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Election 1940 Results

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1940 presidential election in South Carolina

Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democrat) beat Wendell Willkie (Republican) in South Carolina in 1940, 95.6% to 4.4%, a margin of 91.3 points and 91,110 votes.

South Carolina voted 81.3 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 45 of the 45 counties as they stood then. The largest, Charleston, cast 9,517 votes and went to the Democrat by 71.2 points. The closest was Jasper, where 377 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 95,470 95.6%
Wendell Willkie Republican 4,360 4.4%
All other candidates 2 0.0%
Total99,832

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Charleston 8,145 85.6% 1,372 14.4% 9,517 D+71.2
Spartanburg 9,119 97.4% 248 2.6% 9,367 D+94.7
Greenville 8,118 94.0% 514 6.0% 8,632 D+88.1
Richland 4,781 96.6% 167 3.4% 4,948 D+93.2
Anderson 3,763 97.8% 86 2.2% 3,849 D+95.5
Union 3,662 99.2% 29 0.8% 3,691 D+98.4
Lancaster 3,205 99.6% 14 0.4% 3,219 D+99.1
Greenwood 2,914 98.7% 39 1.3% 2,953 D+97.4
Chesterfield 2,880 99.3% 20 0.7% 2,900 D+98.6
Aiken 2,772 96.9% 89 3.1% 2,861 D+93.8
Laurens 2,697 98.5% 40 1.5% 2,737 D+97.1
Florence 2,597 96.5% 95 3.5% 2,692 D+92.9
York 2,508 95.5% 118 4.5% 2,626 D+91.0
Orangeburg 2,356 97.7% 56 2.3% 2,412 D+95.4
Horry 2,111 92.8% 164 7.2% 2,275 D+85.6
Pickens 2,122 96.5% 76 3.5% 2,198 D+93.1
Cherokee 2,069 98.3% 36 1.7% 2,105 D+96.6
Chester 1,930 98.2% 35 1.8% 1,965 D+96.4
Barnwell 1,845 99.3% 13 0.7% 1,858 D+98.6
Newberry 1,739 98.0% 35 2.0% 1,774 D+96.1
Oconee 1,593 91.8% 143 8.2% 1,736 D+83.5
Georgetown 1,503 90.7% 155 9.3% 1,658 D+81.3
Lexington 1,496 98.9% 17 1.1% 1,513 D+97.8
Darlington 1,395 95.9% 60 4.1% 1,455 D+91.8
Colleton 1,197 94.8% 65 5.2% 1,262 D+89.7
Hampton 1,198 98.0% 24 2.0% 1,222 D+96.1
Clarendon 1,154 95.5% 54 4.5% 1,208 D+91.1
Kershaw 1,174 98.3% 20 1.7% 1,194 D+96.6
Saluda 1,115 98.7% 15 1.3% 1,130 D+97.3
Williamsburg 1,089 97.0% 34 3.0% 1,123 D+93.9
Dorchester 993 90.0% 110 10.0% 1,103 D+80.1
Edgefield 1,065 99.2% 9 0.8% 1,074 D+98.3
Abbeville 1,007 96.9% 32 3.1% 1,039 D+93.8
Allendale 905 96.8% 30 3.2% 935 D+93.6
Bamberg 904 98.6% 13 1.4% 917 D+97.2
Dillon 868 97.2% 25 2.8% 893 D+94.4
Fairfield 848 97.7% 20 2.3% 868 D+95.4
Lee 825 97.6% 20 2.4% 845 D+95.3
Marion 716 97.5% 18 2.5% 734 D+95.1
Beaufort 582 86.5% 91 13.5% 673 D+73.0
Calhoun 657 99.5% 3 0.5% 660 D+99.1
Berkeley 490 84.3% 91 15.7% 581 D+68.7
Marlboro 526 97.6% 13 2.4% 539 D+95.2
Jasper 418 91.1% 41 8.9% 459 D+82.1
McCormick 419 97.4% 11 2.6% 430 D+94.9

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.

South Carolina in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Donald Trump (R) R+17.9
2020 Donald Trump (R) R+11.7
2016 Donald Trump (R) R+14.3
2012 Mitt Romney (R) R+10.5
2008 John McCain (R) R+9.0
2004 George W. Bush (R) R+17.1
2000 George W. Bush (R) R+16.0
1996 Bob Dole (R) R+5.8
1992 George H. W. Bush (R) R+8.1
1988 George H. W. Bush (R) R+23.9
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+28.0
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+1.2
1976 Jimmy Carter (D) D+13.0
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+42.7
1968 Richard Nixon (R) R+8.5
1964 Barry Goldwater (R) R+17.8
1960 John F. Kennedy (D) D+2.5
1956 Adlai Stevenson II (D) D+20.2
1952 Adlai Stevenson II (D) D+1.4
1948 Strom Thurmond (other)
1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+83.2
1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+91.3
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+97.1
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+96.1
1928 Al Smith (D) D+82.9
1924 John W. Davis (D) D+94.4
1920 James M. Cox (D) D+92.1
1916 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+94.3
1912 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+94.8
1908 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+87.9
1904 Alton B. Parker (D) D+90.7
1900 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+86.1
1896 William Jennings Bryan (D) D+71.8
1892 Grover Cleveland (D) D+58.6
1888 Grover Cleveland (D) D+65.1
1884 Grover Cleveland (D) D+51.8
1880 Winfield Scott Hancock (D) D+31.7
1876 Rutherford B. Hayes (R) R+0.5
1872 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+52.0
1868 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+15.9