1940 United States presidential election in California

1940 United States presidential election in California
Turnout	81.44% (of registered voters) 1.92 pp ; 78.32% (of eligible voters) 7.76 pp
Roosevelt 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80%	Willkie 50–60% 60–70%
President before election; Franklin D. Roosevelt; Democratic	Elected President ; Franklin D. Roosevelt; Democratic

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 twenty percentage points on Landon's performance.

This remains the last election when the Democrats have won Sutter County, which as of the 2020 presidential election,^[2] stands as the longest run voting for one party by any California county.^[3] Mono County would not vote Democratic again until John Kerry in 2004.^[4]

Results[]

1940 United States presidential election in California^[5]
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	Franklin Delano Roosevelt Democratic		Wendell Lewis Willkie Republican		Various candidates Other parties		Margin
County	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#
Plumas	72.11%	3,418	26.79%	1,270	1.10%	52	45.32%	2,148
Solano	70.58%	15,054	28.51%	6,081	0.90%	193	42.07%	8,973
Lassen	69.17%	4,367	30.13%	1,902	0.70%	44	39.05%	2,465
Fresno	69.07%	48,866	29.79%	21,079	1.14%	805	39.27%	27,787
Sacramento	68.09%	51,351	30.76%	23,201	1.15%	864	37.33%	28,150
Shasta	68.03%	8,662	30.70%	3,909	1.27%	162	37.33%	4,753
Madera	67.61%	5,749	31.20%	2,653	1.19%	101	36.41%	3,096
Placer	67.56%	8,402	31.26%	3,887	1.18%	147	36.31%	4,515
Kings	67.43%	8,307	31.75%	3,911	0.83%	102	35.68%	4,396
Sierra	66.98%	1,057	32.38%	511	0.63%	10	34.60%	546
El Dorado	66.44%	4,144	32.37%	2,019	1.19%	74	34.07%	2,125
Amador	66.14%	2,762	32.85%	1,372	1.01%	42	33.29%	1,390
Nevada	66.01%	5,782	32.69%	2,863	1.30%	114	33.33%	2,919
Yuba	64.57%	4,660	34.24%	2,471	1.19%	86	30.33%	2,189
Mariposa	64.44%	1,935	34.47%	1,035	1.10%	33	29.97%	900
Trinity	63.83%	1,431	34.79%	780	1.38%	31	29.04%	651
Siskiyou	63.17%	7,714	35.92%	4,387	0.91%	111	27.24%	3,327
Tuolumne	62.96%	3,541	35.63%	2,004	1.40%	79	27.33%	1,537
Merced	62.57%	10,501	36.35%	6,101	1.08%	182	26.22%	4,400
Kern	61.78%	32,202	37.30%	19,445	0.92%	479	24.47%	12,757
Contra Costa	61.75%	30,900	37.22%	18,627	1.03%	513	24.53%	12,273
Modoc	61.49%	2,232	37.77%	1,371	0.74%	27	23.72%	861
San Francisco	59.51%	185,607	39.26%	122,449	1.23%	3,822	20.25%	63,158
Colusa	59.48%	2,655	39.74%	1,774	0.78%	35	19.74%	881
Calaveras	58.90%	2,405	40.39%	1,649	0.71%	29	18.52%	756
Yolo	58.78%	6,380	40.29%	4,373	0.93%	101	18.49%	2,007
Butte	58.15%	10,684	40.46%	7,433	1.39%	255	17.70%	3,251
Los Angeles	58.13%	822,718	40.58%	574,266	1.29%	18,285	17.56%	248,452
Sutter	57.11%	4,195	42.06%	3,089	0.83%	61	15.06%	1,106
Ventura	57.00%	15,182	42.15%	11,225	0.85%	227	14.86%	3,957
Mendocino	56.13%	7,055	42.53%	5,345	1.34%	169	13.60%	1,710
Humboldt	55.98%	12,329	43.00%	9,470	1.02%	225	12.98%	2,859
Tulare	55.96%	20,129	42.85%	15,414	1.19%	428	13.11%	4,715
San Diego	55.57%	71,188	43.27%	55,434	1.16%	1,488	12.30%	15,754
Alameda	55.21%	148,224	43.56%	116,961	1.23%	3,311	11.64%	31,263
Monterey	55.00%	14,758	44.01%	11,810	0.99%	265	10.99%	2,948
Glenn	54.96%	3,095	43.92%	2,473	1.12%	63	11.05%	622
Inyo	54.65%	1,820	44.53%	1,483	0.81%	27	10.12%	337
Tehama	54.59%	3,618	43.95%	2,913	1.46%	97	10.64%	705
San Bernardino	54.47%	37,520	44.30%	30,511	1.23%	847	10.18%	7,009
Santa Barbara	54.41%	17,237	44.53%	14,107	1.05%	334	9.88%	3,130
San Luis Obispo	53.39%	8,499	45.25%	7,204	1.36%	217	8.13%	1,295
Napa	52.68%	6,771	46.09%	5,924	1.23%	158	6.59%	847
Mono	52.56%	523	46.13%	459	1.31%	13	6.43%	64
San Joaquin	52.55%	26,536	46.34%	23,403	1.11%	559	6.20%	3,133
Imperial	52.53%	7,728	46.59%	6,854	0.88%	130	5.94%	874
San Mateo	52.38%	29,831	46.60%	26,539	1.02%	581	5.78%	3,292
Stanislaus	51.96%	16,494	46.63%	14,803	1.41%	449	5.33%	1,691
Marin	50.20%	11,365	48.47%	10,974	1.33%	301	1.73%	391
San Benito	49.99%	2,441	49.29%	2,407	0.72%	35	0.70%	34
Santa Clara	49.63%	40,449	49.20%	40,100	1.16%	947	0.43%	349
Santa Cruz	47.51%	10,683	50.93%	11,453	1.56%	350	-3.42%	-770
Riverside	47.20%	20,003	51.39%	21,779	1.41%	598	-4.19%	-1,776
Sonoma	47.04%	15,230	51.94%	16,819	1.02%	330	-4.91%	-1,589
Lake	45.70%	1,897	53.36%	2,215	0.94%	39	-7.66%	-318
Del Norte	44.92%	1,034	53.56%	1,233	1.52%	35	-8.64%	-199
Orange	43.44%	28,236	55.49%	36,070	1.06%	691	-12.05%	-7,834
Alpine	32.98%	62	66.49%	125	0.53%	1	-33.51%	-63

References[]

^ https://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2018-general/sov/04-historical-voter-reg-participation.pdf
^ "California Election Results". The New York Times. November 3, 2020.
^ Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
^ Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868–2004, p. 131 ISBN 0786422173
^ "1940 Presidential General Election Results – California". Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved August 25, 2008.

[1] ttps://elections.cdn.sos.ca.gov/sov/2018-general/sov/04-historical-voter-reg-participation.pdf

[2] "California Election Results". The New York Times. November 3, 2020.

[How-3] Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016

[4] Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868–2004, p. 131 ISBN 0786422173

[5] "1940 Presidential General Election Results – California". Dave Leip's U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved August 25, 2008.

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