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1940 United States presidential election in Iowa

← 1936 November 5, 1940[1] 1944 →

All 11 Iowa votes to the Electoral College
 
Nominee Wendell Willkie Franklin D. Roosevelt
Party Republican Democratic
Home state Indiana New York
Running mate Charles L. McNary Henry A. Wallace
Electoral vote 11 0
Popular vote 632,370 578,800
Percentage 52.0% 47.6%

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 eleven[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Iowa was won by Wendell Willkie (RIndiana), 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, with 47.62% of the popular vote.[3][4]

Results

1940 United States presidential election in Iowa
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Wendell Willkie 632,370 52.03%
Democratic Franklin D. Roosevelt (inc.) 578,800 47.62%
Prohibition Roger W. Babson 2,284 0.19%
Communist Earl R. Browder 1,524 0.13%
Socialist Labor John W. Aiken 452 0.04%
Total votes 1,215,430 100%

Results by county

County[5] Wendell Lewis Wilkie
Republican
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Democratic
Roger Ward Babson
Prohibition
Earl Russell Browder
Communist
John W. Aiken
Socialist Labor
Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # % # % # %
Adair 3,907 58.77% 2,734 41.13% 6 0.09% 1 0.02% 0 0.00% 1,173 17.64% 6,648
Adams 3,182 60.13% 2,088 39.46% 16 0.30% 5 0.09% 1 0.02% 1,094 20.67% 5,292
Allamakee 5,840 64.02% 3,258 35.72% 5 0.05% 18 0.20% 1 0.01% 2,582 28.31% 9,122
Appanoose 6,032 49.43% 6,069 49.74% 40 0.33% 57 0.47% 4 0.03% -37 -0.30% 12,202
Audubon 2,632 44.80% 3,236 55.08% 1 0.02% 6 0.10% 0 0.00% -604 -10.28% 5,875
Benton 5,298 49.55% 5,363 50.15% 18 0.17% 7 0.07% 7 0.07% -65 -0.61% 10,693
Black Hawk 17,132 49.61% 17,305 50.11% 47 0.14% 40 0.12% 8 0.02% -173 -0.50% 34,532
Boone 5,227 41.92% 7,168 57.49% 55 0.44% 16 0.13% 3 0.02% -1,941 -15.57% 12,469
Bremer 5,374 63.26% 3,103 36.53% 11 0.13% 6 0.07% 1 0.01% 2,271 26.73% 8,495
Buchanan 5,630 54.61% 4,649 45.10% 23 0.22% 4 0.04% 3 0.03% 981 9.52% 10,309
Buena Vista 4,576 48.69% 4,784 50.90% 29 0.31% 3 0.03% 7 0.07% -208 -2.21% 9,399
Butler 4,848 63.56% 2,760 36.18% 12 0.16% 1 0.01% 7 0.09% 2,088 27.37% 7,628
Calhoun 3,792 46.46% 4,344 53.23% 12 0.15% 8 0.10% 5 0.06% -552 -6.76% 8,161
Carroll 5,376 49.22% 5,526 50.59% 14 0.13% 6 0.05% 1 0.01% -150 -1.37% 10,923
Cass 6,377 62.69% 3,763 36.99% 26 0.26% 6 0.06% 0 0.00% 2,614 25.70% 10,172
Cedar 5,521 62.45% 3,293 37.25% 10 0.11% 9 0.10% 7 0.08% 2,228 25.20% 8,840
Cerro Gordo 9,728 47.20% 10,839 52.59% 27 0.13% 15 0.07% 3 0.01% -1,111 -5.39% 20,612
Cherokee 4,458 53.50% 3,855 46.27% 15 0.18% 3 0.04% 1 0.01% 603 7.24% 8,332
Chickasaw 4,440 52.71% 3,981 47.26% 1 0.01% 1 0.01% 0 0.00% 459 5.45% 8,423
Clarke 2,962 53.76% 2,513 45.61% 29 0.53% 5 0.09% 1 0.02% 449 8.15% 5,510
Clay 3,673 45.77% 4,328 53.93% 19 0.24% 1 0.01% 4 0.05% -655 -8.16% 8,025
Clayton 7,443 59.86% 4,973 40.00% 10 0.08% 4 0.03% 4 0.03% 2,470 19.86% 12,434
Clinton 12,177 54.17% 10,251 45.60% 15 0.07% 17 0.08% 18 0.08% 1,926 8.57% 22,478
Crawford 5,284 55.92% 4,130 43.71% 8 0.08% 17 0.18% 10 0.11% 1,154 12.21% 9,449
Dallas 6,218 49.24% 6,279 49.72% 56 0.44% 73 0.58% 2 0.02% -61 -0.48% 12,628
Davis 2,975 46.65% 3,374 52.91% 23 0.36% 4 0.06% 1 0.02% -399 -6.26% 6,377
Decatur 3,494 46.91% 3,938 52.87% 9 0.12% 5 0.07% 2 0.03% -444 -5.96% 7,448
Delaware 6,175 67.30% 2,985 32.53% 8 0.09% 6 0.07% 2 0.02% 3,190 34.76% 9,176
Des Moines 10,988 62.34% 6,578 37.32% 36 0.20% 11 0.06% 12 0.07% 4,410 25.02% 17,625
Dickinson 2,736 47.65% 2,985 51.99% 15 0.26% 3 0.05% 3 0.05% -249 -4.34% 5,742
Dubuque 14,590 51.30% 13,805 48.54% 16 0.06% 11 0.04% 19 0.07% 785 2.76% 28,441
Emmet 3,053 49.27% 3,097 49.98% 16 0.26% 28 0.45% 3 0.05% -44 -0.71% 6,197
Fayette 8,237 57.43% 6,066 42.30% 18 0.13% 20 0.14% 1 0.01% 2,171 15.14% 14,342
Floyd 5,829 58.11% 4,167 41.54% 22 0.22% 9 0.09% 4 0.04% 1,662 16.57% 10,031
Franklin 3,623 49.56% 3,540 48.43% 13 0.18% 130 1.78% 4 0.05% 83 1.14% 7,310
Fremont 3,825 49.27% 3,914 50.41% 18 0.23% 6 0.08% 1 0.01% -89 -1.15% 7,764
Greene 3,920 52.22% 3,566 47.51% 13 0.17% 6 0.08% 1 0.01% 354 4.72% 7,506
Grundy 3,908 58.56% 2,745 41.13% 16 0.24% 3 0.04% 2 0.03% 1,163 17.43% 6,674
Guthrie 4,733 57.33% 3,489 42.27% 23 0.28% 7 0.08% 3 0.04% 1,244 15.07% 8,255
Hamilton 4,183 44.03% 5,279 55.56% 23 0.24% 13 0.14% 3 0.03% -1,096 -11.54% 9,501
Hancock 3,632 50.63% 3,514 48.99% 14 0.20% 12 0.17% 1 0.01% 118 1.65% 7,173
Hardin 5,692 54.26% 4,764 45.41% 25 0.24% 4 0.04% 6 0.06% 928 8.85% 10,491
Harrison 6,094 53.33% 5,317 46.53% 10 0.09% 7 0.06% 0 0.00% 777 6.80% 11,428
Henry 5,893 67.36% 2,837 32.43% 18 0.21% 1 0.01% 0 0.00% 3,056 34.93% 8,749
Howard 3,714 50.16% 3,675 49.63% 5 0.07% 7 0.09% 4 0.05% 39 0.53% 7,405
Humboldt 2,853 46.44% 3,268 53.20% 9 0.15% 13 0.21% 0 0.00% -415 -6.76% 6,143
Ida 3,166 57.70% 2,306 42.03% 8 0.15% 7 0.13% 0 0.00% 860 15.67% 5,487
Iowa 4,696 55.33% 3,649 42.99% 14 0.16% 120 1.41% 9 0.11% 1,047 12.34% 8,488
Jackson 5,417 56.07% 4,218 43.66% 8 0.08% 10 0.10% 8 0.08% 1,199 12.41% 9,661
Jasper 7,240 46.95% 8,129 52.71% 26 0.17% 20 0.13% 6 0.04% -889 -5.76% 15,421
Jefferson 4,891 58.67% 3,402 40.81% 36 0.43% 5 0.06% 2 0.02% 1,489 17.86% 8,336
Johnson 7,206 44.27% 9,017 55.39% 16 0.10% 30 0.18% 9 0.06% -1,811 -11.13% 16,278
Jones 5,630 56.70% 4,273 43.04% 10 0.10% 16 0.16% 0 0.00% 1,357 13.67% 9,929
Keokuk 5,394 54.00% 4,552 45.57% 35 0.35% 4 0.04% 3 0.03% 842 8.43% 9,988
Kossuth 5,639 46.35% 6,502 53.45% 8 0.07% 13 0.11% 3 0.02% -863 -7.09% 12,165
Lee 10,616 53.71% 9,117 46.12% 19 0.10% 11 0.06% 3 0.02% 1,499 7.58% 19,766
Linn 23,581 54.54% 19,531 45.17% 75 0.17% 27 0.06% 21 0.05% 4,050 9.37% 43,235
Louisa 3,330 59.18% 2,247 39.93% 21 0.37% 28 0.50% 1 0.02% 1,083 19.25% 5,627
Lucas 3,806 53.24% 3,255 45.53% 33 0.46% 50 0.70% 5 0.07% 551 7.71% 7,149
Lyon 3,880 59.33% 2,648 40.49% 6 0.09% 6 0.09% 0 0.00% 1,232 18.84% 6,540
Madison 4,477 58.91% 3,094 40.71% 25 0.33% 3 0.04% 1 0.01% 1,383 18.20% 7,600
Mahaska 6,123 51.12% 5,757 48.07% 83 0.69% 7 0.06% 7 0.06% 366 3.06% 11,977
Marion 5,763 45.19% 6,915 54.22% 48 0.38% 25 0.20% 2 0.02% -1,152 -9.03% 12,753
Marshall 8,503 56.44% 6,497 43.13% 46 0.31% 16 0.11% 3 0.02% 2,006 13.32% 15,065
Mills 3,873 57.39% 2,862 42.41% 8 0.12% 4 0.06% 2 0.03% 1,011 14.98% 6,749
Mitchell 3,947 56.49% 3,025 43.29% 11 0.16% 3 0.04% 1 0.01% 922 13.20% 6,987
Monona 4,192 46.63% 4,783 53.20% 4 0.04% 11 0.12% 0 0.00% -591 -6.57% 8,990
Monroe 3,270 44.57% 3,994 54.44% 46 0.63% 23 0.31% 3 0.04% -724 -9.87% 7,336
Montgomery 4,848 58.98% 3,332 40.54% 24 0.29% 15 0.18% 1 0.01% 1,516 18.44% 8,220
Muscatine 8,543 59.24% 5,825 40.39% 28 0.19% 13 0.09% 12 0.08% 2,718 18.85% 14,421
O'Brien 4,760 53.30% 4,133 46.28% 18 0.20% 19 0.21% 1 0.01% 627 7.02% 8,931
Osceola 2,425 51.14% 2,288 48.25% 9 0.19% 16 0.34% 4 0.08% 137 2.89% 4,742
Page 7,407 64.04% 4,102 35.47% 42 0.36% 10 0.09% 5 0.04% 3,305 28.58% 11,566
Palo Alto 3,322 42.47% 4,482 57.30% 13 0.17% 4 0.05% 1 0.01% -1,160 -14.83% 7,822
Plymouth 7,725 66.72% 3,831 33.09% 14 0.12% 9 0.08% 0 0.00% 3,894 33.63% 11,579
Pocahontas 2,985 41.92% 4,118 57.83% 10 0.14% 4 0.06% 4 0.06% -1,133 -15.91% 7,121
Polk 41,245 44.26% 51,647 55.42% 176 0.19% 77 0.08% 48 0.05% -10,402 -11.16% 93,193
Pottawattamie 15,929 51.07% 15,221 48.80% 20 0.06% 12 0.04% 6 0.02% 708 2.27% 31,188
Poweshiek 4,773 49.66% 4,794 49.88% 32 0.33% 8 0.08% 4 0.04% -21 -0.22% 9,611
Ringgold 3,507 59.50% 2,374 40.28% 9 0.15% 4 0.07% 0 0.00% 1,133 19.22% 5,894
Sac 4,358 53.66% 3,754 46.23% 2 0.02% 7 0.09% 0 0.00% 604 7.44% 8,121
Scott 18,504 46.69% 20,996 52.98% 59 0.15% 50 0.13% 21 0.05% -2,492 -6.29% 39,630
Shelby 4,613 54.53% 3,811 45.05% 17 0.20% 16 0.19% 3 0.04% 802 9.48% 8,460
Sioux 7,585 64.55% 4,144 35.27% 16 0.14% 3 0.03% 2 0.02% 3,441 29.29% 11,750
Story 7,853 52.11% 7,152 47.46% 53 0.35% 9 0.06% 3 0.02% 701 4.65% 15,070
Tama 5,865 49.31% 5,996 50.42% 12 0.10% 16 0.13% 4 0.03% -131 -1.10% 11,893
Taylor 4,420 59.56% 2,976 40.10% 19 0.26% 2 0.03% 4 0.05% 1,444 19.46% 7,421
Union 5,421 62.54% 3,229 37.25% 11 0.13% 6 0.07% 1 0.01% 2,192 25.29% 8,668
Van Buren 4,108 62.72% 2,416 36.89% 24 0.37% 2 0.03% 0 0.00% 1,692 25.83% 6,550
Wapello 9,039 43.03% 11,880 56.56% 44 0.21% 27 0.13% 16 0.08% -2,841 -13.52% 21,006
Warren 5,016 56.21% 3,856 43.21% 31 0.35% 14 0.16% 6 0.07% 1,160 13.00% 8,923
Washington 5,649 58.11% 4,030 41.46% 29 0.30% 9 0.09% 4 0.04% 1,619 16.65% 9,721
Wayne 3,748 50.64% 3,625 48.98% 12 0.16% 12 0.16% 4 0.05% 123 1.66% 7,401
Webster 7,583 41.29% 10,731 58.43% 28 0.15% 12 0.07% 12 0.07% -3,148 -17.14% 18,366
Winnebago 3,308 51.78% 3,051 47.76% 17 0.27% 10 0.16% 2 0.03% 257 4.02% 6,388
Winneshiek 6,208 53.35% 5,405 46.45% 12 0.10% 8 0.07% 4 0.03% 803 6.90% 11,637
Woodbury 22,832 48.19% 24,457 51.62% 33 0.07% 41 0.09% 15 0.03% -1,625 -3.43% 47,378
Worth 2,434 44.62% 3,007 55.12% 12 0.22% 2 0.04% 0 0.00% -573 -10.50% 5,455
Wright 4,443 47.52% 4,871 52.10% 17 0.18% 14 0.15% 5 0.05% -428 -4.58% 9,350
Totals 632,370 52.03% 578,802 47.62% 2,284 0.19% 1,524 0.13% 452 0.04% 53,568 4.41% 1,215,432

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.