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Election 1940 Results

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1940 presidential election in Illinois

Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democrat) beat Wendell Willkie (Republican) in Illinois in 1940, 51.0% to 48.5%, a margin of 2.4 points and 102,694 votes.

Illinois voted 7.5 points more Republican 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.

Republicans led in 73 of the 102 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 29. The largest, Cook, cast 2,114,178 votes and went to the Democrat by 10.9 points. The closest was Effingham, where 47 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 2,149,934 51.0%
Wendell Willkie Republican 2,047,240 48.5%
All other candidates 20,761 0.5%
Total4,217,935

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Cook 1,168,141 55.3% 938,454 44.4% 7,583 2,114,178 D+10.9
St. Clair 53,482 59.5% 35,998 40.0% 411 89,891 D+19.5
Peoria 42,009 54.4% 34,911 45.2% 301 77,221 D+9.2
Madison 44,803 59.0% 30,445 40.1% 676 75,924 D+18.9
Kane 25,676 37.8% 41,949 61.8% 288 67,913 R+24.0
Sangamon 31,943 47.2% 35,464 52.4% 221 67,628 R+5.2
Lake 24,965 39.3% 38,242 60.3% 254 63,461 R+20.9
Will 29,442 47.5% 32,291 52.1% 213 61,946 R+4.6
Rock Island 35,240 57.7% 25,629 41.9% 232 61,101 D+15.7
Du Page 18,923 31.5% 40,746 67.9% 380 60,049 R+36.3
Winnebago 28,061 47.5% 30,683 51.9% 361 59,105 R+4.4
La Salle 29,704 53.6% 25,296 45.7% 399 55,399 D+8.0
Macon 27,589 57.6% 19,998 41.8% 277 47,864 D+15.9
Vermilion 22,891 49.5% 23,059 49.9% 292 46,242 R+0.4
McLean 18,024 44.9% 21,865 54.4% 277 40,166 R+9.6
Champaign 17,563 46.0% 20,314 53.3% 267 38,144 R+7.2
Adams 17,361 47.8% 18,480 50.9% 492 36,333 R+3.1
Knox 12,597 41.7% 17,459 57.8% 168 30,224 R+16.1
Tazewell 17,624 58.4% 12,419 41.2% 116 30,159 D+17.3
Kankakee 13,716 46.0% 15,998 53.6% 124 29,838 R+7.6
Williamson 14,645 50.1% 14,433 49.4% 139 29,217 D+0.7
Franklin 15,523 54.2% 12,936 45.1% 201 28,660 D+9.0
Macoupin 14,356 52.0% 13,000 47.1% 254 27,610 D+4.9
Henry 10,481 40.9% 14,971 58.4% 196 25,648 R+17.5
Fulton 12,198 48.4% 12,816 50.8% 214 25,228 R+2.4
Marion 13,807 56.4% 10,461 42.7% 208 24,476 D+13.7
Whiteside 7,356 31.6% 15,752 67.8% 134 23,242 R+36.1
Stephenson 8,911 38.7% 14,040 60.9% 94 23,045 R+22.3
McHenry 6,170 27.1% 16,480 72.3% 145 22,795 R+45.2
Coles 11,409 51.8% 10,528 47.8% 77 22,014 D+4.0
Christian 11,457 52.4% 10,255 46.9% 150 21,862 D+5.5
Jackson 9,600 44.2% 11,980 55.2% 128 21,708 R+11.0
Livingston 7,722 35.6% 13,909 64.1% 55 21,686 R+28.5
Bureau 8,274 38.3% 13,258 61.4% 75 21,607 R+23.1
Saline 10,692 50.0% 10,567 49.4% 118 21,377 D+0.6
Montgomery 9,654 47.5% 10,497 51.6% 174 20,325 R+4.1
Jefferson 10,887 55.2% 8,692 44.1% 136 19,715 D+11.1
De Kalb 6,989 35.5% 12,577 63.9% 102 19,668 R+28.4
Morgan 9,082 47.1% 10,137 52.6% 64 19,283 R+5.5
Iroquois 7,036 38.7% 11,047 60.7% 108 18,191 R+22.0
Lee 6,005 34.7% 11,228 65.0% 52 17,285 R+30.2
Randolph 7,802 45.3% 9,333 54.2% 80 17,215 R+8.9
Ogle 4,833 28.9% 11,838 70.7% 71 16,742 R+41.8
McDonough 5,783 35.7% 10,326 63.7% 108 16,217 R+28.0
Hancock 6,688 41.9% 9,108 57.1% 165 15,961 R+15.2
Logan 6,753 42.9% 8,929 56.8% 43 15,725 R+13.8
Shelby 7,704 50.7% 7,250 47.7% 243 15,197 D+3.0
Fayette 7,286 48.9% 7,486 50.2% 143 14,915 R+1.3
Edgar 6,713 45.4% 7,985 54.0% 82 14,780 R+8.6
Pike 7,676 53.2% 6,619 45.8% 146 14,441 D+7.3
Perry 6,539 47.3% 7,243 52.3% 55 13,837 R+5.1
Alexander 6,591 50.7% 6,260 48.2% 137 12,988 D+2.5
Crawford 5,703 44.5% 7,036 54.9% 66 12,805 R+10.4
Warren 4,878 38.3% 7,790 61.2% 67 12,735 R+22.9
Clinton 4,554 37.2% 7,582 62.0% 90 12,226 R+24.8
Wayne 5,569 45.7% 6,556 53.8% 67 12,192 R+8.1
Effingham 5,988 49.9% 5,941 49.5% 77 12,006 D+0.4
Lawrence 5,625 47.5% 6,061 51.2% 147 11,833 R+3.7
White 5,909 51.4% 5,459 47.5% 125 11,493 D+3.9
Jo Daviess 3,864 34.5% 7,285 65.1% 43 11,192 R+30.6
Woodford 4,314 39.4% 6,575 60.1% 53 10,942 R+20.7
Greene 6,015 55.1% 4,840 44.3% 70 10,925 D+10.8
Clark 4,807 44.4% 5,976 55.1% 53 10,836 R+10.8
Union 5,804 53.7% 4,915 45.5% 81 10,800 D+8.2
Grundy 4,105 38.2% 6,593 61.4% 43 10,741 R+23.2
De Witt 5,052 47.8% 5,477 51.8% 45 10,574 R+4.0
Clay 4,938 48.3% 5,185 50.7% 103 10,226 R+2.4
Mercer 3,830 37.5% 6,336 62.1% 38 10,204 R+24.6
Douglas 4,513 45.0% 5,451 54.3% 67 10,031 R+9.4
Carroll 3,592 35.9% 6,398 63.9% 23 10,013 R+28.0
Richland 4,335 45.9% 5,022 53.2% 89 9,446 R+7.3
Cass 4,854 51.6% 4,490 47.7% 72 9,416 D+3.9
Washington 3,479 37.7% 5,701 61.8% 42 9,222 R+24.1
Mason 4,416 49.1% 4,541 50.5% 41 8,998 R+1.4
Ford 3,062 34.6% 5,770 65.1% 30 8,862 R+30.6
Boone 2,277 26.4% 6,330 73.3% 25 8,632 R+47.0
Bond 3,376 40.7% 4,754 57.4% 155 8,285 R+16.6
Piatt 3,564 43.7% 4,564 55.9% 31 8,159 R+12.3
Pulaski 3,456 42.7% 4,589 56.8% 40 8,085 R+14.0
Wabash 4,187 52.6% 3,659 45.9% 119 7,965 D+6.6
Marshall 3,343 42.3% 4,527 57.2% 40 7,910 R+15.0
Jasper 3,689 47.2% 4,082 52.2% 44 7,815 R+5.0
Hamilton 3,691 47.6% 4,005 51.7% 52 7,748 R+4.1
Jersey 3,692 48.0% 3,958 51.4% 44 7,694 R+3.5
Monroe 2,826 37.2% 4,754 62.5% 22 7,602 R+25.4
Massac 2,813 37.1% 4,722 62.3% 39 7,574 R+25.2
Moultrie 3,696 50.1% 3,636 49.3% 41 7,373 D+0.8
Schuyler 3,404 50.0% 3,318 48.8% 81 6,803 D+1.3
Menard 2,894 44.8% 3,531 54.7% 33 6,458 R+9.9
Cumberland 3,091 47.9% 3,330 51.6% 30 6,451 R+3.7
Kendall 1,978 31.9% 4,200 67.8% 18 6,196 R+35.9
Johnson 2,254 37.0% 3,827 62.8% 13 6,094 R+25.8
Gallatin 3,293 55.5% 2,588 43.6% 48 5,929 D+11.9
Henderson 1,977 37.4% 3,264 61.8% 40 5,281 R+24.4
Stark 1,818 34.8% 3,393 64.9% 14 5,225 R+30.1
Edwards 1,770 34.2% 3,361 64.9% 51 5,182 R+30.7
Scott 2,492 48.9% 2,585 50.7% 22 5,099 R+1.8
Brown 2,478 53.3% 2,101 45.2% 69 4,648 D+8.1
Pope 1,499 33.8% 2,914 65.8% 17 4,430 R+31.9
Hardin 1,974 45.6% 2,333 53.8% 26 4,333 R+8.3
Calhoun 1,625 39.1% 2,516 60.5% 17 4,158 R+21.4
Putnam 1,195 40.0% 1,778 59.6% 12 2,985 R+19.5

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.

Illinois in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Kamala Harris (D) D+10.9
2020 Joe Biden (D) D+17.0
2016 Hillary Clinton (D) D+17.1
2012 Barack Obama (D) D+16.9
2008 Barack Obama (D) D+25.1
2004 John Kerry (D) D+10.3
2000 Al Gore (D) D+12.0
1996 Bill Clinton (D) D+17.5
1992 Bill Clinton (D) D+14.2
1988 George H. W. Bush (R) R+2.1
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+12.9
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+7.9
1976 Gerald Ford (R) R+2.0
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+18.5
1968 Richard Nixon (R) R+2.9
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+18.9
1960 John F. Kennedy (D) D+0.2
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+19.4
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+9.9
1948 Harry S. Truman (D) D+0.8
1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+3.5
1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+2.4
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+18.0
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+13.2
1928 Herbert Hoover (R) R+14.8
1924 Calvin Coolidge (R) R+35.5
1920 Warren G. Harding (R) R+42.3
1916 Charles Evans Hughes (R) R+9.2
1912 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+13.2
1908 William Howard Taft (R) R+15.5
1904 Theodore Roosevelt (R) R+28.3
1900 William McKinley (R) R+8.4
1896 William McKinley (R) R+13.1
1892 Grover Cleveland (D) D+3.1
1888 Benjamin Harrison (R) R+3.0
1884 James G. Blaine (R) R+3.7
1880 James A. Garfield (R) R+6.5
1876 Rutherford B. Hayes (R) R+3.5
1872 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+13.3
1868 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+11.4