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Elections in West Virginia |
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The 1940 United States presidential election in West Virginia took place on November 5, 1940, as part of the 1940 United States presidential election. West Virginia voters chose eight [2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
West Virginia was won by incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt ( D– New York), running with Secretary Henry A. Wallace, with 57.10 percent of the popular vote, against Wendell Willkie ( R– New York), running with Minority Leader Charles L. McNary, with 42.90 percent of the popular vote. [3] [4]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Franklin D. Roosevelt ( inc.) | 495,662 | 57.10% | |
Republican | Wendell Willkie | 372,414 | 42.90% | |
Total votes | 868,076 | 100% |
County | Franklin Delano Roosevelt Democratic |
Wendell Lewis Willkie Republican |
Margin | Total votes cast | |||
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Barbour | 5,025 | 52.34% | 4,576 | 47.66% | 449 | 4.68% | 9,601 |
Berkeley | 8,658 | 56.89% | 6,562 | 43.11% | 2,096 | 13.77% | 15,220 |
Boone | 7,904 | 65.69% | 4,128 | 34.31% | 3,776 | 31.38% | 12,032 |
Braxton | 5,709 | 58.46% | 4,056 | 41.54% | 1,653 | 16.93% | 9,765 |
Brooke | 6,416 | 61.57% | 4,004 | 38.43% | 2,412 | 23.15% | 10,420 |
Cabell | 28,125 | 57.22% | 21,027 | 42.78% | 7,098 | 14.44% | 49,152 |
Calhoun | 2,872 | 60.30% | 1,891 | 39.70% | 981 | 20.60% | 4,763 |
Clay | 3,485 | 54.74% | 2,881 | 45.26% | 604 | 9.49% | 6,366 |
Doddridge | 1,495 | 31.22% | 3,293 | 68.78% | -1,798 | -37.55% | 4,788 |
Fayette | 22,256 | 68.35% | 10,307 | 31.65% | 11,949 | 36.70% | 32,563 |
Gilmer | 3,276 | 61.31% | 2,067 | 38.69% | 1,209 | 22.63% | 5,343 |
Grant | 857 | 21.15% | 3,195 | 78.85% | -2,338 | -57.70% | 4,052 |
Greenbrier | 10,164 | 61.17% | 6,451 | 38.83% | 3,713 | 22.35% | 16,615 |
Hampshire | 3,277 | 65.18% | 1,751 | 34.82% | 1,526 | 30.35% | 5,028 |
Hancock | 8,515 | 63.02% | 4,997 | 36.98% | 3,518 | 26.04% | 13,512 |
Hardy | 2,690 | 61.64% | 1,674 | 38.36% | 1,016 | 23.28% | 4,364 |
Harrison | 22,570 | 56.91% | 17,087 | 43.09% | 5,483 | 13.83% | 39,657 |
Jackson | 3,299 | 39.26% | 5,104 | 60.74% | -1,805 | -21.48% | 8,403 |
Jefferson | 5,297 | 69.43% | 2,332 | 30.57% | 2,965 | 38.86% | 7,629 |
Kanawha | 57,932 | 59.09% | 40,113 | 40.91% | 17,819 | 18.17% | 98,045 |
Lewis | 4,566 | 43.48% | 5,935 | 56.52% | -1,369 | -13.04% | 10,501 |
Lincoln | 5,228 | 52.04% | 4,818 | 47.96% | 410 | 4.08% | 10,046 |
Logan | 17,010 | 63.30% | 9,860 | 36.70% | 7,150 | 26.61% | 26,870 |
Marion | 21,035 | 61.18% | 13,349 | 38.82% | 7,686 | 22.35% | 34,384 |
Marshall | 8,900 | 48.84% | 9,324 | 51.16% | -424 | -2.33% | 18,224 |
Mason | 4,521 | 42.02% | 6,239 | 57.98% | -1,718 | -15.97% | 10,760 |
McDowell | 24,449 | 63.74% | 13,906 | 36.26% | 10,543 | 27.49% | 38,355 |
Mercer | 18,163 | 61.45% | 11,395 | 38.55% | 6,768 | 22.90% | 29,558 |
Mineral | 5,195 | 50.30% | 5,133 | 49.70% | 62 | 0.60% | 10,328 |
Mingo | 11,619 | 66.80% | 5,776 | 33.20% | 5,843 | 33.59% | 17,395 |
Monongalia | 12,940 | 55.52% | 10,367 | 44.48% | 2,573 | 11.04% | 23,307 |
Monroe | 3,283 | 49.10% | 3,403 | 50.90% | -120 | -1.79% | 6,686 |
Morgan | 1,286 | 33.41% | 2,563 | 66.59% | -1,277 | -33.18% | 3,849 |
Nicholas | 5,312 | 55.27% | 4,299 | 44.73% | 1,013 | 10.54% | 9,611 |
Ohio | 21,713 | 54.57% | 18,073 | 45.43% | 3,640 | 9.15% | 39,786 |
Pendleton | 2,710 | 57.82% | 1,977 | 42.18% | 733 | 15.64% | 4,687 |
Pleasants | 1,779 | 48.41% | 1,896 | 51.59% | -117 | -3.18% | 3,675 |
Pocahontas | 3,604 | 55.53% | 2,886 | 44.47% | 718 | 11.06% | 6,490 |
Preston | 4,730 | 36.54% | 8,213 | 63.46% | -3,483 | -26.91% | 12,943 |
Putnam | 4,888 | 53.39% | 4,268 | 46.61% | 620 | 6.77% | 9,156 |
Raleigh | 23,105 | 66.29% | 11,752 | 33.71% | 11,353 | 32.57% | 34,857 |
Randolph | 8,465 | 66.86% | 4,196 | 33.14% | 4,269 | 33.72% | 12,661 |
Ritchie | 2,439 | 32.87% | 4,982 | 67.13% | -2,543 | -34.27% | 7,421 |
Roane | 5,158 | 49.24% | 5,317 | 50.76% | -159 | -1.52% | 10,475 |
Summers | 5,441 | 59.89% | 3,644 | 40.11% | 1,797 | 19.78% | 9,085 |
Taylor | 4,968 | 50.65% | 4,841 | 49.35% | 127 | 1.29% | 9,809 |
Tucker | 3,332 | 55.66% | 2,654 | 44.34% | 678 | 11.33% | 5,986 |
Tyler | 2,026 | 31.76% | 4,354 | 68.24% | -2,328 | -36.49% | 6,380 |
Upshur | 2,862 | 31.98% | 6,086 | 68.02% | -3,224 | -36.03% | 8,948 |
Wayne | 9,626 | 62.80% | 5,701 | 37.20% | 3,925 | 25.61% | 15,327 |
Webster | 4,579 | 68.90% | 2,067 | 31.10% | 2,512 | 37.80% | 6,646 |
Wetzel | 5,590 | 55.72% | 4,443 | 44.28% | 1,147 | 11.43% | 10,033 |
Wirt | 1,554 | 46.09% | 1,818 | 53.91% | -264 | -7.83% | 3,372 |
Wood | 15,962 | 51.55% | 15,005 | 48.45% | 957 | 3.09% | 30,967 |
Wyoming | 7,802 | 64.06% | 4,378 | 35.94% | 3,424 | 28.11% | 12,180 |
Totals | 495,662 | 57.10% | 372,414 | 42.90% | 123,248 | 14.20% | 868,076 |
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Elections in West Virginia |
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The 1940 United States presidential election in West Virginia took place on November 5, 1940, as part of the 1940 United States presidential election. West Virginia voters chose eight [2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
West Virginia was won by incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt ( D– New York), running with Secretary Henry A. Wallace, with 57.10 percent of the popular vote, against Wendell Willkie ( R– New York), running with Minority Leader Charles L. McNary, with 42.90 percent of the popular vote. [3] [4]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Franklin D. Roosevelt ( inc.) | 495,662 | 57.10% | |
Republican | Wendell Willkie | 372,414 | 42.90% | |
Total votes | 868,076 | 100% |
County | Franklin Delano Roosevelt Democratic |
Wendell Lewis Willkie Republican |
Margin | Total votes cast | |||
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Barbour | 5,025 | 52.34% | 4,576 | 47.66% | 449 | 4.68% | 9,601 |
Berkeley | 8,658 | 56.89% | 6,562 | 43.11% | 2,096 | 13.77% | 15,220 |
Boone | 7,904 | 65.69% | 4,128 | 34.31% | 3,776 | 31.38% | 12,032 |
Braxton | 5,709 | 58.46% | 4,056 | 41.54% | 1,653 | 16.93% | 9,765 |
Brooke | 6,416 | 61.57% | 4,004 | 38.43% | 2,412 | 23.15% | 10,420 |
Cabell | 28,125 | 57.22% | 21,027 | 42.78% | 7,098 | 14.44% | 49,152 |
Calhoun | 2,872 | 60.30% | 1,891 | 39.70% | 981 | 20.60% | 4,763 |
Clay | 3,485 | 54.74% | 2,881 | 45.26% | 604 | 9.49% | 6,366 |
Doddridge | 1,495 | 31.22% | 3,293 | 68.78% | -1,798 | -37.55% | 4,788 |
Fayette | 22,256 | 68.35% | 10,307 | 31.65% | 11,949 | 36.70% | 32,563 |
Gilmer | 3,276 | 61.31% | 2,067 | 38.69% | 1,209 | 22.63% | 5,343 |
Grant | 857 | 21.15% | 3,195 | 78.85% | -2,338 | -57.70% | 4,052 |
Greenbrier | 10,164 | 61.17% | 6,451 | 38.83% | 3,713 | 22.35% | 16,615 |
Hampshire | 3,277 | 65.18% | 1,751 | 34.82% | 1,526 | 30.35% | 5,028 |
Hancock | 8,515 | 63.02% | 4,997 | 36.98% | 3,518 | 26.04% | 13,512 |
Hardy | 2,690 | 61.64% | 1,674 | 38.36% | 1,016 | 23.28% | 4,364 |
Harrison | 22,570 | 56.91% | 17,087 | 43.09% | 5,483 | 13.83% | 39,657 |
Jackson | 3,299 | 39.26% | 5,104 | 60.74% | -1,805 | -21.48% | 8,403 |
Jefferson | 5,297 | 69.43% | 2,332 | 30.57% | 2,965 | 38.86% | 7,629 |
Kanawha | 57,932 | 59.09% | 40,113 | 40.91% | 17,819 | 18.17% | 98,045 |
Lewis | 4,566 | 43.48% | 5,935 | 56.52% | -1,369 | -13.04% | 10,501 |
Lincoln | 5,228 | 52.04% | 4,818 | 47.96% | 410 | 4.08% | 10,046 |
Logan | 17,010 | 63.30% | 9,860 | 36.70% | 7,150 | 26.61% | 26,870 |
Marion | 21,035 | 61.18% | 13,349 | 38.82% | 7,686 | 22.35% | 34,384 |
Marshall | 8,900 | 48.84% | 9,324 | 51.16% | -424 | -2.33% | 18,224 |
Mason | 4,521 | 42.02% | 6,239 | 57.98% | -1,718 | -15.97% | 10,760 |
McDowell | 24,449 | 63.74% | 13,906 | 36.26% | 10,543 | 27.49% | 38,355 |
Mercer | 18,163 | 61.45% | 11,395 | 38.55% | 6,768 | 22.90% | 29,558 |
Mineral | 5,195 | 50.30% | 5,133 | 49.70% | 62 | 0.60% | 10,328 |
Mingo | 11,619 | 66.80% | 5,776 | 33.20% | 5,843 | 33.59% | 17,395 |
Monongalia | 12,940 | 55.52% | 10,367 | 44.48% | 2,573 | 11.04% | 23,307 |
Monroe | 3,283 | 49.10% | 3,403 | 50.90% | -120 | -1.79% | 6,686 |
Morgan | 1,286 | 33.41% | 2,563 | 66.59% | -1,277 | -33.18% | 3,849 |
Nicholas | 5,312 | 55.27% | 4,299 | 44.73% | 1,013 | 10.54% | 9,611 |
Ohio | 21,713 | 54.57% | 18,073 | 45.43% | 3,640 | 9.15% | 39,786 |
Pendleton | 2,710 | 57.82% | 1,977 | 42.18% | 733 | 15.64% | 4,687 |
Pleasants | 1,779 | 48.41% | 1,896 | 51.59% | -117 | -3.18% | 3,675 |
Pocahontas | 3,604 | 55.53% | 2,886 | 44.47% | 718 | 11.06% | 6,490 |
Preston | 4,730 | 36.54% | 8,213 | 63.46% | -3,483 | -26.91% | 12,943 |
Putnam | 4,888 | 53.39% | 4,268 | 46.61% | 620 | 6.77% | 9,156 |
Raleigh | 23,105 | 66.29% | 11,752 | 33.71% | 11,353 | 32.57% | 34,857 |
Randolph | 8,465 | 66.86% | 4,196 | 33.14% | 4,269 | 33.72% | 12,661 |
Ritchie | 2,439 | 32.87% | 4,982 | 67.13% | -2,543 | -34.27% | 7,421 |
Roane | 5,158 | 49.24% | 5,317 | 50.76% | -159 | -1.52% | 10,475 |
Summers | 5,441 | 59.89% | 3,644 | 40.11% | 1,797 | 19.78% | 9,085 |
Taylor | 4,968 | 50.65% | 4,841 | 49.35% | 127 | 1.29% | 9,809 |
Tucker | 3,332 | 55.66% | 2,654 | 44.34% | 678 | 11.33% | 5,986 |
Tyler | 2,026 | 31.76% | 4,354 | 68.24% | -2,328 | -36.49% | 6,380 |
Upshur | 2,862 | 31.98% | 6,086 | 68.02% | -3,224 | -36.03% | 8,948 |
Wayne | 9,626 | 62.80% | 5,701 | 37.20% | 3,925 | 25.61% | 15,327 |
Webster | 4,579 | 68.90% | 2,067 | 31.10% | 2,512 | 37.80% | 6,646 |
Wetzel | 5,590 | 55.72% | 4,443 | 44.28% | 1,147 | 11.43% | 10,033 |
Wirt | 1,554 | 46.09% | 1,818 | 53.91% | -264 | -7.83% | 3,372 |
Wood | 15,962 | 51.55% | 15,005 | 48.45% | 957 | 3.09% | 30,967 |
Wyoming | 7,802 | 64.06% | 4,378 | 35.94% | 3,424 | 28.11% | 12,180 |
Totals | 495,662 | 57.10% | 372,414 | 42.90% | 123,248 | 14.20% | 868,076 |