The 1940 United States presidential election in Oregon took place on November 5, 1940, as part of the 1940 United States presidential election. Voters chose five[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
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Oregon was won by incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt (D–New York), running with Secretary of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace, with 53.70% of the popular vote, against Wendell Willkie (R–New York), running with Minority Leader and Oregon senior Senator Charles L. McNary, with 45.62% of the popular vote.[3][4]
As of the 2020 presidential election, this is the last occasion when Malheur County has voted for a Democratic presidential candidate.[5]
Results
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Franklin D. Roosevelt (inc.) | 258,415 | 53.70% | |
| Republican | Wendell Willkie | 219,555 | 45.62% | |
| Socialist Labor | John W. Aiken | 2,487 | 0.52% | |
| Write-in | Norman Thomas | 398 | 0.08% | |
| Write-in | Earl Browder | 191 | 0.04% | |
| Write-in | Roger Babson | 154 | 0.03% | |
| Write-ins | Other candidates | 40 | 0.01% | |
| Total votes | 481,240 | 100% | ||
Results by county
edit| County | Franklin Delano Roosevelt Democratic |
Wendell Lewis Willkie Republican |
Various candidates Other parties |
Margin | Total votes cast[6] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Baker | 4,353 | 58.09% | 3,101 | 41.39% | 39 | 0.52% | 1,252 | 16.71% | 7,493 |
| Benton | 2,942 | 36.42% | 5,089 | 62.99% | 48 | 0.59% | -2,147 | -26.58% | 8,079 |
| Clackamas | 13,547 | 53.86% | 11,416 | 45.39% | 190 | 0.76% | 2,131 | 8.47% | 25,153 |
| Clatsop | 6,686 | 63.59% | 3,758 | 35.74% | 70 | 0.67% | 2,928 | 27.85% | 10,514 |
| Columbia | 5,758 | 65.63% | 2,959 | 33.72% | 57 | 0.65% | 2,799 | 31.90% | 8,774 |
| Coos | 7,853 | 60.46% | 5,034 | 38.76% | 101 | 0.78% | 2,819 | 21.70% | 12,988 |
| Crook | 1,439 | 60.01% | 942 | 39.28% | 17 | 0.71% | 497 | 20.73% | 2,398 |
| Curry | 1,033 | 51.88% | 941 | 47.26% | 17 | 0.85% | 92 | 4.62% | 1,991 |
| Deschutes | 4,775 | 64.07% | 2,603 | 34.93% | 75 | 1.01% | 2,172 | 29.14% | 7,453 |
| Douglas | 4,707 | 43.70% | 5,991 | 55.63% | 72 | 0.67% | -1,284 | -11.92% | 10,770 |
| Gilliam | 785 | 60.06% | 518 | 39.63% | 4 | 0.31% | 267 | 20.43% | 1,307 |
| Grant | 1,582 | 58.70% | 1,103 | 40.93% | 10 | 0.37% | 479 | 17.77% | 2,695 |
| Harney | 1,214 | 56.84% | 912 | 42.70% | 10 | 0.47% | 302 | 14.14% | 2,136 |
| Hood River | 2,367 | 50.48% | 2,305 | 49.16% | 17 | 0.36% | 62 | 1.32% | 4,689 |
| Jackson | 6,754 | 44.03% | 8,507 | 55.46% | 78 | 0.51% | -1,753 | -11.43% | 15,339 |
| Jefferson | 467 | 52.12% | 423 | 47.21% | 6 | 0.67% | 44 | 4.91% | 896 |
| Josephine | 2,888 | 41.66% | 3,964 | 57.18% | 80 | 1.15% | -1,076 | -15.52% | 6,932 |
| Klamath | 9,345 | 59.87% | 6,169 | 39.52% | 96 | 0.61% | 3,176 | 20.35% | 15,610 |
| Lake | 1,414 | 55.58% | 1,121 | 44.06% | 9 | 0.35% | 293 | 11.52% | 2,544 |
| Lane | 16,286 | 51.07% | 15,349 | 48.13% | 255 | 0.80% | 937 | 2.94% | 31,890 |
| Lincoln | 3,510 | 53.47% | 2,962 | 45.12% | 93 | 1.42% | 548 | 8.35% | 6,565 |
| Linn | 6,360 | 49.08% | 6,523 | 50.34% | 76 | 0.59% | -163 | -1.26% | 12,959 |
| Malheur | 2,958 | 49.89% | 2,929 | 49.40% | 42 | 0.71% | 29 | 0.49% | 5,929 |
| Marion | 14,031 | 44.93% | 16,940 | 54.25% | 256 | 0.82% | -2,909 | -9.32% | 31,227 |
| Morrow | 979 | 55.97% | 758 | 43.34% | 12 | 0.69% | 221 | 12.64% | 1,749 |
| Multnomah | 97,595 | 56.64% | 73,612 | 42.72% | 1,106 | 0.64% | 23,983 | 13.92% | 172,313 |
| Polk | 4,077 | 48.84% | 4,211 | 50.44% | 60 | 0.72% | -134 | -1.61% | 8,348 |
| Sherman | 670 | 53.69% | 575 | 46.07% | 3 | 0.24% | 95 | 7.61% | 1,248 |
| Tillamook | 2,786 | 52.19% | 2,516 | 47.13% | 36 | 0.67% | 270 | 5.06% | 5,338 |
| Umatilla | 4,935 | 48.57% | 5,193 | 51.11% | 32 | 0.31% | -258 | -2.54% | 10,160 |
| Union | 4,500 | 62.53% | 2,642 | 36.71% | 54 | 0.75% | 1,858 | 25.82% | 7,196 |
| Wallowa | 1,974 | 59.62% | 1,319 | 39.84% | 18 | 0.54% | 655 | 19.78% | 3,311 |
| Wasco | 3,001 | 53.82% | 2,553 | 45.79% | 22 | 0.39% | 448 | 8.03% | 5,576 |
| Washington | 8,626 | 50.44% | 8,367 | 48.92% | 110 | 0.64% | 259 | 1.51% | 17,103 |
| Wheeler | 652 | 47.94% | 705 | 51.84% | 3 | 0.22% | -53 | -3.90% | 1,360 |
| Yamhill | 5,566 | 49.67% | 5,545 | 49.48% | 96 | 0.86% | 21 | 0.19% | 11,207 |
| Totals | 258,415 | 53.70% | 219,555 | 45.62% | 3,270 | 0.68% | 38,860 | 8.07% | 481,240 |
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
editSee also
editReferences
edit- ^ "United States Presidential election of 1940 - Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved September 18, 2018.
- ^ "1940 Election for the Thirty-ninth Term (1941-45)". Retrieved September 18, 2018.
- ^ "1940 Presidential General Election Results - Oregon". Retrieved September 18, 2018.
- ^ "The American Presidency Project - Election of 1940". Retrieved September 18, 2018.
- ^ Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
- ^ Scammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964; p. 372 ISBN 0405077114