United States presidential election in California, 1940

United States presidential election in California, 1940

November 5, 1940

Nominee Franklin D. Roosevelt Wendell Willkie Party Democratic Republican Home state New York New York Running mate Henry A. Wallace Charles L. McNary Electoral vote 22 0 Popular vote 1,877,618 1,351,419 Percentage 57.44% 41.34%

County Results

President before election Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic Elected President Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic

In the 1940 United States presidential election, California voted for the Democratic incumbent, Franklin Roosevelt, in a landslide over the Republican challenger, businessman Wendell Willkie.

Results

United States presidential election in California, 1940[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage	Electoral votes
	Democratic	Franklin D. Roosevelt (incumbent)	1,877,618	57.44%	22
	Republican	Wendell Willkie	1,351,419	41.34%	0
	Progressive	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	Roosevelt	Votes	Willkie	Votes	Others	Votes
Plumas	72.11%	3,418	26.79%	1,270	1.10%	52
Solano	70.58%	15,054	28.51%	6,081	0.90%	193
Lassen	69.17%	4,367	30.13%	1,902	0.70%	44
Fresno	69.07%	48,866	29.79%	21,079	1.14%	805
Sacramento	68.09%	51,351	30.76%	23,201	1.15%	864
Shasta	68.03%	8,662	30.70%	3,909	1.27%	162
Madera	67.61%	5,749	31.20%	2,653	1.19%	101
Placer	67.56%	8,402	31.26%	3,887	1.18%	147
Kings	67.43%	8,307	31.75%	3,911	0.83%	102
Sierra	66.98%	1,057	32.38%	511	0.63%	10
El Dorado	66.44%	4,144	32.37%	2,019	1.19%	74
Amador	66.14%	2,762	32.85%	1,372	1.01%	42
Nevada	66.01%	5,782	32.69%	2,863	1.30%	114
Yuba	64.57%	4,660	34.24%	2,471	1.19%	86
Mariposa	64.44%	1,935	34.47%	1,035	1.10%	33
Trinity	63.83%	1,431	34.79%	780	1.38%	31
Siskiyou	63.17%	7,714	35.92%	4,387	0.91%	111
Tuolumne	62.96%	3,541	35.63%	2,004	1.40%	79
Merced	62.57%	10,501	36.35%	6,101	1.08%	182
Kern	61.78%	32,202	37.30%	19,445	0.92%	479
Contra Costa	61.75%	30,900	37.22%	18,627	1.03%	513
Modoc	61.49%	2,232	37.77%	1,371	0.74%	27
San Francisco	59.51%	185,607	39.26%	122,449	1.23%	3,822
Colusa	59.48%	2,655	39.74%	1,774	0.78%	35
Calaveras	58.90%	2,405	40.39%	1,649	0.71%	29
Yolo	58.78%	6,380	40.29%	4,373	0.93%	101
Butte	58.15%	10,684	40.46%	7,433	1.39%	255
Los Angeles	58.13%	822,718	40.58%	574,266	1.29%	18,285
Sutter	57.11%	4,195	42.06%	3,089	0.83%	61
Ventura	57.00%	15,182	42.15%	11,225	0.85%	227
Mendocino	56.13%	7,055	42.53%	5,345	1.34%	169
Humboldt	55.98%	12,329	43.00%	9,470	1.02%	225
Tulare	55.96%	20,129	42.85%	15,414	1.19%	428
San Diego	55.57%	71,188	43.27%	55,434	1.16%	1,488
Alameda	55.21%	148,224	43.56%	116,961	1.23%	3,311
Monterey	55.00%	14,758	44.01%	11,810	0.99%	265
Glenn	54.96%	3,095	43.92%	2,473	1.12%	63
Inyo	54.65%	1,820	44.53%	1,483	0.81%	27
Tehama	54.59%	3,618	43.95%	2,913	1.46%	97
San Bernardino	54.47%	37,520	44.30%	30,511	1.23%	847
Santa Barbara	54.41%	17,237	44.53%	14,107	1.05%	334
San Luis Obispo	53.39%	8,499	45.25%	7,204	1.36%	217
Napa	52.68%	6,771	46.09%	5,924	1.23%	158
Mono	52.56%	523	46.13%	459	1.31%	13
San Joaquin	52.55%	26,536	46.34%	23,403	1.11%	559
Imperial	52.53%	7,728	46.59%	6,854	0.88%	130
San Mateo	52.38%	29,831	46.60%	26,539	1.02%	581
Stanislaus	51.96%	16,494	46.63%	14,803	1.41%	449
Marin	50.20%	11,365	48.47%	10,974	1.33%	301
San Benito	49.99%	2,441	49.29%	2,407	0.72%	35
Santa Clara	49.63%	40,449	49.20%	40,100	1.16%	947
Santa Cruz	47.51%	10,683	50.93%	11,453	1.56%	350
Riverside	47.20%	20,003	51.39%	21,779	1.41%	598
Sonoma	47.04%	15,230	51.94%	16,819	1.02%	330
Lake	45.70%	1,897	53.36%	2,215	0.94%	39
Del Norte	44.92%	1,034	53.56%	1,233	1.52%	35
Orange	43.44%	28,236	55.49%	36,070	1.06%	691
Alpine	32.98%	62	66.49%	125	0.53%	1

References

1. "1940 Presidential General Election Results - California". Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved 2008-08-25.