1940 United States presidential election in West Virginia

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1940 United States presidential election in West Virginia
November 5, 1940[1]
All 8 West Virginia votes to the Electoral College
 
Nominee Franklin D. Roosevelt Wendell Willkie
Party Democratic Republican
Home state New York New York
Running mate Henry A. Wallace Charles L. McNary
Electoral vote 8 0
Popular vote 495,662 372,414
Percentage 57.10% 42.90%
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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]

Results

1940 United States presidential election in West Virginia
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Franklin D. Roosevelt (inc.) 495,662 57.10%
Republican Wendell Willkie 372,414 42.90%
Total votes 868,076 100%

Results by county

1940 United States presidential election in West Virginia by county[5]
County Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Democratic 		Wendell Lewis Willkie
Republican 		Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # %
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

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

References

  1. ^ "United States Presidential election of 1940 — Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved December 19, 2018.
  2. ^ "1940 Election for the Thirty-ninth Term (1941-45)". Retrieved December 19, 2018.
  3. ^ "1940 Presidential General Election Results — West Virginia". Retrieved December 19, 2018.
  4. ^ "The American Presidency Project — Election of 1940". Retrieved December 19, 2018.
  5. ^ "WV US President — November 05, 1940". Our Campaigns.
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