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1940 United States presidential election in Mississippi

October 21, 2023

Main article: 1940 United States presidential election

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.

1940 United States presidential election in Mississippi
← 1936 November 5, 1940[1] 1944 →
All 9 Mississippi votes to the Electoral College
 
Nominee Franklin D. Roosevelt
Party Democratic
Home state New York
Running mate Henry A. Wallace
Electoral vote 9
Popular vote 168,267
Percentage 95.70%
County Results
Roosevelt
  80-90%
  90-100%

President before election

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democratic

Elected President

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democratic

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–New York), 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 Edit

1940 United States presidential election in Mississippi
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 Edit

County Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Democratic 		Wendell Lewis Willkie
Republican 		Norman Mattoon Thomas
Socialist 		Margin Total votes cast[5]
# % # % # % # % #
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 Edit

  1. ^ "United States Presidential election of 1940 - Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved August 21, 2018.
  2. ^ "1940 Election for the Thirty-ninth Term (1941-45)". Retrieved August 21, 2018.
  3. ^ "1940 Presidential General Election Results - Mississippi". Retrieved August 21, 2018.
  4. ^ "The American Presidency Project - Election of 1940". Retrieved August 21, 2018.
  5. ^ 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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Main article 1940 United States presidential election 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 1940 United States presidential election in Mississippi 1936 November 5 1940 1 1944 All 9 Mississippi votes to the Electoral College Nominee Franklin D RooseveltParty DemocraticHome state New YorkRunning mate Henry A WallaceElectoral vote 9Popular vote 168 267Percentage 95 70 County Results Roosevelt 80 90 90 100 President before electionFranklin D RooseveltDemocratic Elected President Franklin D RooseveltDemocraticMississippi 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 New York 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 Edit1940 United States presidential election in Mississippi 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 Edit County Franklin Delano RooseveltDemocratic Wendell Lewis WillkieRepublican Norman Mattoon ThomasSocialist Margin Total votes cast 5 Adams 1 869 91 80 166 8 15 1 0 05 1 703 83 64 2 036Alcorn 2 934 95 63 133 4 34 1 0 03 2 801 91 30 3 068Amite 1 435 95 73 64 4 27 0 0 00 1 371 91 46 1 499Attala 2 049 96 65 63 2 97 8 0 38 1 986 93 68 2 120Benton 935 97 50 24 2 50 0 0 00 911 94 99 959Bolivar 2 974 92 68 234 7 29 1 0 03 2 740 85 38 3 209Calhoun 1 958 96 36 74 3 64 0 0 00 1 884 92 72 2 032Carroll 1 408 97 37 38 2 63 0 0 00 1 370 94 74 1 446Chickasaw 1 764 96 76 58 3 18 1 0 05 1 706 93 58 1 823Choctaw 1 212 94 84 66 5 16 0 0 00 1 146 89 67 1 278Claiborne 737 94 61 32 4 11 10 1 28 705 90 50 779Clarke 1 711 97 60 42 2 40 0 0 00 1 669 95 21 1 753Clay 1 232 92 22 103 7 71 1 0 07 1 129 84 51 1 336Coahoma 2 440 94 68 137 5 32 0 0 00 2 303 89 37 2 577Copiah 2 335 97 94 49 2 06 0 0 00 2 286 95 89 2 384Covington 1 419 96 46 52 3 54 0 0 00 1 367 92 93 1 471DeSoto 1 491 97 13 40 2 61 4 0 26 1 451 94 53 1 535Forrest 3 075 92 82 228 6 88 10 0 30 2 847 85 93 3 313Franklin 1 376 97 94 29 2 06 0 0 00 1 347 95 87 1 405George 945 96 13 38 3 87 0 0 00 907 92 27 983Greene 926 93 35 66 6 65 0 0 00 860 86 69 992Grenada 1 354 95 02 62 4 35 9 0 63 1 292 90 67 1 425Hancock 1 550 88 67 197 11 27 1 0 06 1 353 77 40 1 748Harrison 5 577 89 75 633 10 19 4 0 06 4 944 79 56 6 214Hinds 9 917 94 82 538 5 14 4 0 04 9 379 89 67 10 459Holmes 2 041 98 22 37 1 78 0 0 00 2 004 96 44 2 078Humphreys 1 061 98 15 20 1 85 0 0 00 1 041 96 30 1 081Issaquena 218 96 04 9 3 96 0 0 00 209 92 07 227Itawamba 1 627 92 55 119 6 77 12 0 68 1 508 85 78 1 758Jackson 2 124 92 35 171 7 43 5 0 22 1 953 84 91 2 300Jasper 1 713 98 00 35 2 00 0 0 00 1 678 96 00 1 748Jefferson 801 99 13 7 0 87 0 0 00 794 98 27 808Jefferson Davis 1 289 96 92 38 2 86 3 0 23 1 251 94 06 1 330Jones 4 517 94 91 242 5 09 0 0 00 4 275 89 83 4 759Kemper 1 422 97 13 42 2 87 0 0 00 1 380 94 26 1 464Lafayette 2 188 97 03 65 2 88 2 0 09 2 123 94 15 2 255Lamar 1 148 95 43 55 4 57 0 0 00 1 093 90 86 1 203Lauderdale 5 936 95 04 303 4 85 7 0 11 5 633 90 19 6 246Lawrence 1 218 97 05 37 2 95 0 0 00 1 181 94 10 1 255Leake 2 802 99 26 17 0 60 4 0 14 2 785 98 65 2 823Lee 3 814 96 93 120 3 05 1 0 03 3 694 93 88 3 935Leflore 2 404 95 59 111 4 41 0 0 00 2 293 91 17 2 515Lincoln 2 332 95 57 97 3 98 11 0 45 2 235 91 60 2 440Lowndes 2 268 93 80 147 6 08 3 0 12 2 121 87 72 2 418Madison 2 038 96 86 66 3 14 0 0 00 1 972 93 73 2 104Marion 2 083 97 89 45 2 11 0 0 00 2 038 95 77 2 128Marshall 1 403 96 69 48 3 31 0 0 00 1 355 93 38 1 451Monroe 3 263 97 11 94 2 80 3 0 09 3 169 94 32 3 360Montgomery 1 509 97 10 44 2 83 1 0 06 1 465 94 27 1 554Neshoba 2 880 97 07 77 2 60 10 0 34 2 803 94 47 2 967Newton 2 495 98 27 41 1 61 3 0 12 2 454 96 65 2 539Noxubee 1 152 95 76 51 4 24 0 0 00 1 101 91 52 1 203Oktibbeha 1 951 95 45 79 3 86 14 0 68 1 872 91 59 2 044Panola 1 988 97 74 45 2 21 1 0 05 1 943 95 53 2 034Pearl River 2 022 95 47 88 4 15 8 0 38 1 934 91 31 2 118Perry 828 97 87 18 2 13 0 0 00 810 95 74 846Pike 2 956 93 93 185 5 88 6 0 19 2 771 88 05 3 147Pontotoc 2 171 96 75 70 3 12 3 0 13 2 101 93 63 2 244Prentiss 2 117 94 72 118 5 28 0 0 00 1 999 89 44 2 235Quitman 1 152 97 46 29 2 45 1 0 08 1 123 95 01 1 182Rankin 2 110 98 09 35 1 63 6 0 28 2 075 96 47 2 151Scott 2 377 98 75 30 1 25 0 0 00 2 347 97 51 2 407Sharkey 747 97 65 18 2 35 0 0 00 729 95 29 765Simpson 2 316 98 26 40 1 70 1 0 04 2 276 96 56 2 357Smith 1 826 98 49 27 1 46 1 0 05 1 799 97 03 1 854Stone 802 96 63 28 3 37 0 0 00 774 93 25 830Sunflower 3 071 97 74 71 2 26 0 0 00 3 000 95 48 3 142Tallahatchie 2 288 98 28 33 1 42 7 0 30 2 255 96 86 2 328Tate 1 609 99 81 3 0 19 0 0 00 1 606 99 63 1 612Tippah 2 248 97 27 63 2 73 0 0 00 2 185 94 55 2 311Tishomingo 1 463 89 75 159 9 75 8 0 49 1 304 80 00 1 630Tunica 795 98 39 13 1 61 0 0 00 782 96 78 808Union 2 609 95 71 108 3 96 9 0 33 2 501 91 75 2 726Walthall 1 206 96 71 40 3 21 1 0 08 1 166 93 50 1 247Warren 3 048 94 05 192 5 92 1 0 03 2 856 88 12 3 241Washington 2 349 88 91 292 11 05 1 0 04 2 057 77 86 2 642Wayne 1 388 98 44 22 1 56 0 0 00 1 366 96 88 1 410Webster 1 595 94 55 87 5 16 5 0 30 1 508 89 39 1 687Wilkinson 942 95 34 46 4 66 0 0 00 896 90 69 988Winston 1 979 98 70 26 1 30 0 0 00 1 953 97 41 2 005Yalobusha 1 555 96 88 50 3 12 0 0 00 1 505 93 77 1 605Yazoo 2 390 98 15 45 1 85 0 0 00 2 345 96 30 2 435Totals 168 267 95 70 7 364 4 19 193 0 11 160 903 91 51 175 824References Edit United States Presidential election of 1940 Encyclopaedia 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 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1940 United States presidential election in Mississippi amp oldid 1180777224, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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