1940 United States presidential election in Mississippi

none June 2025 September 2023 1940 United States presidential election 1940 United States presidential election in Mississippi Mississippi Flag of Mississippi (1894-1996).svg presidential no 1936 United States presidential election in Mississippi 1936 1944 United States presidential election in Mississippi 1944 All 9 Mississippi votes to the Electoral College November 5, 1940https://www.britannica.com/event/United-States-presidential-election-of-1940 United States Presidential election of 1940 - Encyclopædia Britannica August 21, 2018 x200px FDRoosevelt1938.png Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic Party (United States) New York Henry A. Wallace 9 168,267 95.70% WendellWillkie.jpg Wendell Willkie Republican Party (United States) New York Charles L. McNary 0 7,364 4.19% 1940 United States presidential election in Mississippi results map by county.svg 190px County results Roosevelt #0645b4 80–90% #002b84 90–100% President Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic Party (United States) Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic Party (United States) The 1940 United States presidential election in Mississippi took place on November 5, 1940, as part of the 1940 United States presidential election. Mississippi voters chose ninehttps://www.archives.gov/federal-register/electoral-college/votes/1941_1953.html#1940 1940 Election for the Thirty-ninth Term (1941-45) August 21, 2018 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Mississippi was won by incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt (D–New York), running with Secretary Henry A. Wallace, with 95.70% of the popular vote, against Wendell Willkie (R–New York), running with Minority Leader Charles L. McNary, with 4.19% of the popular vote.http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?f=0&fips=28&year=1940 1940 Presidential General Election Results - Mississippi August 21, 2018http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/showelection.php?year=1940 The American Presidency Project - Election of 1940 August 21, 2018 By percentage of the popular vote won, Mississippi was the most lopsided contest in the nation, with a margin of over 91% for Roosevelt. Results 1940 United States presidential election in Mississippi Franklin D. Roosevelt (inc.) Democratic Party (United States) 168,267 95.70% Wendell Willkie Republican Party (United States) 7,364 4.19% Norman Thomas Socialist Party of America 193 0.11% 175,824 100% Results by county County Franklin Delano RooseveltDemocratic Wendell Lewis WillkieRepublican Norman Mattoon ThomasSocialist Margin Total votes castScammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964; pp. 247-248 0405077114 # % # % # % # % # Adams 1,869 91.80% 166 8.15% 1 0.05% 1,703 83.64% 2,036 Alcorn 2,934 95.63% 133 4.34% 1 0.03% 2,801 91.30% 3,068 Amite 1,435 95.73% 64 4.27% 0 0.00% 1,371 91.46% 1,499 Attala 2,049 96.65% 63 2.97% 8 0.38% 1,986 93.68% 2,120 Benton 935 97.50% 24 2.50% 0 0.00% 911 94.99% 959 Bolivar 2,974 92.68% 234 7.29% 1 0.03% 2,740 85.38% 3,209 Calhoun 1,958 96.36% 74 3.64% 0 0.00% 1,884 92.72% 2,032 Carroll 1,408 97.37% 38 2.63% 0 0.00% 1,370 94.74% 1,446 Chickasaw 1,764 96.76% 58 3.18% 1 0.05% 1,706 93.58% 1,823 Choctaw 1,212 94.84% 66 5.16% 0 0.00% 1,146 89.67% 1,278 Claiborne 737 94.61% 32 4.11% 10 1.28% 705 90.50% 779 Clarke 1,711 97.60% 42 2.40% 0 0.00% 1,669 95.21% 1,753 Clay 1,232 92.22% 103 7.71% 1 0.07% 1,129 84.51% 1,336 Coahoma 2,440 94.68% 137 5.32% 0 0.00% 2,303 89.37% 2,577 Copiah 2,335 97.94% 49 2.06% 0 0.00% 2,286 95.89% 2,384 Covington 1,419 96.46% 52 3.54% 0 0.00% 1,367 92.93% 1,471 DeSoto 1,491 97.13% 40 2.61% 4 0.26% 1,451 94.53% 1,535 Forrest 3,075 92.82% 228 6.88% 10 0.30% 2,847 85.93% 3,313 Franklin 1,376 97.94% 29 2.06% 0 0.00% 1,347 95.87% 1,405 George 945 96.13% 38 3.87% 0 0.00% 907 92.27% 983 Greene 926 93.35% 66 6.65% 0 0.00% 860 86.69% 992 Grenada 1,354 95.02% 62 4.35% 9 0.63% 1,292 90.67% 1,425 Hancock 1,550 88.67% 197 11.27% 1 0.06% 1,353 77.40% 1,748 Harrison 5,577 89.75% 633 10.19% 4 0.06% 4,944 79.56% 6,214 Hinds 9,917 94.82% 538 5.14% 4 0.04% 9,379 89.67% 10,459 Holmes 2,041 98.22% 37 1.78% 0 0.00% 2,004 96.44% 2,078 Humphreys 1,061 98.15% 20 1.85% 0 0.00% 1,041 96.30% 1,081 Issaquena 218 96.04% 9 3.96% 0 0.00% 209 92.07% 227 Itawamba 1,627 92.55% 119 6.77% 12 0.68% 1,508 85.78% 1,758 Jackson 2,124 92.35% 171 7.43% 5 0.22% 1,953 84.91% 2,300 Jasper 1,713 98.00% 35 2.00% 0 0.00% 1,678 96.00% 1,748 Jefferson 801 99.13% 7 0.87% 0 0.00% 794 98.27% 808 Jefferson Davis 1,289 96.92% 38 2.86% 3 0.23% 1,251 94.06% 1,330 Jones 4,517 94.91% 242 5.09% 0 0.00% 4,275 89.83% 4,759 Kemper 1,422 97.13% 42 2.87% 0 0.00% 1,380 94.26% 1,464 Lafayette 2,188 97.03% 65 2.88% 2 0.09% 2,123 94.15% 2,255 Lamar 1,148 95.43% 55 4.57% 0 0.00% 1,093 90.86% 1,203 Lauderdale 5,936 95.04% 303 4.85% 7 0.11% 5,633 90.19% 6,246 Lawrence 1,218 97.05% 37 2.95% 0 0.00% 1,181 94.10% 1,255 Leake 2,802 99.26% 17 0.60% 4 0.14% 2,785 98.65% 2,823 Lee 3,814 96.93% 120 3.05% 1 0.03% 3,694 93.88% 3,935 Leflore 2,404 95.59% 111 4.41% 0 0.00% 2,293 91.17% 2,515 Lincoln 2,332 95.57% 97 3.98% 11 0.45% 2,235 91.60% 2,440 Lowndes 2,268 93.80% 147 6.08% 3 0.12% 2,121 87.72% 2,418 Madison 2,038 96.86% 66 3.14% 0 0.00% 1,972 93.73% 2,104 Marion 2,083 97.89% 45 2.11% 0 0.00% 2,038 95.77% 2,128 Marshall 1,403 96.69% 48 3.31% 0 0.00% 1,355 93.38% 1,451 Monroe 3,263 97.11% 94 2.80% 3 0.09% 3,169 94.32% 3,360 Montgomery 1,509 97.10% 44 2.83% 1 0.06% 1,465 94.27% 1,554 Neshoba 2,880 97.07% 77 2.60% 10 0.34% 2,803 94.47% 2,967 Newton 2,495 98.27% 41 1.61% 3 0.12% 2,454 96.65% 2,539 Noxubee 1,152 95.76% 51 4.24% 0 0.00% 1,101 91.52% 1,203 Oktibbeha 1,951 95.45% 79 3.86% 14 0.68% 1,872 91.59% 2,044 Panola 1,988 97.74% 45 2.21% 1 0.05% 1,943 95.53% 2,034 Pearl River 2,022 95.47% 88 4.15% 8 0.38% 1,934 91.31% 2,118 Perry 828 97.87% 18 2.13% 0 0.00% 810 95.74% 846 Pike 2,956 93.93% 185 5.88% 6 0.19% 2,771 88.05% 3,147 Pontotoc 2,171 96.75% 70 3.12% 3 0.13% 2,101 93.63% 2,244 Prentiss 2,117 94.72% 118 5.28% 0 0.00% 1,999 89.44% 2,235 Quitman 1,152 97.46% 29 2.45% 1 0.08% 1,123 95.01% 1,182 Rankin 2,110 98.09% 35 1.63% 6 0.28% 2,075 96.47% 2,151 Scott 2,377 98.75% 30 1.25% 0 0.00% 2,347 97.51% 2,407 Sharkey 747 97.65% 18 2.35% 0 0.00% 729 95.29% 765 Simpson 2,316 98.26% 40 1.70% 1 0.04% 2,276 96.56% 2,357 Smith 1,826 98.49% 27 1.46% 1 0.05% 1,799 97.03% 1,854 Stone 802 96.63% 28 3.37% 0 0.00% 774 93.25% 830 Sunflower 3,071 97.74% 71 2.26% 0 0.00% 3,000 95.48% 3,142 Tallahatchie 2,288 98.28% 33 1.42% 7 0.30% 2,255 96.86% 2,328 Tate 1,609 99.81% 3 0.19% 0 0.00% 1,606 99.63% 1,612 Tippah 2,248 97.27% 63 2.73% 0 0.00% 2,185 94.55% 2,311 Tishomingo 1,463 89.75% 159 9.75% 8 0.49% 1,304 80.00% 1,630 Tunica 795 98.39% 13 1.61% 0 0.00% 782 96.78% 808 Union 2,609 95.71% 108 3.96% 9 0.33% 2,501 91.75% 2,726 Walthall 1,206 96.71% 40 3.21% 1 0.08% 1,166 93.50% 1,247 Warren 3,048 94.05% 192 5.92% 1 0.03% 2,856 88.12% 3,241 Washington 2,349 88.91% 292 11.05% 1 0.04% 2,057 77.86% 2,642 Wayne 1,388 98.44% 22 1.56% 0 0.00% 1,366 96.88% 1,410 Webster 1,595 94.55% 87 5.16% 5 0.30% 1,508 89.39% 1,687 Wilkinson 942 95.34% 46 4.66% 0 0.00% 896 90.69% 988 Winston 1,979 98.70% 26 1.30% 0 0.00% 1,953 97.41% 2,005 Yalobusha 1,555 96.88% 50 3.12% 0 0.00% 1,505 93.77% 1,605 Yazoo 2,390 98.15% 45 1.85% 0 0.00% 2,345 96.30% 2,435Totals168,26795.70%7,3644.19%1930.11%160,90391.51%175,824 References Mississippi 1940 Category:1940 Mississippi elections