1940 United States presidential election in California

none June 2025 September 2019 1940 United States presidential election in California California Flag of California (1924–1953).pngborder presidential no 1936 United States presidential election in California 1936 1944 United States presidential election in California 1944 81.44% (of registered voters) 1.92 pp 78.32% (of eligible voters) 7.76 ppHistorical Voter Registration and Participation in Statewide General Elections 1910-2018 https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2018-general/sov/04-historical-voter-reg-participation.pdf California Secretary of State May 5, 2022 November 5, 1940 x200px FDRoosevelt1938.jpg Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic Party (United States) New York Henry A. Wallace 22 1,877,618 57.44% WendellWillkie.png Wendell Willkie Republican Party (United States) New York Charles L. McNary 0 1,351,419 41.34% 325px 400px County results Roosevelt #b9d7ff 40–50% #86b6f2 50–60% #4389e3 60–70% #1666cb 70–80% Willkie #e27f90 50–60% #cc2f4a 60–70% President Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic Party (United States) Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic Party (United States) 1940 United States presidential election The 1940 United States presidential election in California took place on November 5, 1940, as part of the 1940 United States presidential election. State voters chose 22 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. California voted for the Democratic incumbent, Franklin Roosevelt, over the Republican challenger, businessman Wendell Willkie. Willkie did nonetheless make considerable gains vis-à-vis the previous Republican nominee, Alf Landon, who remains the solitary Republican nominee to not carry a single county in the state. Willkie carried seven counties scattered across the state and gained ten percentage points on Landon's performance. This is the last election where the Democrats won Sutter County, which, as of the 2024 presidential election,https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/11/03/us/elections/results-california.html California Election Results The New York Times November 3, 2020 stands as the longest run voting for one party by any California county.Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016 Mono County would not vote Democratic again until John Kerry in 2004.Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868–2004, p. 131 0786422173 Results 1940 United States presidential election in CaliforniaState of California Statement of Vote, General Election, November 5, 1940 State Printing Office California Secretary of State Sacramento, California 4–6 https://archive.org/details/stateofcaliforn194050cali/page/n109/mode/2up?view=theater 17 July 2024PartyCandidateVotesPercentageElectoral votes Democratic Franklin D. Roosevelt (incumbent) 1,877,618 57.44% 22 Republican Wendell Willkie 1,351,419 41.34% 0 ProgressiveThomas was the Socialist nominee on the national ticket but in California ran on the "Progressive" ticket. This Progressive Party is different both Theodore Roosevelt's Bull Moose Party and Robert M. La Follette's Progressive Party Norman Thomas 16,506 0.50% 0 Communist Earl Russell Browder 13,586 0.42% 0 Prohibition Roger Babson 9,400 0.29% 0 No party Write-ins 262 0.01% 0 Invalid or blank votes — Totals 3,268,791 100.00% 22 Voter turnout — Results by county County Franklin D. RooseveltDemocratic Wendell WillkieRepublican Norman ThomasProgressive Earl BrowderCommunist Roger BabsonProhibition ScatteringWrite-in Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % # % # % # % # %Alameda148,22455.21%116,96143.56%1,6180.60%1,2850.48%4080.15%00.00%31,26311.64%268,496Alpine6232.98%12566.49%00.00%10.53%00.00%00.00%-63-33.51%188Amador2,76266.14%1,37232.85%150.36%90.22%180.43%00.00%1,39033.29%4,176Butte10,68458.15%7,43340.46%1170.64%770.42%610.33%00.00%3,25117.70%18,372Calaveras2,40558.90%1,64940.39%210.51%40.10%40.10%00.00%75618.52%4,083Colusa2,65559.48%1,77439.74%150.34%50.11%150.34%00.00%88119.74%4,464Contra Costa30,90061.75%18,62737.22%2380.48%2090.42%630.13%30.01%12,27324.53%50,040Del Norte1,03444.92%1,23353.56%261.13%50.22%40.17%00.00%-199-8.64%2,302El Dorado4,14466.44%2,01932.37%370.59%150.24%220.35%00.00%2,12534.07%6,237Fresno48,86669.07%21,07929.79%3540.50%1430.20%3080.44%00.00%27,78739.27%70,750Glenn3,09554.96%2,47343.92%310.55%20.04%300.53%00.00%62211.05%5,631Humboldt12,32955.98%9,47043.00%920.42%780.35%550.25%00.00%2,85912.98%22,024Imperial7,72852.53%6,85446.59%640.44%250.17%410.28%00.00%8745.94%14,712Inyo1,82054.65%1,48344.53%120.36%30.09%120.36%00.00%33710.12%3,330Kern32,20261.78%19,44537.30%2190.42%1060.20%1540.30%00.00%12,75724.47%52,126Kings8,30767.43%3,91131.75%410.33%90.07%520.42%00.00%4,39635.68%12,320Lake1,89745.70%2,21553.36%230.55%50.12%110.26%00.00%-318-7.66%4,151Lassen4,36769.17%1,90230.13%200.32%110.17%130.21%00.00%2,46539.05%6,313Los Angeles822,71858.13%574,26640.58%6,9710.49%6,9140.49%4,1510.29%2490.02%248,45217.56%1,415,269Madera5,74967.61%2,65331.20%320.38%350.41%340.40%00.00%3,09636.41%8,503Marin11,36550.20%10,97448.47%1510.67%1300.57%200.09%00.00%3911.73%22,640Mariposa1,93564.44%1,03534.47%130.43%110.37%90.30%00.00%90029.97%3,003Mendocino7,05556.13%5,34542.53%700.56%660.53%330.26%00.00%1,71013.60%12,569Merced10,50162.57%6,10136.35%840.50%270.16%710.42%00.00%4,40026.22%16,784Modoc2,23261.49%1,37137.77%140.39%40.11%60.17%30.08%86123.72%3,630Mono52352.56%45946.13%20.20%50.50%60.60%00.00%646.43%995Monterey14,75855.00%11,81044.01%1200.45%760.28%690.26%00.00%2,94810.99%26,833Napa6,77152.68%5,92446.09%600.47%340.26%640.50%00.00%8476.59%12,853Nevada5,78266.01%2,86332.69%570.65%270.31%300.34%00.00%2,91933.33%8,759Orange28,23643.44%36,07055.49%2550.39%820.13%3540.54%00.00%-7,834-12.05%64,997Placer8,40267.56%3,88731.26%730.59%350.28%390.31%00.00%4,51536.31%12,436Plumas3,41872.11%1,27026.79%340.72%100.21%80.17%00.00%2,14845.32%4,740Riverside20,00347.20%21,77951.39%1970.46%560.13%3450.81%00.00%-1,776-4.19%42,380Sacramento51,35168.09%23,20130.76%4520.60%2250.30%1870.25%00.00%28,15037.33%75,416San Benito2,44149.99%2,40749.29%170.35%110.23%70.14%00.00%340.70%4,883San Bernardino37,52054.47%30,51144.30%3200.46%1380.20%3890.56%00.00%7,00910.18%68,878San Diego71,18855.57%55,43443.27%6840.53%3480.27%4560.36%00.00%15,75412.30%128,110San Francisco185,60759.51%122,44939.26%1,5130.49%1,9350.62%3740.12%00.00%63,15820.25%311,878San Joaquin26,53652.55%23,40346.34%2390.47%1410.28%1790.35%00.00%3,1336.20%50,498San Luis Obispo8,49953.39%7,20445.25%790.50%670.42%710.45%00.00%1,2958.13%15,920San Mateo29,83152.38%26,53946.60%2900.51%2110.37%800.14%00.00%3,2925.78%56,951Santa Barbara17,23754.41%14,10744.53%1820.57%910.29%610.19%00.00%3,1309.88%31,678Santa Clara40,44949.63%40,10049.20%4580.56%2940.36%1950.24%00.00%3490.43%81,496Santa Cruz10,68347.51%11,45350.93%1750.78%710.32%1040.46%00.00%-770-3.42%22,486Shasta8,66268.03%3,90930.70%660.52%710.56%250.20%00.00%4,75337.33%12,733Sierra1,05766.98%51132.38%70.44%20.13%10.06%00.00%54634.60%1,578Siskiyou7,71463.17%4,38735.92%560.46%180.15%360.29%10.01%3,32727.24%12,212Solano15,05470.58%6,08128.51%830.39%530.25%570.27%00.00%8,97342.07%21,328Sonoma15,23047.04%16,81951.94%1450.45%1190.37%600.19%60.02%-1,589-4.91%32,379Stanislaus16,49451.96%14,80346.63%1550.49%580.18%2360.74%00.00%1,6915.33%31,746Sutter4,19557.11%3,08942.06%260.35%150.20%200.27%00.00%1,10615.06%7,345Tehama3,61854.59%2,91343.95%530.80%130.20%310.47%00.00%70510.64%6,628Trinity1,43163.83%78034.79%120.54%150.67%40.18%00.00%65129.04%2,242Tulare20,12955.96%15,41442.85%2090.58%410.11%1780.49%00.00%4,71513.11%35,971Tuolumne3,54162.96%2,00435.63%270.48%290.52%230.41%00.00%1,53727.33%5,624Ventura15,18257.00%11,22542.15%840.32%640.24%790.30%00.00%3,95714.86%26,634Yolo6,38058.78%4,37340.29%630.58%190.18%190.18%00.00%2,00718.49%10,854Yuba4,66064.57%2,47134.24%350.48%330.46%180.25%00.00%2,18930.33%7,217Total 1,877,61857.44%1,351,41941.34%16,5060.50%13,5860.42%9,4000.29%2620.01%526,19916.10%3,268,791 Electors Up through 1936, voters in California chose presidential electors directly. Starting in 1940, however, California adopted the modern "short ballot" where voters select from the actual candidates' names and each vote is treated as being for a candidate and his or her party's entire slate of electors. The individuals below were nominated by each party to serve as the state's members of the 1940 Electoral College should their party's ticket win the state: Franklin D. Roosevelt & Henry A. WallaceDemocratic Party Wendell Willkie & Charles L. McNaryRepublican Party Norman Thomas & Maynard KruegerProgressive Party Earl Browder & James W. FordCommunist Party Roger Babson & Edgar V. MoormanProhibition Party text-align:center C. M. Brown Mrs. J. Frank Burke Charles L. Culbert Phil Davies Hugh P. Donnelly A. D. Erickson John W. Evans Mrs. O. P. Hanna Edward Henderson George C. Highley Carl E. Johnston James Kehoen Mrs. George J. Knox Elmer E. Lore Clarence J. Novotny Ann Patton Charles J. Powers Clyde C. Redwine Harry See Jack B. Tenney Vincent Thomas C. V. Whited text-align:center Joseph Bancroft Mariana Bertola Ralph W. Bull H. L. Carnahan Bartley W. Cavanaugh Ford A. Chatters Robert M. Clarke Mrs. Jorn D. Fredericks Betty Hill Harold C. Holmes Jr. Norman Huston Edgar A. Luce Jesse M. Mayo Alexander McCabe D. Jack Metzger John Francis Neylan Kathryn Niehouse Olivia M. Redwine Theodore J. Roche Joseph Scott William R. Sharkey W. B. Williams text-align:center George Aranov Erma Arnstein Sigmund Arywitz Herbert L. Coggins Allan Darby Alfred Fisk Lilian Goodman Bernice E. Harding Otis Linn Arvid Nelson Margaret Paine Joseph Plecarpo Margaret Pomeroy Gerald M. Rubin Clarence E. Rust Evelyn J. Sessions Millie Shapiro Willard F. Smith W. Hilton Smith Blanche F. Tipton Andrew V. Tuvinall Gilbert L. Willhite text-align:center Louretta Adams George Ashby Leo Baroway Archie Brown Emil Freed Charles Gricus Newell Johnson Walter Lambert Albert J. Lima James McLean Jack Moore Elizabeth Nicholas Clarence Paton Pettis Perry John Pollki Esco Richardson George Sandy Celeste Strack Anita Whitney Allan Yates Oleta Yates Adele Young text-align:center Percy F. Adams Lambert T. Adell Russell S. Dingley W. H. Easterling J. W. Farr W. P. Fassett Joseph Fusch Nellie S. Harriss Virgil G. Hinshaw E. Dow Hoffman B. O. Hoover Ethel Hubler Gilbert G. Hudson O. U. Hull William I. Hull J. C. Jeter H. A. Johnson Bertha Jones Mary Stark Kerr Frank G. H. Stevens L. B. Steward Edward P. Webster Notes References California 1940 Presidential election in California