Election in Utah
Main article: 1940 United States presidential election
1940 United States presidential election in Utah
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
4
0
Popular vote
154,277
93,151
Percentage
62.25%
37.59%
County Results
Roosevelt
50–60%
60–70%
Wilkie
50-60%
60-70%
President before election
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democratic
Elected President
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democratic
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 . As of the 2020 presidential election , this is the last election in which Piute County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate.[1]
Results [ ]
1940 United States presidential election in Utah[2]
Party
Candidate
Votes
Percentage
Electoral votes
Democratic
Franklin D. Roosevelt (incumbent )
154,277
62.25%
4
Republican
Wendell Willkie
93,151
37.59%
0
Socialist
Norman Thomas
200
0.08%
0
N/A
Write-ins
191
0.08%
0
Totals
247,819
100.00%
4
Results by county [ ]
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Democratic
Wendell Lewis Willkie Republican
Various candidates Other parties
Margin
Beaver
1,303
54.18%
1,101
45.78%
1
0.04%
202
8.40%
2,405
Box Elder
4,736
59.30%
3,248
40.67%
2
0.03%
1,488
18.63%
7,986
Cache
7,867
60.25%
5,184
39.70%
7
0.05%
2,683
20.55%
13,058
Carbon
5,180
69.47%
2,242
30.07%
34
0.46%
2,938
39.40%
7,456
Daggett
160
62.50%
96
37.50%
0
0.00%
64
25.00%
256
Davis
3,865
57.63%
2,836
42.28%
6
0.09%
1,029
15.34%
6,707
Duchesne
1,982
59.92%
1,322
39.96%
4
0.12%
660
19.95%
3,308
Emery
1,901
65.13%
1,006
34.46%
12
0.41%
895
30.66%
2,919
Garfield
814
44.14%
1,030
55.86%
0
0.00%
-216
-11.71%
1,844
Grand
446
50.62%
432
49.04%
3
0.34%
14
1.59%
881
Iron
1,915
47.90%
2,060
51.53%
23
0.58%
-145
-3.63%
3,998
Juab
2,136
60.12%
1,412
39.74%
5
0.14%
724
20.38%
3,553
Kane
339
33.43%
675
66.57%
0
0.00%
-336
-33.14%
1,014
Millard
2,302
54.10%
1,943
45.66%
10
0.24%
359
8.44%
4,255
Morgan
699
54.87%
575
45.13%
0
0.00%
124
9.73%
1,274
Piute
466
51.21%
442
48.57%
2
0.22%
24
2.64%
910
Rich
475
51.52%
447
48.48%
0
0.00%
28
3.04%
922
Salt Lake
67,318
65.40%
35,427
34.42%
181
0.18%
31,891
30.98%
102,926
San Juan
515
49.19%
528
50.43%
4
0.38%
-13
-1.24%
1,047
Sanpete
3,524
48.61%
3,722
51.34%
4
0.06%
-198
-2.73%
7,250
Sevier
2,521
48.22%
2,703
51.70%
4
0.08%
-182
-3.48%
5,228
Summit
2,215
56.10%
1,730
43.82%
3
0.08%
485
12.28%
3,948
Tooele
2,625
63.90%
1,476
35.93%
7
0.17%
1,149
27.97%
4,108
Uintah
1,773
52.16%
1,624
47.78%
2
0.06%
149
4.38%
3,399
Utah
15,168
63.32%
8,740
36.48%
48
0.20%
6,428
26.83%
23,956
Wasatch
1,502
55.59%
1,199
44.37%
1
0.04%
303
11.21%
2,702
Washington
1,993
55.04%
1,625
44.88%
3
0.08%
368
10.16%
3,621
Wayne
500
56.75%
380
43.13%
1
0.11%
120
13.62%
881
Weber
18,037
69.35%
7,946
30.55%
24
0.09%
10,091
38.80%
26,007
Totals
154,277
62.25%
93,151
37.59%
391
0.16%
61,126
24.67%
247,819
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