1940 United States presidential election in California

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1940 United States presidential election in California
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←  1936 November 5, 1940 1944  →
Turnout81.44% (of registered voters) Decrease2.svg 1.92 pp
78.32% (of eligible voters) Increase2.svg 7.76 pp [1]
  FDRoosevelt1938.png WendellWillkie.png
Nominee Franklin D. Roosevelt Wendell Willkie
Party Democratic Republican
Home state New York New York
Running mate Henry A. Wallace Charles L. McNary
Electoral vote220
Popular vote1,877,6181,351,419
Percentage57.44%41.34%
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County Results
President before election

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democratic

Elected President

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democratic

The 1940 United States presidential election in California took place on November 5, 1940, as part of the 1940 United States presidential election. State voters chose 22 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Contents

California voted for the Democratic incumbent, Franklin Roosevelt, over the Republican challenger, businessman Wendell Willkie.

Willkie did nonetheless make considerable gains vis-à-vis the previous Republican nominee, Alf Landon, who remains the solitary Republican nominee to not carry a single county in the state. Willkie carried seven counties scattered across the state and gained ten percentage points on Landon's performance.

This remains the last election when the Democrats have won Sutter County, which as of the 2020 presidential election, [2] stands as the longest run voting for one party by any California county. [3] Mono County would not vote Democratic again until John Kerry in 2004, [4] and Orange County would not vote Democratic again until Hillary Clinton in 2016.

Results

1940 United States presidential election in California [5]
PartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes
Democratic Franklin D. Roosevelt (incumbent)1,877,61857.44%22
Republican Wendell Willkie 1,351,41941.34%0
Progressive Norman Thomas 16,5060.50%0
Communist Earl Russell Browder 13,5860.42%0
Prohibition Roger Babson 9,4000.29%0
No party Write-ins 2620.01%0
Invalid or blank votes—
Totals3,268,791100.00%22
Voter turnout—

Results by county

County Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Democratic		 Wendell Lewis Willkie
Republican		Various candidates
Other parties		Margin
 %# %# %# %#
Plumas 72.11%3,41826.79%1,2701.10%5245.32%2,148
Solano 70.58%15,05428.51%6,0810.90%19342.07%8,973
Lassen 69.17%4,36730.13%1,9020.70%4439.05%2,465
Fresno 69.07%48,86629.79%21,0791.14%80539.27%27,787
Sacramento 68.09%51,35130.76%23,2011.15%86437.33%28,150
Shasta 68.03%8,66230.70%3,9091.27%16237.33%4,753
Madera 67.61%5,74931.20%2,6531.19%10136.41%3,096
Placer 67.56%8,40231.26%3,8871.18%14736.31%4,515
Kings 67.43%8,30731.75%3,9110.83%10235.68%4,396
Sierra 66.98%1,05732.38%5110.63%1034.60%546
El Dorado 66.44%4,14432.37%2,0191.19%7434.07%2,125
Amador 66.14%2,76232.85%1,3721.01%4233.29%1,390
Nevada 66.01%5,78232.69%2,8631.30%11433.33%2,919
Yuba 64.57%4,66034.24%2,4711.19%8630.33%2,189
Mariposa 64.44%1,93534.47%1,0351.10%3329.97%900
Trinity 63.83%1,43134.79%7801.38%3129.04%651
Siskiyou 63.17%7,71435.92%4,3870.91%11127.24%3,327
Tuolumne 62.96%3,54135.63%2,0041.40%7927.33%1,537
Merced 62.57%10,50136.35%6,1011.08%18226.22%4,400
Kern 61.78%32,20237.30%19,4450.92%47924.47%12,757
Contra Costa 61.75%30,90037.22%18,6271.03%51324.53%12,273
Modoc 61.49%2,23237.77%1,3710.74%2723.72%861
San Francisco 59.51%185,60739.26%122,4491.23%3,82220.25%63,158
Colusa 59.48%2,65539.74%1,7740.78%3519.74%881
Calaveras 58.90%2,40540.39%1,6490.71%2918.52%756
Yolo 58.78%6,38040.29%4,3730.93%10118.49%2,007
Butte 58.15%10,68440.46%7,4331.39%25517.70%3,251
Los Angeles 58.13%822,71840.58%574,2661.29%18,28517.56%248,452
Sutter 57.11%4,19542.06%3,0890.83%6115.06%1,106
Ventura 57.00%15,18242.15%11,2250.85%22714.86%3,957
Mendocino 56.13%7,05542.53%5,3451.34%16913.60%1,710
Humboldt 55.98%12,32943.00%9,4701.02%22512.98%2,859
Tulare 55.96%20,12942.85%15,4141.19%42813.11%4,715
San Diego 55.57%71,18843.27%55,4341.16%1,48812.30%15,754
Alameda 55.21%148,22443.56%116,9611.23%3,31111.64%31,263
Monterey 55.00%14,75844.01%11,8100.99%26510.99%2,948
Glenn 54.96%3,09543.92%2,4731.12%6311.05%622
Inyo 54.65%1,82044.53%1,4830.81%2710.12%337
Tehama 54.59%3,61843.95%2,9131.46%9710.64%705
San Bernardino 54.47%37,52044.30%30,5111.23%84710.18%7,009
Santa Barbara 54.41%17,23744.53%14,1071.05%3349.88%3,130
San Luis Obispo 53.39%8,49945.25%7,2041.36%2178.13%1,295
Napa 52.68%6,77146.09%5,9241.23%1586.59%847
Mono 52.56%52346.13%4591.31%136.43%64
San Joaquin 52.55%26,53646.34%23,4031.11%5596.20%3,133
Imperial 52.53%7,72846.59%6,8540.88%1305.94%874
San Mateo 52.38%29,83146.60%26,5391.02%5815.78%3,292
Stanislaus 51.96%16,49446.63%14,8031.41%4495.33%1,691
Marin 50.20%11,36548.47%10,9741.33%3011.73%391
San Benito 49.99%2,44149.29%2,4070.72%350.70%34
Santa Clara 49.63%40,44949.20%40,1001.16%9470.43%349
Santa Cruz 47.51%10,68350.93%11,4531.56%350-3.42%-770
Riverside 47.20%20,00351.39%21,7791.41%598-4.19%-1,776
Sonoma 47.04%15,23051.94%16,8191.02%330-4.91%-1,589
Lake 45.70%1,89753.36%2,2150.94%39-7.66%-318
Del Norte 44.92%1,03453.56%1,2331.52%35-8.64%-199
Orange 43.44%28,23655.49%36,0701.06%691-12.05%-7,834
Alpine 32.98%6266.49%1250.53%1-33.51%-63

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References

  1. ↑ "Historical Voter Registration and Participation in Statewide General Elections 1910-2018" (PDF). California Secretary of State. Retrieved May 5, 2022.
  2. ↑ "California Election Results". The New York Times. November 3, 2020.
  3. ↑ Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
  4. ↑ Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868–2004, p. 131 ISBN   0786422173
  5. ↑ "1940 Presidential General Election Results – California". Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved August 25, 2008.
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