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Election 1940 Results

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1940 presidential election in Wisconsin

Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democrat) beat Wendell Willkie (Republican) in Wisconsin in 1940, 50.1% to 48.3%, a margin of 1.8 points and 25,615 votes.

Wisconsin voted 8.1 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 46 of the 71 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 25. The largest, Milwaukee, cast 351,197 votes and went to the Democrat by 22.4 points. The closest was Burnett, where 3 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 704,821 50.1%
Wendell Willkie Republican 679,206 48.3%
All other candidates 21,495 1.5%
Total1,405,522

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Milwaukee 209,861 59.8% 131,120 37.3% 10,216 351,197 D+22.4
Dane 40,331 64.2% 21,845 34.8% 611 62,787 D+29.4
Racine 23,532 54.8% 18,753 43.6% 693 42,978 D+11.1
Rock 17,543 46.3% 20,141 53.1% 214 37,898 R+6.9
Brown 19,526 54.2% 16,375 45.4% 135 36,036 D+8.7
Winnebago 15,570 45.1% 18,697 54.1% 268 34,535 R+9.1
Sheboygan 15,800 49.8% 15,305 48.2% 642 31,747 D+1.6
Outagamie 12,168 40.5% 17,733 59.0% 166 30,067 R+18.5
Waukesha 12,859 42.9% 16,726 55.9% 358 29,943 R+12.9
Kenosha 17,174 57.7% 12,182 40.9% 421 29,777 D+16.8
Marathon 13,724 46.6% 15,264 51.8% 481 29,469 R+5.2
Fond Du Lac 10,323 37.8% 16,804 61.5% 215 27,342 R+23.7
La Crosse 13,079 48.6% 13,711 50.9% 134 26,924 R+2.3
Manitowoc 13,142 50.3% 12,616 48.3% 368 26,126 D+2.0
Dodge 8,938 37.5% 14,651 61.4% 260 23,849 R+24.0
Douglas 15,548 66.1% 7,695 32.7% 272 23,515 D+33.4
Eau Claire 10,129 51.1% 9,595 48.4% 108 19,832 D+2.7
Grant 7,458 39.8% 11,143 59.4% 158 18,759 R+19.6
Wood 8,574 46.6% 9,654 52.5% 174 18,402 R+5.9
Jefferson 7,842 43.2% 10,178 56.0% 149 18,169 R+12.9
Walworth 5,449 31.8% 11,594 67.6% 111 17,154 R+35.8
Chippewa 7,250 44.8% 8,781 54.3% 140 16,171 R+9.5
Portage 10,148 63.8% 5,670 35.6% 94 15,912 D+28.1
Waupaca 4,616 29.1% 11,099 70.0% 151 15,866 R+40.9
Sauk 6,106 38.9% 9,363 59.6% 238 15,707 R+20.7
Marinette 7,703 49.8% 7,688 49.7% 92 15,483 D+0.1
Columbia 7,021 45.6% 8,260 53.7% 106 15,387 R+8.1
Clark 4,683 32.5% 9,501 65.9% 236 14,420 R+33.4
Barron 6,183 43.5% 7,806 54.9% 238 14,227 R+11.4
Washington 4,683 35.0% 8,501 63.5% 196 13,380 R+28.5
Monroe 4,673 36.3% 8,042 62.5% 148 12,863 R+26.2
Vernon 5,776 46.2% 6,614 52.9% 102 12,492 R+6.7
St. Croix 4,898 41.2% 6,857 57.7% 121 11,876 R+16.5
Shawano 5,241 44.5% 6,377 54.2% 156 11,774 R+9.6
Dunn 4,545 39.0% 6,968 59.9% 126 11,639 R+20.8
Oconto 5,273 45.5% 6,238 53.9% 66 11,577 R+8.3
Polk 4,979 44.3% 6,031 53.6% 238 11,248 R+9.4
Trempealeau 5,175 48.9% 5,319 50.3% 85 10,579 R+1.4
Green 4,565 44.0% 5,711 55.1% 88 10,364 R+11.1
Pierce 3,259 32.6% 6,624 66.2% 116 9,999 R+33.7
Lincoln 3,951 39.6% 5,812 58.2% 221 9,984 R+18.6
Langlade 5,190 52.9% 4,523 46.1% 101 9,814 D+6.8
Lafayette 4,315 45.8% 5,059 53.7% 45 9,419 R+7.9
Ashland 5,586 60.0% 3,592 38.6% 131 9,309 D+21.4
Oneida 5,375 58.8% 3,694 40.4% 77 9,146 D+18.4
Iowa 4,025 44.0% 4,978 54.5% 137 9,140 R+10.4
Richland 3,524 38.6% 5,527 60.5% 88 9,139 R+21.9
Ozaukee 3,662 42.0% 4,913 56.3% 148 8,723 R+14.3
Juneau 3,354 38.5% 5,268 60.5% 84 8,706 R+22.0
Crawford 3,595 43.3% 4,667 56.3% 31 8,293 R+12.9
Door 2,750 33.3% 5,461 66.1% 49 8,260 R+32.8
Price 4,042 49.9% 3,879 47.9% 172 8,093 D+2.0
Jackson 3,975 51.1% 3,741 48.1% 64 7,780 D+3.0
Calumet 2,324 30.1% 5,327 69.0% 74 7,725 R+38.9
Taylor 3,771 49.1% 3,668 47.8% 239 7,678 D+1.3
Bayfield 4,387 59.8% 2,829 38.5% 126 7,342 D+21.2
Green Lake 2,357 32.2% 4,919 67.3% 38 7,314 R+35.0
Kewaunee 3,389 46.6% 3,862 53.1% 21 7,272 R+6.5
Rusk 3,578 50.0% 3,484 48.7% 98 7,160 D+1.3
Waushara 1,747 26.1% 4,872 72.9% 66 6,685 R+46.7
Buffalo 2,516 37.7% 4,056 60.8% 103 6,675 R+23.1
Washburn 2,901 50.3% 2,805 48.7% 56 5,762 D+1.7
Iron 3,525 66.9% 1,672 31.7% 72 5,269 D+35.2
Sawyer 2,439 46.6% 2,745 52.5% 49 5,233 R+5.8
Burnett 2,513 49.2% 2,510 49.2% 82 5,105 D+0.1
Vilas 2,470 51.5% 2,251 46.9% 77 4,798 D+4.6
Forest 2,951 63.6% 1,672 36.0% 16 4,639 D+27.6
Marquette 1,195 27.7% 3,086 71.6% 31 4,312 R+43.9
Adams 1,883 50.5% 1,818 48.7% 29 3,730 D+1.7
Pepin 1,194 33.9% 2,272 64.5% 56 3,522 R+30.6
Florence 980 48.7% 1,008 50.1% 23 2,011 R+1.4

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.

Wisconsin in every presidential election we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Donald Trump (R) R+0.9
2020 Joe Biden (D) D+0.6
2016 Donald Trump (R) R+0.8
2012 Barack Obama (D) D+6.9
2008 Barack Obama (D) D+13.9
2004 John Kerry (D) D+0.4
2000 Al Gore (D) D+0.2
1996 Bill Clinton (D) D+10.3
1992 Bill Clinton (D) D+4.4
1988 Michael Dukakis (D) D+3.6
1984 Ronald Reagan (R) R+9.2
1980 Ronald Reagan (R) R+4.7
1976 Jimmy Carter (D) D+1.7
1972 Richard Nixon (R) R+9.7
1968 Richard Nixon (R) R+3.6
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson (D) D+24.3
1960 Richard Nixon (R) R+3.7
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+23.7
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) R+22.2
1948 Harry S. Truman (D) D+4.4
1944 Thomas E. Dewey (R) R+1.8
1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+1.8
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+33.5
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) D+32.3
1928 Herbert Hoover (R) R+9.2
1924 Robert M. La Follette (other)
1920 Warren G. Harding (R) R+54.9
1916 Charles Evans Hughes (R) R+6.6
1912 Woodrow Wilson (D) D+8.4
1908 William Howard Taft (R) R+17.8
1904 Theodore Roosevelt (R) R+35.2
1900 William McKinley (R) R+24.1
1896 William McKinley (R) R+22.9
1892 Grover Cleveland (D) D+1.7
1888 Benjamin Harrison (R) R+6.0
1884 James G. Blaine (R) R+4.6
1880 James A. Garfield (R) R+11.1
1876 Rutherford B. Hayes (R) R+2.4
1872 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+9.2
1868 Ulysses S. Grant (R) R+12.5