1940 United States presidential election in Indiana
November 5, 1940
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County Results
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| Elections in Indiana |
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A presidential election was held in Indiana on November 5, 1940, as part of the 1940 United States presidential election. The Republican ticket of the president of the Commonwealth & Southern Corporation Wendell Willkie and the senior U.S. senator from Oregon Charles L. McNary defeated the Democratic ticket of the incumbent president of the United States Franklin D. Roosevelt and the U.S. secretary of agriculture Henry A. Wallace. Roosevelt defeated Willkie in the national election with 449 electoral votes.[2]
General election
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Wendell Willkie Charles L. McNary |
899,466 | 50.45 | 8.56 | |
| Democratic | Franklin D. Roosevelt Henry A. Wallace |
874,063 | 49.03 | 7.60 | |
| Prohibition | Roger Babson Edgar V. Moorman |
6,437 | 0.36 | 0.36 | |
| Socialist | Norman Thomas Maynard C. Krueger |
2,075 | 0.12 | 0.11 | |
| Socialist Labor | John W. Aiken Aaron M. Orange |
706 | 0.04 | 0.04 | |
| Total votes | 1,782,747 | 100.00 | |||
Results by county
| County | Wendell Willkie Republican |
Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic |
Others | Margin | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | ||
| Adams | 5,247 | 53.93% | 4,382 | 45.04% | 101 | 1.04% | 865 | 8.89% | 9,730 |
| Allen | 40,430 | 57.18% | 29,967 | 42.38% | 312 | 0.44% | 10,463 | 14.80% | 70,709 |
| Bartholomew | 7,890 | 48.84% | 8,180 | 50.63% | 86 | 0.53% | -290 | -1.79% | 16,156 |
| Benton | 3,675 | 57.57% | 2,689 | 42.12% | 20 | 0.31% | 986 | 15.44% | 6,384 |
| Blackford | 3,352 | 44.52% | 4,095 | 54.38% | 83 | 1.10% | -743 | -9.87% | 7,530 |
| Boone | 7,066 | 53.26% | 6,152 | 46.37% | 49 | 0.37% | 914 | 6.89% | 13,267 |
| Brown | 1,477 | 46.74% | 1,662 | 52.59% | 21 | 0.66% | -185 | -5.85% | 3,160 |
| Carroll | 5,012 | 54.05% | 4,214 | 45.44% | 47 | 0.51% | 798 | 8.61% | 9,273 |
| Cass | 10,057 | 49.33% | 10,268 | 50.37% | 61 | 0.30% | -211 | -1.04% | 20,386 |
| Clark | 6,044 | 40.02% | 9,015 | 59.69% | 45 | 0.30% | -2,971 | -19.67% | 15,104 |
| Clay | 7,768 | 51.40% | 7,255 | 48.00% | 91 | 0.60% | 513 | 3.39% | 15,114 |
| Clinton | 8,610 | 52.36% | 7,732 | 47.02% | 102 | 0.62% | 878 | 5.34% | 16,444 |
| Crawford | 2,652 | 47.97% | 2,836 | 51.29% | 41 | 0.74% | -184 | -3.33% | 5,529 |
| Daviess | 7,615 | 54.10% | 6,401 | 45.48% | 59 | 0.42% | 1,214 | 8.63% | 14,075 |
| Dearborn | 5,908 | 49.29% | 6,038 | 50.37% | 41 | 0.34% | -130 | -1.08% | 11,987 |
| Decatur | 6,087 | 57.71% | 4,417 | 41.88% | 43 | 0.41% | 1,670 | 15.83% | 10,547 |
| DeKalb | 7,676 | 57.17% | 5,690 | 42.38% | 60 | 0.45% | 1,986 | 14.79% | 13,426 |
| Delaware | 17,616 | 45.53% | 20,836 | 53.85% | 239 | 0.62% | -3,220 | -8.32% | 38,691 |
| Dubois | 4,729 | 44.01% | 5,992 | 55.77% | 24 | 0.22% | -1,263 | -11.75% | 10,745 |
| Elkhart | 19,735 | 58.53% | 13,620 | 40.40% | 361 | 1.07% | 6,115 | 18.14% | 33,716 |
| Fayette | 5,567 | 49.94% | 5,542 | 49.72% | 38 | 0.34% | 25 | 0.22% | 11,147 |
| Floyd | 8,056 | 42.53% | 10,799 | 57.00% | 89 | 0.47% | -2,743 | -14.48% | 18,944 |
| Fountain | 5,771 | 54.59% | 4,783 | 45.24% | 18 | 0.17% | 988 | 9.35% | 10,572 |
| Franklin | 4,381 | 58.11% | 3,142 | 41.68% | 16 | 0.21% | 1,239 | 16.43% | 7,539 |
| Fulton | 5,532 | 58.40% | 3,879 | 40.95% | 61 | 0.64% | 1,653 | 17.45% | 9,472 |
| Gibson | 8,326 | 48.34% | 8,709 | 50.57% | 188 | 1.09% | -383 | -2.22% | 17,223 |
| Grant | 15,187 | 52.77% | 13,257 | 46.06% | 335 | 1.16% | 1,930 | 6.71% | 28,779 |
| Greene | 9,071 | 50.71% | 8,718 | 48.73% | 100 | 0.56% | 353 | 1.97% | 17,889 |
| Hamilton | 8,931 | 64.73% | 4,791 | 34.72% | 75 | 0.54% | 4,140 | 30.01% | 13,797 |
| Hancock | 5,283 | 48.98% | 5,417 | 50.23% | 85 | 0.79% | -134 | -1.24% | 10,785 |
| Harrison | 4,650 | 49.26% | 4,725 | 50.06% | 64 | 0.68% | -75 | -0.79% | 9,439 |
| Hendricks | 6,782 | 57.92% | 4,883 | 41.70% | 45 | 0.38% | 1,899 | 16.22% | 11,710 |
| Henry | 11,051 | 52.98% | 9,623 | 46.14% | 184 | 0.88% | 1,428 | 6.85% | 20,858 |
| Howard | 11,855 | 47.82% | 12,655 | 51.04% | 283 | 1.14% | -800 | -3.23% | 24,793 |
| Huntington | 9,110 | 55.22% | 7,220 | 43.77% | 167 | 1.01% | 1,890 | 11.46% | 16,497 |
| Jackson | 6,281 | 45.13% | 7,557 | 54.30% | 79 | 0.57% | -1,276 | -9.17% | 13,917 |
| Jasper | 4,462 | 61.62% | 2,751 | 37.99% | 28 | 0.39% | 1,711 | 23.63% | 7,241 |
| Jay | 6,478 | 49.27% | 6,554 | 49.84% | 117 | 0.89% | -76 | -0.58% | 13,149 |
| Jefferson | 5,957 | 55.80% | 4,688 | 43.91% | 31 | 0.29% | 1,269 | 11.89% | 10,676 |
| Jennings | 3,921 | 56.51% | 2,989 | 43.08% | 29 | 0.42% | 932 | 13.43% | 6,939 |
| Johnson | 6,451 | 50.18% | 6,350 | 49.39% | 56 | 0.44% | 101 | 0.79% | 12,857 |
| Knox | 11,211 | 47.52% | 12,265 | 51.99% | 114 | 0.48% | -1,054 | -4.47% | 23,590 |
| Kosciusko | 9,879 | 62.68% | 5,768 | 36.60% | 113 | 0.72% | 4,111 | 26.09% | 15,760 |
| LaGrange | 3,731 | 63.43% | 2,124 | 36.11% | 27 | 0.46% | 1,607 | 27.32% | 5,882 |
| Lake | 45,898 | 38.79% | 71,985 | 60.83% | 447 | 0.38% | -26,087 | -22.05% | 118,330 |
| LaPorte | 15,771 | 53.29% | 13,732 | 46.40% | 90 | 0.30% | 2,039 | 6.89% | 29,593 |
| Lawrence | 10,717 | 61.92% | 6,553 | 37.86% | 38 | 0.22% | 4,164 | 24.06% | 17,308 |
| Madison | 22,382 | 45.91% | 26,111 | 53.56% | 261 | 0.54% | -3,729 | -7.65% | 48,754 |
| Marion | 124,845 | 50.43% | 121,907 | 49.25% | 787 | 0.32% | 2,938 | 1.19% | 247,539 |
| Marshall | 7,718 | 56.41% | 5,852 | 42.77% | 111 | 0.81% | 1,866 | 13.64% | 13,681 |
| Martin | 2,902 | 52.28% | 2,638 | 47.52% | 11 | 0.20% | 264 | 4.76% | 5,551 |
| Miami | 8,217 | 52.76% | 7,252 | 46.56% | 106 | 0.68% | 965 | 6.20% | 15,575 |
| Monroe | 10,311 | 55.74% | 8,117 | 43.88% | 71 | 0.38% | 2,194 | 11.86% | 18,499 |
| Montgomery | 8,554 | 54.78% | 6,994 | 44.79% | 68 | 0.44% | 1,560 | 9.99% | 15,616 |
| Morgan | 6,613 | 57.29% | 4,895 | 42.40% | 36 | 0.31% | 1,718 | 14.88% | 11,544 |
| Newton | 3,536 | 62.32% | 2,116 | 37.29% | 22 | 0.39% | 1,420 | 25.03% | 5,674 |
| Noble | 7,443 | 59.46% | 5,014 | 40.06% | 60 | 0.48% | 2,429 | 19.41% | 12,517 |
| Ohio | 1,186 | 49.33% | 1,210 | 50.33% | 8 | 0.33% | -24 | -1.00% | 2,404 |
| Orange | 5,519 | 57.77% | 4,003 | 41.90% | 31 | 0.32% | 1,516 | 15.87% | 9,553 |
| Owen | 3,709 | 54.00% | 3,121 | 45.44% | 38 | 0.55% | 588 | 8.56% | 6,868 |
| Parke | 5,242 | 54.14% | 4,384 | 45.28% | 57 | 0.59% | 858 | 8.86% | 9,683 |
| Perry | 4,489 | 50.00% | 4,475 | 49.84% | 14 | 0.16% | 14 | 0.16% | 8,978 |
| Pike | 4,672 | 50.91% | 4,449 | 48.48% | 56 | 0.61% | 223 | 2.43% | 9,177 |
| Porter | 8,270 | 58.40% | 5,840 | 41.24% | 51 | 0.36% | 2,430 | 17.16% | 14,161 |
| Posey | 4,514 | 47.06% | 5,022 | 52.35% | 57 | 0.59% | -508 | -5.30% | 9,593 |
| Pulaski | 3,472 | 52.70% | 3,021 | 45.86% | 95 | 1.44% | 451 | 6.85% | 6,588 |
| Putnam | 5,832 | 49.00% | 6,020 | 50.58% | 49 | 0.41% | -188 | -1.58% | 11,901 |
| Randolph | 8,033 | 57.19% | 5,787 | 41.20% | 226 | 1.61% | 2,246 | 15.99% | 14,046 |
| Ripley | 6,061 | 55.44% | 4,834 | 44.21% | 38 | 0.35% | 1,227 | 11.22% | 10,933 |
| Rush | 6,486 | 60.02% | 4,282 | 39.62% | 39 | 0.36% | 2,204 | 20.39% | 10,807 |
| St. Joseph | 36,164 | 44.02% | 45,620 | 55.53% | 374 | 0.46% | -9,456 | -11.51% | 82,158 |
| Scott | 2,285 | 45.96% | 2,668 | 53.66% | 19 | 0.38% | -383 | -7.70% | 4,972 |
| Shelby | 7,216 | 47.02% | 8,015 | 52.22% | 117 | 0.76% | -799 | -5.21% | 15,348 |
| Spencer | 5,667 | 57.31% | 4,180 | 42.27% | 42 | 0.42% | 1,487 | 15.04% | 9,889 |
| Starke | 3,473 | 54.16% | 2,917 | 45.49% | 22 | 0.34% | 556 | 8.67% | 6,412 |
| Steuben | 5,056 | 66.35% | 2,524 | 33.12% | 40 | 0.52% | 2,532 | 33.23% | 7,620 |
| Sullivan | 6,471 | 42.32% | 8,667 | 56.69% | 151 | 0.99% | -2,196 | -14.36% | 15,289 |
| Switzerland | 2,285 | 46.01% | 2,659 | 53.54% | 22 | 0.44% | -374 | -7.53% | 4,966 |
| Tippecanoe | 16,148 | 56.96% | 12,129 | 42.78% | 73 | 0.26% | 4,019 | 14.18% | 28,350 |
| Tipton | 4,749 | 52.90% | 4,173 | 46.48% | 56 | 0.62% | 576 | 6.42% | 8,978 |
| Union | 2,009 | 58.35% | 1,415 | 41.10% | 19 | 0.55% | 594 | 17.25% | 3,443 |
| Vanderburgh | 28,417 | 42.25% | 38,567 | 57.33% | 283 | 0.42% | -10,150 | -15.09% | 67,267 |
| Vermillion | 5,716 | 47.74% | 6,174 | 51.57% | 83 | 0.69% | -458 | -3.83% | 11,973 |
| Vigo | 23,177 | 43.99% | 29,308 | 55.63% | 199 | 0.38% | -6,131 | -11.64% | 52,684 |
| Wabash | 8,755 | 61.11% | 5,431 | 37.91% | 141 | 0.98% | 3,324 | 23.20% | 14,327 |
| Warren | 2,999 | 60.71% | 1,927 | 39.01% | 14 | 0.28% | 1,072 | 21.70% | 4,940 |
| Warrick | 5,456 | 51.88% | 5,019 | 47.72% | 42 | 0.40% | 437 | 4.16% | 10,517 |
| Washington | 4,216 | 48.37% | 4,471 | 51.30% | 29 | 0.33% | -255 | -2.93% | 8,716 |
| Wayne | 15,058 | 51.27% | 14,139 | 48.14% | 173 | 0.59% | 919 | 3.13% | 29,370 |
| Wells | 4,898 | 47.75% | 5,236 | 51.05% | 123 | 1.20% | -338 | -3.30% | 10,257 |
| White | 5,189 | 55.15% | 4,176 | 44.38% | 44 | 0.47% | 1,013 | 10.77% | 9,409 |
| Whitley | 5,100 | 53.34% | 4,404 | 46.06% | 57 | 0.60% | 696 | 7.28% | 9,561 |
| TOTAL | 899,466 | 50.45% | 874,063 | 49.03% | 9,218 | 0.52% | 25,403 | 1.42% | 1,782,747 |
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
See also
References
- ^ Indiana 1941, p. 1,166.
- ^ Petersen 1963, p. 97.
- ^ a b Indiana 1941, pp. 1, 115–16.
Bibliography
- Indiana (1941). Year Book of the State of Indiana for the Year 1940. Indianapolis: Division of Accounting and Statistics.
- Petersen, Svend (1963). A Statistical History of the American Presidential Elections. New York: Frederick Ungar Publishing Company. LCCN 62-21786.