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Election 1940 Results

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1940 presidential election in Alabama

Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democrat) beat Wendell Willkie (Republican) in Alabama in 1940, 85.2% to 14.3%, a margin of 70.9 points and 208,542 votes.

Alabama voted 60.9 points more Democratic than the country as a whole, where the margin was D+10.0.

The Democratic hold continued from 1936, when Franklin D. Roosevelt also won.

Democrats led in 66 of the 67 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 1. The largest, Jefferson, cast 44,002 votes and went to the Democrat by 69.1 points. The closest was Winston, where 298 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Result

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Franklin D. Roosevelt won Democratic 250,726 85.2%
Wendell Willkie Republican 42,184 14.3%
All other candidates 1,309 0.4%
Total294,219

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Jefferson 37,109 84.3% 6,716 15.3% 177 44,002 D+69.1
Mobile 11,477 85.2% 1,880 13.9% 120 13,477 D+71.2
Montgomery 11,311 97.7% 230 2.0% 32 11,573 D+95.7
Cullman 5,603 64.5% 3,057 35.2% 26 8,686 D+29.3
Etowah 7,012 84.3% 1,270 15.3% 33 8,315 D+69.1
De Kalb 5,432 65.8% 2,810 34.0% 17 8,259 D+31.7
Walker 5,940 74.5% 2,007 25.2% 24 7,971 D+49.3
Tuscaloosa 6,284 93.3% 426 6.3% 22 6,732 D+87.0
Madison 5,515 90.6% 557 9.1% 17 6,089 D+81.4
Morgan 5,350 90.8% 503 8.5% 36 5,889 D+82.3
Lauderdale 5,066 90.4% 507 9.0% 34 5,607 D+81.3
Franklin 3,523 63.7% 1,989 35.9% 21 5,533 D+27.7
Marshall 4,142 81.6% 913 18.0% 24 5,079 D+63.6
Calhoun 4,409 86.9% 646 12.7% 18 5,073 D+74.2
Covington 4,635 96.1% 186 3.9% 3 4,824 D+92.2
Jackson 3,818 80.0% 945 19.8% 9 4,772 D+60.2
Chilton 2,746 57.8% 1,995 42.0% 10 4,751 D+15.8
Talladega 3,965 87.9% 534 11.8% 13 4,512 D+76.0
Tallapoosa 4,325 96.6% 140 3.1% 11 4,476 D+93.5
Houston 3,941 88.8% 483 10.9% 15 4,439 D+77.9
Elmore 4,267 96.5% 144 3.3% 9 4,420 D+93.3
Colbert 3,999 91.5% 365 8.3% 8 4,372 D+83.1
Chambers 4,141 97.2% 110 2.6% 11 4,262 D+94.6
St. Clair 2,462 61.2% 1,540 38.3% 22 4,024 D+22.9
Marion 2,654 69.6% 1,081 28.4% 76 3,811 D+41.3
Clarke 3,753 98.7% 48 1.3% 1 3,802 D+97.4
Shelby 2,777 74.6% 938 25.2% 7 3,722 D+49.4
Blount 2,784 75.7% 855 23.3% 38 3,677 D+52.5
Baldwin 2,679 76.7% 611 17.5% 205 3,495 D+59.2
Dallas 3,106 95.1% 158 4.8% 3 3,267 D+90.2
Pike 3,049 95.9% 121 3.8% 8 3,178 D+92.1
Randolph 2,407 77.9% 670 21.7% 12 3,089 D+56.2
Winston 1,385 45.0% 1,683 54.7% 11 3,079 R+9.7
Limestone 2,941 96.6% 95 3.1% 9 3,045 D+93.5
Clay 2,153 71.2% 854 28.3% 16 3,023 D+43.0
Cherokee 2,617 86.9% 381 12.7% 12 3,010 D+74.3
Monroe 2,953 98.2% 40 1.3% 15 3,008 D+96.8
Lamar 2,666 90.3% 275 9.3% 13 2,954 D+80.9
Geneva 2,565 87.2% 364 12.4% 13 2,942 D+74.8
Dale 2,543 87.0% 374 12.8% 5 2,922 D+74.2
Escambia 2,772 95.0% 137 4.7% 8 2,917 D+90.3
Fayette 2,091 73.4% 737 25.9% 20 2,848 D+47.5
Butler 2,732 98.0% 52 1.9% 4 2,788 D+96.1
Crenshaw 2,680 96.6% 84 3.0% 9 2,773 D+93.6
Lawrence 2,277 82.2% 480 17.3% 12 2,769 D+64.9
Lee 2,566 96.0% 103 3.9% 5 2,674 D+92.1
Russell 2,435 97.9% 48 1.9% 3 2,486 D+96.0
Barbour 2,328 95.9% 90 3.7% 10 2,428 D+92.2
Conecuh 2,345 97.7% 50 2.1% 5 2,400 D+95.6
Coffee 2,226 93.9% 145 6.1% 2,371 D+87.8
Marengo 2,284 96.9% 70 3.0% 2 2,356 D+94.0
Choctaw 2,023 96.5% 73 3.5% 2,096 D+93.0
Henry 1,960 96.5% 69 3.4% 2 2,031 D+93.1
Bibb 1,821 90.5% 173 8.6% 18 2,012 D+81.9
Washington 1,892 95.7% 80 4.0% 6 1,978 D+91.6
Pickens 1,714 92.0% 140 7.5% 9 1,863 D+84.5
Cleburne 1,369 75.7% 434 24.0% 5 1,808 D+51.7
Autauga 1,631 93.6% 99 5.7% 12 1,742 D+87.9
Hale 1,692 98.1% 32 1.9% 1,724 D+96.3
Coosa 1,347 80.3% 317 18.9% 13 1,677 D+61.4
Wilcox 1,534 98.7% 20 1.3% 1,554 D+97.4
Perry 1,509 97.2% 39 2.5% 5 1,553 D+94.7
Sumter 1,404 96.8% 46 3.2% 1 1,451 D+93.6
Bullock 1,302 98.6% 18 1.4% 1,320 D+97.3
Macon 1,259 96.8% 41 3.2% 1 1,301 D+93.6
Lowndes 1,132 98.9% 12 1.0% 1 1,145 D+97.8
Greene 894 92.1% 77 7.9% 971 D+84.1

Counties as they stood in 1940; some have since been split, merged or renamed. Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

Alabama in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Donald Trump (R) R+30.5
2020 Donald Trump (R) R+25.5
2016 Donald Trump (R) R+27.7
2012 Mitt Romney (R) R+22.2
2008 John McCain (R) R+21.6
2004 George W. Bush (R) R+25.6
2000 George W. Bush (R) R+14.9
1996 Bob Dole (R) R+7.0
1992 George H. W. Bush (R) R+6.8
1988 George H. W. Bush (R) R+19.3
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+22.3
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+1.3
1976 Jimmy Carter (D) D+13.1
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+46.9
1968 George Wallace (other)
1964 Barry Goldwater (R) R+69.5
1960 Unpledged electors (other)
1956 Adlai Stevenson II (D) D+16.9
1952 Adlai Stevenson II (D) D+29.5
1948 Strom Thurmond (other)
1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+63.1
1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+70.9
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+73.7
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+70.6
1928 Al Smith (D) D+2.8
1924 John W. Davis (D) D+40.8
1920 James M. Cox (D) D+35.9
1916 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+54.1
1912 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+61.6
1908 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+46.4
1904 Alton B. Parker (D) D+52.7
1900 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+26.0
1896 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+38.4
1892 Grover Cleveland (D) D+55.5
1888 Grover Cleveland (D) D+34.3
1884 Grover Cleveland (D) D+21.7
1880 Winfield Scott Hancock (D) D+22.9
1876 Samuel J. Tilden (D) D+20.0
1872 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+6.4
1868 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+2.5