Campaigning at Case: Presidential Elections,
1892-2008
1944: Roosevelt
It was almost unanimous. WRU and Case students backed Franklin
D. Roosevelt (D) in straw vote and survey. The national popular
vote favored Roosevelt. But Ohio, barely, voted for Thomas E.
Dewey (R).
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Vice President Henry Wallace visited Cleveland
and spoke with a Reserve Tribune reporter.
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Survey results at four WRU schools favored
Roosevelt for a fourth term.
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Students at Case favored Roosevelt, but
faculty members favored Dewey.
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Ohio Popular Vote |
National Popular Vote |
Electoral Vote |
Thomas E. Dewey (R) 1,582,293 (50.2%)
Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) 1,570,763 (49.8%) |
Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) 25,611,936 (53.39%)
Thomas E. Dewey (R) 22,013,372 (45.89%)
Norman M. Thomas (Socialist) 79,000 (.16%)
Claude A Watson (Prohibition) 74,733 (.16%) |
Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) 432
Thomas E. Dewey (R) 99 |
Information was compiled by staff of the Case Western Reserve
University Archives, September 2004.
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