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 ten percentage points on Landon's performance.
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Main article 1940 United States presidential election The 1940 United States presidential election in California took place on November 5 1940 as part of the 1940 United States presidential election State voters chose 22 representatives or electors to the Electoral College who voted for president and vice president 1940 United States presidential election in California 1936 November 5 1940 1944 Turnout81 44 of registered voters 1 92 pp 78 32 of eligible voters 7 76 pp 1 Nominee Franklin D Roosevelt Wendell WillkieParty Democratic RepublicanHome state New York New YorkRunning mate Henry A Wallace Charles L McNaryElectoral vote 22 0Popular vote 1 877 618 1 351 419Percentage 57 44 41 34 County Results Roosevelt 40 50 50 60 60 70 70 80 Willkie 50 60 60 70 President before electionFranklin D RooseveltDemocratic Elected President Franklin D RooseveltDemocraticCalifornia voted for the Democratic incumbent Franklin Roosevelt over the Republican challenger businessman Wendell Willkie Willkie did nonetheless make considerable gains vis a 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 ten percentage points on Landon s performance This is the last election where the Democrats won Sutter County which as of the 2020 presidential election 2 stands as the longest run voting for one party by any California county 3 Mono County would not vote Democratic again until John Kerry in 2004 4 and Orange County would not vote Democratic again until Hillary Clinton in 2016 Results edit1940 United States presidential election in California 5 Party Candidate Votes Percentage Electoral votesDemocratic Franklin D Roosevelt incumbent 1 877 618 57 44 22Republican Wendell Willkie 1 351 419 41 34 0Progressive Norman Thomas 16 506 0 50 0Communist Earl Russell Browder 13 586 0 42 0Prohibition Roger Babson 9 400 0 29 0No party Write ins 262 0 01 0Invalid or blank votes Totals 3 268 791 100 00 22Voter turnout Results by county edit County Franklin Delano RooseveltDemocratic Wendell Lewis WillkieRepublican Various candidatesOther parties Margin Plumas 72 11 3 418 26 79 1 270 1 10 52 45 32 2 148Solano 70 58 15 054 28 51 6 081 0 90 193 42 07 8 973Lassen 69 17 4 367 30 13 1 902 0 70 44 39 05 2 465Fresno 69 07 48 866 29 79 21 079 1 14 805 39 27 27 787Sacramento 68 09 51 351 30 76 23 201 1 15 864 37 33 28 150Shasta 68 03 8 662 30 70 3 909 1 27 162 37 33 4 753Madera 67 61 5 749 31 20 2 653 1 19 101 36 41 3 096Placer 67 56 8 402 31 26 3 887 1 18 147 36 31 4 515Kings 67 43 8 307 31 75 3 911 0 83 102 35 68 4 396Sierra 66 98 1 057 32 38 511 0 63 10 34 60 546El Dorado 66 44 4 144 32 37 2 019 1 19 74 34 07 2 125Amador 66 14 2 762 32 85 1 372 1 01 42 33 29 1 390Nevada 66 01 5 782 32 69 2 863 1 30 114 33 33 2 919Yuba 64 57 4 660 34 24 2 471 1 19 86 30 33 2 189Mariposa 64 44 1 935 34 47 1 035 1 10 33 29 97 900Trinity 63 83 1 431 34 79 780 1 38 31 29 04 651Siskiyou 63 17 7 714 35 92 4 387 0 91 111 27 24 3 327Tuolumne 62 96 3 541 35 63 2 004 1 40 79 27 33 1 537Merced 62 57 10 501 36 35 6 101 1 08 182 26 22 4 400Kern 61 78 32 202 37 30 19 445 0 92 479 24 47 12 757Contra Costa 61 75 30 900 37 22 18 627 1 03 513 24 53 12 273Modoc 61 49 2 232 37 77 1 371 0 74 27 23 72 861San Francisco 59 51 185 607 39 26 122 449 1 23 3 822 20 25 63 158Colusa 59 48 2 655 39 74 1 774 0 78 35 19 74 881Calaveras 58 90 2 405 40 39 1 649 0 71 29 18 52 756Yolo 58 78 6 380 40 29 4 373 0 93 101 18 49 2 007Butte 58 15 10 684 40 46 7 433 1 39 255 17 70 3 251Los Angeles 58 13 822 718 40 58 574 266 1 29 18 285 17 56 248 452Sutter 57 11 4 195 42 06 3 089 0 83 61 15 06 1 106Ventura 57 00 15 182 42 15 11 225 0 85 227 14 86 3 957Mendocino 56 13 7 055 42 53 5 345 1 34 169 13 60 1 710Humboldt 55 98 12 329 43 00 9 470 1 02 225 12 98 2 859Tulare 55 96 20 129 42 85 15 414 1 19 428 13 11 4 715San Diego 55 57 71 188 43 27 55 434 1 16 1 488 12 30 15 754Alameda 55 21 148 224 43 56 116 961 1 23 3 311 11 64 31 263Monterey 55 00 14 758 44 01 11 810 0 99 265 10 99 2 948Glenn 54 96 3 095 43 92 2 473 1 12 63 11 05 622Inyo 54 65 1 820 44 53 1 483 0 81 27 10 12 337Tehama 54 59 3 618 43 95 2 913 1 46 97 10 64 705San Bernardino 54 47 37 520 44 30 30 511 1 23 847 10 18 7 009Santa Barbara 54 41 17 237 44 53 14 107 1 05 334 9 88 3 130San Luis Obispo 53 39 8 499 45 25 7 204 1 36 217 8 13 1 295Napa 52 68 6 771 46 09 5 924 1 23 158 6 59 847Mono 52 56 523 46 13 459 1 31 13 6 43 64San Joaquin 52 55 26 536 46 34 23 403 1 11 559 6 20 3 133Imperial 52 53 7 728 46 59 6 854 0 88 130 5 94 874San Mateo 52 38 29 831 46 60 26 539 1 02 581 5 78 3 292Stanislaus 51 96 16 494 46 63 14 803 1 41 449 5 33 1 691Marin 50 20 11 365 48 47 10 974 1 33 301 1 73 391San Benito 49 99 2 441 49 29 2 407 0 72 35 0 70 34Santa Clara 49 63 40 449 49 20 40 100 1 16 947 0 43 349Santa Cruz 47 51 10 683 50 93 11 453 1 56 350 3 42 770Riverside 47 20 20 003 51 39 21 779 1 41 598 4 19 1 776Sonoma 47 04 15 230 51 94 16 819 1 02 330 4 91 1 589Lake 45 70 1 897 53 36 2 215 0 94 39 7 66 318Del Norte 44 92 1 034 53 56 1 233 1 52 35 8 64 199Orange 43 44 28 236 55 49 36 070 1 06 691 12 05 7 834Alpine 32 98 62 66 49 125 0 53 1 33 51 63References edit Historical Voter Registration and Participation in Statewide General Elections 1910 2018 PDF California Secretary of State Retrieved May 5 2022 California Election Results The New York Times November 3 2020 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 August 25 2008 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1940 United States presidential election in California amp oldid 1203593611, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
