1940 United States presidential election in Mississippi
The 1940 United States presidential election in Mississippi took place on November 5, 1940, as part of the 1940 United States presidential election. Mississippi voters chose nine[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
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 County Results
Roosevelt 80-90% 90-100%
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| Elections in Mississippi |
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Mississippi was won by incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt (D–New York), running with Secretary Henry A. Wallace, with 95.70% of the popular vote, against Wendell Willkie (R–Indiana), running with Minority Leader Charles L. McNary, with 4.19% of the popular vote.[3][4]
By percentage of the popular vote won, Mississippi was the most lopsided contest in the nation, with a margin of over 91% for Roosevelt.
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Franklin D. Roosevelt (inc.) | 168,267 | 95.70% | |
| Republican | Wendell Willkie | 7,364 | 4.19% | |
| Socialist | Norman Thomas | 193 | 0.11% | |
| Total votes | 175,824 | 100% | ||
Results by county
| Franklin Delano Roosevelt Democratic |
Wendell Lewis Willkie Republican |
Norman Mattoon Thomas Socialist |
Margin | Total votes cast[5] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| County | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # |
| Adams | 1,869 | 91.80% | 166 | 8.15% | 1 | 0.05% | 1,703 | 83.64% | 2,036 |
| Alcorn | 2,934 | 95.63% | 133 | 4.34% | 1 | 0.03% | 2,801 | 91.30% | 3,068 |
| Amite | 1,435 | 95.73% | 64 | 4.27% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,371 | 91.46% | 1,499 |
| Attala | 2,049 | 96.65% | 63 | 2.97% | 8 | 0.38% | 1,986 | 93.68% | 2,120 |
| Benton | 935 | 97.50% | 24 | 2.50% | 0 | 0.00% | 911 | 94.99% | 959 |
| Bolivar | 2,974 | 92.68% | 234 | 7.29% | 1 | 0.03% | 2,740 | 85.38% | 3,209 |
| Calhoun | 1,958 | 96.36% | 74 | 3.64% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,884 | 92.72% | 2,032 |
| Carroll | 1,408 | 97.37% | 38 | 2.63% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,370 | 94.74% | 1,446 |
| Chickasaw | 1,764 | 96.76% | 58 | 3.18% | 1 | 0.05% | 1,706 | 93.58% | 1,823 |
| Choctaw | 1,212 | 94.84% | 66 | 5.16% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,146 | 89.67% | 1,278 |
| Claiborne | 737 | 94.61% | 32 | 4.11% | 10 | 1.28% | 705 | 90.50% | 779 |
| Clarke | 1,711 | 97.60% | 42 | 2.40% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,669 | 95.21% | 1,753 |
| Clay | 1,232 | 92.22% | 103 | 7.71% | 1 | 0.07% | 1,129 | 84.51% | 1,336 |
| Coahoma | 2,440 | 94.68% | 137 | 5.32% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,303 | 89.37% | 2,577 |
| Copiah | 2,335 | 97.94% | 49 | 2.06% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,286 | 95.89% | 2,384 |
| Covington | 1,419 | 96.46% | 52 | 3.54% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,367 | 92.93% | 1,471 |
| DeSoto | 1,491 | 97.13% | 40 | 2.61% | 4 | 0.26% | 1,451 | 94.53% | 1,535 |
| Forrest | 3,075 | 92.82% | 228 | 6.88% | 10 | 0.30% | 2,847 | 85.93% | 3,313 |
| Franklin | 1,376 | 97.94% | 29 | 2.06% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,347 | 95.87% | 1,405 |
| George | 945 | 96.13% | 38 | 3.87% | 0 | 0.00% | 907 | 92.27% | 983 |
| Greene | 926 | 93.35% | 66 | 6.65% | 0 | 0.00% | 860 | 86.69% | 992 |
| Grenada | 1,354 | 95.02% | 62 | 4.35% | 9 | 0.63% | 1,292 | 90.67% | 1,425 |
| Hancock | 1,550 | 88.67% | 197 | 11.27% | 1 | 0.06% | 1,353 | 77.40% | 1,748 |
| Harrison | 5,577 | 89.75% | 633 | 10.19% | 4 | 0.06% | 4,944 | 79.56% | 6,214 |
| Hinds | 9,917 | 94.82% | 538 | 5.14% | 4 | 0.04% | 9,379 | 89.67% | 10,459 |
| Holmes | 2,041 | 98.22% | 37 | 1.78% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,004 | 96.44% | 2,078 |
| Humphreys | 1,061 | 98.15% | 20 | 1.85% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,041 | 96.30% | 1,081 |
| Issaquena | 218 | 96.04% | 9 | 3.96% | 0 | 0.00% | 209 | 92.07% | 227 |
| Itawamba | 1,627 | 92.55% | 119 | 6.77% | 12 | 0.68% | 1,508 | 85.78% | 1,758 |
| Jackson | 2,124 | 92.35% | 171 | 7.43% | 5 | 0.22% | 1,953 | 84.91% | 2,300 |
| Jasper | 1,713 | 98.00% | 35 | 2.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,678 | 96.00% | 1,748 |
| Jefferson | 801 | 99.13% | 7 | 0.87% | 0 | 0.00% | 794 | 98.27% | 808 |
| Jefferson Davis | 1,289 | 96.92% | 38 | 2.86% | 3 | 0.23% | 1,251 | 94.06% | 1,330 |
| Jones | 4,517 | 94.91% | 242 | 5.09% | 0 | 0.00% | 4,275 | 89.83% | 4,759 |
| Kemper | 1,422 | 97.13% | 42 | 2.87% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,380 | 94.26% | 1,464 |
| Lafayette | 2,188 | 97.03% | 65 | 2.88% | 2 | 0.09% | 2,123 | 94.15% | 2,255 |
| Lamar | 1,148 | 95.43% | 55 | 4.57% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,093 | 90.86% | 1,203 |
| Lauderdale | 5,936 | 95.04% | 303 | 4.85% | 7 | 0.11% | 5,633 | 90.19% | 6,246 |
| Lawrence | 1,218 | 97.05% | 37 | 2.95% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,181 | 94.10% | 1,255 |
| Leake | 2,802 | 99.26% | 17 | 0.60% | 4 | 0.14% | 2,785 | 98.65% | 2,823 |
| Lee | 3,814 | 96.93% | 120 | 3.05% | 1 | 0.03% | 3,694 | 93.88% | 3,935 |
| Leflore | 2,404 | 95.59% | 111 | 4.41% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,293 | 91.17% | 2,515 |
| Lincoln | 2,332 | 95.57% | 97 | 3.98% | 11 | 0.45% | 2,235 | 91.60% | 2,440 |
| Lowndes | 2,268 | 93.80% | 147 | 6.08% | 3 | 0.12% | 2,121 | 87.72% | 2,418 |
| Madison | 2,038 | 96.86% | 66 | 3.14% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,972 | 93.73% | 2,104 |
| Marion | 2,083 | 97.89% | 45 | 2.11% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,038 | 95.77% | 2,128 |
| Marshall | 1,403 | 96.69% | 48 | 3.31% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,355 | 93.38% | 1,451 |
| Monroe | 3,263 | 97.11% | 94 | 2.80% | 3 | 0.09% | 3,169 | 94.32% | 3,360 |
| Montgomery | 1,509 | 97.10% | 44 | 2.83% | 1 | 0.06% | 1,465 | 94.27% | 1,554 |
| Neshoba | 2,880 | 97.07% | 77 | 2.60% | 10 | 0.34% | 2,803 | 94.47% | 2,967 |
| Newton | 2,495 | 98.27% | 41 | 1.61% | 3 | 0.12% | 2,454 | 96.65% | 2,539 |
| Noxubee | 1,152 | 95.76% | 51 | 4.24% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,101 | 91.52% | 1,203 |
| Oktibbeha | 1,951 | 95.45% | 79 | 3.86% | 14 | 0.68% | 1,872 | 91.59% | 2,044 |
| Panola | 1,988 | 97.74% | 45 | 2.21% | 1 | 0.05% | 1,943 | 95.53% | 2,034 |
| Pearl River | 2,022 | 95.47% | 88 | 4.15% | 8 | 0.38% | 1,934 | 91.31% | 2,118 |
| Perry | 828 | 97.87% | 18 | 2.13% | 0 | 0.00% | 810 | 95.74% | 846 |
| Pike | 2,956 | 93.93% | 185 | 5.88% | 6 | 0.19% | 2,771 | 88.05% | 3,147 |
| Pontotoc | 2,171 | 96.75% | 70 | 3.12% | 3 | 0.13% | 2,101 | 93.63% | 2,244 |
| Prentiss | 2,117 | 94.72% | 118 | 5.28% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,999 | 89.44% | 2,235 |
| Quitman | 1,152 | 97.46% | 29 | 2.45% | 1 | 0.08% | 1,123 | 95.01% | 1,182 |
| Rankin | 2,110 | 98.09% | 35 | 1.63% | 6 | 0.28% | 2,075 | 96.47% | 2,151 |
| Scott | 2,377 | 98.75% | 30 | 1.25% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,347 | 97.51% | 2,407 |
| Sharkey | 747 | 97.65% | 18 | 2.35% | 0 | 0.00% | 729 | 95.29% | 765 |
| Simpson | 2,316 | 98.26% | 40 | 1.70% | 1 | 0.04% | 2,276 | 96.56% | 2,357 |
| Smith | 1,826 | 98.49% | 27 | 1.46% | 1 | 0.05% | 1,799 | 97.03% | 1,854 |
| Stone | 802 | 96.63% | 28 | 3.37% | 0 | 0.00% | 774 | 93.25% | 830 |
| Sunflower | 3,071 | 97.74% | 71 | 2.26% | 0 | 0.00% | 3,000 | 95.48% | 3,142 |
| Tallahatchie | 2,288 | 98.28% | 33 | 1.42% | 7 | 0.30% | 2,255 | 96.86% | 2,328 |
| Tate | 1,609 | 99.81% | 3 | 0.19% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,606 | 99.63% | 1,612 |
| Tippah | 2,248 | 97.27% | 63 | 2.73% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,185 | 94.55% | 2,311 |
| Tishomingo | 1,463 | 89.75% | 159 | 9.75% | 8 | 0.49% | 1,304 | 80.00% | 1,630 |
| Tunica | 795 | 98.39% | 13 | 1.61% | 0 | 0.00% | 782 | 96.78% | 808 |
| Union | 2,609 | 95.71% | 108 | 3.96% | 9 | 0.33% | 2,501 | 91.75% | 2,726 |
| Walthall | 1,206 | 96.71% | 40 | 3.21% | 1 | 0.08% | 1,166 | 93.50% | 1,247 |
| Warren | 3,048 | 94.05% | 192 | 5.92% | 1 | 0.03% | 2,856 | 88.12% | 3,241 |
| Washington | 2,349 | 88.91% | 292 | 11.05% | 1 | 0.04% | 2,057 | 77.86% | 2,642 |
| Wayne | 1,388 | 98.44% | 22 | 1.56% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,366 | 96.88% | 1,410 |
| Webster | 1,595 | 94.55% | 87 | 5.16% | 5 | 0.30% | 1,508 | 89.39% | 1,687 |
| Wilkinson | 942 | 95.34% | 46 | 4.66% | 0 | 0.00% | 896 | 90.69% | 988 |
| Winston | 1,979 | 98.70% | 26 | 1.30% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,953 | 97.41% | 2,005 |
| Yalobusha | 1,555 | 96.88% | 50 | 3.12% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,505 | 93.77% | 1,605 |
| Yazoo | 2,390 | 98.15% | 45 | 1.85% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,345 | 96.30% | 2,435 |
| Totals | 168,267 | 95.70% | 7,364 | 4.19% | 193 | 0.11% | 160,903 | 91.51% | 175,824 |
References
- "United States Presidential election of 1940 - Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved August 21, 2018.
- "1940 Election for the Thirty-ninth Term (1941-45)". Retrieved August 21, 2018.
- "1940 Presidential General Election Results - Mississippi". Retrieved August 21, 2018.
- "The American Presidency Project - Election of 1940". Retrieved August 21, 2018.
- Scammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964; pp. 247-248 ISBN 0405077114
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