Michigan voted narrowly for Democratic nominee, incumbentFranklin D. Roosevelt over RepublicanGovernor of New YorkThomas E. Dewey, carrying 50.19% of the vote to Dewey's 49.18%.[2][3] The election was close, with Detroit, Flint and most of the Upper Peninsula going to Roosevelt and most of the rest of the state going to Dewey. Michigan would not vote Democratic again until John F. Kennedy narrowly won the state in 1960. This was the only state Roosevelt flipped from the previous election. Michigan was also one of six states that became more Democratic compared to 1940, alongside Illinois, Minnesota, New York, North Dakota, and Rhode Island.