1940 United States presidential election in Indiana
The 1940 United States presidential election in Indiana took place on November 5, 1940, as part of the 1940 United States presidential election. State voters chose 14[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
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 County Results
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| Elections in Indiana |
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Indiana was won by Wendell Willkie (R–Indiana), running with Senate Minority Leader Charles L. McNary of Oregon, with 50.45% of the popular vote, against incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt (D–New York), running with Secretary of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace, with 49.03% of the popular vote.[3][4]
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Wendell Willkie | 899,466 | 50.45% | |
| Democratic | Franklin D. Roosevelt (inc.) | 874,063 | 49.03% | |
| Prohibition | Roger Babson | 6,437 | 0.36% | |
| Socialist | Norman Thomas | 2,075 | 0.12% | |
| Socialist Labor | John Aiken | 706 | 0.04% | |
| Total votes | 1,782,747 | 100% | ||
Results by county
| County | Wendell Lewis Willkie Republican |
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Democratic |
Various candidates Other parties |
Margin | Total votes cast[5] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Adams | 5,247 | 53.93% | 4,382 | 45.04% | 101 | 1.04% | 865 | 8.89% | 9,730 |
| Allen | 40,430 | 57.18% | 29,967 | 42.38% | 312 | 0.44% | 10,463 | 14.80% | 70,709 |
| Bartholomew | 7,890 | 48.84% | 8,180 | 50.63% | 86 | 0.53% | -290 | -1.79% | 16,156 |
| Benton | 3,675 | 57.57% | 2,689 | 42.12% | 20 | 0.31% | 986 | 15.44% | 6,384 |
| Blackford | 3,352 | 44.52% | 4,095 | 54.38% | 83 | 1.10% | -743 | -9.87% | 7,530 |
| Boone | 7,066 | 53.26% | 6,152 | 46.37% | 49 | 0.37% | 914 | 6.89% | 13,267 |
| Brown | 1,477 | 46.74% | 1,662 | 52.59% | 21 | 0.66% | -185 | -5.85% | 3,160 |
| Carroll | 5,012 | 54.05% | 4,214 | 45.44% | 47 | 0.51% | 798 | 8.61% | 9,273 |
| Cass | 10,057 | 49.33% | 10,268 | 50.37% | 61 | 0.30% | -211 | -1.04% | 20,386 |
| Clark | 6,044 | 40.02% | 9,015 | 59.69% | 45 | 0.30% | -2,971 | -19.67% | 15,104 |
| Clay | 7,768 | 51.40% | 7,255 | 48.00% | 91 | 0.60% | 513 | 3.39% | 15,114 |
| Clinton | 8,610 | 52.36% | 7,732 | 47.02% | 102 | 0.62% | 878 | 5.34% | 16,444 |
| Crawford | 2,652 | 47.97% | 2,836 | 51.29% | 41 | 0.74% | -184 | -3.33% | 5,529 |
| Daviess | 7,615 | 54.10% | 6,401 | 45.48% | 59 | 0.42% | 1,214 | 8.63% | 14,075 |
| Dearborn | 5,908 | 49.29% | 6,038 | 50.37% | 41 | 0.34% | -130 | -1.08% | 11,987 |
| Decatur | 6,087 | 57.71% | 4,417 | 41.88% | 43 | 0.41% | 1,670 | 15.83% | 10,547 |
| DeKalb | 7,676 | 57.17% | 5,690 | 42.38% | 60 | 0.45% | 1,986 | 14.79% | 13,426 |
| Delaware | 17,616 | 45.53% | 20,836 | 53.85% | 239 | 0.62% | -3,220 | -8.32% | 38,691 |
| Dubois | 4,729 | 44.01% | 5,992 | 55.77% | 24 | 0.22% | -1,263 | -11.75% | 10,745 |
| Elkhart | 19,735 | 58.53% | 13,620 | 40.40% | 361 | 1.07% | 6,115 | 18.14% | 33,716 |
| Fayette | 5,567 | 49.94% | 5,542 | 49.72% | 38 | 0.34% | 25 | 0.22% | 11,147 |
| Floyd | 8,056 | 42.53% | 10,799 | 57.00% | 89 | 0.47% | -2,743 | -14.48% | 18,944 |
| Fountain | 5,771 | 54.59% | 4,783 | 45.24% | 18 | 0.17% | 988 | 9.35% | 10,572 |
| Franklin | 4,381 | 58.11% | 3,142 | 41.68% | 16 | 0.21% | 1,239 | 16.43% | 7,539 |
| Fulton | 5,532 | 58.40% | 3,879 | 40.95% | 61 | 0.64% | 1,653 | 17.45% | 9,472 |
| Gibson | 8,326 | 48.34% | 8,709 | 50.57% | 188 | 1.09% | -383 | -2.22% | 17,223 |
| Grant | 15,187 | 52.77% | 13,257 | 46.06% | 335 | 1.16% | 1,930 | 6.71% | 28,779 |
| Greene | 9,071 | 50.71% | 8,718 | 48.73% | 100 | 0.56% | 353 | 1.97% | 17,889 |
| Hamilton | 8,931 | 64.73% | 4,791 | 34.72% | 75 | 0.54% | 4,140 | 30.01% | 13,797 |
| Hancock | 5,283 | 48.98% | 5,417 | 50.23% | 85 | 0.79% | -134 | -1.24% | 10,785 |
| Harrison | 4,650 | 49.26% | 4,725 | 50.06% | 64 | 0.68% | -75 | -0.79% | 9,439 |
| Hendricks | 6,782 | 57.92% | 4,883 | 41.70% | 45 | 0.38% | 1,899 | 16.22% | 11,710 |
| Henry | 11,051 | 52.98% | 9,623 | 46.14% | 184 | 0.88% | 1,428 | 6.85% | 20,858 |
| Howard | 11,855 | 47.82% | 12,655 | 51.04% | 283 | 1.14% | -800 | -3.23% | 24,793 |
| Huntington | 9,110 | 55.22% | 7,220 | 43.77% | 167 | 1.01% | 1,890 | 11.46% | 16,497 |
| Jackson | 6,281 | 45.13% | 7,557 | 54.30% | 79 | 0.57% | -1,276 | -9.17% | 13,917 |
| Jasper | 4,462 | 61.62% | 2,751 | 37.99% | 28 | 0.39% | 1,711 | 23.63% | 7,241 |
| Jay | 6,478 | 49.27% | 6,554 | 49.84% | 117 | 0.89% | -76 | -0.58% | 13,149 |
| Jefferson | 5,957 | 55.80% | 4,688 | 43.91% | 31 | 0.29% | 1,269 | 11.89% | 10,676 |
| Jennings | 3,921 | 56.51% | 2,989 | 43.08% | 29 | 0.42% | 932 | 13.43% | 6,939 |
| Johnson | 6,451 | 50.18% | 6,350 | 49.39% | 56 | 0.44% | 101 | 0.79% | 12,857 |
| Knox | 11,211 | 47.52% | 12,265 | 51.99% | 114 | 0.48% | -1,054 | -4.47% | 23,590 |
| Kosciusko | 9,879 | 62.68% | 5,768 | 36.60% | 113 | 0.72% | 4,111 | 26.09% | 15,760 |
| LaGrange | 3,731 | 63.43% | 2,124 | 36.11% | 27 | 0.46% | 1,607 | 27.32% | 5,882 |
| Lake | 45,898 | 38.79% | 71,985 | 60.83% | 447 | 0.38% | -26,087 | -22.05% | 118,330 |
| LaPorte | 15,771 | 53.29% | 13,732 | 46.40% | 90 | 0.30% | 2,039 | 6.89% | 29,593 |
| Lawrence | 10,717 | 61.92% | 6,553 | 37.86% | 38 | 0.22% | 4,164 | 24.06% | 17,308 |
| Madison | 22,382 | 45.91% | 26,111 | 53.56% | 261 | 0.54% | -3,729 | -7.65% | 48,754 |
| Marion | 124,845 | 50.43% | 121,907 | 49.25% | 787 | 0.32% | 2,938 | 1.19% | 247,539 |
| Marshall | 7,718 | 56.41% | 5,852 | 42.77% | 111 | 0.81% | 1,866 | 13.64% | 13,681 |
| Martin | 2,902 | 52.28% | 2,638 | 47.52% | 11 | 0.20% | 264 | 4.76% | 5,551 |
| Miami | 8,217 | 52.76% | 7,252 | 46.56% | 106 | 0.68% | 965 | 6.20% | 15,575 |
| Monroe | 10,311 | 55.74% | 8,117 | 43.88% | 71 | 0.38% | 2,194 | 11.86% | 18,499 |
| Montgomery | 8,554 | 54.78% | 6,994 | 44.79% | 68 | 0.44% | 1,560 | 9.99% | 15,616 |
| Morgan | 6,613 | 57.29% | 4,895 | 42.40% | 36 | 0.31% | 1,718 | 14.88% | 11,544 |
| Newton | 3,536 | 62.32% | 2,116 | 37.29% | 22 | 0.39% | 1,420 | 25.03% | 5,674 |
| Noble | 7,443 | 59.46% | 5,014 | 40.06% | 60 | 0.48% | 2,429 | 19.41% | 12,517 |
| Ohio | 1,186 | 49.33% | 1,210 | 50.33% | 8 | 0.33% | -24 | -1.00% | 2,404 |
| Orange | 5,519 | 57.77% | 4,003 | 41.90% | 31 | 0.32% | 1,516 | 15.87% | 9,553 |
| Owen | 3,709 | 54.00% | 3,121 | 45.44% | 38 | 0.55% | 588 | 8.56% | 6,868 |
| Parke | 5,242 | 54.14% | 4,384 | 45.28% | 57 | 0.59% | 858 | 8.86% | 9,683 |
| Perry | 4,489 | 50.00% | 4,475 | 49.84% | 14 | 0.16% | 14 | 0.16% | 8,978 |
| Pike | 4,672 | 50.91% | 4,449 | 48.48% | 56 | 0.61% | 223 | 2.43% | 9,177 |
| Porter | 8,270 | 58.40% | 5,840 | 41.24% | 51 | 0.36% | 2,430 | 17.16% | 14,161 |
| Posey | 4,514 | 47.06% | 5,022 | 52.35% | 57 | 0.59% | -508 | -5.30% | 9,593 |
| Pulaski | 3,472 | 52.70% | 3,021 | 45.86% | 95 | 1.44% | 451 | 6.85% | 6,588 |
| Putnam | 5,832 | 49.00% | 6,020 | 50.58% | 49 | 0.41% | -188 | -1.58% | 11,901 |
| Randolph | 8,033 | 57.19% | 5,787 | 41.20% | 226 | 1.61% | 2,246 | 15.99% | 14,046 |
| Ripley | 6,061 | 55.44% | 4,834 | 44.21% | 38 | 0.35% | 1,227 | 11.22% | 10,933 |
| Rush | 6,486 | 60.02% | 4,282 | 39.62% | 39 | 0.36% | 2,204 | 20.39% | 10,807 |
| St. Joseph | 36,164 | 44.02% | 45,620 | 55.53% | 374 | 0.46% | -9,456 | -11.51% | 82,158 |
| Scott | 2,285 | 45.96% | 2,668 | 53.66% | 19 | 0.38% | -383 | -7.70% | 4,972 |
| Shelby | 7,216 | 47.02% | 8,015 | 52.22% | 117 | 0.76% | -799 | -5.21% | 15,348 |
| Spencer | 5,667 | 57.31% | 4,180 | 42.27% | 42 | 0.42% | 1,487 | 15.04% | 9,889 |
| Starke | 3,473 | 54.16% | 2,917 | 45.49% | 22 | 0.34% | 556 | 8.67% | 6,412 |
| Steuben | 5,056 | 66.35% | 2,524 | 33.12% | 40 | 0.52% | 2,532 | 33.23% | 7,620 |
| Sullivan | 6,471 | 42.32% | 8,667 | 56.69% | 151 | 0.99% | -2,196 | -14.36% | 15,289 |
| Switzerland | 2,285 | 46.01% | 2,659 | 53.54% | 22 | 0.44% | -374 | -7.53% | 4,966 |
| Tippecanoe | 16,148 | 56.96% | 12,129 | 42.78% | 73 | 0.26% | 4,019 | 14.18% | 28,350 |
| Tipton | 4,749 | 52.90% | 4,173 | 46.48% | 56 | 0.62% | 576 | 6.42% | 8,978 |
| Union | 2,009 | 58.35% | 1,415 | 41.10% | 19 | 0.55% | 594 | 17.25% | 3,443 |
| Vanderburgh | 28,417 | 42.25% | 38,567 | 57.33% | 283 | 0.42% | -10,150 | -15.09% | 67,267 |
| Vermillion | 5,716 | 47.74% | 6,174 | 51.57% | 83 | 0.69% | -458 | -3.83% | 11,973 |
| Vigo | 23,177 | 43.99% | 29,308 | 55.63% | 199 | 0.38% | -6,131 | -11.64% | 52,684 |
| Wabash | 8,755 | 61.11% | 5,431 | 37.91% | 141 | 0.98% | 3,324 | 23.20% | 14,327 |
| Warren | 2,999 | 60.71% | 1,927 | 39.01% | 14 | 0.28% | 1,072 | 21.70% | 4,940 |
| Warrick | 5,456 | 51.88% | 5,019 | 47.72% | 42 | 0.40% | 437 | 4.16% | 10,517 |
| Washington | 4,216 | 48.37% | 4,471 | 51.30% | 29 | 0.33% | -255 | -2.93% | 8,716 |
| Wayne | 15,058 | 51.27% | 14,139 | 48.14% | 173 | 0.59% | 919 | 3.13% | 29,370 |
| Wells | 4,898 | 47.75% | 5,236 | 51.05% | 123 | 1.20% | -338 | -3.30% | 10,257 |
| White | 5,189 | 55.15% | 4,176 | 44.38% | 44 | 0.47% | 1,013 | 10.77% | 9,409 |
| Whitley | 5,100 | 53.34% | 4,404 | 46.06% | 57 | 0.60% | 696 | 7.28% | 9,561 |
| Totals | 899,466 | 50.45% | 874,063 | 49.03% | 9,218 | 0.52% | 25,403 | 1.42% | 1,782,747 |
References
- "United States Presidential election of 1940 – Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved August 18, 2018.
- "1940 Election for the Thirty-ninth Term (1941-45)". Retrieved August 18, 2018.
- "1940 Presidential General Election Results – Indiana". Retrieved August 18, 2018.
- "The American Presidency Project – Election of 1940". Retrieved August 18, 2018.
- Scammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964; pp. 141-142 ISBN 0405077114
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