See main article: article and 1940 United States presidential election.
| Election Name: | 1940 United States presidential election in Ohio |
| Country: | Ohio |
| Flag Year: | 1902 |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1936 United States presidential election in Ohio |
| Previous Year: | 1936 |
| Next Election: | 1944 United States presidential election in Ohio |
| Next Year: | 1944 |
| Election Date: | November 5, 1940 |
| Image1: | FDRoosevelt1938.png |
| Nominee1: | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Home State1: | New York |
| Running Mate1: | Henry A. Wallace |
| Electoral Vote1: | 26 |
| Popular Vote1: | 1,733,139 |
| Percentage1: | 52.20% |
| Nominee2: | Wendell Willkie |
| Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Home State2: | New York |
| Running Mate2: | Charles L. McNary |
| Electoral Vote2: | 0 |
| Popular Vote2: | 1,586,773 |
| Percentage2: | 47.80% |
| Map Size: | 250px |
| 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 Ohio was held on November 5, 1940, as part of the 1940 United States presidential election. State voters chose 26 electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Ohio was won by the Democratic Party candidate, incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt, with 52.20% of the popular vote. The Republican Party candidate, Wendell Willkie, garnered 47.80% of the popular vote.[1] This is the only time that Democrats won Ohio in three consecutive elections.
| 1940 United States presidential election in Ohio | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | Electoral votes | |
| Democratic | Franklin D. Roosevelt (incumbent) | 1,733,139 | 52.20% | 26 | |
| Republican | Wendell Willkie | 1,586,773 | 47.80% | 0 | |
| Totals | 3,319,912 | 100.0% | 26 | ||
| County | Franklin Delano Roosevelt Democratic | Wendell Willkie Republican | Margin | Total votes cast[2] | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | % | |||||||||||||
| Adams | 5,007 | 44.76% | 6,180 | 55.24% | -1,173 | -10.49% | 11,187 | ||||||||
| Allen | 14,469 | 41.17% | 20,675 | 58.83% | -6,206 | -17.66% | 35,144 | ||||||||
| Ashland | 7,835 | 47.60% | 8,624 | 52.40% | -789 | -4.79% | 16,459 | ||||||||
| Ashtabula | 14,454 | 43.87% | 18,491 | 56.13% | -4,037 | -12.25% | 32,945 | ||||||||
| Athens | 11,449 | 50.52% | 11,213 | 49.48% | 236 | 1.04% | 22,662 | ||||||||
| Auglaize | 5,704 | 38.92% | 8,953 | 61.08% | -3,249 | -22.17% | 14,657 | ||||||||
| Belmont | 28,618 | 61.78% | 17,705 | 38.22% | 10,913 | 23.56% | 46,323 | ||||||||
| Brown | 5,644 | 50.75% | 5,477 | 49.25% | 167 | 1.50% | 11,121 | ||||||||
| Butler | 30,821 | 56.86% | 23,380 | 43.14% | 7,441 | 13.73% | 54,201 | ||||||||
| Carroll | 3,589 | 41.02% | 5,160 | 58.98% | -1,571 | -17.96% | 8,749 | ||||||||
| Champaign | 5,929 | 43.06% | 7,841 | 56.94% | -1,912 | -13.89% | 13,770 | ||||||||
| Clark | 25,888 | 55.59% | 20,681 | 44.41% | 5,207 | 11.18% | 46,569 | ||||||||
| Clermont | 8,942 | 48.84% | 9,367 | 51.16% | -425 | -2.32% | 18,309 | ||||||||
| Clinton | 4,964 | 41.40% | 7,027 | 58.60% | -2,063 | -17.20% | 11,991 | ||||||||
| Columbiana | 22,349 | 51.29% | 21,221 | 48.71% | 1,128 | 2.59% | 43,570 | ||||||||
| Coshocton | 7,889 | 47.78% | 8,623 | 52.22% | -734 | -4.45% | 16,512 | ||||||||
| Crawford | 8,966 | 46.45% | 10,336 | 53.55% | -1,370 | -7.10% | 19,302 | ||||||||
| Cuyahoga | 347,118 | 62.41% | 209,070 | 37.59% | 138,048 | 24.82% | 556,188 | ||||||||
| Darke | 9,651 | 46.40% | 11,147 | 53.60% | -1,496 | -7.19% | 20,798 | ||||||||
| Defiance | 4,313 | 35.00% | 8,010 | 65.00% | -3,697 | -30.00% | 12,323 | ||||||||
| Delaware | 5,666 | 37.19% | 9,570 | 62.81% | -3,904 | -25.62% | 15,236 | ||||||||
| Erie | 9,254 | 45.10% | 11,267 | 54.90% | -2,013 | -9.81% | 20,521 | ||||||||
| Fairfield | 11,298 | 51.10% | 10,813 | 48.90% | 485 | 2.19% | 22,111 | ||||||||
| Fayette | 5,249 | 46.73% | 5,984 | 53.27% | -735 | -6.54% | 11,233 | ||||||||
| Franklin | 96,601 | 51.08% | 92,533 | 48.92% | 4,068 | 2.15% | 189,134 | ||||||||
| Fulton | 2,530 | 22.62% | 8,653 | 77.38% | -6,123 | -54.75% | 11,183 | ||||||||
| Gallia | 3,943 | 35.12% | 7,285 | 64.88% | -3,342 | -29.76% | 11,228 | ||||||||
| Geauga | 3,318 | 38.19% | 5,371 | 61.81% | -2,053 | -23.63% | 8,689 | ||||||||
| Greene | 8,881 | 48.92% | 9,273 | 51.08% | -392 | -2.16% | 18,154 | ||||||||
| Guernsey | 8,710 | 46.24% | 10,125 | 53.76% | -1,415 | -7.51% | 18,835 | ||||||||
| Hamilton | 148,907 | 49.04% | 154,733 | 50.96% | -5,826 | -1.92% | 303,640 | ||||||||
| Hancock | 7,755 | 35.36% | 14,174 | 64.64% | -6,419 | -29.27% | 21,929 | ||||||||
| Hardin | 6,547 | 41.60% | 9,192 | 58.40% | -2,645 | -16.81% | 15,739 | ||||||||
| Harrison | 4,559 | 44.31% | 5,729 | 55.69% | -1,170 | -11.37% | 10,288 | ||||||||
| Henry | 3,508 | 31.07% | 7,784 | 68.93% | -4,276 | -37.87% | 11,292 | ||||||||
| Highland | 6,921 | 44.79% | 8,530 | 55.21% | -1,609 | -10.41% | 15,451 | ||||||||
| Hocking | 5,688 | 51.60% | 5,336 | 48.40% | 352 | 3.19% | 11,024 | ||||||||
| Holmes | 3,349 | 51.13% | 3,201 | 48.87% | 148 | 2.26% | 6,550 | ||||||||
| Huron | 6,741 | 36.44% | 11,758 | 63.56% | -5,017 | -27.12% | 18,499 | ||||||||
| Jackson | 6,382 | 45.80% | 7,551 | 54.20% | -1,169 | -8.39% | 13,933 | ||||||||
| Jefferson | 29,514 | 64.03% | 16,578 | 35.97% | 12,936 | 28.07% | 46,092 | ||||||||
| Knox | 7,081 | 40.73% | 10,303 | 59.27% | -3,222 | -18.53% | 17,384 | ||||||||
| Lake | 12,408 | 47.96% | 13,464 | 52.04% | -1,056 | -4.08% | 25,872 | ||||||||
| Lawrence | 10,661 | 50.92% | 10,274 | 49.08% | 387 | 1.85% | 20,935 | ||||||||
| Licking | 16,379 | 50.14% | 16,288 | 49.86% | 91 | 0.28% | 32,667 | ||||||||
| Logan | 6,351 | 39.17% | 9,861 | 60.83% | -3,510 | -21.65% | 16,212 | ||||||||
| Lorain | 25,831 | 52.45% | 23,422 | 47.55% | 2,409 | 4.89% | 49,253 | ||||||||
| Lucas | 77,948 | 50.50% | 76,405 | 49.50% | 1,543 | 1.00% | 154,353 | ||||||||
| Madison | 4,390 | 42.65% | 5,904 | 57.35% | -1,514 | -14.71% | 10,294 | ||||||||
| Mahoning | 76,441 | 67.09% | 37,496 | 32.91% | 38,945 | 34.18% | 113,937 | ||||||||
| Marion | 10,462 | 46.96% | 11,817 | 53.04% | -1,355 | -6.08% | 22,279 | ||||||||
| Medina | 6,722 | 39.92% | 10,116 | 60.08% | -3,394 | -20.16% | 16,838 | ||||||||
| Meigs | 4,983 | 40.77% | 7,239 | 59.23% | -2,256 | -18.46% | 12,222 | ||||||||
| Mercer | 5,114 | 39.28% | 7,905 | 60.72% | -2,791 | -21.44% | 13,019 | ||||||||
| Miami | 11,799 | 44.48% | 14,725 | 55.52% | -2,926 | -11.03% | 26,524 | ||||||||
| Monroe | 4,138 | 47.72% | 4,534 | 52.28% | -396 | -4.57% | 8,672 | ||||||||
| Montgomery | 86,084 | 59.80% | 57,866 | 40.20% | 28,218 | 19.60% | 143,950 | ||||||||
| Morgan | 2,637 | 34.68% | 4,966 | 65.32% | -2,329 | -30.63% | 7,603 | ||||||||
| Morrow | 3,215 | 37.07% | 5,457 | 62.93% | -2,242 | -25.85% | 8,672 | ||||||||
| Muskingum | 15,753 | 44.82% | 19,395 | 55.18% | -3,642 | -10.36% | 35,148 | ||||||||
| Noble | 3,037 | 38.16% | 4,922 | 61.84% | -1,885 | -23.68% | 7,959 | ||||||||
| Ottawa | 5,556 | 44.71% | 6,872 | 55.29% | -1,316 | -10.59% | 12,428 | ||||||||
| Paulding | 3,155 | 38.93% | 4,949 | 61.07% | -1,794 | -22.14% | 8,104 | ||||||||
| Perry | 6,953 | 44.54% | 8,656 | 55.46% | -1,703 | -10.91% | 15,609 | ||||||||
| Pickaway | 6,895 | 53.58% | 5,974 | 46.42% | 921 | 7.16% | 12,869 | ||||||||
| Pike | 4,962 | 61.06% | 3,165 | 38.94% | 1,797 | 22.11% | 8,127 | ||||||||
| Portage | 12,687 | 51.86% | 11,777 | 48.14% | 910 | 3.72% | 24,464 | ||||||||
| Preble | 5,735 | 46.83% | 6,511 | 53.17% | -776 | -6.34% | 12,246 | ||||||||
| Putnam | 3,655 | 29.01% | 8,946 | 70.99% | -5,291 | -41.99% | 12,601 | ||||||||
| Richland | 18,645 | 52.08% | 17,157 | 47.92% | 1,488 | 4.16% | 35,802 | ||||||||
| Ross | 12,447 | 51.38% | 11,780 | 48.62% | 667 | 2.75% | 24,227 | ||||||||
| Sandusky | 7,116 | 33.61% | 14,054 | 66.39% | -6,938 | -32.77% | 21,170 | ||||||||
| Scioto | 21,926 | 52.98% | 19,462 | 47.02% | 2,464 | 5.95% | 41,388 | ||||||||
| Seneca | 7,464 | 31.45% | 16,272 | 68.55% | -8,808 | -37.11% | 23,736 | ||||||||
| Shelby | 6,105 | 46.13% | 7,130 | 53.87% | -1,025 | -7.74% | 13,235 | ||||||||
| Stark | 59,496 | 56.19% | 46,384 | 43.81% | 13,112 | 12.38% | 105,880 | ||||||||
| Summit | 89,555 | 58.55% | 63,405 | 41.45% | 26,150 | 17.10% | 152,960 | ||||||||
| Trumbull | 34,615 | 58.04% | 25,026 | 41.96% | 9,589 | 16.08% | 59,641 | ||||||||
| Tuscarawas | 19,004 | 56.43% | 14,675 | 43.57% | 4,329 | 12.85% | 33,679 | ||||||||
| Union | 3,947 | 35.36% | 7,214 | 64.64% | -3,267 | -29.27% | 11,161 | ||||||||
| Van Wert | 6,254 | 41.95% | 8,656 | 58.05% | -2,402 | -16.11% | 14,910 | ||||||||
| Vinton | 2,404 | 42.97% | 3,190 | 57.03% | -786 | -14.05% | 5,594 | ||||||||
| Warren | 6,895 | 44.15% | 8,722 | 55.85% | -1,827 | -11.70% | 15,617 | ||||||||
| Washington | 8,584 | 38.77% | 13,558 | 61.23% | -4,974 | -22.46% | 22,142 | ||||||||
| Wayne | 10,748 | 44.28% | 13,525 | 55.72% | -2,777 | -11.44% | 24,273 | ||||||||
| Williams | 4,065 | 30.05% | 9,463 | 69.95% | -5,398 | -39.90% | 13,528 | ||||||||
| Wood | 9,711 | 36.36% | 16,998 | 63.64% | -7,287 | -27.28% | 26,709 | ||||||||
| Wyandot | 4,206 | 40.14% | 6,272 | 59.86% | -2,066 | -19.72% | 10,478 | ||||||||
| Totals | 1,733,139 | 52.20% | 1,586,773 | 47.80% | 146,366 | 4.41% | 3,319,912 | ||||||||