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Election 1940 Results

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1940 presidential election in Missouri

Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democrat) beat Wendell Willkie (Republican) in Missouri in 1940, 52.3% to 47.5%, a margin of 4.8 points and 87,467 votes.

Missouri voted 5.2 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 66 of the 115 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 49. The largest, St. Louis City, cast 402,501 votes and went to the Democrat by 16.2 points. The closest was Nodaway, where 63 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	958,476	52.3%
Wendell Willkie	Republican	871,009	47.5%
All other candidates		4,244	0.2%
Total		1,833,729

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	Margin
St. Louis City	233,388 58.0%	168,165 41.8%	948	402,501	D+16.2
Jackson	137,285 57.4%	101,568 42.5%	366	239,219	D+14.9
St. Louis	52,380 43.9%	66,909 56.1%		119,289	R+12.2
Greene	22,130 50.6%	21,456 49.1%	109	43,695	D+1.5
Buchanan	24,482 58.3%	17,484 41.6%	29	41,995	D+16.7
Jasper	18,249 49.2%	18,755 50.5%	107	37,111	R+1.4
Cape Girardeau	8,642 48.1%	9,297 51.7%	39	17,978	R+3.6
Franklin	7,237 41.2%	10,283 58.6%	35	17,555	R+17.4
Pettis	8,570 49.0%	8,905 50.9%	17	17,492	R+1.9
Jefferson	9,553 55.8%	7,517 43.9%	45	17,115	D+11.9
St. Francois	8,132 48.3%	8,687 51.6%	32	16,851	R+3.3
Dunklin	11,132 66.7%	5,516 33.1%	32	16,680	D+33.7
Boone	11,615 70.2%	4,869 29.4%	59	16,543	D+40.8
New Madrid	9,591 60.2%	6,318 39.7%	24	15,933	D+20.5
Cole	8,219 51.7%	7,664 48.2%	9	15,892	D+3.5
Clay	9,672 61.0%	6,159 38.8%	30	15,861	D+22.1
Lafayette	6,913 43.9%	8,802 55.9%	29	15,744	R+12.0
Marion	9,723 62.1%	5,892 37.6%	45	15,660	D+24.5
Pemiscot	9,391 60.8%	6,011 38.9%	51	15,453	D+21.9
Saline	7,988 52.0%	7,336 47.8%	28	15,352	D+4.2
Newton	6,256 43.6%	8,064 56.1%	44	14,364	R+12.6
Butler	6,213 43.5%	8,024 56.2%	38	14,275	R+12.7
Nodaway	6,696 49.7%	6,759 50.2%	6	13,461	R+0.5
St. Charles	5,334 40.5%	7,792 59.1%	50	13,176	R+18.7
Stoddard	6,725 52.5%	6,055 47.2%	38	12,818	D+5.2
Lawrence	5,279 41.8%	7,317 57.9%	45	12,641	R+16.1
Randolph	9,155 73.3%	3,319 26.6%	23	12,497	D+46.7
Henry	6,069 48.9%	6,332 51.0%	22	12,423	R+2.1
Scott	7,899 64.0%	4,401 35.7%	42	12,342	D+28.3
Linn	6,246 52.3%	5,664 47.5%	24	11,934	D+4.9
Johnson	5,441 45.6%	6,468 54.2%	19	11,928	R+8.6
Barry	5,207 44.1%	6,573 55.7%	24	11,804	R+11.6
Vernon	6,271 53.4%	5,443 46.4%	21	11,735	D+7.1
Macon	6,120 53.1%	5,384 46.7%	15	11,519	D+6.4
Audrain	7,768 69.2%	3,447 30.7%	9	11,224	D+38.5
Callaway	7,162 66.6%	3,574 33.2%	21	10,757	D+33.4
Bates	4,978 46.4%	5,727 53.3%	33	10,738	R+7.0
Adair	4,813 45.6%	5,688 53.8%	65	10,566	R+8.3
Cass	5,479 52.3%	4,983 47.6%	17	10,479	D+4.7
Carroll	4,446 42.5%	6,000 57.4%	11	10,457	R+14.9
Howell	4,218 40.6%	6,158 59.2%	21	10,397	R+18.7
Cooper	4,606 44.5%	5,720 55.3%	17	10,343	R+10.8
Livingston	4,633 46.5%	5,298 53.2%	25	9,956	R+6.7
Chariton	5,053 53.2%	4,439 46.7%	5	9,497	D+6.5
Pike	5,742 60.5%	3,707 39.1%	40	9,489	D+21.4
Texas	4,497 48.7%	4,730 51.2%	12	9,239	R+2.5
Ray	5,786 62.9%	3,399 36.9%	16	9,201	D+25.9
Polk	3,380 37.9%	5,534 62.0%	14	8,928	R+24.1
Harrison	3,325 38.5%	5,304 61.4%	7	8,636	R+22.9
Grundy	3,813 45.4%	4,558 54.2%	33	8,404	R+8.9
Webster	3,518 42.1%	4,818 57.7%	16	8,352	R+15.6
Laclede	3,323 40.1%	4,941 59.7%	14	8,278	R+19.5
Phelps	4,780 58.9%	3,319 40.9%	15	8,114	D+18.0
Wright	2,727 34.8%	5,096 65.0%	20	7,843	R+30.2
Sullivan	3,743 47.8%	4,080 52.1%	13	7,836	R+4.3
Daviess	3,325 43.6%	4,289 56.2%	11	7,625	R+12.6
Lincoln	4,420 59.1%	3,035 40.6%	25	7,480	D+18.5
Mississippi	4,362 58.5%	3,073 41.2%	27	7,462	D+17.3
Andrew	3,059 41.0%	4,384 58.8%	11	7,454	R+17.8
McDonald	3,312 44.8%	4,063 54.9%	19	7,394	R+10.2
Barton	3,539 48.4%	3,737 51.1%	39	7,315	R+2.7
Monroe	6,018 83.2%	1,200 16.6%	13	7,231	D+66.6
Platte	4,635 64.4%	2,545 35.4%	13	7,193	D+29.1
Gentry	3,689 51.6%	3,446 48.2%	19	7,154	D+3.4
Montgomery	3,205 44.8%	3,930 55.0%	16	7,151	R+10.1
Howard	4,770 67.0%	2,333 32.8%	20	7,123	D+34.2
Miller	3,113 43.8%	3,971 55.9%	23	7,107	R+12.1
Perry	2,354 33.5%	4,656 66.3%	9	7,019	R+32.8
Clinton	3,800 55.5%	3,030 44.3%	17	6,847	D+11.2
St. Clair	2,859 41.8%	3,950 57.8%	25	6,834	R+16.0
Caldwell	2,728 40.6%	3,976 59.2%	9	6,713	R+18.6
Washington	2,881 43.0%	3,817 56.9%	8	6,706	R+14.0
Moniteau	2,922 44.6%	3,627 55.3%	7	6,556	R+10.8
Gasconade	1,163 17.9%	5,333 82.0%	5	6,501	R+64.1
Holt	2,677 41.7%	3,739 58.2%	6	6,422	R+16.5
Crawford	2,736 43.0%	3,615 56.8%	14	6,365	R+13.8
Atchison	3,025 47.6%	3,322 52.2%	11	6,358	R+4.7
Christian	1,729 27.7%	4,509 72.1%	15	6,253	R+44.5
Douglas	1,350 21.6%	4,870 77.9%	32	6,252	R+56.3
Shelby	4,028 64.7%	2,167 34.8%	26	6,221	D+29.9
Osage	2,332 38.3%	3,743 61.5%	11	6,086	R+23.2
Cedar	1,973 32.5%	4,068 67.0%	32	6,073	R+34.5
Lewis	3,484 58.6%	2,428 40.9%	30	5,942	D+17.8
Bollinger	2,511 42.3%	3,415 57.5%	8	5,934	R+15.2
Clark	2,728 46.1%	3,171 53.6%	18	5,917	R+7.5
Dent	3,101 53.8%	2,652 46.0%	13	5,766	D+7.8
Dade	1,835 31.9%	3,910 67.9%	16	5,761	R+36.0
Wayne	2,991 52.1%	2,735 47.7%	13	5,739	D+4.5
Benton	1,765 31.0%	3,912 68.7%	18	5,695	R+37.7
De Kalb	2,505 44.8%	3,072 54.9%	16	5,593	R+10.1
Putnam	1,708 30.7%	3,828 68.8%	25	5,561	R+38.1
Morgan	2,376 42.8%	3,166 57.0%	14	5,556	R+14.2
Dallas	1,566 28.8%	3,859 71.0%	10	5,435	R+42.2
Oregon	3,593 66.1%	1,826 33.6%	15	5,434	D+32.5
Pulaski	2,752 53.7%	2,367 46.2%	8	5,127	D+7.5
Knox	2,594 52.1%	2,370 47.6%	19	4,983	D+4.5
Ralls	3,562 71.5%	1,412 28.4%	6	4,980	D+43.2
Madison	2,405 49.0%	2,495 50.9%	5	4,905	R+1.8
Ste. Genevieve	2,098 43.2%	2,750 56.6%	8	4,856	R+13.4
Scotland	2,435 50.9%	2,329 48.7%	23	4,787	D+2.2
Ripley	2,419 51.2%	2,291 48.5%	15	4,725	D+2.7
Taney	1,497 32.0%	3,167 67.6%	20	4,684	R+35.7
Stone	1,041 22.4%	3,598 77.4%	8	4,647	R+55.0
Iron	2,495 54.7%	2,062 45.2%	8	4,565	D+9.5
Shannon	2,806 63.4%	1,589 35.9%	28	4,423	D+27.5
Ozark	965 21.9%	3,421 77.7%	19	4,405	R+55.8
Warren	914 21.0%	3,403 78.3%	27	4,344	R+57.3
Camden	1,549 36.5%	2,692 63.4%	5	4,246	R+26.9
Mercer	1,364 32.8%	2,787 67.0%	10	4,161	R+34.2
Maries	2,078 54.2%	1,749 45.6%	9	3,836	D+8.6
Schuyler	1,998 53.3%	1,732 46.2%	18	3,748	D+7.1
Reynolds	2,406 66.8%	1,187 33.0%	7	3,600	D+33.9
Worth	1,702 48.4%	1,807 51.4%	4	3,513	R+3.0
Hickory	787 23.9%	2,496 75.8%	8	3,291	R+51.9
Carter	1,499 55.6%	1,195 44.3%	3	2,697	D+11.3

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.

Missouri in every presidential election we hold

Year	Winner	Margin
2024	Donald Trump (R)	R+18.4
2020	Donald Trump (R)	R+15.4
2016	Donald Trump (R)	R+18.6
2012	Mitt Romney (R)	R+9.4
2008	John McCain (R)	R+0.1
2004	George W. Bush (R)	R+7.2
2000	George W. Bush (R)	R+3.3
1996	Bill Clinton (D)	D+6.3
1992	Bill Clinton (D)	D+10.1
1988	George H. W. Bush (R)	R+4.0
1984	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+20.0
1980	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+6.8
1976	Jimmy Carter (D)	D+3.6
1972	Richard Nixon (R)	R+24.6
1968	Richard Nixon (R)	R+1.1
1964	Lyndon B. Johnson (D)	D+28.1
1960	John F. Kennedy (D)	D+0.5
1956	Adlai Stevenson II (D)	D+0.2
1952	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)	R+1.6
1948	Harry S. Truman (D)	D+16.6
1944	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+2.9
1940	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+4.8
1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+22.6
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+28.6
1928	Herbert Hoover (R)	R+11.4
1924	Calvin Coolidge (R)	R+5.8
1920	Warren G. Harding (R)	R+11.4
1916	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+3.6
1912	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+17.6
1908	William Howard Taft (R)	R+0.1
1904	Theodore Roosevelt (R)	R+3.9
1900	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+5.5
1896	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+8.7
1892	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+7.5
1888	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+4.9
1884	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+7.5
1880	Winfield Scott Hancock (D)	D+13.7
1876	Samuel J. Tilden (D)	D+16.3
1872	Third party (other)
1868	Ulysses S. Grant (R)	R+13.9

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