1940 United States presidential election in Kansas explained

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Election Name:	1940 United States presidential election in Kansas
Country:	Kansas
Flag Year:	1927
Type:	presidential
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	1936 United States presidential election in Kansas
Previous Year:	1936
Next Election:	1944 United States presidential election in Kansas
Next Year:	1944
Votes For Election:	All 9 Kansas votes to the Electoral College
Election Date:	November 5, 1940^[1]
Image1:	WendellWillkie.jpg
Nominee1:	Wendell Willkie
Party1:	Republican Party (United States)
Home State1:	New York
Running Mate1:	Charles L. McNary
Electoral Vote1:	9
Popular Vote1:	489,169
Percentage1:	56.86%
Nominee2:	Franklin D. Roosevelt
Party2:	Democratic Party (United States)
Home State2:	New York
Running Mate2:	Henry A. Wallace
Electoral Vote2:	0
Popular Vote2:	364,725
Percentage2:	42.40%
Map Size:	300px
President
Before Election:	Franklin D. Roosevelt
Before Party:	Democratic Party (United States)
After Election:	Franklin D. Roosevelt
After Party:	Democratic Party (United States)

The 1940 United States presidential election in Kansas took place on November 5, 1940, as part of the 1940 United States presidential election. Voters chose nine^[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Kansas was won by Wendell Willkie (R–New York), running with Minority Leader Charles L. McNary, with 56.86 percent of the popular vote, against incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt (D–New York), running with Secretary Henry A. Wallace, with 42.40 percent of the popular vote.^{[3] [4]} This was the first time since 1896 that Kansas voted for a losing candidate, and the first time since 1884 that the state backed a losing Republican in a presidential election.

With 56.86 percent of the popular vote, Kansas would prove to be Willkie's third strongest state in the 1940 election in terms of popular vote percentage after South Dakota and neighboring Nebraska.^[5]

Results

Results by county

1940 United States presidential election in Kansas by county^[6] ^[7]
County	Wendell Lewis Willkie Republican		Franklin Delano Roosevelt Democratic		Roger Ward Babson Prohibition		Norman Mattoon Thomas Socialist		Margin		Total votes cast
		%		%		%		%		%
	Allen		6,376		66.42%		3,178		33.10%		34		0.35%		12		0.13%		3,198		33.31%		9,600
	Anderson		3,886		64.41%		2,114		35.04%		21		0.35%		12		0.20%		1,772		29.37%		6,033
	Atchison		5,921		56.07%		4,557		43.15%		55		0.52%		27		0.26%		1,364		12.92%		10,560
	Barber		2,389		52.84%		2,074		45.87%		41		0.91%		17		0.38%		315		6.97%		4,521
	Barton		6,011		54.43%		4,982		45.11%		36		0.33%		14		0.13%		1,029		9.32%		11,043
	Bourbon		5,751		53.61%		4,898		45.66%		64		0.60%		14		0.13%		853		7.95%		10,727
	Brown		6,008		69.18%		2,633		30.32%		34		0.39%		9		0.10%		3,375		38.86%		8,684
	Butler		7,619		49.60%		7,615		49.58%		108		0.70%		18		0.12%		4		0.03%		15,360
	Chase		1,871		57.78%		1,344		41.51%		15		0.46%		8		0.25%		527		16.28%		3,238
	Chautauqua		2,888		62.70%		1,679		36.45%		30		0.65%		9		0.20%		1,209		26.25%		4,606
	Cherokee		6,600		49.27%		6,670		49.79%		61		0.46%		65		0.49%		-70		-0.52%		13,396
	Cheyenne		1,760		64.14%		971		35.39%		8		0.29%		5		0.18%		789		28.75%		2,744
	Clark		1,072		49.47%		1,079		49.79%		13		0.60%		3		0.14%		-7		-0.32%		2,167
	Clay		4,699		68.74%		2,067		30.24%		46		0.67%		24		0.35%		2,632		38.50%		6,836
	Cloud		5,275		60.44%		3,327		38.12%		99		1.13%		27		0.31%		1,948		22.32%		8,728
	Coffey		4,164		64.26%		2,272		35.06%		32		0.49%		12		0.19%		1,892		29.20%		6,480
	Comanche		1,322		59.50%		880		39.60%		14		0.63%		6		0.27%		442		19.89%		2,222
	Cowley		9,684		53.99%		8,115		45.25%		100		0.56%		36		0.20%		1,569		8.75%		17,935
	Crawford		10,143		47.68%		11,002		51.71%		64		0.30%		66		0.31%		-859		-4.04%		21,275
	Decatur		2,018		56.16%		1,546		43.03%		16		0.45%		13		0.36%		472		13.14%		3,593
	Dickinson		6,931		63.25%		3,957		36.11%		39		0.36%		31		0.28%		2,974		27.14%		10,958
	Doniphan		4,204		67.70%		1,986		31.98%		9		0.14%		11		0.18%		2,218		35.72%		6,210
	Douglas		9,146		70.28%		3,727		28.64%		47		0.36%		94		0.72%		5,419		41.64%		13,014
	Edwards		1,886		60.14%		1,219		38.87%		26		0.83%		5		0.16%		667		21.27%		3,136
	Elk		2,774		64.77%		1,478		34.51%		15		0.35%		16		0.37%		1,296		30.26%		4,283
	Ellis		3,622		52.15%		3,299		47.49%		10		0.14%		15		0.22%		323		4.65%		6,946
	Ellsworth		2,658		54.13%		2,237		45.56%		5		0.10%		10		0.20%		421		8.57%		4,910
	Finney		2,349		53.39%		2,027		46.07%		14		0.32%		10		0.23%		322		7.32%		4,400
	Ford		4,356		51.97%		3,954		47.17%		52		0.62%		20		0.24%		402		4.80%		8,382
	Franklin		6,393		63.80%		3,542		35.35%		46		0.46%		39		0.39%		2,851		28.45%		10,020
	Geary		2,840		52.65%		2,504		46.42%		24		0.44%		26		0.48%		336		6.23%		5,394
	Gove		1,352		66.31%		659		32.32%		7		0.34%		21		1.03%		693		33.99%		2,039
	Graham		1,804		60.97%		1,135		38.36%		9		0.30%		11		0.37%		669		22.61%		2,959
	Grant		614		61.03%		382		37.97%		7		0.70%		3		0.30%		232		23.06%		1,006
	Gray		1,056		51.87%		962		47.25%		13		0.64%		5		0.25%		94		4.62%		2,036
	Greeley		497		64.55%		268		34.81%		2		0.26%		3		0.39%		229		29.74%		770
	Greenwood		4,893		60.34%		3,160		38.97%		37		0.46%		19		0.23%		1,733		21.37%		8,109
	Hamilton		798		57.95%		569		41.32%		6		0.44%		4		0.29%		229		16.63%		1,377
	Harper		3,205		55.73%		2,478		43.09%		45		0.78%		23		0.40%		727		12.64%		5,751
	Harvey		5,539		56.76%		4,087		41.88%		65		0.67%		68		0.70%		1,452		14.88%		9,759
	Haskell		607		58.48%		425		40.94%		4		0.39%		2		0.19%		182		17.53%		1,038
	Hodgeman		1,092		60.87%		690		38.46%		6		0.33%		6		0.33%		402		22.41%		1,794
	Jackson		4,306		63.92%		2,397		35.58%		23		0.34%		11		0.16%		1,909		28.34%		6,737
	Jefferson		4,330		65.81%		2,212		33.62%		14		0.21%		24		0.36%		2,118		32.19%		6,580
	Jewell		4,591		71.57%		1,719		26.80%		69		1.08%		36		0.56%		2,872		44.77%		6,415
	Johnson		10,326		63.97%		5,770		35.75%		30		0.19%		16		0.10%		4,556		28.22%		16,142
	Kearny		721		58.00%		519		41.75%		3		0.24%		0		0.00%		202		16.25%		1,243
	Kingman		3,068		54.35%		2,528		44.78%		38		0.67%		11		0.19%		540		9.57%		5,645
	Kiowa		1,571		64.10%		844		34.43%		30		1.22%		6		0.24%		727		29.66%		2,451
	Labette		8,210		54.17%		6,860		45.26%		58		0.38%		29		0.19%		1,350		8.91%		15,157
	Lane		888		60.78%		557		38.12%		7		0.48%		9		0.62%		331		22.66%		1,461
	Leavenworth		8,503		58.25%		6,053		41.46%		18		0.13%		24		0.17%		2,450		16.78%		14,598
	Lincoln		2,822		67.69%		1,301		31.21%		31		0.74%		15		0.36%		1,521		36.48%		4,169
	Linn		4,086		66.04%		2,067		33.41%		17		0.27%		17		0.27%		2,019		32.63%		6,187
	Logan		1,201		66.83%		584		32.50%		6		0.33%		6		0.33%		617		34.34%		1,797
	Lyon		6,918		52.33%		6,170		46.68%		90		0.68%		41		0.31%		748		5.66%		13,219
	Marion		5,764		67.44%		2,724		31.87%		26		0.30%		33		0.39%		3,040		35.57%		8,547
	Marshall		7,286		66.65%		3,588		32.82%		17		0.16%		40		0.37%		3,698		33.83%		10,931
	McPherson		6,732		60.24%		4,240		37.94%		136		1.22%		68		0.61%		2,492		22.30%		11,176
	Meade		1,618		61.13%		970		36.65%		53		2.00%		6		0.23%		648		24.48%		2,647
	Miami		5,178		56.77%		3,900		42.76%		18		0.20%		25		0.27%		1,278		14.01%		9,121
	Mitchell		3,681		63.55%		2,060		35.57%		32		0.55%		19		0.33%		1,621		27.99%		5,792
	Montgomery		13,781		57.68%		9,999		41.85%		68		0.28%		46		0.19%		3,782		15.83%		23,894
	Morris		3,276		61.64%		1,992		37.48%		21		0.40%		26		0.49%		1,284		24.16%		5,315
	Morton		643		55.72%		503		43.59%		5		0.43%		3		0.26%		140		12.13%		1,154
	Nemaha		5,178		65.64%		2,679		33.96%		13		0.16%		19		0.24%		2,499		31.68%		7,889
	Neosho		6,556		59.43%		4,419		40.06%		29		0.26%		27		0.24%		2,137		19.37%		11,031
	Ness		1,826		58.68%		1,230		39.52%		37		1.19%		19		0.61%		596		19.15%		3,112
	Norton		3,415		70.28%		1,378		28.36%		33		0.68%		33		0.68%		2,037		41.92%		4,859
	Osage		4,991		60.52%		3,186		38.63%		44		0.53%		26		0.32%		1,805		21.89%		8,247
	Osborne		3,424		68.55%		1,488		29.79%		62		1.24%		21		0.42%		1,936		38.76%		4,995
	Ottawa		2,810		57.06%		2,065		41.93%		29		0.59%		21		0.43%		745		15.13%		4,925
	Pawnee		2,329		50.77%		2,216		48.31%		22		0.48%		20		0.44%		113		2.46%		4,587
	Phillips		3,676		69.49%		1,563		29.55%		40		0.76%		11		0.21%		2,113		39.94%		5,290
	Pottawatomie		5,045		69.12%		2,226		30.50%		15		0.21%		13		0.18%		2,819		38.62%		7,299
	Pratt		2,930		49.94%		2,870		48.92%		45		0.77%		22		0.37%		60		1.02%		5,867
	Rawlins		1,758		58.02%		1,247		41.16%		15		0.50%		10		0.33%		511		16.86%		3,030
	Reno		12,448		53.64%		10,543		45.43%		138		0.59%		79		0.34%		1,905		8.21%		23,208
	Republic		4,450		63.54%		2,511		35.86%		25		0.36%		17		0.24%		1,939		27.69%		7,003
	Rice		4,792		56.49%		3,635		42.85%		39		0.46%		17		0.20%		1,157		13.64%		8,483
	Riley		7,420		68.59%		3,293		30.44%		45		0.39%		60		0.52%		4,127		38.15%		10,818
	Rooks		2,590		60.61%		1,650		38.61%		23		0.54%		10		0.23%		940		22.00%		4,273
	Rush		2,394		59.84%		1,588		39.69%		10		0.25%		9		0.22%		806		20.14%		4,001
	Russell		3,714		58.56%		2,579		40.67%		40		0.63%		9		0.14%		1,135		17.90%		6,342
	Saline		7,975		54.69%		6,514		44.67%		57		0.39%		35		0.24%		1,461		10.02%		14,581
	Scott		988		57.24%		717		41.54%		15		0.87%		6		0.35%		271		15.70%		1,726
	Sedgwick		32,160		48.05%		34,219		51.13%		394		0.59%		153		0.23%		-2,059		-3.08%		66,926
	Seward		1,503		49.65%		1,474		48.70%		44		1.45%		6		0.20%		29		0.96%		3,027
	Shawnee		23,882		54.96%		19,375		44.59%		113		0.26%		84		0.19%		4,507		10.37%		43,454
	Sheridan		1,492		62.06%		903		37.56%		5		0.21%		4		0.17%		589		24.50%		2,404
	Sherman		1,569		52.16%		1,399		46.51%		17		0.57%		23		0.76%		170		5.65%		3,008
	Smith		3,630		65.58%		1,855		33.51%		42		0.76%		8		0.14%		1,775		32.07%		5,535
	Stafford		2,795		52.17%		2,509		46.84%		38		0.71%		15		0.28%		286		5.34%		5,357
	Stanton		378		54.62%		301		43.50%		13		1.88%		0		0.00%		77		11.13%		692
	Stevens		851		55.05%		674		43.60%		19		1.23%		2		0.13%		177		11.45%		1,546
	Sumner		6,585		51.86%		5,988		47.16%		94		0.74%		31		0.24%		597		4.70%		12,698
	Thomas		1,721		54.20%		1,423		44.82%		17		0.54%		14		0.44%		298		9.39%		3,175
	Trego		1,571		57.59%		1,140		41.79%		10		0.37%		7		0.26%		431		15.80%		2,728
	Wabaunsee		3,481		73.64%		1,212		25.64%		16		0.34%		18		0.38%		2,269		48.00%		4,727
	Wallace		756		67.08%		361		32.03%		6		0.53%		4		0.35%		395		35.05%		1,127
	Washington		5,792		73.29%		2,061		26.08%		31		0.39%		19		0.24%		3,731		47.21%		7,903
	Wichita		644		59.08%		433		39.72%		8		0.73%		5		0.46%		211		19.36%		1,090
	Wilson		5,288		64.42%		2,859		34.83%		50		0.61%		12		0.15%		2,429		29.59%		8,209
	Woodson		2,637		64.87%		1,398		34.39%		19		0.47%		11		0.27%		1,239		30.48%		4,065
	Wyandotte		28,152		42.24%		38,239		57.38%		158		0.24%		94		0.14%		-10,087		-15.14%		66,643
Totals	489,169	56.86%	364,725	42.40%	4,056	0.47%	2,347	0.27%	124,444	14.47%	860,297

See also

• United States presidential elections in Kansas

Notes and References

1. Web site: United States Presidential election of 1940 — Encyclopædia Britannica. August 19, 2018.
2. Web site: 1940 Election for the Thirty-ninth Term (1941-45). August 19, 2018.
3. Web site: 1940 Presidential General Election Results — Kansas. August 19, 2018.
4. Web site: The American Presidency Project — Election of 1940. August 19, 2018.
5. Web site: 1940 Presidential Election Statistics. Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. 2018-03-05.
6. Scammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964; pp. 167-168
7. Web site: KS US President Race, November 05, 1940. Our Campaigns.