1940 United States presidential election in Alabama
The 1940 United States presidential election in Alabama took place on November 5, 1940, as part of the 1940 United States presidential election. Alabama voters chose 11 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
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Alabama was won in a landslide by incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt (D–New York), running with Secretary of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace of Iowa with 85.22 percent of the popular vote, against corporate lawyer Wendell Willkie (R–New York), running with Senate Minority Leader Charles L. McNary of Oregon, with 14.34 percent of the popular vote, for a Democratic margin of 70.88 percent. Third party candidates only managed to pick up 0.44 percent of the vote. [1]
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | Franklin D. Roosevelt (inc.) | 250,726 | 85.22% | |
| Republican | Wendell Willkie | 42,184 | 14.34% | |
| Prohibition | Roger Babson | 700 | 0.24% | |
| Communist | Earl Browder | 501 | 0.17% | |
| Socialist | Norman Thomas | 100 | 0.03% | |
| Total votes | 294,211 | 100.00% | ||
Results by county
| County | Franklin Delano Roosevelt Democratic |
Wendell Lewis Willkie Republican |
Roger Ward Babson[2] Prohibition |
Earl Russell Browder[2] Communist |
Norman Mattoon Thomas[2] Socialist |
Margin | Total votes cast[3] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Autauga | 1,630 | 93.62% | 99 | 5.69% | 10 | 0.57% | 2 | 0.11% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,531 | 87.94% | 1,741 |
| Baldwin | 2,681 | 76.58% | 617 | 17.62% | 24 | 0.72% | 12 | 0.36% | 5 | 0.15% | 2,064 | 61.85% | 3,501 |
| Barbour | 2,328 | 95.88% | 90 | 3.71% | 7 | 0.29% | 3 | 0.12% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,238 | 92.17% | 2,428 |
| Bibb | 1,821 | 90.51% | 173 | 8.60% | 9 | 0.45% | 9 | 0.45% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,647 | 81.90% | 2,012 |
| Blount | 2,784 | 75.71% | 855 | 23.25% | 32 | 0.87% | 5 | 0.14% | 1 | 0.03% | 1,929 | 52.46% | 3,677 |
| Bullock | 1,301 | 98.64% | 18 | 1.36% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,283 | 97.27% | 1,319 |
| Butler | 2,732 | 97.99% | 52 | 1.87% | 1 | 0.04% | 3 | 0.11% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,680 | 96.13% | 2,788 |
| Calhoun | 4,408 | 86.89% | 645 | 12.71% | 16 | 0.32% | 2 | 0.04% | 0 | 0.00% | 3,764 | 74.21% | 5,073 |
| Chambers | 4,141 | 97.16% | 110 | 2.58% | 10 | 0.23% | 1 | 0.02% | 0 | 0.00% | 4,031 | 94.58% | 4,262 |
| Cherokee | 2,617 | 86.94% | 381 | 12.66% | 10 | 0.33% | 1 | 0.03% | 1 | 0.03% | 2,236 | 74.29% | 3,010 |
| Chilton | 2,746 | 57.80% | 1,995 | 41.99% | 5 | 0.11% | 5 | 0.11% | 0 | 0.00% | 751 | 15.81% | 4,751 |
| Choctaw | 2,023 | 96.52% | 73 | 3.48% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,950 | 93.03% | 2,096 |
| Clarke | 3,753 | 98.71% | 48 | 1.26% | 1 | 0.03% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 3,705 | 97.45% | 3,802 |
| Clay | 2,153 | 71.22% | 854 | 28.25% | 6 | 0.20% | 10 | 0.33% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,299 | 42.97% | 3,023 |
| Cleburne | 1,369 | 75.72% | 434 | 24.00% | 4 | 0.19% | 1 | 0.05% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,205 | 57.99% | 1,808 |
| Coffee | 2,226 | 93.88% | 145 | 6.12% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,081 | 87.77% | 2,371 |
| Colbert | 3,998 | 91.47% | 365 | 8.35% | 4 | 0.09% | 1 | 0.02% | 3 | 0.07% | 3,633 | 83.12% | 4,371 |
| Conecuh | 2,345 | 97.71% | 50 | 2.08% | 5 | 0.21% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,295 | 95.63% | 2,400 |
| Coosa | 1,347 | 80.32% | 317 | 18.90% | 11 | 0.66% | 2 | 0.12% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,030 | 61.42% | 1,677 |
| Covington | 4,635 | 96.08% | 186 | 3.86% | 2 | 0.04% | 1 | 0.02% | 0 | 0.00% | 4,449 | 92.23% | 4,824 |
| Crenshaw | 2,680 | 96.65% | 84 | 3.03% | 7 | 0.25% | 2 | 0.07% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,596 | 93.62% | 2,773 |
| Cullman | 5,603 | 64.51% | 3,057 | 35.19% | 11 | 0.13% | 11 | 0.13% | 4 | 0.05% | 2,546 | 29.31% | 8,686 |
| Dale | 2,543 | 87.03% | 374 | 12.80% | 1 | 0.03% | 4 | 0.14% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,169 | 74.23% | 2,922 |
| Dallas | 3,106 | 95.10% | 157 | 4.81% | 2 | 0.06% | 1 | 0.03% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,949 | 90.29% | 3,266 |
| DeKalb | 5,432 | 65.77% | 2,810 | 34.02% | 13 | 0.16% | 2 | 0.02% | 2 | 0.02% | 2,622 | 31.75% | 8,259 |
| Elmore | 4,267 | 96.54% | 144 | 3.26% | 7 | 0.16% | 2 | 0.05% | 0 | 0.00% | 4,123 | 93.28% | 4,420 |
| Escambia | 2,772 | 95.03% | 137 | 4.70% | 5 | 0.17% | 3 | 0.10% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,635 | 90.33% | 2,917 |
| Etowah | 7,012 | 84.33% | 1,270 | 15.27% | 27 | 0.32% | 4 | 0.05% | 2 | 0.02% | 5,742 | 69.06% | 8,315 |
| Fayette | 2,091 | 73.42% | 737 | 25.88% | 10 | 0.35% | 10 | 0.35% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,354 | 47.54% | 2,848 |
| Franklin | 3,523 | 63.67% | 1,989 | 35.95% | 8 | 0.14% | 12 | 0.22% | 1 | 0.02% | 1,534 | 27.72% | 5,533 |
| Geneva | 2,565 | 87.19% | 364 | 12.37% | 6 | 0.20% | 7 | 0.24% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,201 | 74.81% | 2,942 |
| Greene | 894 | 92.07% | 77 | 7.93% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 817 | 84.14% | 971 |
| Hale | 1,691 | 98.14% | 32 | 1.86% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,659 | 96.29% | 1,723 |
| Henry | 1,960 | 96.50% | 69 | 3.40% | 2 | 0.10% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,891 | 93.11% | 2,031 |
| Houston | 3,941 | 88.78% | 483 | 10.88% | 13 | 0.29% | 2 | 0.05% | 0 | 0.00% | 3,458 | 77.90% | 4,439 |
| Jackson | 3,818 | 80.01% | 945 | 19.80% | 7 | 0.15% | 2 | 0.04% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,873 | 60.21% | 4,772 |
| Jefferson | 37,110 | 84.34% | 6,714 | 15.26% | 105 | 0.24% | 52 | 0.12% | 19 | 0.04% | 30,395 | 69.08% | 44,001 |
| Lamar | 2,665 | 90.28% | 275 | 9.32% | 8 | 0.27% | 4 | 0.14% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,391 | 80.97% | 2,952 |
| Lauderdale | 5,065 | 90.35% | 507 | 9.04% | 19 | 0.34% | 10 | 0.18% | 4 | 0.07% | 4,558 | 81.32% | 5,606 |
| Lawrence | 2,277 | 82.23% | 480 | 17.33% | 2 | 0.07% | 10 | 0.36% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,797 | 64.90% | 2,769 |
| Lee | 2,566 | 95.96% | 103 | 3.85% | 4 | 0.15% | 1 | 0.04% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,463 | 92.11% | 2,674 |
| Limestone | 2,941 | 96.58% | 95 | 3.12% | 9 | 0.30% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,846 | 93.46% | 3,045 |
| Lowndes | 1,132 | 98.86% | 12 | 1.05% | 1 | 0.09% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,120 | 97.82% | 1,145 |
| Macon | 1,259 | 96.77% | 41 | 3.15% | 1 | 0.08% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,218 | 93.62% | 1,301 |
| Madison | 5,515 | 90.44% | 566 | 9.28% | 9 | 0.15% | 3 | 0.05% | 5 | 0.08% | 4,959 | 81.46% | 6,098 |
| Marengo | 2,284 | 96.94% | 70 | 2.97% | 2 | 0.08% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,214 | 93.97% | 2,356 |
| Marion | 2,654 | 69.64% | 1,081 | 28.37% | 12 | 0.31% | 64 | 1.68% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,573 | 41.28% | 3,811 |
| Marshall | 4,142 | 81.55% | 913 | 17.98% | 18 | 0.35% | 4 | 0.08% | 2 | 0.04% | 3,229 | 63.58% | 5,079 |
| Mobile | 11,480 | 85.08% | 1,887 | 13.99% | 89 | 0.66% | 14 | 0.10% | 14 | 0.10% | 9,592 | 71.20% | 13,493 |
| Monroe | 2,953 | 98.17% | 40 | 1.33% | 12 | 0.40% | 3 | 0.10% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,913 | 96.84% | 3,008 |
| Montgomery | 11,311 | 97.74% | 230 | 1.99% | 16 | 0.14% | 16 | 0.14% | 0 | 0.00% | 11,081 | 95.75% | 11,573 |
| Morgan | 5,345 | 90.93% | 500 | 8.51% | 22 | 0.37% | 8 | 0.14% | 1 | 0.02% | 4,846 | 82.46% | 5,878 |
| Perry | 1,509 | 97.17% | 39 | 2.51% | 5 | 0.32% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,470 | 94.66% | 1,553 |
| Pickens | 1,714 | 92.00% | 140 | 7.51% | 7 | 0.45% | 2 | 0.13% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,277 | 81.55% | 1,863 |
| Pike | 3,049 | 95.94% | 121 | 3.81% | 1 | 0.03% | 7 | 0.22% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,928 | 92.13% | 3,178 |
| Randolph | 2,407 | 77.92% | 670 | 21.69% | 8 | 0.26% | 4 | 0.13% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,737 | 56.23% | 3,089 |
| Russell | 2,435 | 97.95% | 48 | 1.93% | 2 | 0.08% | 1 | 0.04% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,387 | 96.02% | 2,486 |
| Shelby | 2,777 | 74.61% | 938 | 25.20% | 5 | 0.13% | 2 | 0.05% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,839 | 49.41% | 4,024 |
| St. Clair | 2,462 | 61.18% | 1,540 | 38.27% | 9 | 0.22% | 6 | 0.15% | 7 | 0.17% | 922 | 22.91% | 3,722 |
| Sumter | 1,404 | 96.76% | 46 | 3.17% | 1 | 0.07% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,358 | 93.59% | 1,451 |
| Talladega | 3,965 | 87.88% | 534 | 11.84% | 9 | 0.20% | 4 | 0.09% | 0 | 0.00% | 3,431 | 76.04% | 4,512 |
| Tallapoosa | 4,325 | 96.65% | 139 | 3.11% | 7 | 0.16% | 3 | 0.07% | 1 | 0.02% | 4,186 | 93.54% | 4,475 |
| Tuscaloosa | 6,284 | 93.35% | 426 | 6.33% | 14 | 0.21% | 5 | 0.07% | 3 | 0.04% | 5,858 | 87.02% | 6,732 |
| Walker | 5,940 | 74.52% | 2,007 | 25.18% | 17 | 0.21% | 4 | 0.05% | 3 | 0.04% | 3,933 | 49.34% | 7,971 |
| Washington | 1,892 | 95.65% | 80 | 4.04% | 5 | 0.25% | 1 | 0.05% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,812 | 91.61% | 1,978 |
| Wilcox | 1,534 | 98.71% | 20 | 1.29% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,514 | 97.43% | 1,554 |
| Winston | 1,394 | 45.10% | 1,686 | 54.55% | 6 | 0.19% | 4 | 0.13% | 0 | 0.00% | -301 | -9.78% | 3,091 |
| Totals | 250,726 | 85.22% | 42,184 | 14.34% | 700 | 0.24% | 509 | 0.17% | 100 | 0.03% | 208,542 | 70.88% | 294,219 |
References
- "1940 Presidential General Election Results — Alabama". Dave Leip’s U.S. Election Atlas.
- "AL US President Race, November 05, 1940". Our Campaigns.
- Scammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964; pp. 29-30 ISBN 0405077114
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