1940 United States presidential election in Utah

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1940 United States presidential election in Utah
Flag of Utah (1922-2011).svg
  1936 November 5, 1940 1944  
  FDRoosevelt1938.png WendellWillkie.jpg
Nominee Franklin D. Roosevelt Wendell Willkie
Party Democratic Republican
Home state New York New York
Running mate Henry A. Wallace Charles L. McNary
Electoral vote40
Popular vote154,27793,151
Percentage62.25%37.59%

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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 Utah took place on November 5, 1940 as part of the 1940 United States presidential election. All contemporary forty-eight states took part, and state voters selected four voters to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Contents

Utah, like every other state west of the Continental Divide, voted for Franklin D. Roosevelt over Wendell Willkie by a substantial margin. This was the first time any Democrat won the state more than twice. Roosevelt landslided Utah with 62.25 percent of the vote. The percentage, however, wasn’t as large as his victory in the state four years earlier. As of the 2020 presidential election , this is the last election in which Piute County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate. [1]

Results

1940 United States presidential election in Utah [2]
PartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes
Democratic Franklin D. Roosevelt (incumbent)154,27762.25%4
Republican Wendell Willkie 93,15137.59%0
Socialist Norman Thomas 2000.08%0
N/A Write-ins 1910.08%0
Totals247,819100.00%4

Results by county

CountyFranklin Delano Roosevelt
Democratic
Wendell Lewis Willkie
Republican
Various candidates
Other parties
MarginTotal votes cast [3]
# %# %# %# %
Beaver 1,30354.18%1,10145.78%10.04%2028.40%2,405
Box Elder 4,73659.30%3,24840.67%20.03%1,48818.63%7,986
Cache 7,86760.25%5,18439.70%70.05%2,68320.55%13,058
Carbon 5,18069.47%2,24230.07%340.46%2,93839.40%7,456
Daggett 16062.50%9637.50%00.00%6425.00%256
Davis 3,86557.63%2,83642.28%60.09%1,02915.34%6,707
Duchesne 1,98259.92%1,32239.96%40.12%66019.95%3,308
Emery 1,90165.13%1,00634.46%120.41%89530.66%2,919
Garfield 81444.14%1,03055.86%00.00%-216-11.71%1,844
Grand 44650.62%43249.04%30.34%141.59%881
Iron 1,91547.90%2,06051.53%230.58%-145-3.63%3,998
Juab 2,13660.12%1,41239.74%50.14%72420.38%3,553
Kane 33933.43%67566.57%00.00%-336-33.14%1,014
Millard 2,30254.10%1,94345.66%100.24%3598.44%4,255
Morgan 69954.87%57545.13%00.00%1249.73%1,274
Piute 46651.21%44248.57%20.22%242.64%910
Rich 47551.52%44748.48%00.00%283.04%922
Salt Lake 67,31865.40%35,42734.42%1810.18%31,89130.98%102,926
San Juan 51549.19%52850.43%40.38%-13-1.24%1,047
Sanpete 3,52448.61%3,72251.34%40.06%-198-2.73%7,250
Sevier 2,52148.22%2,70351.70%40.08%-182-3.48%5,228
Summit 2,21556.10%1,73043.82%30.08%48512.28%3,948
Tooele 2,62563.90%1,47635.93%70.17%1,14927.97%4,108
Uintah 1,77352.16%1,62447.78%20.06%1494.38%3,399
Utah 15,16863.32%8,74036.48%480.20%6,42826.83%23,956
Wasatch 1,50255.59%1,19944.37%10.04%30311.21%2,702
Washington 1,99355.04%1,62544.88%30.08%36810.16%3,621
Wayne 50056.75%38043.13%10.11%12013.62%881
Weber 18,03769.35%7,94630.55%240.09%10,09138.80%26,007
Totals154,27762.25%93,15137.59%3910.16%61,12624.67%247,819

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