1940 United States presidential election in Nevada

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1940 United States presidential election in Nevada
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All 3 Nevada votes to the Electoral College
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Nominee Franklin D. Roosevelt Wendell Willkie
Party Democratic Republican
Home state New York New York
Running mate Henry A. Wallace Charles L. McNary
Electoral vote30
Popular vote31,94521,229
Percentage60.08%39.92%
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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 Nevada took place on November 5, 1940, as part of the 1940 United States presidential election. State voters chose three [2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

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Nevada was won by incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt (D–New York), running with Secretary Henry A. Wallace, with 60.08% of the popular vote, against Wendell Willkie (R–New York), running with Minority Leader Charles L. McNary, with 39.92% of the popular vote. [3] [4] As of the 2024 presidential election , this is the last election in which Lyon County and Churchill County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate. [5]

Results

General Election Results [6]
PartyPledged toElectorVotes
Democratic Party Franklin D. RooseveltRuth C. Ruddell31,945
Democratic Party Franklin D. RooseveltC. W. Springer31,945
Democratic Party Franklin D. RooseveltJoseph A. Wallace31,945
Republican Party Wendell WillkieMark Bradshaw21,229
Republican Party Wendell WillkieN. H. Chapin21,229
Republican Party Wendell WillkieEdward F. Lunsford21,229
Votes cast [a] 53,174

Results by county

CountyFranklin Delano Roosevelt
Democratic		Wendell Lewis Willkie
Republican		MarginTotal votes cast [6]
# %# %# %
Churchill 1,26751.97%1,17148.03%963.94%2,438
Clark 5,15470.37%2,17029.63%2,98440.74%7,324
Douglas 33035.79%59264.21%-262-28.42%922
Elko 3,01662.85%1,78337.15%1,23325.69%4,799
Esmeralda 63968.64%29231.36%34737.27%931
Eureka 35355.42%28444.58%6910.83%637
Humboldt 1,36763.40%78936.60%37819.33%1,956
Lander 47554.72%39345.28%829.45%868
Lincoln 1,60177.64%46122.36%1,14055.29%2,062
Lyon 1,06752.56%96347.44%1045.12%2,030
Mineral 69363.06%40636.94%28726.11%1,099
Nye 1,20662.33%72937.67%47724.65%1,935
Ormsby 78551.21%74848.79%372.41%1,533
Pershing 69653.95%59446.05%1027.91%1,290
Storey 38263.04%22436.96%15826.07%606
Washoe 9,24353.41%8,06246.59%1,1816.82%17,305
White Pine 3,67170.07%1,56829.93%2,10340.14%5,239
Totals31,94560.08%21,22939.92%10,51619.85%52,974

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Based on totals for highest elector on each ticket

References

  1. ↑ "United States Presidential election of 1940 – Encyclopædia Britannica" . Retrieved August 21, 2018.
  2. ↑ "1940 Election for the Thirty-ninth Term (1941-45)" . Retrieved August 21, 2018.
  3. ↑ "1940 Presidential General Election Results – Nevada" . Retrieved August 21, 2018.
  4. ↑ "The American Presidency Project – Election of 1940" . Retrieved August 21, 2018.
  5. ↑ Sullivan, Robert David; 'How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century'; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
  6. 1 2 Official Returns of the General Election of 1940. Carson City, Nevada: State Printing Office. p. 18.


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