1940 United States presidential election in Georgia

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1940 United States presidential election in Georgia
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Nominee Franklin Roosevelt Wendell Willkie
Party Democratic Republican
Home state New York New York
Running mate Henry A. Wallace Charles L. McNary
Electoral vote120
Popular vote265,19446,360
Percentage84.85%14.83%
Georgia Presidential Election Results 1940.svg
County Results
President before election

Franklin Roosevelt
Democratic

Elected President

Franklin Roosevelt
Democratic

The 1940 United States presidential election in Georgia took place on November 5, 1940, as part of the wider United States presidential election. Voters chose 12 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Contents

With the exception of a handful of historically Unionist North Georgia counties – chiefly Fannin but also to a lesser extent Pickens, Gilmer and Towns – Georgia since the 1880s had been a one-party state dominated by the Democratic Party. Disfranchisement of almost all African-Americans and most poor whites had made the Republican Party virtually nonexistent outside of local governments in those few hill counties, [1] and the national Democratic Party served as the guardian of white supremacy against a Republican Party historically associated with memories of Reconstruction. The only competitive elections were Democratic primaries, which state laws restricted to whites on the grounds of the Democratic Party being legally a private club. [2]

Secretary of State John B. Wilson refused to allow Earl Browder, the nominee of the Communist Party USA, to appear on the ballot stating that the party was in violation of a Georgian law which prohibited "candidates of a party which seeks to overthrow our democratic constitutional form of government" from appearing on the ballot. The Georgia General Assembly later passed restrictive ballot access legislation in 1943, which required petitions to have signatures from at least five percent of registered voters. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution stated that the legislation was passed in order to "sustain Secretary of State John B. Wilson in refusing a Communist candidate for president a place on the Georgia ballot in the 1940 election". [3] [4] Georgia would later lower its voting age from twenty-one to eighteen in 1943. [5]

Results

1940 United States presidential election in Georgia [6]
PartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes
Democratic Franklin Roosevelt (incumbent)265,19484.85%12
Republican Wendell Willkie 46,360 [lower-alpha 1] 14.83%0
Prohibition Roger Babson 9830.31%0
Independent 140.00%0

Results by county

CountyFranklin Delano Roosevelt
Democratic		Wendell Lewis Willkie
Republican/Independent Democratic		Roger Ward Babson
Prohibition		Write-ins
Independent		MarginTotal votes cast [7]
# %# %# %# %# %
Appling 1,51482.19%31216.94%160.87%00.00%1,20265.26%1,842
Atkinson 70391.30%668.57%10.13%00.00%63782.73%770
Bacon 82188.95%9710.51%50.54%00.00%72478.44%923
Baker 55794.73%305.10%10.17%00.00%52789.63%588
Baldwin 1,31386.38%20313.36%40.26%00.00%1,11073.03%1,520
Banks 66879.71%16419.57%60.72%00.00%50460.14%838
Barrow 1,61587.82%21911.91%50.27%00.00%1,39675.91%1,839
Bartow 1,73484.17%31815.44%80.39%00.00%1,41668.74%2,060
Ben Hill 1,20686.64%18113.00%40.29%10.07%1,02573.64%1,392
Berrien 1,15697.97%231.95%10.08%00.00%1,13396.02%1,180
Bibb 6,72982.70%1,37116.85%370.45%00.00%5,35865.85%8,137
Bleckley 78588.40%10011.26%30.34%00.00%68577.14%888
Brantley 96093.20%676.50%30.29%00.00%89386.70%1,030
Brooks 1,30083.93%24816.01%10.06%00.00%1,05267.91%1,549
Bryan 87494.49%495.30%20.22%00.00%82589.19%925
Bulloch 2,06393.35%1416.38%60.27%00.00%1,92286.97%2,210
Burke 1,02995.54%423.90%60.56%00.00%98791.64%1,077
Butts 1,01291.92%877.90%20.18%00.00%92584.01%1,101
Calhoun 61094.87%335.13%00.00%00.00%57789.74%643
Camden 56490.24%609.60%10.16%00.00%50480.64%625
Candler 74892.00%637.75%20.25%00.00%68584.26%813
Carroll 3,80885.92%61613.90%80.18%00.00%3,19272.02%4,432
Catoosa 1,44085.26%24914.74%00.00%00.00%1,19170.52%1,689
Charlton 56290.35%609.65%00.00%00.00%50280.71%622
Chatham 10,04883.37%1,98516.47%190.16%00.00%8,06366.90%12,052
Chattahoochee 20491.07%208.93%00.00%00.00%18482.14%224
Chattooga 2,41389.47%27310.12%110.41%00.00%2,14079.35%2,697
Cherokee 1,55260.11%1,01739.39%130.50%00.00%53520.72%2,582
Clarke 2,89491.87%2467.81%100.32%00.00%2,64884.06%3,150
Clay 48893.31%336.31%20.38%00.00%45587.00%523
Clayton 1,38289.45%16110.42%20.13%00.00%1,22179.03%1,545
Clinch 1,04994.33%635.67%00.00%00.00%98688.67%1,112
Cobb 4,44781.63%99218.21%90.17%00.00%3,45563.42%5,448
Coffee 1,56192.15%1287.56%50.30%00.00%1,43384.59%1,694
Colquitt 1,81977.04%52522.24%170.72%00.00%1,29454.81%2,361
Columbia 62792.61%466.79%40.59%00.00%58185.82%677
Cook 94186.81%14313.19%00.00%00.00%79873.62%1,084
Coweta 2,84696.25%1033.48%80.27%00.00%2,74392.76%2,957
Crawford 36282.84%7416.93%10.23%00.00%28865.90%437
Crisp 1,04988.75%12910.91%40.34%00.00%92077.83%1,182
Dade 98286.67%15113.33%00.00%00.00%83173.35%1,133
Dawson 48463.43%27636.17%30.39%00.00%20827.26%763
Decatur 1,78189.05%21710.85%20.10%00.00%1,56478.20%2,000
DeKalb 8,86280.65%2,08118.94%450.41%00.00%6,78161.71%10,988
Dodge 1,28087.91%17111.74%50.34%00.00%1,10976.17%1,456
Dooly 1,20990.43%1249.27%40.30%00.00%1,08581.15%1,337
Dougherty 2,17592.32%1807.64%10.04%00.00%1,99584.68%2,356
Douglas 83380.64%19518.88%50.48%00.00%63861.76%1,033
Early 1,75194.29%1045.60%20.11%00.00%1,64788.69%1,857
Echols 44195.87%183.91%10.22%00.00%42391.96%460
Effingham 63373.60%22726.40%00.00%00.00%40647.21%860
Elbert 2,05284.48%35714.70%200.82%00.00%1,69569.78%2,429
Emanuel 1,42894.51%815.36%20.13%00.00%1,34789.15%1,511
Evans 1,39992.04%1127.37%90.59%00.00%1,28784.67%1,520
Fannin 1,77143.98%2,25656.02%00.00%00.00%-485-12.04%4,027
Fayette 57792.91%447.09%00.00%00.00%53385.83%621
Floyd 5,52885.56%91214.12%210.33%00.00%4,61671.44%6,461
Forsyth 1,37868.49%63431.51%00.00%00.00%74436.98%2,012
Franklin 1,57986.66%22212.18%211.15%00.00%1,35774.48%1,822
Fulton 31,31183.57%6,03316.10%1220.33%00.00%25,27867.47%37,466
Gilmer 85656.61%65343.19%30.20%00.00%20313.43%1,512
Glascock 33280.98%7618.54%20.49%00.00%25662.44%410
Glynn 2,01487.76%27411.94%70.31%00.00%1,74075.82%2,295
Gordon 1,62375.17%52724.41%90.42%00.00%1,09650.76%2,159
Grady 1,46186.09%22413.20%120.71%00.00%1,23772.89%1,697
Greene 1,49790.29%1488.93%130.78%00.00%1,34981.36%1,658
Gwinnett 4,02384.32%72815.26%200.42%00.00%3,29569.06%4,771
Habersham 1,84081.06%42118.55%90.40%00.00%1,41962.51%2,270
Hall 2,94385.13%51314.84%10.03%00.00%2,43070.29%3,457
Hancock 50176.49%15323.36%10.15%00.00%34853.13%655
Haralson 1,39775.19%45724.60%40.22%00.00%94050.59%1,858
Harris 91492.04%717.15%80.81%00.00%84384.89%993
Hart 1,32892.16%976.73%161.11%00.00%1,23185.43%1,441
Heard 64774.37%22125.40%20.23%00.00%42648.97%870
Henry 1,55193.77%1016.11%20.12%00.00%1,45087.67%1,654
Houston 62280.57%14919.30%10.13%00.00%47361.27%772
Irwin 96282.79%19716.95%30.26%00.00%76565.83%1,162
Jackson 1,59990.29%1669.37%60.34%00.00%1,43380.91%1,771
Jasper 68990.30%729.44%20.26%00.00%61780.87%763
Jeff Davis 69687.11%10112.64%20.25%00.00%59574.47%799
Jefferson 1,06886.13%17113.79%10.08%00.00%89772.34%1,240
Jenkins 94092.98%696.82%20.20%00.00%87186.15%1,011
Johnson 2,38688.24%30611.32%120.44%00.00%2,08076.92%2,704
Jones 61385.73%10114.13%10.14%00.00%51271.61%715
Lamar 86990.62%858.86%50.52%00.00%78481.75%959
Lanier 60797.12%162.56%20.32%00.00%59194.56%625
Laurens 2,31684.07%43515.79%40.15%00.00%1,88168.28%2,755
Lee 41695.63%173.91%20.46%00.00%39991.72%435
Liberty 40779.80%10220.00%10.20%00.00%30559.80%510
Lincoln 46686.62%6712.45%30.56%20.37%39974.16%538
Long 31980.35%7619.14%20.50%00.00%24361.21%397
Lowndes 2,55190.40%2609.21%110.39%00.00%2,29181.18%2,822
Lumpkin 88984.11%16515.61%30.28%00.00%72468.50%1,057
Macon 85291.81%727.76%40.43%00.00%78084.05%928
Madison 1,16085.36%18513.61%141.03%00.00%97571.74%1,359
Marion 60588.58%7711.27%10.15%00.00%52877.31%683
McDuffie 95992.12%757.20%70.67%00.00%88484.92%1,041
McIntosh 46881.53%10618.47%00.00%00.00%36263.07%574
Meriwether 2,72693.74%1745.98%80.28%00.00%2,55287.76%2,908
Miller 77593.94%506.06%00.00%00.00%72587.88%825
Mitchell 2,13193.22%1556.78%00.00%00.00%1,97686.44%2,286
Monroe 1,01694.86%494.58%60.56%00.00%96790.29%1,071
Montgomery 68689.44%759.78%60.78%00.00%61179.66%767
Morgan 48495.28%244.72%00.00%00.00%46090.55%508
Murray 1,39971.89%54528.01%20.10%00.00%85443.88%1,946
Muscogee 5,39288.38%70211.51%70.11%00.00%4,69076.87%6,101
Newton 1,51293.85%955.90%40.25%00.00%1,41787.96%1,611
Oconee 63577.72%17721.66%50.61%00.00%45856.06%817
Oglethorpe 81886.11%13113.79%10.11%00.00%68772.32%950
Paulding 1,65367.89%77031.62%120.49%00.00%88336.26%2,435
Peach 73882.09%15517.24%60.67%00.00%58364.85%899
Pickens 1,12455.64%88443.76%120.59%00.00%24011.88%2,020
Pierce 94391.55%848.16%30.29%00.00%85983.40%1,030
Pike 82979.87%20920.13%00.00%00.00%62059.73%1,038
Polk 2,69386.76%40112.92%100.32%00.00%2,29273.84%3,104
Pulaski 47891.92%387.31%40.77%00.00%44084.62%520
Putnam 73092.17%617.70%10.13%00.00%66984.47%792
Quitman 32494.46%195.54%00.00%00.00%30588.92%343
Rabun 95891.85%827.86%30.29%00.00%87683.99%1,043
Randolph 1,29889.95%1439.91%20.14%00.00%1,15580.04%1,443
Richmond 5,85589.97%6419.85%80.12%40.06%5,21480.12%6,508
Rockdale 1,29193.55%866.23%30.22%00.00%1,20587.32%1,380
Schley 47186.90%6912.73%20.37%00.00%40274.17%542
Screven 1,17491.79%1007.82%50.39%00.00%1,07483.97%1,279
Seminole 88493.45%586.13%30.32%10.11%82687.32%946
Spalding 3,02293.76%1976.11%40.12%00.00%2,82587.65%3,223
Stephens 1,08491.71%907.61%60.51%20.17%99484.09%1,182
Stewart 60092.02%527.98%00.00%00.00%54884.05%652
Sumter 1,56192.26%1186.97%130.77%00.00%1,44385.28%1,692
Talbot 65692.92%496.94%10.14%00.00%60785.98%706
Taliaferro 50796.39%193.61%00.00%00.00%48892.78%526
Tattnall 1,24674.43%42125.15%70.42%00.00%82549.28%1,674
Taylor 79678.73%21321.07%20.20%00.00%58357.67%1,011
Telfair 1,39192.24%1046.90%130.86%00.00%1,28785.34%1,508
Terrell 1,040100.00%00.00%00.00%00.00%1,040100.00%1,040
Thomas 2,07284.64%37115.16%50.20%00.00%1,70169.49%2,448
Tift 1,46385.51%22613.21%221.29%00.00%1,23772.30%1,711
Toombs 1,06188.79%13411.21%00.00%00.00%92777.57%1,195
Towns 89451.86%83048.14%00.00%00.00%643.71%1,724
Treutlen 1,18496.89%383.11%00.00%00.00%1,14693.78%1,222
Troup 3,17691.34%2888.28%130.37%00.00%2,88883.06%3,477
Turner 79168.96%35130.60%50.44%00.00%44038.36%1,147
Twiggs 72388.82%9111.18%00.00%00.00%63277.64%814
Union 95062.96%55736.91%20.13%00.00%39326.04%1,509
Upson 2,23593.36%1596.64%00.00%00.00%2,07686.72%2,394
Walker 2,85983.50%55816.30%70.20%00.00%2,30167.20%3,424
Walton 2,17995.24%1044.55%50.22%00.00%2,07590.69%2,288
Ware 2,67289.48%30810.31%60.20%00.00%2,36479.17%2,986
Warren 60686.20%9513.51%20.28%00.00%51172.69%703
Washington 1,11280.93%25318.41%90.66%00.00%85962.52%1,374
Wayne 1,54289.39%17910.38%40.23%00.00%1,36379.01%1,725
Webster 28084.85%5015.15%00.00%00.00%23069.70%330
Wheeler 49580.49%11719.02%30.49%00.00%37861.46%615
White 75487.17%11112.83%00.00%00.00%64374.34%865
Whitfield 3,16276.03%99123.83%60.14%00.00%2,17152.20%4,159
Wilcox 89087.51%11811.60%90.88%00.00%77275.91%1,017
Wilkes 1,02288.72%12310.68%70.61%00.00%89978.04%1,152
Wilkinson 90685.96%14713.95%10.09%00.00%75972.01%1,054
Worth 93682.91%19016.83%30.27%00.00%74666.08%1,129
Totals265,19484.81%46,49514.87%9830.31%140.00%218,69969.94%312,686

Notes

  1. ↑ Willkie vote is a fusion of 23,932 Republican and 22,428 Independent Democratic votes.

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  2. ↑ Springer, Melanie Jean; How the States Shaped the Nation: American Electoral Institutions and Voter Turnout, 1920-2000, p. 155 ISBN   022611435X
  3. ↑ "Martin Cowen v. Brian P. Kemp" (PDF). April 20, 2018. Archived (PDF) from the original on January 17, 2022.
  4. ↑ "Darcy Richardson Submits Evidence in Georgia Ballot Access Case About Why the 5% Petition was Created in 1943". Ballot Access News . April 20, 2018. Archived from the original on January 17, 2022.
  5. ↑ Wayne, Stephen (2008). Parties and Elections in America: The Electoral Process Fifth Edition. Rowman & Littlefield.
  6. ↑ Georgia's Official Register, 1939-1941-1943 (PDF). Atlanta, Georgia. pp. 550–552.
  7. ↑ "GA US President Race, November 05, 1940". Our Campaigns. Archived from the original on January 17, 2022. Retrieved September 28, 2020.
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