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Election 1940 Results

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1940 presidential election in Virginia

Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democrat) beat Wendell Willkie (Republican) in Virginia in 1940, 68.1% to 31.6%, a margin of 36.5 points and 126,598 votes.

Virginia voted 26.6 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 116 of the 124 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 8. The largest, Richmond, cast 25,439 votes and went to the Democrat by 52.3 points. The closest was Page, where 34 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	235,961	68.1%
Wendell Willkie	Republican	109,363	31.6%
All other candidates		1,283	0.4%
Total		346,607

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	Margin
Richmond	19,332 76.0%	6,031 23.7%	76	25,439	D+52.3
Norfolk	10,783 75.4%	3,485 24.4%	36	14,304	D+51.0
Roanoke	6,942 65.9%	3,553 33.7%	47	10,542	D+32.1
Arlington	5,440 55.2%	4,365 44.3%	57	9,862	D+10.9
Lee	4,180 61.4%	2,623 38.5%	6	6,809	D+22.9
Lynchburg	4,656 70.2%	1,966 29.6%	9	6,631	D+40.6
Henrico	3,993 66.3%	2,005 33.3%	29	6,027	D+33.0
Wise	4,538 75.7%	1,448 24.1%	12	5,998	D+51.5
Shenandoah	2,450 40.9%	3,527 58.9%	14	5,991	R+18.0
Washington	3,245 54.3%	2,697 45.1%	34	5,976	D+9.2
Roanoke	3,539 60.1%	2,302 39.1%	47	5,888	D+21.0
Alexandria	4,004 68.7%	1,802 30.9%	25	5,831	D+37.8
Portsmouth	5,053 87.8%	675 11.7%	25	5,753	D+76.1
Fairfax	3,263 57.7%	2,371 41.9%	26	5,660	D+15.8
Rockingham	2,569 46.3%	2,922 52.7%	53	5,544	R+6.4
Grayson	2,703 48.9%	2,806 50.8%	17	5,526	R+1.9
Tazewell	3,108 56.8%	2,356 43.1%	8	5,472	D+13.7
Scott	2,474 45.3%	2,982 54.6%	8	5,464	R+9.3
Russell	3,109 59.8%	2,080 40.0%	11	5,200	D+19.8
Newport News	3,907 81.4%	863 18.0%	29	4,799	D+63.4
Smyth	2,420 53.0%	2,134 46.7%	16	4,570	D+6.3
Augusta	2,774 60.8%	1,768 38.7%	22	4,564	D+22.0
Norfolk (Ext)	3,821 85.4%	639 14.3%	15	4,475	D+71.1
Pittsylvania	3,710 83.3%	728 16.3%	17	4,455	D+66.9
Dickenson	2,551 58.7%	1,785 41.1%	7	4,343	D+17.6
Chesterfield	3,354 78.7%	879 20.6%	28	4,261	D+58.1
Danville	3,324 80.3%	787 19.0%	30	4,141	D+61.3
Montgomery	2,168 53.2%	1,890 46.4%	17	4,075	D+6.8
Buchanan	2,554 66.4%	1,291 33.5%	3	3,848	D+32.8
Halifax	3,441 89.9%	373 9.7%	12	3,826	D+80.2
Carroll	1,546 45.7%	1,835 54.2%	5	3,386	R+8.5
Bedford	2,535 75.9%	791 23.7%	14	3,340	D+52.2
Alleghany	2,153 64.7%	1,164 35.0%	12	3,329	D+29.7
Pulaski	2,226 68.4%	1,023 31.4%	6	3,255	D+37.0
Page	1,596 49.3%	1,630 50.4%	11	3,237	R+1.1
Loudoun	2,156 66.7%	1,061 32.8%	14	3,231	D+33.9
Wythe	1,695 52.7%	1,507 46.9%	13	3,215	D+5.8
Elizabeth City (Ext)	2,337 77.9%	652 21.7%	11	3,000	D+56.2
Franklin	2,037 68.6%	925 31.2%	6	2,968	D+37.5
Campbell	2,358 83.6%	456 16.2%	5	2,819	D+67.5
Petersburg	2,193 77.9%	604 21.5%	18	2,815	D+56.4
Giles	1,716 62.5%	1,024 37.3%	4	2,744	D+25.2
Mecklenburg	2,402 88.5%	308 11.4%	3	2,713	D+77.2
Fauquier	1,874 71.1%	756 28.7%	7	2,637	D+42.4
Rockbridge	1,618 63.8%	902 35.6%	15	2,535	D+28.2
Charlottesville	1,759 69.9%	743 29.5%	13	2,515	D+40.4
Harrisonburg	1,462 58.9%	1,000 40.3%	19	2,481	D+18.6
Albemarle	1,648 67.0%	804 32.7%	6	2,458	D+34.3
Botetourt	1,329 54.9%	1,085 44.8%	8	2,422	D+10.1
Frederick	1,631 67.8%	773 32.1%	2	2,406	D+35.7
Accomack	1,476 62.4%	882 37.3%	8	2,366	D+25.1
Amherst	2,048 87.3%	292 12.4%	7	2,347	D+74.8
Henry	1,795 78.7%	474 20.8%	11	2,280	D+57.9
Floyd	729 32.9%	1,482 66.9%	3	2,214	R+34.0
Princess Anne (Ext)	1,689 79.0%	445 20.8%	3	2,137	D+58.2
Winchester	1,114 53.9%	945 45.7%	8	2,067	D+8.2
Patrick	1,479 74.0%	514 25.7%	6	1,999	D+48.3
Prince William	1,435 74.0%	500 25.8%	5	1,940	D+48.2
Bristol	1,465 76.9%	423 22.2%	16	1,904	D+54.7
Warren	1,338 73.0%	491 26.8%	4	1,833	D+46.2
Culpeper	1,208 67.3%	579 32.3%	7	1,794	D+35.1
Orange	1,283 72.9%	464 26.4%	12	1,759	D+46.6
Staunton	1,042 59.7%	687 39.4%	15	1,744	D+20.4
Southampton	1,508 87.0%	213 12.3%	12	1,733	D+74.7
Charlotte	1,467 85.2%	251 14.6%	3	1,721	D+70.7
Hanover	1,347 78.4%	364 21.2%	8	1,719	D+57.2
Nottoway	1,290 77.1%	373 22.3%	11	1,674	D+54.8
Nelson	1,291 79.4%	330 20.3%	5	1,626	D+59.1
Suffolk	1,215 76.0%	383 24.0%		1,598	D+52.1
Fredericksburg	1,037 66.3%	522 33.4%	6	1,565	D+32.9
Clifton Forge	1,179 76.4%	353 22.9%	11	1,543	D+53.5
Nansemond (Ext)	1,408 91.5%	129 8.4%	1	1,538	D+83.2
Louisa	896 60.5%	573 38.7%	13	1,482	D+21.8
Brunswick	1,288 88.5%	164 11.3%	4	1,456	D+77.2
Bland	753 52.0%	693 47.8%	3	1,449	D+4.1
Caroline	1,136 78.5%	305 21.1%	6	1,447	D+57.4
Prince Edward	1,110 77.4%	313 21.8%	12	1,435	D+55.5
Dinwiddie	1,129 80.6%	264 18.9%	7	1,400	D+61.8
Clarke	1,043 75.6%	333 24.1%	4	1,380	D+51.4
Warwick (Ext)	1,065 77.6%	305 22.2%	3	1,373	D+55.4
Appomattox	1,144 83.9%	215 15.8%	4	1,363	D+68.2
Lunenburg	1,213 89.3%	144 10.6%	2	1,359	D+78.7
Isle Of Wight	1,138 84.5%	208 15.5%		1,346	D+69.1
Madison	692 51.6%	646 48.1%	4	1,342	D+3.4
Hopewell	981 76.0%	308 23.9%	1	1,290	D+52.2
Stafford	803 63.3%	463 36.5%	3	1,269	D+26.8
Martinsville	980 78.1%	269 21.5%	5	1,254	D+56.7
Northampton	866 70.5%	359 29.2%	3	1,228	D+41.3
Radford	793 65.2%	417 34.3%	6	1,216	D+30.9
Westmoreland	845 70.2%	357 29.7%	1	1,203	D+40.6
Hampton	975 81.7%	215 18.0%	4	1,194	D+63.7
Highland	549 46.4%	628 53.1%	5	1,182	R+6.7
Gloucester	937 79.4%	241 20.4%	2	1,180	D+59.0
Bath	630 54.2%	527 45.3%	6	1,163	D+8.9
Spotsylvania	785 68.0%	365 31.6%	4	1,154	D+36.4
Buckingham	829 73.8%	289 25.7%	5	1,123	D+48.1
Northumberland	712 64.6%	386 35.0%	4	1,102	D+29.6
South Norfolk	920 85.5%	156 14.5%		1,076	D+71.0
Lancaster	711 68.6%	317 30.6%	8	1,036	D+38.0
Goochland	820 81.7%	180 17.9%	4	1,004	D+63.7
Greensville	843 84.4%	152 15.2%	4	999	D+69.2
York	787 80.3%	177 18.1%	16	980	D+62.2
Craig	656 68.5%	299 31.2%	2	957	D+37.3
Mathews	592 62.5%	349 36.9%	6	947	D+25.7
King William	697 74.8%	235 25.2%		932	D+49.6
Prince George	766 82.8%	156 16.9%	3	925	D+65.9
Sussex	737 81.6%	164 18.2%	2	903	D+63.5
Amelia	562 67.6%	267 32.1%	2	831	D+35.5
Fluvanna	579 70.5%	241 29.4%	1	821	D+41.2
Rappahannock	588 72.1%	225 27.6%	3	816	D+44.5
Surry	658 84.6%	120 15.4%		778	D+69.2
Richmond	475 64.1%	257 34.7%	9	741	D+29.4
Middlesex	586 82.2%	125 17.5%	2	713	D+64.7
Essex	547 78.9%	145 20.9%	1	693	D+58.0
King George	515 75.4%	167 24.5%	1	683	D+51.0
Powhatan	510 76.2%	157 23.5%	2	669	D+52.8
Greene	363 56.3%	282 43.7%		645	D+12.6
Cumberland	396 70.8%	157 28.1%	6	559	D+42.8
Williamsburg	367 67.8%	168 31.1%	6	541	D+36.8
King And Queen	365 74.5%	124 25.3%	1	490	D+49.2
James City	306 67.4%	146 32.2%	2	454	D+35.2
New Kent	286 68.3%	133 31.7%		419	D+36.5
Buena Vista	280 70.9%	113 28.6%	2	395	D+42.3
Charles City	238 72.1%	92 27.9%		330	D+44.2

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.

Virginia in every presidential election we hold

Year	Winner	Margin
2024	Kamala Harris (D)	D+5.8
2020	Joe Biden (D)	D+10.1
2016	Hillary Clinton (D)	D+5.3
2012	Barack Obama (D)	D+3.9
2008	Barack Obama (D)	D+6.3
2004	George W. Bush (R)	R+8.2
2000	George W. Bush (R)	R+8.0
1996	Bob Dole (R)	R+2.0
1992	George H. W. Bush (R)	R+4.4
1988	George H. W. Bush (R)	R+20.5
1984	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+25.2
1980	Ronald Reagan (R)	R+12.7
1976	Gerald Ford (R)	R+1.3
1972	Richard Nixon (R)	R+37.7
1968	Richard Nixon (R)	R+10.9
1964	Lyndon B. Johnson (D)	D+7.4
1960	Richard Nixon (R)	R+5.5
1956	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)	R+17.0
1952	Dwight D. Eisenhower (R)	R+13.0
1948	Harry S. Truman (D)	D+6.8
1944	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+25.0
1940	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+36.5
1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+40.8
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt (D)	D+38.4
1928	Herbert Hoover (R)	R+8.0
1924	John W. Davis (D)	D+29.7
1920	James M. Cox (D)	D+23.7
1916	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+35.2
1912	Woodrow Wilson (D)	D+48.9
1908	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+22.2
1904	Alton B. Parker (D)	D+24.8
1900	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+11.5
1896	William Jennings Bryan (D)	D+6.6
1892	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+17.5
1888	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+0.5
1884	Grover Cleveland (D)	D+2.2
1880	Winfield Scott Hancock (D)	D+21.1
1876	Samuel J. Tilden (D)	D+19.2
1872	Ulysses S. Grant (R)	R+1.0

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