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Election 1940 Results

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1940 presidential election in Mississippi

Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democrat) beat Wendell Willkie (Republican) in Mississippi in 1940, 95.7% to 4.2%, a margin of 91.5 points and 160,903 votes.

Mississippi voted 81.6 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 82 of the 82 counties as they stood then. The largest, Hinds, cast 10,459 votes and went to the Democrat by 89.6 points. The closest was Issaquena, where 209 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	168,267	95.7%
Wendell Willkie	Republican	7,364	4.2%
All other candidates		193	0.1%
Total		175,824

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Total	Margin
Hinds	9,917 94.8%	542 5.2%	10,459	D+89.6
Lauderdale	5,936 95.0%	310 5.0%	6,246	D+90.1
Harrison	5,577 89.7%	638 10.3%	6,215	D+79.5
Jones	4,517 94.9%	242 5.1%	4,759	D+89.8
Lee	3,814 96.9%	121 3.1%	3,935	D+93.9
Monroe	3,263 97.1%	97 2.9%	3,360	D+94.2
Forrest	3,075 92.8%	238 7.2%	3,313	D+85.6
Warren	3,048 94.0%	193 6.0%	3,241	D+88.1
Bolivar	2,974 92.7%	235 7.3%	3,209	D+85.4
Pike	2,956 93.9%	191 6.1%	3,147	D+87.9
Sunflower	3,071 97.7%	71 2.3%	3,142	D+95.5
Alcorn	2,934 95.6%	134 4.4%	3,068	D+91.3
Neshoba	2,880 97.1%	87 2.9%	2,967	D+94.1
Leake	2,802 99.2%	22 0.8%	2,824	D+98.4
Union	2,609 95.7%	117 4.3%	2,726	D+91.4
Washington	2,349 88.9%	293 11.1%	2,642	D+77.8
Coahoma	2,440 94.7%	137 5.3%	2,577	D+89.4
Newton	2,495 98.3%	44 1.7%	2,539	D+96.5
Leflore	2,404 95.6%	111 4.4%	2,515	D+91.2
Lincoln	2,332 95.6%	108 4.4%	2,440	D+91.1
Yazoo	2,390 98.2%	45 1.8%	2,435	D+96.3
Lowndes	2,268 93.8%	150 6.2%	2,418	D+87.6
Scott	2,377 98.8%	30 1.2%	2,407	D+97.5
Copiah	2,335 97.9%	49 2.1%	2,384	D+95.9
Simpson	2,316 98.3%	41 1.7%	2,357	D+96.5
Tallahatchie	2,288 98.3%	40 1.7%	2,328	D+96.6
Tippah	2,248 97.3%	63 2.7%	2,311	D+94.5
Jackson	2,124 92.3%	176 7.7%	2,300	D+84.7
Lafayette	2,188 97.0%	67 3.0%	2,255	D+94.1
Pontotoc	2,171 96.7%	73 3.3%	2,244	D+93.5
Prentiss	2,117 94.8%	116 5.2%	2,233	D+89.6
Rankin	2,110 98.1%	41 1.9%	2,151	D+96.2
Marion	2,083 97.9%	45 2.1%	2,128	D+95.8
Attala	2,049 96.7%	71 3.3%	2,120	D+93.3
Pearl River	2,022 95.5%	96 4.5%	2,118	D+90.9
Madison	2,038 96.9%	66 3.1%	2,104	D+93.7
Holmes	2,041 98.3%	36 1.7%	2,077	D+96.5
Oktibbeha	1,951 95.5%	93 4.5%	2,044	D+90.9
Adams	1,869 91.8%	167 8.2%	2,036	D+83.6
Panola	1,988 97.7%	46 2.3%	2,034	D+95.5
Calhoun	1,958 96.4%	74 3.6%	2,032	D+92.7
Winston	1,979 98.7%	26 1.3%	2,005	D+97.4
Smith	1,826 98.5%	28 1.5%	1,854	D+97.0
Chickasaw	1,764 96.7%	60 3.3%	1,824	D+93.4
Itawamba	1,627 92.5%	131 7.5%	1,758	D+85.1
Clarke	1,711 97.6%	42 2.4%	1,753	D+95.2
Hancock	1,550 88.7%	198 11.3%	1,748	D+77.3
Jasper	1,713 98.0%	35 2.0%	1,748	D+96.0
Webster	1,595 94.5%	92 5.5%	1,687	D+89.1
Tishomingo	1,463 89.8%	167 10.2%	1,630	D+79.5
Tate	1,609 99.8%	3 0.2%	1,612	D+99.6
Yalobusha	1,555 96.9%	50 3.1%	1,605	D+93.8
Montgomery	1,509 97.1%	45 2.9%	1,554	D+94.2
De Soto	1,491 97.2%	43 2.8%	1,534	D+94.4
Amite	1,435 95.7%	64 4.3%	1,499	D+91.5
Covington	1,419 96.5%	52 3.5%	1,471	D+92.9
Kemper	1,422 97.1%	42 2.9%	1,464	D+94.3
Marshall	1,403 96.7%	48 3.3%	1,451	D+93.4
Carroll	1,408 97.4%	38 2.6%	1,446	D+94.7
Grenada	1,354 95.0%	71 5.0%	1,425	D+90.0
Wayne	1,388 98.4%	22 1.6%	1,410	D+96.9
Franklin	1,376 97.9%	29 2.1%	1,405	D+95.9
Clay	1,232 92.2%	104 7.8%	1,336	D+84.4
Jefferson Davis	1,289 96.9%	41 3.1%	1,330	D+93.8
Choctaw	1,212 94.8%	66 5.2%	1,278	D+89.7
Lawrence	1,218 97.1%	37 2.9%	1,255	D+94.1
Walthall	1,206 96.7%	41 3.3%	1,247	D+93.4
Lamar	1,148 95.4%	55 4.6%	1,203	D+90.9
Noxubee	1,152 95.8%	51 4.2%	1,203	D+91.5
Quitman	1,152 97.5%	30 2.5%	1,182	D+94.9
Humphreys	1,061 98.1%	20 1.9%	1,081	D+96.3
Greene	926 93.3%	66 6.7%	992	D+86.7
Wilkinson	942 95.3%	46 4.7%	988	D+90.7
George	945 96.1%	38 3.9%	983	D+92.3
Benton	935 97.5%	24 2.5%	959	D+95.0
Perry	828 97.9%	18 2.1%	846	D+95.7
Stone	802 96.6%	28 3.4%	830	D+93.3
Jefferson	801 99.1%	7 0.9%	808	D+98.3
Tunica	795 98.4%	13 1.6%	808	D+96.8
Claiborne	737 94.6%	42 5.4%	779	D+89.2
Sharkey	747 97.6%	18 2.4%	765	D+95.3
Issaquena	218 96.0%	9 4.0%	227	D+92.1

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.

Mississippi in every presidential election we hold

Year	Winner	Margin
2024	Donald Trump (R)	R+22.9
2020	Donald Trump (R)	R+16.5
2016	Donald Trump (R)	R+17.8
2012	Mitt Romney (R)	R+11.5
2008	John McCain (R)	R+13.2
2004	George W. Bush (R)	R+19.7
2000	George W. Bush (R)	R+16.9
1996	Bob Dole (R)	R+5.1
1992	George H. W. Bush (R)	R+8.9
1988	George H. W. Bush (R)	R+20.8
1984	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+24.5
1980	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+1.3
1976	Jimmy Carter (D)	D+1.9
1972	Richard Nixon (R)	R+58.6
1968	George Wallace (other)
1964	Barry Goldwater (R)	R+74.3
1960	Unpledged electors (other)
1956	Adlai Stevenson II (D)	D+33.8
1952	Adlai Stevenson II (D)	D+20.9
1948	Strom Thurmond (other)
1944	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+87.1
1940	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+91.5
1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+94.3
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+92.4
1928	Al Smith (D)	D+64.2
1924	John W. Davis (D)	D+81.8
1920	James M. Cox (D)	D+70.0
1916	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+87.9
1912	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+86.5
1908	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+83.6
1904	Alton B. Parker (D)	D+85.5
1900	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+77.8
1896	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+84.1
1892	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+73.6
1888	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+47.8
1884	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+28.7
1880	Winfield Scott Hancock (D)	D+35.1
1876	Samuel J. Tilden (D)	D+36.1
1872	Ulysses S. Grant (R)	R+27.0

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