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Election 1940 Results

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1940 presidential election in Arkansas

Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democrat) beat Wendell Willkie (Republican) in Arkansas in 1940, 79.0% to 21.0%, a margin of 58.0 points and 116,501 votes.

Arkansas voted 48.1 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 73 of the 75 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 2. The largest, Pulaski, cast 17,230 votes and went to the Democrat by 65.7 points. The closest was Madison, where 94 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

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Franklin D. Roosevelt won	Democratic	158,622	79.0%
Wendell Willkie	Republican	42,121	21.0%
Total		200,743

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Total	Margin
Pulaski	14,275 82.8%	2,955 17.2%	17,230	D+65.7
Sebastian	5,278 72.8%	1,968 27.2%	7,246	D+45.7
Mississippi	5,275 89.5%	616 10.5%	5,891	D+79.1
Union	4,856 90.9%	489 9.1%	5,345	D+81.7
Poinsett	4,147 86.1%	670 13.9%	4,817	D+72.2
Garland	3,348 70.2%	1,424 29.8%	4,772	D+40.3
Washington	2,931 61.7%	1,819 38.3%	4,750	D+23.4
Pope	3,791 83.1%	770 16.9%	4,561	D+66.2
Benton	2,511 56.1%	1,962 43.9%	4,473	D+12.3
Jefferson	3,842 86.7%	587 13.3%	4,429	D+73.5
Madison	2,201 51.1%	2,107 48.9%	4,308	D+2.2
Craighead	3,327 78.1%	935 21.9%	4,262	D+56.1
White	3,369 79.4%	876 20.6%	4,245	D+58.7
Logan	2,831 72.7%	1,065 27.3%	3,896	D+45.3
Miller	3,036 84.4%	563 15.6%	3,599	D+68.7
Lawrence	2,508 74.6%	852 25.4%	3,360	D+49.3
Ouachita	2,956 91.2%	284 8.8%	3,240	D+82.5
Hempstead	2,814 87.1%	415 12.9%	3,229	D+74.3
Independence	2,292 71.2%	928 28.8%	3,220	D+42.4
Arkansas	2,390 76.3%	742 23.7%	3,132	D+52.6
Faulkner	2,547 83.1%	519 16.9%	3,066	D+66.1
Boone	2,083 72.6%	786 27.4%	2,869	D+45.2
Clay	1,750 63.0%	1,029 37.0%	2,779	D+25.9
Greene	2,225 81.4%	510 18.6%	2,735	D+62.7
Carroll	1,606 59.8%	1,081 40.2%	2,687	D+19.5
Jackson	2,246 85.5%	382 14.5%	2,628	D+70.9
Newton	1,226 46.8%	1,392 53.2%	2,618	R+6.3
Phillips	2,235 90.1%	245 9.9%	2,480	D+80.2
Yell	2,243 90.9%	224 9.1%	2,467	D+81.8
Columbia	2,273 93.8%	149 6.2%	2,422	D+87.7
Conway	2,068 88.4%	272 11.6%	2,340	D+76.8
Clark	2,016 86.6%	311 13.4%	2,327	D+73.3
Crawford	1,627 70.2%	691 29.8%	2,318	D+40.4
Searcy	986 43.3%	1,292 56.7%	2,278	R+13.4
Saline	1,977 87.8%	274 12.2%	2,251	D+75.7
Lonoke	1,902 85.5%	323 14.5%	2,225	D+71.0
Hot Spring	1,735 78.3%	482 21.7%	2,217	D+56.5
Randolph	1,705 78.2%	474 21.8%	2,179	D+56.5
Bradley	1,943 94.0%	123 6.0%	2,066	D+88.1
Crittenden	1,968 96.5%	72 3.5%	2,040	D+92.9
Cross	1,750 86.0%	285 14.0%	2,035	D+72.0
Ashley	1,839 90.9%	184 9.1%	2,023	D+81.8
Howard	1,554 78.8%	419 21.2%	1,973	D+57.5
Franklin	1,603 83.4%	319 16.6%	1,922	D+66.8
St. Francis	1,702 89.9%	192 10.1%	1,894	D+79.7
Polk	1,273 68.5%	585 31.5%	1,858	D+37.0
Johnson	1,438 81.9%	318 18.1%	1,756	D+63.8
Chicot	1,594 90.8%	161 9.2%	1,755	D+81.7
Sevier	1,382 82.5%	293 17.5%	1,675	D+65.0
Nevada	1,406 86.3%	224 13.7%	1,630	D+72.5
Monroe	1,496 92.1%	128 7.9%	1,624	D+84.2
Sharp	1,104 71.8%	433 28.2%	1,537	D+43.7
Lafayette	1,377 89.6%	159 10.4%	1,536	D+79.3
Desha	1,380 90.4%	146 9.6%	1,526	D+80.9
Drew	1,359 89.9%	152 10.1%	1,511	D+79.9
Woodruff	1,288 87.0%	193 13.0%	1,481	D+73.9
Van Buren	1,068 72.7%	402 27.3%	1,470	D+45.3
Dallas	1,349 92.0%	118 8.0%	1,467	D+83.9
Izard	1,060 74.3%	366 25.7%	1,426	D+48.7
Montgomery	1,017 71.8%	400 28.2%	1,417	D+43.5
Pike	985 69.9%	424 30.1%	1,409	D+39.8
Prairie	1,072 76.1%	336 23.9%	1,408	D+52.3
Little River	1,116 80.2%	276 19.8%	1,392	D+60.3
Baxter	866 63.9%	489 36.1%	1,355	D+27.8
Scott	1,000 73.9%	353 26.1%	1,353	D+47.8
Fulton	895 72.9%	333 27.1%	1,228	D+45.8
Cleburne	844 69.3%	374 30.7%	1,218	D+38.6
Lee	1,103 91.0%	109 9.0%	1,212	D+82.0
Grant	1,043 86.7%	160 13.3%	1,203	D+73.4
Marion	881 73.4%	320 26.6%	1,201	D+46.7
Stone	651 61.6%	406 38.4%	1,057	D+23.2
Cleveland	990 94.5%	58 5.5%	1,048	D+88.9
Lincoln	926 90.3%	99 9.7%	1,025	D+80.7
Perry	784 79.2%	206 20.8%	990	D+58.4
Calhoun	818 94.9%	44 5.1%	862	D+89.8

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.

Arkansas in every presidential election we hold

Year	Winner	Margin
2024	Donald Trump (R)	R+30.6
2020	Donald Trump (R)	R+27.6
2016	Donald Trump (R)	R+26.9
2012	Mitt Romney (R)	R+23.7
2008	John McCain (R)	R+19.9
2004	George W. Bush (R)	R+9.8
2000	George W. Bush (R)	R+5.4
1996	Bill Clinton (D)	D+16.9
1992	Bill Clinton (D)	D+17.7
1988	George H. W. Bush (R)	R+14.2
1984	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+22.2
1980	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+0.6
1976	Jimmy Carter (D)	D+30.1
1972	Richard Nixon (R)	R+38.1
1968	George Wallace (other)
1964	Lyndon B. Johnson (D)	D+12.7
1960	John F. Kennedy (D)	D+7.1
1956	Adlai Stevenson II (D)	D+6.6
1952	Adlai Stevenson II (D)	D+12.1
1948	Harry S. Truman (D)	D+40.7
1944	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+40.1
1940	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+58.0
1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+63.9
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+73.1
1928	Al Smith (D)	D+20.9
1924	John W. Davis (D)	D+31.9
1920	James M. Cox (D)	D+19.8
1916	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+37.2
1912	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+34.6
1908	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+20.0
1904	Alton B. Parker (D)	D+15.2
1900	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+28.5
1896	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+48.6
1892	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+27.5
1888	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+16.8
1884	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+17.1
1880	Winfield Scott Hancock (D)	D+17.1
1876	Samuel J. Tilden (D)	D+20.0
1872	Ulysses S. Grant (R)	R+4.3
1868	Ulysses S. Grant (R)	R+7.4

1940 presidential election in Arkansas

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