1940 United States presidential election in South Carolina

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1940 United States presidential election in South Carolina
Flag of South Carolina.svg
  1936 November 5, 1940 1944  
  FDRoosevelt1938.jpg 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 vote80
Popular vote95,4704,360
Percentage95.63%4.36%

South Carolina Presidential Election Results 1940.svg
County Results
Roosevelt
  80-90%
  90-100%

The 1940 United States presidential election in South Carolina took place on November 5, 1940. All contemporary 48 states were part of the 1940 United States presidential election. State voters chose eight electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.

Contents

South Carolina was won by incumbent Democratic President Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York, who was running against Republican businessman Wendell Willkie of New York. Roosevelt ran with Henry A. Wallace of Iowa as his running mate, and Willkie ran with Senator Charles L. McNary of Oregon. Notably, Communist Party USA candidate Earl Browder was on the ballot in every county, but failed to win a single vote in the entire state. [1]

Roosevelt won South Carolina by a landslide margin of 91.27 points.

Results

1940 United States presidential election in South Carolina [2]
PartyCandidateRunning matePopular voteElectoral vote
Count%Count%
Democratic Franklin Delano Roosevelt of New York Henry Agard Wallace of Iowa 95,47095.63%8100.00%
Fusion Wendell Willkie Charles Linza McNary 4,360 [lower-alpha 1] [3] 4.36%00.00%
Write-in Roger Ward Babson of Massachusetts Edgar Moorman of Illinois 20.01%00.00%
Communist Earl Browder of New York William Z. Foster of Massachusetts 00.00%00.00%
Total99,832100.00%8100.00%

Results by county

1940 United States presidential election in South Carolina by county [4]
CountyFranklin Delano Roosevelt
Democratic
Wendell Lewis Willkie
Fusion [lower-alpha 1]
Earl Russell Browder
Communist
MarginTotal votes cast
# %# %# %# %
Abbeville 1,00796.92%323.08%00.00%97593.84%1,039
Aiken 2,77296.89%893.11%00.00%2,68393.78%2,861
Allendale 90596.79%303.21%00.00%87593.58%935
Anderson 3,76397.77%862.23%00.00%3,67795.54%3,849
Bamberg 90498.58%131.42%00.00%89197.16%917
Barnwell 1,84599.30%130.70%00.00%1,83298.60%1,858
Beaufort 58286.48%9113.52%00.00%49172.96%673
Berkeley 49084.34%9115.66%00.00%39968.68%581
Calhoun 65799.55%30.45%00.00%65499.10%660
Charleston 8,14585.58%1,37214.42%00.00%6,77371.16%9,517
Cherokee 2,06998.29%361.71%00.00%2,03396.58%2,105
Chester 1,93098.22%351.78%00.00%1,89596.44%1,965
Chesterfield 2,88099.31%200.69%00.00%2,86098.62%2,900
Clarendon 1,15495.53%544.47%00.00%1,10091.06%1,208
Colleton 1,19794.85%655.15%00.00%1,13289.70%1,262
Darlington 1,39595.88%604.12%00.00%1,33591.76%1,455
Dillon 86897.20%252.80%00.00%84394.40%893
Dorchester 99390.03%1109.97%00.00%88380.06%1,103
Edgefield 1,06599.16%90.84%00.00%1,05698.32%1,074
Fairfield 84897.70%202.30%00.00%82895.40%868
Florence 2,59796.47%953.53%00.00%2,50292.94%2,692
Georgetown 1,50390.65%1559.35%00.00%1,34881.30%1,658
Greenville 8,11894.05%5145.95%00.00%7,60488.10%8,632
Greenwood 2,91498.68%391.32%00.00%2,87597.36%2,953
Hampton 1,19898.04%241.96%00.00%1,17496.08%1,222
Horry 2,11192.79%1647.21%00.00%1,94785.58%2,275
Jasper 41891.07%418.93%00.00%37782.14%459
Kershaw 1,17498.32%201.68%00.00%1,15496.64%1,194
Lancaster 3,20599.57%140.43%00.00%3,19199.14%3,219
Laurens 2,69798.54%401.46%00.00%2,65797.08%2,737
Lee 82597.63%202.37%00.00%80595.26%845
Lexington 1,49698.88%171.12%00.00%1,47997.76%1,513
Marion 71697.55%182.45%00.00%69895.10%734
Marlboro 52697.59%132.41%00.00%51395.18%539
McCormick 41997.44%112.56%00.00%40894.88%430
Newberry 1,73998.03%351.97%00.00%1,70496.06%1,774
Oconee 1,59391.76%1438.24%00.00%1,45083.52%1,736
Orangeburg 2,35697.68%562.32%00.00%2,30095.36%2,412
Pickens 2,12296.54%763.46%00.00%2,04693.08%2,198
Richland 4,78196.62%1673.38%00.00%4,61493.24%4,948
Saluda 1,11598.67%151.33%00.00%1,10097.34%1,130
Spartanburg 9,11997.35%2482.65%00.00%8,87194.70%9,367
Union 3,66299.21%290.79%00.00%3,63398.42%3,691
Williamsburg 1,08996.97%343.03%00.00%1,05593.94%1,123
York 2,50895.51%1184.49%00.00%2,39091.02%2,626
Sumter [lower-alpha 2] 0N/A0N/A0N/AN/AN/A0
Totals95,47095.63%4,3604.37%00.00%91,11091.26%99,832 [lower-alpha 3]

Notes

  1. 1 2 Willkie total is a fusion of 2,496 "Jeffersonian Democratic", 1,727 "Republican" and 137 "Tolbert" elector ticket votes
  2. No returns were canvassed for Sumter County and voters in this county were listed in neighbouring counties
  3. There were two write-in votes for Prohibition Party nominee Roger Ward Babson not tabulated by county.

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References

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  2. "1940 Presidential General Election Results – South Carolina". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved December 23, 2013.
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