1940 United States presidential election in Iowa

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1940 United States presidential election in Iowa
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  1936 November 5, 1940 [1] 1944  

All 11 Iowa votes to the Electoral College
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Nominee Wendell Willkie Franklin D. Roosevelt
Party Republican Democratic
Home state New York New York
Running mate Charles L. McNary Henry A. Wallace
Electoral vote110
Popular vote632,370578,800
Percentage52.03%47.62%

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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 Iowa took place on November 5, 1940, as part of the 1940 United States presidential election. Iowa voters chose 11 [2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Contents

Iowa was won by Wendell Willkie (RNew York), running with Minority Leader Charles L. McNary, with 52.03% of the popular vote, against incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt (DNew York), running with Secretary Henry A. Wallace (who resided in Iowa), with 47.62% of the popular vote. [3] [4]

Results

1940 United States presidential election in Iowa
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Wendell Willkie 632,370 52.03%
Democratic Franklin D. Roosevelt (inc.)578,80047.62%
Prohibition Roger W. Babson 2,2840.19%
Communist Earl R. Browder 1,5240.13%
Socialist Labor John W. Aiken 4520.04%
Total votes1,215,430 100%

Results by county

County [5] Wendell Lewis Willkie
Republican
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Democratic
Roger Ward Babson
Prohibition
Earl Russell Browder
Communist
John W. Aiken
Socialist Labor
MarginTotal votes cast
#%#%#%#%#%#%
Adair 3,90758.77%2,73441.13%60.09%10.02%00.00%1,17317.64%6,648
Adams 3,18260.13%2,08839.46%160.30%50.09%10.02%1,09420.67%5,292
Allamakee 5,84064.02%3,25835.72%50.05%180.20%10.01%2,58228.31%9,122
Appanoose 6,03249.43%6,06949.74%400.33%570.47%40.03%-37-0.30%12,202
Audubon 2,63244.80%3,23655.08%10.02%60.10%00.00%-604-10.28%5,875
Benton 5,29849.55%5,36350.15%180.17%70.07%70.07%-65-0.61%10,693
Black Hawk 17,13249.61%17,30550.11%470.14%400.12%80.02%-173-0.50%34,532
Boone 5,22741.92%7,16857.49%550.44%160.13%30.02%-1,941-15.57%12,469
Bremer 5,37463.26%3,10336.53%110.13%60.07%10.01%2,27126.73%8,495
Buchanan 5,63054.61%4,64945.10%230.22%40.04%30.03%9819.52%10,309
Buena Vista 4,57648.69%4,78450.90%290.31%30.03%70.07%-208-2.21%9,399
Butler 4,84863.56%2,76036.18%120.16%10.01%70.09%2,08827.37%7,628
Calhoun 3,79246.46%4,34453.23%120.15%80.10%50.06%-552-6.76%8,161
Carroll 5,37649.22%5,52650.59%140.13%60.05%10.01%-150-1.37%10,923
Cass 6,37762.69%3,76336.99%260.26%60.06%00.00%2,61425.70%10,172
Cedar 5,52162.45%3,29337.25%100.11%90.10%70.08%2,22825.20%8,840
Cerro Gordo 9,72847.20%10,83952.59%270.13%150.07%30.01%-1,111-5.39%20,612
Cherokee 4,45853.50%3,85546.27%150.18%30.04%10.01%6037.24%8,332
Chickasaw 4,44052.71%3,98147.26%10.01%10.01%00.00%4595.45%8,423
Clarke 2,96253.76%2,51345.61%290.53%50.09%10.02%4498.15%5,510
Clay 3,67345.77%4,32853.93%190.24%10.01%40.05%-655-8.16%8,025
Clayton 7,44359.86%4,97340.00%100.08%40.03%40.03%2,47019.86%12,434
Clinton 12,17754.17%10,25145.60%150.07%170.08%180.08%1,9268.57%22,478
Crawford 5,28455.92%4,13043.71%80.08%170.18%100.11%1,15412.21%9,449
Dallas 6,21849.24%6,27949.72%560.44%730.58%20.02%-61-0.48%12,628
Davis 2,97546.65%3,37452.91%230.36%40.06%10.02%-399-6.26%6,377
Decatur 3,49446.91%3,93852.87%90.12%50.07%20.03%-444-5.96%7,448
Delaware 6,17567.30%2,98532.53%80.09%60.07%20.02%3,19034.76%9,176
Des Moines 10,98862.34%6,57837.32%360.20%110.06%120.07%4,41025.02%17,625
Dickinson 2,73647.65%2,98551.99%150.26%30.05%30.05%-249-4.34%5,742
Dubuque 14,59051.30%13,80548.54%160.06%110.04%190.07%7852.76%28,441
Emmet 3,05349.27%3,09749.98%160.26%280.45%30.05%-44-0.71%6,197
Fayette 8,23757.43%6,06642.30%180.13%200.14%10.01%2,17115.14%14,342
Floyd 5,82958.11%4,16741.54%220.22%90.09%40.04%1,66216.57%10,031
Franklin 3,62349.56%3,54048.43%130.18%1301.78%40.05%831.14%7,310
Fremont 3,82549.27%3,91450.41%180.23%60.08%10.01%-89-1.15%7,764
Greene 3,92052.22%3,56647.51%130.17%60.08%10.01%3544.72%7,506
Grundy 3,90858.56%2,74541.13%160.24%30.04%20.03%1,16317.43%6,674
Guthrie 4,73357.33%3,48942.27%230.28%70.08%30.04%1,24415.07%8,255
Hamilton 4,18344.03%5,27955.56%230.24%130.14%30.03%-1,096-11.54%9,501
Hancock 3,63250.63%3,51448.99%140.20%120.17%10.01%1181.65%7,173
Hardin 5,69254.26%4,76445.41%250.24%40.04%60.06%9288.85%10,491
Harrison 6,09453.33%5,31746.53%100.09%70.06%00.00%7776.80%11,428
Henry 5,89367.36%2,83732.43%180.21%10.01%00.00%3,05634.93%8,749
Howard 3,71450.16%3,67549.63%50.07%70.09%40.05%390.53%7,405
Humboldt 2,85346.44%3,26853.20%90.15%130.21%00.00%-415-6.76%6,143
Ida 3,16657.70%2,30642.03%80.15%70.13%00.00%86015.67%5,487
Iowa 4,69655.33%3,64942.99%140.16%1201.41%90.11%1,04712.34%8,488
Jackson 5,41756.07%4,21843.66%80.08%100.10%80.08%1,19912.41%9,661
Jasper 7,24046.95%8,12952.71%260.17%200.13%60.04%-889-5.76%15,421
Jefferson 4,89158.67%3,40240.81%360.43%50.06%20.02%1,48917.86%8,336
Johnson 7,20644.27%9,01755.39%160.10%300.18%90.06%-1,811-11.13%16,278
Jones 5,63056.70%4,27343.04%100.10%160.16%00.00%1,35713.67%9,929
Keokuk 5,39454.00%4,55245.57%350.35%40.04%30.03%8428.43%9,988
Kossuth 5,63946.35%6,50253.45%80.07%130.11%30.02%-863-7.09%12,165
Lee 10,61653.71%9,11746.12%190.10%110.06%30.02%1,4997.58%19,766
Linn 23,58154.54%19,53145.17%750.17%270.06%210.05%4,0509.37%43,235
Louisa 3,33059.18%2,24739.93%210.37%280.50%10.02%1,08319.25%5,627
Lucas 3,80653.24%3,25545.53%330.46%500.70%50.07%5517.71%7,149
Lyon 3,88059.33%2,64840.49%60.09%60.09%00.00%1,23218.84%6,540
Madison 4,47758.91%3,09440.71%250.33%30.04%10.01%1,38318.20%7,600
Mahaska 6,12351.12%5,75748.07%830.69%70.06%70.06%3663.06%11,977
Marion 5,76345.19%6,91554.22%480.38%250.20%20.02%-1,152-9.03%12,753
Marshall 8,50356.44%6,49743.13%460.31%160.11%30.02%2,00613.32%15,065
Mills 3,87357.39%2,86242.41%80.12%40.06%20.03%1,01114.98%6,749
Mitchell 3,94756.49%3,02543.29%110.16%30.04%10.01%92213.20%6,987
Monona 4,19246.63%4,78353.20%40.04%110.12%00.00%-591-6.57%8,990
Monroe 3,27044.57%3,99454.44%460.63%230.31%30.04%-724-9.87%7,336
Montgomery 4,84858.98%3,33240.54%240.29%150.18%10.01%1,51618.44%8,220
Muscatine 8,54359.24%5,82540.39%280.19%130.09%120.08%2,71818.85%14,421
O'Brien 4,76053.30%4,13346.28%180.20%190.21%10.01%6277.02%8,931
Osceola 2,42551.14%2,28848.25%90.19%160.34%40.08%1372.89%4,742
Page 7,40764.04%4,10235.47%420.36%100.09%50.04%3,30528.58%11,566
Palo Alto 3,32242.47%4,48257.30%130.17%40.05%10.01%-1,160-14.83%7,822
Plymouth 7,72566.72%3,83133.09%140.12%90.08%00.00%3,89433.63%11,579
Pocahontas 2,98541.92%4,11857.83%100.14%40.06%40.06%-1,133-15.91%7,121
Polk 41,24544.26%51,64755.42%1760.19%770.08%480.05%-10,402-11.16%93,193
Pottawattamie 15,92951.07%15,22148.80%200.06%120.04%60.02%7082.27%31,188
Poweshiek 4,77349.66%4,79449.88%320.33%80.08%40.04%-21-0.22%9,611
Ringgold 3,50759.50%2,37440.28%90.15%40.07%00.00%1,13319.22%5,894
Sac 4,35853.66%3,75446.23%20.02%70.09%00.00%6047.44%8,121
Scott 18,50446.69%20,99652.98%590.15%500.13%210.05%-2,492-6.29%39,630
Shelby 4,61354.53%3,81145.05%170.20%160.19%30.04%8029.48%8,460
Sioux 7,58564.55%4,14435.27%160.14%30.03%20.02%3,44129.29%11,750
Story 7,85352.11%7,15247.46%530.35%90.06%30.02%7014.65%15,070
Tama 5,86549.31%5,99650.42%120.10%160.13%40.03%-131-1.10%11,893
Taylor 4,42059.56%2,97640.10%190.26%20.03%40.05%1,44419.46%7,421
Union 5,42162.54%3,22937.25%110.13%60.07%10.01%2,19225.29%8,668
Van Buren 4,10862.72%2,41636.89%240.37%20.03%00.00%1,69225.83%6,550
Wapello 9,03943.03%11,88056.56%440.21%270.13%160.08%-2,841-13.52%21,006
Warren 5,01656.21%3,85643.21%310.35%140.16%60.07%1,16013.00%8,923
Washington 5,64958.11%4,03041.46%290.30%90.09%40.04%1,61916.65%9,721
Wayne 3,74850.64%3,62548.98%120.16%120.16%40.05%1231.66%7,401
Webster 7,58341.29%10,73158.43%280.15%120.07%120.07%-3,148-17.14%18,366
Winnebago 3,30851.78%3,05147.76%170.27%100.16%20.03%2574.02%6,388
Winneshiek 6,20853.35%5,40546.45%120.10%80.07%40.03%8036.90%11,637
Woodbury 22,83248.19%24,45751.62%330.07%410.09%150.03%-1,625-3.43%47,378
Worth 2,43444.62%3,00755.12%120.22%20.04%00.00%-573-10.50%5,455
Wright 4,44347.52%4,87152.10%170.18%140.15%50.05%-428-4.58%9,350
Totals632,37052.03%578,80247.62%2,2840.19%1,5240.13%4520.04%53,5684.41%1,215,432

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

See also

References

  1. "United States Presidential election of 1940 - Encyclopædia Britannica" . Retrieved August 19, 2018.
  2. "1940 Election for the Thirty-ninth Term (1941-45)" . Retrieved August 19, 2018.
  3. "1940 Presidential General Election Results - Iowa" . Retrieved August 19, 2018.
  4. "The American Presidency Project - Election of 1940" . Retrieved August 19, 2018.
  5. "IA US President Race, November 05, 1940". Our Campaigns.