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Willkie did nonetheless make considerable gains vis-à-vis the previous Republican nominee, [[Alf Landon]], who remains the solitary Republican nominee to not carry a single county in the state. Willkie carried seven counties scattered across the state and gained twenty percentage points on Landon’s performance. |
Willkie did nonetheless make considerable gains vis-à-vis the previous Republican nominee, [[Alf Landon]], who remains the solitary Republican nominee to not carry a single county in the state. Willkie carried seven counties scattered across the state and gained twenty percentage points on Landon’s performance. |
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This remains the last election when the Democrats have won [[Sutter County, California|Sutter County]], which {{As of|2016|11|alt=as of the [[United States presidential election, 2016|2016 presidential election]]}}, stands as the longest run voting for one party by any California county.<ref name="How">Sullivan, Robert David; [http://www.americamagazine.org/content/unconventional-wisdom/how-red-and-blue-map-evolved-over-past-century ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’]; ''America Magazine'' in ''The National Catholic Review''; June 29, 2016</ref> [[Mono County, California|Mono County]] would not vote Democratic again until [[John Kerry]] in 2004.<ref> Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004, p. 131 {{ISBN|0786422173}}</ref> |
This remains the last election when the Democrats have won [[Sutter County, California|Sutter County]], which {{As of|2016|11|alt=as of the [[United States presidential election, 2016|2016 presidential election]]}}, stands as the longest run voting for one party by any California county.<ref name="How">Sullivan, Robert David; [http://www.americamagazine.org/content/unconventional-wisdom/how-red-and-blue-map-evolved-over-past-century ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’]; ''America Magazine'' in ''The National Catholic Review''; June 29, 2016</ref> [[Mono County, California|Mono County]] would not vote Democratic again until [[John Kerry]] in[[United States presidential election in California, 2004|2004]].<ref> Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004, p. 131 {{ISBN|0786422173}}</ref> |
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==Results== |
==Results== |
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In the 1940 United States presidential election, California voted for the Democratic incumbent, Franklin Roosevelt, over the Republican challenger, businessman Wendell Willkie.
Willkie did nonetheless make considerable gains vis-à-vis the previous Republican nominee, Alf Landon, who remains the solitary Republican nominee to not carry a single county in the state. Willkie carried seven counties scattered across the state and gained twenty percentage points on Landon’s performance.
This remains the last election when the Democrats have won Sutter County, which as of the 2016 presidential election[update], stands as the longest run voting for one party by any California county.[1] Mono County would not vote Democratic again until John Kerry in2004.[2]
Results
United States presidential election in California, 1940[3] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
Democratic | Franklin D. Roosevelt (incumbent) | 1,877,618 | 57.44% | 22 | |
Republican | Wendell Willkie | 1,351,419 | 41.34% | 0 | |
Progressive | Norman Thomas | 16,506 | 0.50% | 0 | |
Communist | Earl Russell Browder | 13,586 | 0.42% | 0 | |
Prohibition | Roger Babson | 9,400 | 0.29% | 0 | |
No party | Write-ins | 262 | 0.01% | 0 | |
Invalid or blank votes | — | ||||
Totals | 3,268,791 | 100.00% | 22 | ||
Voter turnout | — |
Results by county
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Democratic |
Wendell Lewis Willkie Republican |
Various candidates Other parties |
Margin | |||||
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County | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # |
Plumas | 72.11% | 3,418 | 26.79% | 1,270 | 1.10% | 52 | 45.32% | 2,148 |
Solano | 70.58% | 15,054 | 28.51% | 6,081 | 0.90% | 193 | 42.07% | 8,973 |
Lassen | 69.17% | 4,367 | 30.13% | 1,902 | 0.70% | 44 | 39.05% | 2,465 |
Fresno | 69.07% | 48,866 | 29.79% | 21,079 | 1.14% | 805 | 39.27% | 27,787 |
Sacramento | 68.09% | 51,351 | 30.76% | 23,201 | 1.15% | 864 | 37.33% | 28,150 |
Shasta | 68.03% | 8,662 | 30.70% | 3,909 | 1.27% | 162 | 37.33% | 4,753 |
Madera | 67.61% | 5,749 | 31.20% | 2,653 | 1.19% | 101 | 36.41% | 3,096 |
Placer | 67.56% | 8,402 | 31.26% | 3,887 | 1.18% | 147 | 36.31% | 4,515 |
Kings | 67.43% | 8,307 | 31.75% | 3,911 | 0.83% | 102 | 35.68% | 4,396 |
Sierra | 66.98% | 1,057 | 32.38% | 511 | 0.63% | 10 | 34.60% | 546 |
El Dorado | 66.44% | 4,144 | 32.37% | 2,019 | 1.19% | 74 | 34.07% | 2,125 |
Amador | 66.14% | 2,762 | 32.85% | 1,372 | 1.01% | 42 | 33.29% | 1,390 |
Nevada | 66.01% | 5,782 | 32.69% | 2,863 | 1.30% | 114 | 33.33% | 2,919 |
Yuba | 64.57% | 4,660 | 34.24% | 2,471 | 1.19% | 86 | 30.33% | 2,189 |
Mariposa | 64.44% | 1,935 | 34.47% | 1,035 | 1.10% | 33 | 29.97% | 900 |
Trinity | 63.83% | 1,431 | 34.79% | 780 | 1.38% | 31 | 29.04% | 651 |
Siskiyou | 63.17% | 7,714 | 35.92% | 4,387 | 0.91% | 111 | 27.24% | 3,327 |
Tuolumne | 62.96% | 3,541 | 35.63% | 2,004 | 1.40% | 79 | 27.33% | 1,537 |
Merced | 62.57% | 10,501 | 36.35% | 6,101 | 1.08% | 182 | 26.22% | 4,400 |
Kern | 61.78% | 32,202 | 37.30% | 19,445 | 0.92% | 479 | 24.47% | 12,757 |
Contra Costa | 61.75% | 30,900 | 37.22% | 18,627 | 1.03% | 513 | 24.53% | 12,273 |
Modoc | 61.49% | 2,232 | 37.77% | 1,371 | 0.74% | 27 | 23.72% | 861 |
San Francisco | 59.51% | 185,607 | 39.26% | 122,449 | 1.23% | 3,822 | 20.25% | 63,158 |
Colusa | 59.48% | 2,655 | 39.74% | 1,774 | 0.78% | 35 | 19.74% | 881 |
Calaveras | 58.90% | 2,405 | 40.39% | 1,649 | 0.71% | 29 | 18.52% | 756 |
Yolo | 58.78% | 6,380 | 40.29% | 4,373 | 0.93% | 101 | 18.49% | 2,007 |
Butte | 58.15% | 10,684 | 40.46% | 7,433 | 1.39% | 255 | 17.70% | 3,251 |
Los Angeles | 58.13% | 822,718 | 40.58% | 574,266 | 1.29% | 18,285 | 17.56% | 248,452 |
Sutter | 57.11% | 4,195 | 42.06% | 3,089 | 0.83% | 61 | 15.06% | 1,106 |
Ventura | 57.00% | 15,182 | 42.15% | 11,225 | 0.85% | 227 | 14.86% | 3,957 |
Mendocino | 56.13% | 7,055 | 42.53% | 5,345 | 1.34% | 169 | 13.60% | 1,710 |
Humboldt | 55.98% | 12,329 | 43.00% | 9,470 | 1.02% | 225 | 12.98% | 2,859 |
Tulare | 55.96% | 20,129 | 42.85% | 15,414 | 1.19% | 428 | 13.11% | 4,715 |
San Diego | 55.57% | 71,188 | 43.27% | 55,434 | 1.16% | 1,488 | 12.30% | 15,754 |
Alameda | 55.21% | 148,224 | 43.56% | 116,961 | 1.23% | 3,311 | 11.64% | 31,263 |
Monterey | 55.00% | 14,758 | 44.01% | 11,810 | 0.99% | 265 | 10.99% | 2,948 |
Glenn | 54.96% | 3,095 | 43.92% | 2,473 | 1.12% | 63 | 11.05% | 622 |
Inyo | 54.65% | 1,820 | 44.53% | 1,483 | 0.81% | 27 | 10.12% | 337 |
Tehama | 54.59% | 3,618 | 43.95% | 2,913 | 1.46% | 97 | 10.64% | 705 |
San Bernardino | 54.47% | 37,520 | 44.30% | 30,511 | 1.23% | 847 | 10.18% | 7,009 |
Santa Barbara | 54.41% | 17,237 | 44.53% | 14,107 | 1.05% | 334 | 9.88% | 3,130 |
San Luis Obispo | 53.39% | 8,499 | 45.25% | 7,204 | 1.36% | 217 | 8.13% | 1,295 |
Napa | 52.68% | 6,771 | 46.09% | 5,924 | 1.23% | 158 | 6.59% | 847 |
Mono | 52.56% | 523 | 46.13% | 459 | 1.31% | 13 | 6.43% | 64 |
San Joaquin | 52.55% | 26,536 | 46.34% | 23,403 | 1.11% | 559 | 6.20% | 3,133 |
Imperial | 52.53% | 7,728 | 46.59% | 6,854 | 0.88% | 130 | 5.94% | 874 |
San Mateo | 52.38% | 29,831 | 46.60% | 26,539 | 1.02% | 581 | 5.78% | 3,292 |
Stanislaus | 51.96% | 16,494 | 46.63% | 14,803 | 1.41% | 449 | 5.33% | 1,691 |
Marin | 50.20% | 11,365 | 48.47% | 10,974 | 1.33% | 301 | 1.73% | 391 |
San Benito | 49.99% | 2,441 | 49.29% | 2,407 | 0.72% | 35 | 0.70% | 34 |
Santa Clara | 49.63% | 40,449 | 49.20% | 40,100 | 1.16% | 947 | 0.43% | 349 |
Santa Cruz | 47.51% | 10,683 | 50.93% | 11,453 | 1.56% | 350 | -3.42% | -770 |
Riverside | 47.20% | 20,003 | 51.39% | 21,779 | 1.41% | 598 | -4.19% | -1,776 |
Sonoma | 47.04% | 15,230 | 51.94% | 16,819 | 1.02% | 330 | -4.91% | -1,589 |
Lake | 45.70% | 1,897 | 53.36% | 2,215 | 0.94% | 39 | -7.66% | -318 |
Del Norte | 44.92% | 1,034 | 53.56% | 1,233 | 1.52% | 35 | -8.64% | -199 |
Orange | 43.44% | 28,236 | 55.49% | 36,070 | 1.06% | 691 | -12.05% | -7,834 |
Alpine | 32.98% | 62 | 66.49% | 125 | 0.53% | 1 | -33.51% | -63 |
References
- ^ Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
- ^ Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004, p. 131 ISBN 0786422173
- ^ "1940 Presidential General Election Results - California". Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved 2008-08-25.