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1940 presidential election in West Virginia
Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democrat) beat Wendell Willkie (Republican) in West Virginia in 1940, 57.1% to 42.9%, a margin of 14.2 points and 123,248 votes.
West Virginia voted 4.2 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 40 of the 55 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 15. The largest, Kanawha, cast 98,045 votes and went to the Democrat by 18.2 points. The closest was Mineral, where 62 votes separated the two parties.
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 | 495,662 | 57.1% |
| Wendell Willkie | Republican | 372,414 | 42.9% |
| Total | 868,076 |
Every county
| County | Democrat | Republican | Others | Total | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kanawha | 57,932 59.1% | 40,113 40.9% | 98,045 | D+18.2 | |
| Cabell | 28,125 57.2% | 21,027 42.8% | 49,152 | D+14.4 | |
| Ohio | 21,713 54.6% | 18,073 45.4% | 39,786 | D+9.1 | |
| Harrison | 22,570 56.9% | 17,087 43.1% | 39,657 | D+13.8 | |
| McDowell | 24,449 63.7% | 13,906 36.3% | 38,355 | D+27.5 | |
| Raleigh | 23,105 66.3% | 11,752 33.7% | 34,857 | D+32.6 | |
| Marion | 21,035 61.2% | 13,349 38.8% | 34,384 | D+22.4 | |
| Fayette | 22,256 68.3% | 10,307 31.7% | 32,563 | D+36.7 | |
| Wood | 15,962 51.5% | 15,005 48.5% | 30,967 | D+3.1 | |
| Mercer | 18,163 61.4% | 11,395 38.6% | 29,558 | D+22.9 | |
| Logan | 17,010 63.3% | 9,860 36.7% | 26,870 | D+26.6 | |
| Monongalia | 12,940 55.5% | 10,367 44.5% | 23,307 | D+11.0 | |
| Marshall | 8,900 48.8% | 9,324 51.2% | 18,224 | R+2.3 | |
| Mingo | 11,619 66.8% | 5,776 33.2% | 17,395 | D+33.6 | |
| Greenbrier | 10,164 61.2% | 6,451 38.8% | 16,615 | D+22.3 | |
| Wayne | 9,626 62.8% | 5,701 37.2% | 15,327 | D+25.6 | |
| Berkeley | 8,658 56.9% | 6,562 43.1% | 15,220 | D+13.8 | |
| Hancock | 8,515 63.0% | 4,997 37.0% | 13,512 | D+26.0 | |
| Preston | 4,730 36.5% | 8,213 63.5% | 12,943 | R+26.9 | |
| Randolph | 8,465 66.9% | 4,196 33.1% | 12,661 | D+33.7 | |
| Wyoming | 7,802 64.1% | 4,378 35.9% | 12,180 | D+28.1 | |
| Boone | 7,904 65.7% | 4,128 34.3% | 12,032 | D+31.4 | |
| Mason | 4,521 42.0% | 6,239 58.0% | 10,760 | R+16.0 | |
| Lewis | 4,566 43.5% | 5,935 56.5% | 10,501 | R+13.0 | |
| Roane | 5,158 49.2% | 5,317 50.8% | 10,475 | R+1.5 | |
| Brooke | 6,416 61.6% | 4,004 38.4% | 10,420 | D+23.1 | |
| Mineral | 5,195 50.3% | 5,133 49.7% | 10,328 | D+0.6 | |
| Lincoln | 5,228 52.0% | 4,818 48.0% | 10,046 | D+4.1 | |
| Wetzel | 5,590 55.7% | 4,443 44.3% | 10,033 | D+11.4 | |
| Taylor | 4,968 50.6% | 4,841 49.4% | 9,809 | D+1.3 | |
| Braxton | 5,709 58.5% | 4,056 41.5% | 9,765 | D+16.9 | |
| Nicholas | 5,312 55.3% | 4,299 44.7% | 9,611 | D+10.5 | |
| Barbour | 5,025 52.3% | 4,576 47.7% | 9,601 | D+4.7 | |
| Putnam | 4,888 53.4% | 4,268 46.6% | 9,156 | D+6.8 | |
| Summers | 5,441 59.9% | 3,644 40.1% | 9,085 | D+19.8 | |
| Upshur | 2,862 32.0% | 6,086 68.0% | 8,948 | R+36.0 | |
| Jackson | 3,299 39.3% | 5,104 60.7% | 8,403 | R+21.5 | |
| Jefferson | 5,297 69.4% | 2,332 30.6% | 7,629 | D+38.9 | |
| Ritchie | 2,439 32.9% | 4,982 67.1% | 7,421 | R+34.3 | |
| Monroe | 3,283 49.1% | 3,403 50.9% | 6,686 | R+1.8 | |
| Webster | 4,579 68.9% | 2,067 31.1% | 6,646 | D+37.8 | |
| Pocahontas | 3,604 55.5% | 2,886 44.5% | 6,490 | D+11.1 | |
| Tyler | 2,026 31.8% | 4,354 68.2% | 6,380 | R+36.5 | |
| Clay | 3,485 54.7% | 2,881 45.3% | 6,366 | D+9.5 | |
| Tucker | 3,332 55.7% | 2,654 44.3% | 5,986 | D+11.3 | |
| Gilmer | 3,276 61.3% | 2,067 38.7% | 5,343 | D+22.6 | |
| Hampshire | 3,277 65.2% | 1,751 34.8% | 5,028 | D+30.4 | |
| Doddridge | 1,495 31.2% | 3,293 68.8% | 4,788 | R+37.6 | |
| Calhoun | 2,872 60.3% | 1,891 39.7% | 4,763 | D+20.6 | |
| Pendleton | 2,710 57.8% | 1,977 42.2% | 4,687 | D+15.6 | |
| Hardy | 2,690 61.6% | 1,674 38.4% | 4,364 | D+23.3 | |
| Grant | 857 21.2% | 3,195 78.8% | 4,052 | R+57.7 | |
| Morgan | 1,286 33.4% | 2,563 66.6% | 3,849 | R+33.2 | |
| Pleasants | 1,779 48.4% | 1,896 51.6% | 3,675 | R+3.2 | |
| Wirt | 1,554 46.1% | 1,818 53.9% | 3,372 | R+7.8 |
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.
West Virginia in every presidential election we hold
| Year | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Donald Trump (R) | R+41.9 |
| 2020 | Donald Trump (R) | R+38.9 |
| 2016 | Donald Trump (R) | R+42.1 |
| 2012 | Mitt Romney (R) | R+26.8 |
| 2008 | John McCain (R) | R+13.1 |
| 2004 | George W. Bush (R) | R+12.9 |
| 2000 | George W. Bush (R) | R+6.3 |
| 1996 | Bill Clinton (D) | D+14.7 |
| 1992 | Bill Clinton (D) | D+13.0 |
| 1988 | Michael Dukakis (D) | D+4.7 |
| 1984 | Ronald Reagan (R) | R+10.5 |
| 1980 | Jimmy Carter (D) | D+4.5 |
| 1976 | Jimmy Carter (D) | D+16.1 |
| 1972 | Richard Nixon (R) | R+27.2 |
| 1968 | Hubert Humphrey (D) | D+8.8 |
| 1964 | Lyndon B. Johnson (D) | D+35.9 |
| 1960 | John F. Kennedy (D) | D+5.5 |
| 1956 | Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) | R+8.2 |
| 1952 | Adlai Stevenson II (D) | D+3.8 |
| 1948 | Harry S. Truman (D) | D+15.1 |
| 1944 | Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) | D+9.8 |
| 1940 | Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) | D+14.2 |
| 1936 | Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) | D+21.4 |
| 1932 | Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) | D+10.0 |
| 1928 | Herbert Hoover (R) | R+17.4 |
| 1924 | Calvin Coolidge (R) | R+5.4 |
| 1920 | Warren G. Harding (R) | R+12.0 |
| 1916 | Charles Evans Hughes (R) | R+0.9 |
| 1912 | Woodrow Wilson (D) | D+21.0 |
| 1908 | William Howard Taft (R) | R+10.3 |
| 1904 | Theodore Roosevelt (R) | R+13.2 |
| 1900 | William McKinley (R) | R+9.5 |
| 1896 | William McKinley (R) | R+5.4 |
| 1892 | Grover Cleveland (D) | D+2.4 |
| 1888 | Grover Cleveland (D) | D+0.3 |
| 1884 | Grover Cleveland (D) | D+3.2 |
| 1880 | Winfield Scott Hancock (D) | D+9.9 |
| 1876 | Samuel J. Tilden (D) | D+14.6 |
| 1872 | Ulysses S. Grant (R) | R+4.5 |
| 1868 | Ulysses S. Grant (R) | R+17.6 |