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Election 1940 Results

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1940 presidential election in North Carolina

Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democrat) beat Wendell Willkie (Republican) in North Carolina in 1940, 74.0% to 26.0%, a margin of 48.1 points and 395,382 votes.

North Carolina voted 38.1 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 93 of the 100 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 7. The largest, Guilford, cast 36,335 votes and went to the Democrat by 46.2 points. The closest was Watauga, where 124 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	609,015	74.0%
Wendell Willkie	Republican	213,633	26.0%
Total		822,648

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Total	Margin
Guilford	26,565 73.1%	9,770 26.9%	36,335	D+46.2
Mecklenburg	28,768 80.4%	7,013 19.6%	35,781	D+60.8
Buncombe	24,878 74.0%	8,723 26.0%	33,601	D+48.1
Forsyth	20,664 74.4%	7,125 25.6%	27,789	D+48.7
Gaston	17,262 80.1%	4,294 19.9%	21,556	D+60.2
Wake	18,083 87.2%	2,665 12.8%	20,748	D+74.3
Davidson	11,084 61.4%	6,978 38.6%	18,062	D+22.7
Durham	14,810 85.6%	2,491 14.4%	17,301	D+71.2
Rowan	13,023 76.2%	4,059 23.8%	17,082	D+52.5
Catawba	11,233 66.5%	5,656 33.5%	16,889	D+33.0
Wilkes	7,299 46.4%	8,446 53.6%	15,745	R+7.3
Randolph	8,455 54.5%	7,056 45.5%	15,511	D+9.0
Alamance	11,429 77.2%	3,382 22.8%	14,811	D+54.3
Cabarrus	11,776 82.0%	2,579 18.0%	14,355	D+64.1
Johnston	9,976 70.4%	4,192 29.6%	14,168	D+40.8
Iredell	10,328 73.0%	3,820 27.0%	14,148	D+46.0
Rockingham	11,315 82.5%	2,398 17.5%	13,713	D+65.0
Rutherford	8,869 67.8%	4,204 32.2%	13,073	D+35.7
Surry	8,871 68.0%	4,178 32.0%	13,049	D+36.0
Burke	7,242 59.7%	4,889 40.3%	12,131	D+19.4
Cleveland	9,346 82.6%	1,970 17.4%	11,316	D+65.2
Haywood	8,631 78.5%	2,357 21.5%	10,988	D+57.1
Stanly	6,321 58.0%	4,569 42.0%	10,890	D+16.1
Sampson	5,107 47.0%	5,769 53.0%	10,876	R+6.1
Pitt	10,067 96.5%	369 3.5%	10,436	D+92.9
New Hanover	8,600 84.0%	1,635 16.0%	10,235	D+68.1
Robeson	9,251 90.9%	931 9.1%	10,182	D+81.7
Henderson	6,336 63.1%	3,712 36.9%	10,048	D+26.1
Caldwell	6,334 67.8%	3,005 32.2%	9,339	D+35.6
Nash	8,456 93.2%	613 6.8%	9,069	D+86.5
Ashe	4,716 53.0%	4,175 47.0%	8,891	D+6.1
Harnett	6,602 74.3%	2,280 25.7%	8,882	D+48.7
Wayne	7,222 81.4%	1,649 18.6%	8,871	D+62.8
Wilson	7,912 93.1%	584 6.9%	8,496	D+86.3
Halifax	7,982 95.7%	361 4.3%	8,343	D+91.3
Lincoln	4,901 61.3%	3,099 38.7%	8,000	D+22.5
Edgecombe	7,516 96.0%	316 4.0%	7,832	D+91.9
Union	7,179 91.9%	634 8.1%	7,813	D+83.8
Madison	3,171 40.7%	4,617 59.3%	7,788	R+18.6
Yadkin	3,660 47.3%	4,077 52.7%	7,737	R+5.4
McDowell	5,290 70.5%	2,216 29.5%	7,506	D+41.0
Watauga	3,615 49.2%	3,739 50.8%	7,354	R+1.7
Richmond	6,530 89.3%	779 10.7%	7,309	D+78.7
Cumberland	6,050 84.4%	1,118 15.6%	7,168	D+68.8
Stokes	4,274 61.2%	2,712 38.8%	6,986	D+22.4
Jackson	4,563 65.4%	2,410 34.6%	6,973	D+30.9
Moore	4,330 62.6%	2,587 37.4%	6,917	D+25.2
Columbus	5,900 86.3%	934 13.7%	6,834	D+72.7
Lenoir	6,247 93.4%	440 6.6%	6,687	D+86.8
Duplin	5,394 81.1%	1,260 18.9%	6,654	D+62.1
Beaufort	5,528 85.5%	936 14.5%	6,464	D+71.0
Yancey	3,489 58.1%	2,516 41.9%	6,005	D+16.2
Chatham	4,025 68.8%	1,829 31.2%	5,854	D+37.5
Cherokee	3,180 54.3%	2,674 45.7%	5,854	D+8.6
Carteret	3,896 68.5%	1,789 31.5%	5,685	D+37.1
Craven	4,916 88.7%	626 11.3%	5,542	D+77.4
Davie	2,896 53.4%	2,532 46.6%	5,428	D+6.7
Transylvania	3,312 62.1%	2,019 37.9%	5,331	D+24.3
Macon	2,941 56.0%	2,312 44.0%	5,253	D+12.0
Alexander	2,739 55.3%	2,217 44.7%	4,956	D+10.5
Franklin	4,724 95.4%	227 4.6%	4,951	D+90.8
Anson	4,552 92.5%	371 7.5%	4,923	D+84.9
Montgomery	3,007 62.7%	1,789 37.3%	4,796	D+25.4
Orange	3,673 77.0%	1,100 23.0%	4,773	D+53.9
Mitchell	1,450 30.6%	3,290 69.4%	4,740	R+38.8
Martin	4,628 97.8%	106 2.2%	4,734	D+95.5
Vance	4,252 91.8%	380 8.2%	4,632	D+83.6
Brunswick	2,717 64.1%	1,522 35.9%	4,239	D+28.2
Lee	3,682 87.5%	527 12.5%	4,209	D+75.0
Avery	1,194 28.9%	2,944 71.1%	4,138	R+42.3
Granville	3,924 94.9%	213 5.1%	4,137	D+89.7
Polk	2,454 61.6%	1,528 38.4%	3,982	D+23.3
Northampton	3,826 97.3%	105 2.7%	3,931	D+94.7
Swain	2,422 63.0%	1,425 37.0%	3,847	D+25.9
Pasquotank	3,314 86.8%	506 13.2%	3,820	D+73.5
Person	3,239 88.2%	432 11.8%	3,671	D+76.5
Bladen	2,925 84.3%	543 15.7%	3,468	D+68.7
Bertie	3,287 97.1%	98 2.9%	3,385	D+94.2
Scotland	2,981 92.3%	250 7.7%	3,231	D+84.5
Alleghany	1,952 61.6%	1,217 38.4%	3,169	D+23.2
Greene	2,990 96.6%	104 3.4%	3,094	D+93.3
Warren	2,676 91.5%	247 8.5%	2,923	D+83.1
Caswell	2,335 86.9%	351 13.1%	2,686	D+73.9
Onslow	2,383 89.8%	271 10.2%	2,654	D+79.6
Hertford	2,464 96.4%	92 3.6%	2,556	D+92.8
Pender	2,249 88.1%	305 11.9%	2,554	D+76.1
Clay	1,349 53.4%	1,176 46.6%	2,525	D+6.9
Graham	1,404 56.3%	1,089 43.7%	2,493	D+12.6
Pamlico	1,448 66.5%	730 33.5%	2,178	D+33.0
Washington	1,724 82.6%	362 17.4%	2,086	D+65.3
Hoke	1,904 94.2%	117 5.8%	2,021	D+88.4
Chowan	1,547 94.7%	87 5.3%	1,634	D+89.4
Currituck	1,532 93.8%	102 6.2%	1,634	D+87.5
Jones	1,371 85.5%	233 14.5%	1,604	D+70.9
Tyrrell	1,140 73.3%	415 26.7%	1,555	D+46.6
Dare	1,214 79.4%	315 20.6%	1,529	D+58.8
Hyde	1,202 79.5%	309 20.5%	1,511	D+59.1
Gates	1,388 92.8%	108 7.2%	1,496	D+85.6
Perquimans	1,176 83.8%	228 16.2%	1,404	D+67.5
Camden	961 87.8%	134 12.2%	1,095	D+75.5

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.

North Carolina in every presidential election we hold

Year	Winner	Margin
2024	Donald Trump (R)	R+3.2
2020	Donald Trump (R)	R+1.3
2016	Donald Trump (R)	R+3.7
2012	Mitt Romney (R)	R+2.0
2008	Barack Obama (D)	D+0.3
2004	George W. Bush (R)	R+12.4
2000	George W. Bush (R)	R+12.8
1996	Bob Dole (R)	R+4.7
1992	George H. W. Bush (R)	R+0.8
1988	George H. W. Bush (R)	R+16.3
1984	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+24.0
1980	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+2.1
1976	Jimmy Carter (D)	D+11.0
1972	Richard Nixon (R)	R+40.6
1968	Richard Nixon (R)	R+10.3
1964	Lyndon B. Johnson (D)	D+12.3
1960	John F. Kennedy (D)	D+4.2
1956	Adlai Stevenson II (D)	D+1.3
1952	Adlai Stevenson II (D)	D+7.8
1948	Harry S. Truman (D)	D+25.3
1944	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+33.4
1940	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+48.1
1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+46.8
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+40.6
1928	Herbert Hoover (R)	R+9.9
1924	John W. Davis (D)	D+19.2
1920	James M. Cox (D)	D+13.5
1916	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+16.4
1912	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+47.3
1908	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+8.7
1904	Alton B. Parker (D)	D+20.0
1900	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+8.5
1896	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+5.8
1892	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+11.6
1888	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+4.6
1884	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+6.7
1880	Winfield Scott Hancock (D)	D+3.6
1876	Samuel J. Tilden (D)	D+7.2
1872	Ulysses S. Grant (R)	R+14.5
1868	Ulysses S. Grant (R)	R+6.8

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