1940 United States presidential election in Utah

none June 2025 September 2023 1940 United States presidential election in Utah Utah 1922 presidential no 1936 United States presidential election in Utah 1936 1944 United States presidential election in Utah 1944 November 5, 1940 x200px FDRoosevelt1938.jpg Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic Party (United States) New York Henry A. Wallace 4 154,277 62.25% WendellWillkie.jpg Wendell Willkie Republican Party (United States) New York Charles L. McNary 0 93,151 37.59% 1940 United States presidential election in Utah results map by county.svg 250px County results Roosevelt #86B6F2 50–60% #4389E3 60–70% 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 Utah took place on November 5, 1940, as part of the 1940 United States presidential election. All contemporary forty-eight states took part, and state voters selected four voters to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Utah, like every other state west of the Continental Divide, voted for Franklin D. Roosevelt over Wendell Willkie by a substantial margin. This was the first time any Democrat won the state more than twice. Roosevelt landslided Utah with 62.25 percent of the vote. The percentage, however, wasn't as large as his victory in the state four years earlier. 2020 11 As of the 2024 presidential election, this is the last election in which Piute County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate.Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016 Results + General Election ResultsUtah State Archives, Abstract of the Returns of an Election held in the State of Utah, Tuesday, November 5, A.D. 1940 for Presidential Electors, for United States Senator, for Representatives in the Seventy-Seventh Congress of the United States, for State Officers, and District Officers in Districts comprising more than one county, and for the adoption or rejection of the proposed amendment to the Constitution of the State of Utah.Monson E. E. Twenty-Second Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State Of Utah 1940 Salt Lake City https://archive.org/details/ldpd_11549793_022/page/n39/mode/2up 29 December 2025Party Pledged to Elector Votes Democratic Party Franklin D. Roosevelt Oscar W. McConckie154,277 Democratic Party Franklin D. Roosevelt Mrs. George S. Baliff153,833 Democratic Party Franklin D. Roosevelt Joseph Jensen153,734 Democratic Party Franklin D. Roosevelt Sophus Bertleson153,473 Republican Party Wendell Willkie S. Marion Bliss93,151 Republican Party Wendell Willkie Mrs. R. L. Ashby92,973 Republican Party Wendell Willkie Clarence Dahl92,852 Republican Party Wendell Willkie John W. Guild92,356 Socialist Party Norman Thomas J. D. DeFriez200 Socialist Party Norman Thomas Isabel Adamson198 Socialist Party Norman Thomas William J. McConnell198 Socialist Party Norman Thomas Emil Munez197 Communist Party Earl Browder David Douglas Jr.191 Communist Party Earl Browder Marguerite H. Forest188 Communist Party Earl Browder Hyrum James Woolman188 Communist Party Earl Browder William Mathrus185Votes cast"highest" Based on highest elector on each ticket 247,819 Results by county County Franklin D. RooseveltDemocratic Wendell WillkieRepublican Norman ThomasSocialist Earl BrowderCommunist Margin Total votescast"highest" # % # % # % # % # %Beaver1,30354.18%1,10145.78%10.04%00.00%2028.40%2,405Box Elder4,73659.30%3,24840.67%20.03%00.00%1.48818.63%7,986Cache7,86760.25%5,18439.70%60.05%10.01%2,68320.55%13,058Carbon5,18069.47%2,24230.07%100.13%240.32%2,93839.40%7,456Daggett16062.50%9637.50%00.00%00.00%6425.00%256Davis3,86557.63%2,83642.28%10.01%50.07%1,02915.34%6,707Duchesne1,98259.92%1,32239.96%40.12%00.00%66019.95%3,308Emery1,90165.13%1,00634.46%100.34%20.07%89530.66%2,919Garfield81444.14%1,03055.86%00.00%00.00%-216-11.71%1,844Grand44650.62%43249.04%30.34%00.00%141.59%881Iron1,91547.90%2,06051.53%210.53%20.05%-145-3.63%3,998Juab2,13660.12%1,41239.74%50.14%00.00%72420.38%3,553Kane33933.43%67566.57%00.00%00.00%-336-33.14%1,014Millard2,30254.10%1,94345.66%70.16%30.07%3598.44%4,255Morgan69954.87%57545.13%00.00%00.00%1249.73%1,274Piute46651.21%44248.57%10.11%10.11%242.64%910Rich47551.52%44748.48%00.00%00.00%283.04%922Salt Lake67,31865.40%35,42734.42%660.06%1150.11%31,89130.98%102,926San Juan51549.19%52850.43%10.10%30.29%-13-1.24%1,047Sanpete3,52448.61%3,72251.34%30.04%10.04%-198-2.73%7,250Sevier2,52148.22%2,70351.70%40.08%00.00%-182-3.48%5,228Summit2,21556.10%1,73043.82%00.00%30.08%48512.28%3,948Tooele2,62563.90%1,47635.93%70.17%00.00%1,14927.97%4,108Uintah1,77352.16%1,62447.78%20.06%00.00%1494.38%3,399Utah15,16863.32%8,74036.48%230.10%250.10%6,42826.83%23,956Wasatch1,50255.59%1,19944.37%00.00%10.04%30311.21%2,702Washington1,99355.04%1,62544.88%20.06%10.03%36810.16%3,621Wayne50056.75%38043.13%10.11%00.00%12013.62%881Weber18,03769.35%7,94630.55%200.08%40.02%10,09138.80%26,007Totals154,27762.25%93,15137.59%2000.08%1910.08%61,12624.67%247,819 Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Garfield Iron San Juan Sanpete Sevier See also United States presidential elections in Utah Notes References Category:1940 Utah elections Utah 1940