1940 United States presidential election in Utah
← 1936 November 5, 1940 1944 →
 
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 4 0
Popular vote 154,277 93,151
Percentage 62.25% 37.59%
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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.

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]
Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votes
Democratic Franklin D. Roosevelt (incumbent) 154,277 62.25% 4
Republican Wendell Willkie 93,151 37.59% 0
Socialist Norman Thomas 200 0.08% 0
N/A Write-ins 191 0.08% 0
Totals 247,819 100.00% 4

Results by county

County Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Democratic 		Wendell Lewis Willkie
Republican 		Various candidates
Other parties 		Margin Total votes cast[3]
# % # % # % # %
Beaver 1,303 54.18% 1,101 45.78% 1 0.04% 202 8.40% 2,405
Box Elder 4,736 59.30% 3,248 40.67% 2 0.03% 1,488 18.63% 7,986
Cache 7,867 60.25% 5,184 39.70% 7 0.05% 2,683 20.55% 13,058
Carbon 5,180 69.47% 2,242 30.07% 34 0.46% 2,938 39.40% 7,456
Daggett 160 62.50% 96 37.50% 0 0.00% 64 25.00% 256
Davis 3,865 57.63% 2,836 42.28% 6 0.09% 1,029 15.34% 6,707
Duchesne 1,982 59.92% 1,322 39.96% 4 0.12% 660 19.95% 3,308
Emery 1,901 65.13% 1,006 34.46% 12 0.41% 895 30.66% 2,919
Garfield 814 44.14% 1,030 55.86% 0 0.00% -216 -11.71% 1,844
Grand 446 50.62% 432 49.04% 3 0.34% 14 1.59% 881
Iron 1,915 47.90% 2,060 51.53% 23 0.58% -145 -3.63% 3,998
Juab 2,136 60.12% 1,412 39.74% 5 0.14% 724 20.38% 3,553
Kane 339 33.43% 675 66.57% 0 0.00% -336 -33.14% 1,014
Millard 2,302 54.10% 1,943 45.66% 10 0.24% 359 8.44% 4,255
Morgan 699 54.87% 575 45.13% 0 0.00% 124 9.73% 1,274
Piute 466 51.21% 442 48.57% 2 0.22% 24 2.64% 910
Rich 475 51.52% 447 48.48% 0 0.00% 28 3.04% 922
Salt Lake 67,318 65.40% 35,427 34.42% 181 0.18% 31,891 30.98% 102,926
San Juan 515 49.19% 528 50.43% 4 0.38% -13 -1.24% 1,047
Sanpete 3,524 48.61% 3,722 51.34% 4 0.06% -198 -2.73% 7,250
Sevier 2,521 48.22% 2,703 51.70% 4 0.08% -182 -3.48% 5,228
Summit 2,215 56.10% 1,730 43.82% 3 0.08% 485 12.28% 3,948
Tooele 2,625 63.90% 1,476 35.93% 7 0.17% 1,149 27.97% 4,108
Uintah 1,773 52.16% 1,624 47.78% 2 0.06% 149 4.38% 3,399
Utah 15,168 63.32% 8,740 36.48% 48 0.20% 6,428 26.83% 23,956
Wasatch 1,502 55.59% 1,199 44.37% 1 0.04% 303 11.21% 2,702
Washington 1,993 55.04% 1,625 44.88% 3 0.08% 368 10.16% 3,621
Wayne 500 56.75% 380 43.13% 1 0.11% 120 13.62% 881
Weber 18,037 69.35% 7,946 30.55% 24 0.09% 10,091 38.80% 26,007
Totals 154,277 62.25% 93,151 37.59% 391 0.16% 61,126 24.67% 247,819

See also

References

  1. ^ Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
  2. ^ "1940 Presidential General Election Results - Utah". Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved February 13, 2017.
  3. ^ Scammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964; p. 459 ISBN 0405077114
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