1940 United States presidential election in Ohio|
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County Results Roosevelt 50-60% 60-70% | Willkie 50-60% 60-70% 70-80% | |
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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.
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] This is the only time that Democrats won Ohio in three consecutive elections.
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 |