1940 United States presidential election in Iowa
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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 11[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Iowa was won by Wendell Willkie (R–New York), running with Minority Leader Charles L. McNary, with 52.03% of the popular vote, against incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt (D–New York), running with Secretary Henry A. Wallace (who resides in Iowa), with 47.62% of the popular vote.[3][4]
This is the fourth most recent election in which Iowa voted for a different candidate than neighboring Wisconsin, a phenomenon that has only repeated three times since - in 1976, 2004, and 2020.
As of 2024 this is the last time a winning candidate loses the home state of his running mate.
Results
[edit]| 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
[edit]| County[5] | Wendell Lewis Willkie 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 |
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
[edit]- Allamakee
- Bremer
- Buchanan
- Butler
- Cedar
- Cherokee
- Chickasaw
- Clarke
- Clayton
- Clinton
- Crawford
- Des Moines
- Dubuque
- Fayette
- Franklin
- Greene
- Grundy
- Hancock
- Hardin
- Harrison
- Howard
- Ida
- Iowa
- Jackson
- Jones
- Keokuk
- Lee
- Linn
- Lousia
- Lucas
- Lyon
- Mahaska
- Mills
- Mitchell
- Muscatine
- O'Brien
- Osceola
- Plymouth
- Pottawattamie
- Sac
- Sioux
- Shelby
- Story
- Wayne
- Winnebago
- Winneshiek
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "United States Presidential election of 1940 - Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved August 19, 2018.
- ^ "1940 Election for the Thirty-ninth Term (1941-45)". Retrieved August 19, 2018.
- ^ "1940 Presidential General Election Results - Iowa". Retrieved August 19, 2018.
- ^ "The American Presidency Project - Election of 1940". Retrieved August 19, 2018.
- ^ "IA US President Race, November 05, 1940". Our Campaigns.
