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Election 1940 Results

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1940 presidential election in Ohio

Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democrat) beat Wendell Willkie (Republican) in Ohio in 1940, 52.2% to 47.8%, a margin of 4.4 points and 146,366 votes.

Ohio voted 5.5 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 60 of the 88 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 28. The largest, Cuyahoga, cast 556,188 votes and went to the Democrat by 24.8 points. The closest was Licking, where 91 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 1,733,139 52.2%
Wendell Willkie Republican 1,586,773 47.8%
Total3,319,912

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Cuyahoga 347,118 62.4% 209,070 37.6% 556,188 D+24.8
Hamilton 148,907 49.0% 154,733 51.0% 303,640 R+1.9
Franklin 96,601 51.1% 92,533 48.9% 189,134 D+2.2
Lucas 77,948 50.5% 76,405 49.5% 154,353 D+1.0
Summit 89,555 58.5% 63,405 41.5% 152,960 D+17.1
Montgomery 86,084 59.8% 57,866 40.2% 143,950 D+19.6
Mahoning 76,441 67.1% 37,496 32.9% 113,937 D+34.2
Stark 59,496 56.2% 46,384 43.8% 105,880 D+12.4
Trumbull 34,615 58.0% 25,026 42.0% 59,641 D+16.1
Butler 30,821 56.9% 23,380 43.1% 54,201 D+13.7
Lorain 25,831 52.4% 23,422 47.6% 49,253 D+4.9
Clark 25,888 55.6% 20,681 44.4% 46,569 D+11.2
Belmont 28,618 61.8% 17,705 38.2% 46,323 D+23.6
Jefferson 29,514 64.0% 16,578 36.0% 46,092 D+28.1
Columbiana 22,349 51.3% 21,221 48.7% 43,570 D+2.6
Scioto 21,926 53.0% 19,462 47.0% 41,388 D+6.0
Richland 18,645 52.1% 17,157 47.9% 35,802 D+4.2
Muskingum 15,753 44.8% 19,395 55.2% 35,148 R+10.4
Allen 14,469 41.2% 20,675 58.8% 35,144 R+17.7
Tuscarawas 19,004 56.4% 14,675 43.6% 33,679 D+12.9
Ashtabula 14,454 43.9% 18,491 56.1% 32,945 R+12.3
Licking 16,379 50.1% 16,288 49.9% 32,667 D+0.3
Wood 9,711 36.4% 16,998 63.6% 26,709 R+27.3
Miami 11,799 44.5% 14,725 55.5% 26,524 R+11.0
Lake 12,408 48.0% 13,464 52.0% 25,872 R+4.1
Portage 12,687 51.9% 11,777 48.1% 24,464 D+3.7
Wayne 10,748 44.3% 13,525 55.7% 24,273 R+11.4
Ross 12,447 51.4% 11,780 48.6% 24,227 D+2.8
Seneca 7,464 31.4% 16,272 68.6% 23,736 R+37.1
Athens 11,449 50.5% 11,213 49.5% 22,662 D+1.0
Marion 10,462 47.0% 11,817 53.0% 22,279 R+6.1
Washington 8,584 38.8% 13,558 61.2% 22,142 R+22.5
Fairfield 11,298 51.1% 10,813 48.9% 22,111 D+2.2
Hancock 7,755 35.4% 14,174 64.6% 21,929 R+29.3
Sandusky 7,116 33.6% 14,054 66.4% 21,170 R+32.8
Lawrence 10,661 50.9% 10,274 49.1% 20,935 D+1.8
Darke 9,651 46.4% 11,147 53.6% 20,798 R+7.2
Erie 9,254 45.1% 11,267 54.9% 20,521 R+9.8
Crawford 8,966 46.5% 10,336 53.5% 19,302 R+7.1
Guernsey 8,710 46.2% 10,125 53.8% 18,835 R+7.5
Huron 6,741 36.4% 11,758 63.6% 18,499 R+27.1
Clermont 8,942 48.8% 9,367 51.2% 18,309 R+2.3
Greene 8,881 48.9% 9,273 51.1% 18,154 R+2.2
Knox 7,081 40.7% 10,303 59.3% 17,384 R+18.5
Medina 6,722 39.9% 10,116 60.1% 16,838 R+20.2
Coshocton 7,889 47.8% 8,623 52.2% 16,512 R+4.4
Ashland 7,835 47.6% 8,624 52.4% 16,459 R+4.8
Logan 6,351 39.2% 9,861 60.8% 16,212 R+21.7
Hardin 6,547 41.6% 9,192 58.4% 15,739 R+16.8
Warren 6,895 44.2% 8,722 55.8% 15,617 R+11.7
Perry 6,953 44.5% 8,656 55.5% 15,609 R+10.9
Highland 6,921 44.8% 8,530 55.2% 15,451 R+10.4
Delaware 5,666 37.2% 9,570 62.8% 15,236 R+25.6
Van Wert 6,254 41.9% 8,656 58.1% 14,910 R+16.1
Auglaize 5,704 38.9% 8,953 61.1% 14,657 R+22.2
Jackson 6,382 45.8% 7,551 54.2% 13,933 R+8.4
Champaign 5,929 43.1% 7,841 56.9% 13,770 R+13.9
Williams 4,065 30.0% 9,463 70.0% 13,528 R+39.9
Shelby 6,105 46.1% 7,130 53.9% 13,235 R+7.7
Mercer 5,114 39.3% 7,905 60.7% 13,019 R+21.4
Pickaway 6,895 53.6% 5,974 46.4% 12,869 D+7.2
Putnam 3,655 29.0% 8,946 71.0% 12,601 R+42.0
Ottawa 5,556 44.7% 6,872 55.3% 12,428 R+10.6
Defiance 4,313 35.0% 8,010 65.0% 12,323 R+30.0
Preble 5,735 46.8% 6,511 53.2% 12,246 R+6.3
Meigs 4,983 40.8% 7,239 59.2% 12,222 R+18.5
Clinton 4,964 41.4% 7,027 58.6% 11,991 R+17.2
Henry 3,508 31.1% 7,784 68.9% 11,292 R+37.9
Fayette 5,249 46.7% 5,984 53.3% 11,233 R+6.5
Gallia 3,943 35.1% 7,285 64.9% 11,228 R+29.8
Adams 5,007 44.8% 6,180 55.2% 11,187 R+10.5
Fulton 2,530 22.6% 8,653 77.4% 11,183 R+54.8
Union 3,947 35.4% 7,214 64.6% 11,161 R+29.3
Brown 5,644 50.8% 5,477 49.2% 11,121 D+1.5
Hocking 5,688 51.6% 5,336 48.4% 11,024 D+3.2
Wyandot 4,206 40.1% 6,272 59.9% 10,478 R+19.7
Madison 4,390 42.6% 5,904 57.4% 10,294 R+14.7
Harrison 4,559 44.3% 5,729 55.7% 10,288 R+11.4
Carroll 3,589 41.0% 5,160 59.0% 8,749 R+18.0
Geauga 3,318 38.2% 5,371 61.8% 8,689 R+23.6
Monroe 4,138 47.7% 4,534 52.3% 8,672 R+4.6
Morrow 3,215 37.1% 5,457 62.9% 8,672 R+25.9
Pike 4,962 61.1% 3,165 38.9% 8,127 D+22.1
Paulding 3,155 38.9% 4,949 61.1% 8,104 R+22.1
Noble 3,037 38.2% 4,922 61.8% 7,959 R+23.7
Morgan 2,637 34.7% 4,966 65.3% 7,603 R+30.6
Holmes 3,349 51.1% 3,201 48.9% 6,550 D+2.3
Vinton 2,404 43.0% 3,190 57.0% 5,594 R+14.1

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.

Ohio in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Donald Trump (R) R+11.2
2020 Donald Trump (R) R+8.0
2016 Donald Trump (R) R+8.1
2012 Barack Obama (D) D+3.0
2008 Barack Obama (D) D+4.6
2004 George W. Bush (R) R+2.1
2000 George W. Bush (R) R+3.5
1996 Bill Clinton (D) D+6.4
1992 Bill Clinton (D) D+1.8
1988 George H. W. Bush (R) R+10.9
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+18.7
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+10.6
1976 Jimmy Carter (D) D+0.2
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+21.6
1968 Richard Nixon (R) R+2.3
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+25.9
1960 Richard Nixon (R) R+6.6
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+22.2
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+13.5
1948 Harry S. Truman (D) D+0.2
1944 Thomas E. Dewey (R) R+0.4
1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+4.4
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+20.6
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+2.8
1928 Herbert Hoover (R) R+30.4
1924 Calvin Coolidge (R) R+34.6
1920 Warren G. Harding (R) R+19.9
1916 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+7.7
1912 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+14.1
1908 William Howard Taft (R) R+6.2
1904 Theodore Roosevelt (R) R+25.4
1900 William McKinley (R) R+6.6
1896 William McKinley (R) R+5.0
1892 Benjamin Harrison (R) R+0.1
1888 Benjamin Harrison (R) R+2.5
1884 James G. Blaine (R) R+4.1
1880 James A. Garfield (R) R+4.7
1876 Rutherford B. Hayes (R) R+1.1
1872 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+7.1
1868 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+8.0