1940 United States presidential election in Ohio
The 1940 United States presidential election in Ohio was held on November 5, 1940 as part of the 1940 United States presidential election. State voters chose 26 electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
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Ohio was won by the Democratic Party candidate, incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt, with 52.20% of the popular vote. The Republican Party candidate, Wendell Willkie, garnered 47.80% of the popular vote.[1]
Results
| 1940 United States presidential election in Ohio | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Democratic | Franklin D. Roosevelt | 1,733,139 | 52.20% | 26 | |
| Republican | Wendell Willkie | 1,586,773 | 47.80% | 0 | |
| Totals | 3,319,912 | 100.0% | 26 | ||
Results by county
| County | Franklin Delano Roosevelt Democratic |
Wendell Willkie Republican |
Margin | Total votes cast[2] | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adams | 5,007 | 44.76% | 6,180 | 55.24% | -1,173 | -10.49% | 11,187 |
| Allen | 14,469 | 41.17% | 20,675 | 58.83% | -6,206 | -17.66% | 35,144 |
| Ashland | 7,835 | 47.60% | 8,624 | 52.40% | -789 | -4.79% | 16,459 |
| Ashtabula | 14,454 | 43.87% | 18,491 | 56.13% | -4,037 | -12.25% | 32,945 |
| Athens | 11,449 | 50.52% | 11,213 | 49.48% | 236 | 1.04% | 22,662 |
| Auglaize | 5,704 | 38.92% | 8,953 | 61.08% | -3,249 | -22.17% | 14,657 |
| Belmont | 28,618 | 61.78% | 17,705 | 38.22% | 10,913 | 23.56% | 46,323 |
| Brown | 5,644 | 50.75% | 5,477 | 49.25% | 167 | 1.50% | 11,121 |
| Butler | 30,821 | 56.86% | 23,380 | 43.14% | 7,441 | 13.73% | 54,201 |
| Carroll | 3,589 | 41.02% | 5,160 | 58.98% | -1,571 | -17.96% | 8,749 |
| Champaign | 5,929 | 43.06% | 7,841 | 56.94% | -1,912 | -13.89% | 13,770 |
| Clark | 25,888 | 55.59% | 20,681 | 44.41% | 5,207 | 11.18% | 46,569 |
| Clermont | 8,942 | 48.84% | 9,367 | 51.16% | -425 | -2.32% | 18,309 |
| Clinton | 4,964 | 41.40% | 7,027 | 58.60% | -2,063 | -17.20% | 11,991 |
| Columbiana | 22,349 | 51.29% | 21,221 | 48.71% | 1,128 | 2.59% | 43,570 |
| Coshocton | 7,889 | 47.78% | 8,623 | 52.22% | -734 | -4.45% | 16,512 |
| Crawford | 8,966 | 46.45% | 10,336 | 53.55% | -1,370 | -7.10% | 19,302 |
| Cuyahoga | 347,118 | 62.41% | 209,070 | 37.59% | 138,048 | 24.82% | 556,188 |
| Darke | 9,651 | 46.40% | 11,147 | 53.60% | -1,496 | -7.19% | 20,798 |
| Defiance | 4,313 | 35.00% | 8,010 | 65.00% | -3,697 | -30.00% | 12,323 |
| Delaware | 5,666 | 37.19% | 9,570 | 62.81% | -3,904 | -25.62% | 15,236 |
| Erie | 9,254 | 45.10% | 11,267 | 54.90% | -2,013 | -9.81% | 20,521 |
| Fairfield | 11,298 | 51.10% | 10,813 | 48.90% | 485 | 2.19% | 22,111 |
| Fayette | 5,249 | 46.73% | 5,984 | 53.27% | -735 | -6.54% | 11,233 |
| Franklin | 96,601 | 51.08% | 92,533 | 48.92% | 4,068 | 2.15% | 189,134 |
| Fulton | 2,530 | 22.62% | 8,653 | 77.38% | -6,123 | -54.75% | 11,183 |
| Gallia | 3,943 | 35.12% | 7,285 | 64.88% | -3,342 | -29.76% | 11,228 |
| Geauga | 3,318 | 38.19% | 5,371 | 61.81% | -2,053 | -23.63% | 8,689 |
| Greene | 8,881 | 48.92% | 9,273 | 51.08% | -392 | -2.16% | 18,154 |
| Guernsey | 8,710 | 46.24% | 10,125 | 53.76% | -1,415 | -7.51% | 18,835 |
| Hamilton | 148,907 | 49.04% | 154,733 | 50.96% | -5,826 | -1.92% | 303,640 |
| Hancock | 7,755 | 35.36% | 14,174 | 64.64% | -6,419 | -29.27% | 21,929 |
| Hardin | 6,547 | 41.60% | 9,192 | 58.40% | -2,645 | -16.81% | 15,739 |
| Harrison | 4,559 | 44.31% | 5,729 | 55.69% | -1,170 | -11.37% | 10,288 |
| Henry | 3,508 | 31.07% | 7,784 | 68.93% | -4,276 | -37.87% | 11,292 |
| Highland | 6,921 | 44.79% | 8,530 | 55.21% | -1,609 | -10.41% | 15,451 |
| Hocking | 5,688 | 51.60% | 5,336 | 48.40% | 352 | 3.19% | 11,024 |
| Holmes | 3,349 | 51.13% | 3,201 | 48.87% | 148 | 2.26% | 6,550 |
| Huron | 6,741 | 36.44% | 11,758 | 63.56% | -5,017 | -27.12% | 18,499 |
| Jackson | 6,382 | 45.80% | 7,551 | 54.20% | -1,169 | -8.39% | 13,933 |
| Jefferson | 29,514 | 64.03% | 16,578 | 35.97% | 12,936 | 28.07% | 46,092 |
| Knox | 7,081 | 40.73% | 10,303 | 59.27% | -3,222 | -18.53% | 17,384 |
| Lake | 12,408 | 47.96% | 13,464 | 52.04% | -1,056 | -4.08% | 25,872 |
| Lawrence | 10,661 | 50.92% | 10,274 | 49.08% | 387 | 1.85% | 20,935 |
| Licking | 16,379 | 50.14% | 16,288 | 49.86% | 91 | 0.28% | 32,667 |
| Logan | 6,351 | 39.17% | 9,861 | 60.83% | -3,510 | -21.65% | 16,212 |
| Lorain | 25,831 | 52.45% | 23,422 | 47.55% | 2,409 | 4.89% | 49,253 |
| Lucas | 77,948 | 50.50% | 76,405 | 49.50% | 1,543 | 1.00% | 154,353 |
| Madison | 4,390 | 42.65% | 5,904 | 57.35% | -1,514 | -14.71% | 10,294 |
| Mahoning | 76,441 | 67.09% | 37,496 | 32.91% | 38,945 | 34.18% | 113,937 |
| Marion | 10,462 | 46.96% | 11,817 | 53.04% | -1,355 | -6.08% | 22,279 |
| Medina | 6,722 | 39.92% | 10,116 | 60.08% | -3,394 | -20.16% | 16,838 |
| Meigs | 4,983 | 40.77% | 7,239 | 59.23% | -2,256 | -18.46% | 12,222 |
| Mercer | 5,114 | 39.28% | 7,905 | 60.72% | -2,791 | -21.44% | 13,019 |
| Miami | 11,799 | 44.48% | 14,725 | 55.52% | -2,926 | -11.03% | 26,524 |
| Monroe | 4,138 | 47.72% | 4,534 | 52.28% | -396 | -4.57% | 8,672 |
| Montgomery | 86,084 | 59.80% | 57,866 | 40.20% | 28,218 | 19.60% | 143,950 |
| Morgan | 2,637 | 34.68% | 4,966 | 65.32% | -2,329 | -30.63% | 7,603 |
| Morrow | 3,215 | 37.07% | 5,457 | 62.93% | -2,242 | -25.85% | 8,672 |
| Muskingum | 15,753 | 44.82% | 19,395 | 55.18% | -3,642 | -10.36% | 35,148 |
| Noble | 3,037 | 38.16% | 4,922 | 61.84% | -1,885 | -23.68% | 7,959 |
| Ottawa | 5,556 | 44.71% | 6,872 | 55.29% | -1,316 | -10.59% | 12,428 |
| Paulding | 3,155 | 38.93% | 4,949 | 61.07% | -1,794 | -22.14% | 8,104 |
| Perry | 6,953 | 44.54% | 8,656 | 55.46% | -1,703 | -10.91% | 15,609 |
| Pickaway | 6,895 | 53.58% | 5,974 | 46.42% | 921 | 7.16% | 12,869 |
| Pike | 4,962 | 61.06% | 3,165 | 38.94% | 1,797 | 22.11% | 8,127 |
| Portage | 12,687 | 51.86% | 11,777 | 48.14% | 910 | 3.72% | 24,464 |
| Preble | 5,735 | 46.83% | 6,511 | 53.17% | -776 | -6.34% | 12,246 |
| Putnam | 3,655 | 29.01% | 8,946 | 70.99% | -5,291 | -41.99% | 12,601 |
| Richland | 18,645 | 52.08% | 17,157 | 47.92% | 1,488 | 4.16% | 35,802 |
| Ross | 12,447 | 51.38% | 11,780 | 48.62% | 667 | 2.75% | 24,227 |
| Sandusky | 7,116 | 33.61% | 14,054 | 66.39% | -6,938 | -32.77% | 21,170 |
| Scioto | 21,926 | 52.98% | 19,462 | 47.02% | 2,464 | 5.95% | 41,388 |
| Seneca | 7,464 | 31.45% | 16,272 | 68.55% | -8,808 | -37.11% | 23,736 |
| Shelby | 6,105 | 46.13% | 7,130 | 53.87% | -1,025 | -7.74% | 13,235 |
| Stark | 59,496 | 56.19% | 46,384 | 43.81% | 13,112 | 12.38% | 105,880 |
| Summit | 89,555 | 58.55% | 63,405 | 41.45% | 26,150 | 17.10% | 152,960 |
| Trumbull | 34,615 | 58.04% | 25,026 | 41.96% | 9,589 | 16.08% | 59,641 |
| Tuscarawas | 19,004 | 56.43% | 14,675 | 43.57% | 4,329 | 12.85% | 33,679 |
| Union | 3,947 | 35.36% | 7,214 | 64.64% | -3,267 | -29.27% | 11,161 |
| Van Wert | 6,254 | 41.95% | 8,656 | 58.05% | -2,402 | -16.11% | 14,910 |
| Vinton | 2,404 | 42.97% | 3,190 | 57.03% | -786 | -14.05% | 5,594 |
| Warren | 6,895 | 44.15% | 8,722 | 55.85% | -1,827 | -11.70% | 15,617 |
| Washington | 8,584 | 38.77% | 13,558 | 61.23% | -4,974 | -22.46% | 22,142 |
| Wayne | 10,748 | 44.28% | 13,525 | 55.72% | -2,777 | -11.44% | 24,273 |
| Williams | 4,065 | 30.05% | 9,463 | 69.95% | -5,398 | -39.90% | 13,528 |
| Wood | 9,711 | 36.36% | 16,998 | 63.64% | -7,287 | -27.28% | 26,709 |
| Wyandot | 4,206 | 40.14% | 6,272 | 59.86% | -2,066 | -19.72% | 10,478 |
| Totals | 1,733,139 | 52.20% | 1,586,773 | 47.80% | 146,366 | 4.41% | 3,319,912 |
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References
- Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas; 1940 Presidential General Election Results – Ohio
- Scammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964; pp. 348-349 ISBN 0405077114
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