1940 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania
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The 1940 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania took place on November 5, 1940. Voters chose 36 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Pennsylvania voted to give Democratic nominee, President Franklin D. Roosevelt an unprecedented third term, over the Republican nominee, corporate lawyer Wendell Willkie, a dark horse candidate who had never before run for a political office. Roosevelt won Pennsylvania by a margin of 6.9 percent.
Results[edit]
| United States presidential election in Pennsylvania, 1940[1] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
Democratic | Franklin D. Roosevelt | 2,171,035 | 53.23% | 36 | |
Republican | Wendell Willkie | 1,889,848 | 46.33% | 0 | |
Socialist | Norman Thomas | 10,967 | 0.27% | 0 | |
Communist | Earl Browder | 4,519 | 0.11% | 0 | |
Industrial Government | John Aiken | 1,518 | 0.04% | 0 | |
Write-ins | Write-ins | 827 | 0.02% | 0 | |
Totals | 4,078,714 | 100.00% | 36 | ||
Results by county[edit]
| Franklin Delano Roosevelt Democratic | Wendell Lewis Willkie Republican | Various candidates Other parties | Margin | Total votes cast[2] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| County | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # |
Adams | 7,354 | 46.01% | 8,609 | 53.86% | 20 | 0.13% | -1,255 | -7.85% | 15,983 |
Allegheny | 367,926 | 58.03% | 263,285 | 41.52% | 2,849 | 0.45% | 104,641 | 16.50% | 634,060 |
Armstrong | 12,144 | 45.44% | 14,524 | 54.34% | 60 | 0.22% | -2,380 | -8.90% | 26,728 |
Beaver | 33,609 | 57.78% | 24,324 | 41.81% | 239 | 0.41% | 9,285 | 15.96% | 58,172 |
Bedford | 7,388 | 45.32% | 8,864 | 54.38% | 49 | 0.30% | -1,476 | -9.05% | 16,301 |
Berks | 53,301 | 61.31% | 32,111 | 36.94% | 1,522 | 1.75% | 21,190 | 24.37% | 86,934 |
Blair | 21,573 | 44.65% | 26,639 | 55.13% | 106 | 0.22% | -5,066 | -10.48% | 48,318 |
Bradford | 6,605 | 30.75% | 14,826 | 69.02% | 49 | 0.23% | -8,221 | -38.27% | 21,480 |
Bucks | 25,169 | 54.75% | 20,586 | 44.78% | 212 | 0.46% | 4,583 | 9.97% | 45,967 |
Butler | 13,875 | 41.52% | 19,450 | 58.20% | 96 | 0.29% | -5,575 | -16.68% | 33,421 |
Cambria | 42,894 | 58.44% | 30,306 | 41.29% | 193 | 0.26% | 12,588 | 17.15% | 73,393 |
Cameron | 1,450 | 44.60% | 1,793 | 55.15% | 8 | 0.25% | -343 | -10.55% | 3,251 |
Carbon | 12,777 | 54.50% | 10,618 | 45.29% | 51 | 0.22% | 2,159 | 9.21% | 23,446 |
Centre | 9,869 | 47.90% | 10,665 | 51.77% | 68 | 0.33% | -796 | -3.86% | 20,602 |
Chester | 22,473 | 44.18% | 28,222 | 55.48% | 174 | 0.34% | -5,749 | -11.30% | 50,869 |
Clarion | 6,564 | 41.99% | 9,035 | 57.79% | 34 | 0.22% | -2,471 | -15.81% | 15,633 |
Clearfield | 17,705 | 53.23% | 15,407 | 46.32% | 148 | 0.44% | 2,298 | 6.91% | 33,260 |
Clinton | 7,419 | 54.03% | 6,291 | 45.81% | 22 | 0.16% | 1,128 | 8.21% | 13,732 |
Columbia | 12,523 | 56.76% | 9,518 | 43.14% | 21 | 0.10% | 3,005 | 13.62% | 22,062 |
Crawford | 10,197 | 38.92% | 15,891 | 60.65% | 115 | 0.44% | -5,694 | -21.73% | 26,203 |
Cumberland | 15,758 | 50.64% | 15,297 | 49.16% | 61 | 0.20% | 461 | 1.48% | 31,116 |
Dauphin | 38,305 | 47.30% | 42,394 | 52.35% | 276 | 0.34% | -4,089 | -5.05% | 80,975 |
Delaware | 60,225 | 42.74% | 80,158 | 56.88% | 534 | 0.38% | -19,933 | -14.15% | 140,917 |
Elk | 6,920 | 49.78% | 6,949 | 49.99% | 31 | 0.22% | -29 | -0.21% | 13,900 |
Erie | 31,735 | 46.19% | 36,608 | 53.29% | 355 | 0.52% | -4,873 | -7.09% | 68,698 |
Fayette | 41,960 | 63.47% | 23,908 | 36.16% | 246 | 0.37% | 18,052 | 27.30% | 66,114 |
Forest | 919 | 33.59% | 1,811 | 66.19% | 6 | 0.22% | -892 | -32.60% | 2,736 |
Franklin | 12,713 | 49.21% | 13,084 | 50.64% | 39 | 0.15% | -371 | -1.44% | 25,836 |
Fulton | 1,982 | 48.40% | 2,108 | 51.48% | 5 | 0.12% | -126 | -3.08% | 4,095 |
Greene | 10,214 | 60.17% | 6,726 | 39.63% | 34 | 0.20% | 3,488 | 20.55% | 16,974 |
Huntingdon | 5,631 | 37.97% | 9,141 | 61.64% | 58 | 0.39% | -3,510 | -23.67% | 14,830 |
Indiana | 12,035 | 43.53% | 15,547 | 56.23% | 68 | 0.25% | -3,512 | -12.70% | 27,650 |
Jefferson | 8,559 | 41.37% | 12,081 | 58.40% | 47 | 0.23% | -3,522 | -17.03% | 20,687 |
Juniata | 3,579 | 50.46% | 3,507 | 49.44% | 7 | 0.10% | 72 | 1.02% | 7,093 |
Lackawanna | 71,343 | 56.32% | 54,931 | 43.36% | 411 | 0.32% | 16,412 | 12.95% | 126,685 |
Lancaster | 32,210 | 41.62% | 44,939 | 58.07% | 245 | 0.32% | -12,729 | -16.45% | 77,394 |
Lawrence | 18,814 | 49.07% | 19,361 | 50.50% | 167 | 0.44% | -547 | -1.43% | 38,342 |
Lebanon | 13,315 | 49.61% | 13,449 | 50.11% | 73 | 0.27% | -134 | -0.50% | 26,837 |
Lehigh | 33,007 | 52.44% | 29,584 | 47.00% | 356 | 0.57% | 3,423 | 5.44% | 62,947 |
Luzerne | 101,577 | 55.85% | 79,685 | 43.81% | 622 | 0.34% | 21,892 | 12.04% | 181,884 |
Lycoming | 18,363 | 46.05% | 21,423 | 53.72% | 91 | 0.23% | -3,060 | -7.67% | 39,877 |
McKean | 6,911 | 31.63% | 14,822 | 67.84% | 115 | 0.53% | -7,911 | -36.21% | 21,848 |
Mercer | 16,968 | 44.42% | 21,058 | 55.12% | 175 | 0.46% | -4,090 | -10.71% | 38,201 |
Mifflin | 6,993 | 52.31% | 6,352 | 47.51% | 24 | 0.18% | 641 | 4.79% | 13,369 |
Monroe | 6,670 | 52.57% | 6,001 | 47.30% | 16 | 0.13% | 669 | 5.27% | 12,687 |
Montgomery | 49,409 | 40.15% | 73,250 | 59.52% | 403 | 0.33% | -23,841 | -19.37% | 123,062 |
Montour | 3,080 | 53.04% | 2,723 | 46.89% | 4 | 0.07% | 357 | 6.15% | 5,807 |
Northampton | 33,304 | 56.49% | 25,385 | 43.06% | 266 | 0.45% | 7,919 | 13.43% | 58,955 |
Northumberland | 26,315 | 53.31% | 22,914 | 46.42% | 134 | 0.27% | 3,401 | 6.89% | 49,363 |
Perry | 4,601 | 43.87% | 5,877 | 56.03% | 11 | 0.10% | -1,276 | -12.17% | 10,489 |
Philadelphia | 532,149 | 59.69% | 354,878 | 39.81% | 4,459 | 0.50% | 177,271 | 19.88% | 891,486 |
Pike | 1,818 | 41.08% | 2,596 | 58.65% | 12 | 0.27% | -778 | -17.58% | 4,426 |
Potter | 2,731 | 34.30% | 5,205 | 65.36% | 27 | 0.34% | -2,474 | -31.07% | 7,963 |
Schuylkill | 48,739 | 52.71% | 43,505 | 47.05% | 231 | 0.25% | 5,234 | 5.66% | 92,475 |
Snyder | 2,478 | 30.17% | 5,722 | 69.66% | 14 | 0.17% | -3,244 | -39.49% | 8,214 |
Somerset | 14,085 | 44.71% | 17,369 | 55.13% | 52 | 0.17% | -3,284 | -10.42% | 31,506 |
Sullivan | 1,626 | 44.04% | 2,059 | 55.77% | 7 | 0.19% | -433 | -11.73% | 3,692 |
Susquehanna | 5,383 | 36.04% | 9,520 | 63.73% | 35 | 0.23% | -4,137 | -27.69% | 14,938 |
Tioga | 4,434 | 27.51% | 11,645 | 72.24% | 40 | 0.25% | -7,211 | -44.74% | 16,119 |
Union | 2,220 | 28.27% | 5,612 | 71.45% | 22 | 0.28% | -3,392 | -43.19% | 7,854 |
Venango | 6,873 | 27.89% | 17,728 | 71.95% | 38 | 0.15% | -10,855 | -44.06% | 24,639 |
Warren | 5,825 | 34.39% | 11,016 | 65.04% | 97 | 0.57% | -5,191 | -30.65% | 16,938 |
Washington | 50,829 | 63.43% | 29,026 | 36.22% | 285 | 0.36% | 21,803 | 27.21% | 80,140 |
Wayne | 3,460 | 27.26% | 9,203 | 72.50% | 30 | 0.24% | -5,743 | -45.25% | 12,693 |
Westmoreland | 64,567 | 59.90% | 42,643 | 39.56% | 577 | 0.54% | 21,924 | 20.34% | 107,787 |
Wyoming | 2,548 | 32.51% | 5,273 | 67.28% | 16 | 0.20% | -2,725 | -34.77% | 7,837 |
York | 39,543 | 56.56% | 30,228 | 43.23% | 146 | 0.21% | 9,315 | 13.32% | 69,917 |
| Totals | 2,175,538 | 53.35% | 1,885,265 | 46.23% | 17,004 | 0.42% | 290,273 | 7.12% | 4,077,807 |
References[edit]
^ David Leip. "1940 Presidential General Election Results – Pennsylvania". Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved 2018-03-24..mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output .citation qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-maintdisplay:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em
^ Scammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964; pp. 381-382
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