his fourth term, and Harry S Truman (his Vice President) would take over the presidency as per the Constitution.
 * Passed in 1947 (later revised in 1992), Amendment XXIII (23) was ratified, limiting the sitting president to two terms in office.
 * Although FDR was the only president to serve more than two terms.