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Election 1940 Results

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1940 presidential election in Oklahoma

Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democrat) beat Wendell Willkie (Republican) in Oklahoma in 1940, 57.4% to 42.2%, a margin of 15.2 points and 125,441 votes.

Oklahoma voted 5.2 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 56 of the 77 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 21. The largest, Oklahoma, cast 89,617 votes and went to the Democrat by 20.1 points. The closest was Rogers, where 58 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	474,313	57.4%
Wendell Willkie	Republican	348,872	42.2%
All other candidates		3,027	0.4%
Total		826,212

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	Margin
Oklahoma	53,649 59.9%	35,639 39.8%	329	89,617	D+20.1
Tulsa	33,098 45.0%	40,342 54.8%	135	73,575	R+9.8
Muskogee	12,917 57.3%	9,585 42.5%	49	22,551	D+14.8
Kay	10,725 51.4%	10,003 47.9%	156	20,884	D+3.5
Garfield	9,544 46.6%	10,792 52.6%	166	20,502	R+6.1
Creek	10,976 53.6%	9,468 46.2%	51	20,495	D+7.4
Pottawatomie	12,058 63.8%	6,776 35.8%	78	18,912	D+27.9
Seminole	11,167 61.8%	6,880 38.0%	36	18,083	D+23.7
Okmulgee	11,016 61.9%	6,696 37.6%	84	17,796	D+24.3
Osage	9,019 58.3%	6,419 41.5%	43	15,481	D+16.8
Pittsburg	10,169 69.3%	4,484 30.6%	23	14,676	D+38.7
Caddo	8,280 56.5%	6,304 43.0%	61	14,645	D+13.5
Payne	7,704 53.0%	6,772 46.6%	63	14,539	D+6.4
Carter	10,441 76.0%	3,270 23.8%	35	13,746	D+52.2
Washington	6,289 46.0%	7,347 53.7%	40	13,676	R+7.7
Ottawa	7,873 57.7%	5,738 42.0%	35	13,646	D+15.6
Le Flore	8,379 64.0%	4,664 35.6%	44	13,087	D+28.4
Pontotoc	9,310 72.8%	3,449 27.0%	35	12,794	D+45.8
Grady	8,075 65.0%	4,299 34.6%	43	12,417	D+30.4
Lincoln	5,271 45.5%	6,269 54.2%	34	11,574	R+8.6
Bryan	9,095 80.4%	2,190 19.4%	25	11,310	D+61.1
Comanche	6,796 64.5%	3,703 35.1%	36	10,535	D+29.4
Canadian	5,506 53.8%	4,699 45.9%	32	10,237	D+7.9
Logan	4,752 46.5%	5,427 53.1%	46	10,225	R+6.6
Garvin	7,001 70.0%	2,958 29.6%	40	9,999	D+40.4
Cleveland	5,933 61.5%	3,660 37.9%	57	9,650	D+23.6
McCurtain	6,994 75.6%	2,225 24.1%	29	9,248	D+51.6
Hughes	6,005 65.3%	3,168 34.5%	21	9,194	D+30.9
Stephens	6,149 67.0%	2,989 32.6%	34	9,172	D+34.5
Sequoyah	4,469 54.0%	3,803 45.9%	9	8,281	D+8.0
Rogers	4,028 49.5%	4,086 50.2%	25	8,139	R+0.7
Cherokee	3,952 48.8%	4,128 51.0%	18	8,098	R+2.2
Custer	4,612 57.1%	3,419 42.4%	40	8,071	D+14.8
Craig	4,316 54.5%	3,582 45.2%	19	7,917	D+9.3
Mayes	4,057 52.6%	3,631 47.1%	21	7,709	D+5.5
Wagoner	2,946 38.7%	4,647 61.0%	25	7,618	R+22.3
Okfuskee	4,574 60.2%	3,001 39.5%	24	7,599	D+20.7
Choctaw	5,177 68.5%	2,365 31.3%	19	7,561	D+37.2
Pawnee	3,435 46.0%	3,991 53.5%	38	7,464	R+7.4
McIntosh	3,771 51.8%	3,487 47.9%	17	7,275	D+3.9
Kiowa	4,679 64.5%	2,539 35.0%	34	7,252	D+29.5
Washita	4,256 58.7%	2,978 41.1%	11	7,245	D+17.6
Blaine	3,095 42.9%	4,080 56.5%	41	7,216	R+13.7
Nowata	3,615 51.2%	3,406 48.2%	39	7,060	D+3.0
Woods	3,506 50.0%	3,440 49.1%	61	7,007	D+0.9
Beckham	4,598 67.8%	2,148 31.7%	37	6,783	D+36.1
Delaware	3,417 50.7%	3,305 49.0%	17	6,739	D+1.7
Noble	3,226 48.3%	3,441 51.6%	7	6,674	R+3.2
Kingfisher	2,865 43.4%	3,718 56.3%	25	6,608	R+12.9
Haskell	3,896 59.3%	2,661 40.5%	9	6,566	D+18.8
Tillman	4,920 75.6%	1,564 24.0%	24	6,508	D+51.6
Adair	3,203 49.4%	3,275 50.5%	6	6,484	R+1.1
Alfalfa	2,720 42.1%	3,675 56.9%	60	6,455	R+14.8
Jackson	4,832 75.4%	1,540 24.0%	36	6,408	D+51.4
Grant	2,970 46.4%	3,394 53.0%	38	6,402	R+6.6
Woodward	2,806 44.9%	3,403 54.5%	34	6,243	R+9.6
Atoka	3,601 61.7%	2,218 38.0%	13	5,832	D+23.7
Pushmataha	3,952 69.7%	1,709 30.1%	9	5,670	D+39.6
McClain	3,768 66.8%	1,862 33.0%	11	5,641	D+33.8
Jefferson	3,814 75.4%	1,226 24.2%	20	5,060	D+51.1
Dewey	2,391 47.5%	2,613 51.9%	34	5,038	R+4.4
Major	1,404 28.7%	3,453 70.6%	34	4,891	R+41.9
Texas	2,831 59.3%	1,918 40.2%	28	4,777	D+19.1
Latimer	3,138 65.8%	1,600 33.6%	28	4,766	D+32.3
Cotton	3,121 65.6%	1,616 33.9%	23	4,760	D+31.6
Greer	3,524 74.3%	1,195 25.2%	21	4,740	D+49.1
Murray	3,126 71.4%	1,238 28.3%	17	4,381	D+43.1
Johnston	2,955 68.3%	1,362 31.5%	12	4,329	D+36.8
Beaver	2,034 47.5%	2,219 51.8%	29	4,282	R+4.3
Roger Mills	2,580 62.8%	1,504 36.6%	22	4,106	D+26.2
Ellis	1,657 43.2%	2,162 56.4%	17	3,836	R+13.2
Marshall	2,723 72.2%	1,032 27.4%	15	3,770	D+44.9
Coal	2,377 67.2%	1,148 32.5%	10	3,535	D+34.8
Love	2,485 78.1%	687 21.6%	11	3,183	D+56.5
Harper	1,419 46.2%	1,616 52.6%	38	3,073	R+6.4
Harmon	2,292 75.4%	731 24.0%	18	3,041	D+51.3
Cimarron	989 53.4%	841 45.4%	23	1,853	D+8.0

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.

Oklahoma in every presidential election we hold

Year	Winner	Margin
2024	Donald Trump (R)	R+34.3
2020	Donald Trump (R)	R+33.1
2016	Donald Trump (R)	R+36.4
2012	Mitt Romney (R)	R+33.5
2008	John McCain (R)	R+31.3
2004	George W. Bush (R)	R+31.1
2000	George W. Bush (R)	R+21.9
1996	Bob Dole (R)	R+7.8
1992	George H. W. Bush (R)	R+8.6
1988	George H. W. Bush (R)	R+16.6
1984	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+37.9
1980	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+25.5
1976	Gerald Ford (R)	R+1.2
1972	Richard Nixon (R)	R+49.7
1968	Richard Nixon (R)	R+15.7
1964	Lyndon B. Johnson (D)	D+11.5
1960	Richard Nixon (R)	R+18.0
1956	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)	R+10.3
1952	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)	R+9.2
1948	Harry S. Truman (D)	D+25.5
1944	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+11.4
1940	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+15.2
1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+34.1
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+46.6
1928	Herbert Hoover (R)	R+28.3
1924	John W. Davis (D)	D+5.6
1920	Warren G. Harding (R)	R+5.5
1916	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+17.4
1912	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+11.2
1908	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+5.2

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