1940 United States presidential election in Idaho
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The 1940 United States presidential election in Idaho took place on November 5, 1940, as part of the 1940 United States presidential election. State voters chose four[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Idaho was won by incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt (D–New York), running with Secretary of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace, with 54.36% of the popular vote, against Wendell Willkie (R–New York), running with Minority Leader Charles L. McNary, with 45.31% of the popular vote.[3][4]
As of the 2020 presidential election[update], this is the last occasion when Cassia County, Lemhi County and Owyhee County have voted for a Democratic presidential candidate.[5][6]
Results
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Franklin D. Roosevelt (inc.) | 127,842 | 54.36% | |
| Republican | Wendell Willkie | 106,553 | 45.31% | |
| Write-in | 773 | 0.33% | ||
| Total votes | 235,168 | 100% | ||
Results by county
[edit]| County | Franklin Delano Roosevelt Democratic |
Wendell Lewis Willkie Republican |
Various candidates Write-ins |
Margin | Total votes cast[7] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Ada | 12,381 | 48.95% | 12,861 | 50.85% | 51 | 0.20% | -480 | -1.90% | 25,293 |
| Adams | 929 | 54.30% | 779 | 45.53% | 3 | 0.18% | 150 | 8.77% | 1,711 |
| Bannock | 10,493 | 65.94% | 5,419 | 34.05% | 1 | 0.01% | 5,074 | 31.89% | 15,913 |
| Bear Lake | 2,026 | 53.50% | 1,761 | 46.50% | 265 | 7.00% | 3,787 | ||
| Benewah | 1,924 | 59.20% | 1,304 | 40.12% | 22 | 0.68% | 620 | 19.08% | 3,250 |
| Bingham | 3,815 | 50.95% | 3,662 | 48.90% | 11 | 0.15% | 153 | 2.04% | 7,488 |
| Blaine | 1,559 | 58.02% | 1,124 | 41.83% | 4 | 0.15% | 435 | 16.19% | 2,687 |
| Boise | 677 | 58.01% | 489 | 41.90% | 1 | 0.09% | 188 | 16.11% | 1,167 |
| Bonner | 3,834 | 55.24% | 3,072 | 44.27% | 34 | 0.49% | 762 | 10.98% | 6,940 |
| Bonneville | 5,891 | 59.51% | 3,999 | 40.39% | 10 | 0.10% | 1,892 | 19.11% | 9,900 |
| Boundary | 1,393 | 51.90% | 1,221 | 45.49% | 70 | 2.61% | 172 | 6.41% | 2,684 |
| Butte | 448 | 51.44% | 423 | 48.56% | 25 | 2.87% | 871 | ||
| Camas | 381 | 50.94% | 367 | 49.06% | 14 | 1.87% | 748 | ||
| Canyon | 8,639 | 49.43% | 8,776 | 50.21% | 63 | 0.36% | -137 | -0.78% | 17,478 |
| Caribou | 658 | 62.73% | 390 | 37.18% | 1 | 0.10% | 268 | 25.55% | 1,049 |
| Cassia | 2,930 | 51.50% | 2,748 | 48.30% | 11 | 0.19% | 182 | 3.20% | 5,689 |
| Clark | 212 | 34.70% | 399 | 65.30% | -187 | -30.61% | 611 | ||
| Clearwater | 2,284 | 66.61% | 1,128 | 32.90% | 17 | 0.50% | 1,156 | 33.71% | 3,429 |
| Custer | 894 | 53.89% | 760 | 45.81% | 5 | 0.30% | 134 | 8.08% | 1,659 |
| Elmore | 1,632 | 60.15% | 1,077 | 39.70% | 4 | 0.15% | 555 | 20.46% | 2,713 |
| Franklin | 2,158 | 51.05% | 2,069 | 48.95% | 89 | 2.11% | 4,227 | ||
| Fremont | 2,556 | 56.13% | 1,996 | 43.83% | 2 | 0.04% | 560 | 12.30% | 4,554 |
| Gem | 2,666 | 64.52% | 1,462 | 35.38% | 4 | 0.10% | 1,204 | 29.14% | 4,132 |
| Gooding | 1,919 | 44.89% | 2,352 | 55.02% | 4 | 0.09% | -433 | -10.13% | 4,275 |
| Idaho | 2,888 | 52.08% | 2,641 | 47.63% | 16 | 0.29% | 247 | 4.45% | 5,545 |
| Jefferson | 2,631 | 60.29% | 1,717 | 39.34% | 16 | 0.37% | 914 | 20.94% | 4,364 |
| Jerome | 1,881 | 42.67% | 2,520 | 57.17% | 7 | 0.16% | -639 | -14.50% | 4,408 |
| Kootenai | 5,997 | 57.32% | 4,333 | 41.42% | 132 | 1.26% | 1,664 | 15.91% | 10,462 |
| Latah | 4,494 | 52.87% | 3,971 | 46.72% | 35 | 0.41% | 523 | 6.15% | 8,500 |
| Lemhi | 1,664 | 54.08% | 1,412 | 45.89% | 1 | 0.03% | 252 | 8.19% | 3,077 |
| Lewis | 1,462 | 66.52% | 729 | 33.17% | 7 | 0.32% | 733 | 33.35% | 2,198 |
| Lincoln | 886 | 46.58% | 1,009 | 53.05% | 7 | 0.37% | -123 | -6.47% | 1,902 |
| Madison | 2,218 | 57.60% | 1,632 | 42.38% | 1 | 0.03% | 586 | 15.22% | 3,851 |
| Minidoka | 1,982 | 49.87% | 1,979 | 49.80% | 13 | 0.33% | 3 | 0.08% | 3,974 |
| Nez Perce | 5,963 | 63.35% | 3,409 | 36.22% | 41 | 0.44% | 2,554 | 27.13% | 9,413 |
| Oneida | 1,440 | 55.73% | 1,140 | 44.12% | 4 | 0.15% | 300 | 11.61% | 2,584 |
| Owyhee | 1,160 | 52.61% | 1,031 | 46.76% | 14 | 0.63% | 129 | 5.85% | 2,205 |
| Payette | 1,790 | 41.02% | 2,554 | 58.52% | 20 | 0.46% | -764 | -17.51% | 4,364 |
| Power | 931 | 49.39% | 951 | 50.45% | 3 | 0.16% | -20 | -1.06% | 1,885 |
| Shoshone | 6,565 | 64.54% | 3,525 | 34.65% | 82 | 0.81% | 3,040 | 29.89% | 10,172 |
| Teton | 844 | 55.86% | 667 | 44.14% | 177 | 11.71% | 1,511 | ||
| Twin Falls | 7,286 | 44.56% | 9,031 | 55.23% | 34 | 0.21% | -1,745 | -10.67% | 16,351 |
| Valley | 1,165 | 59.96% | 761 | 39.17% | 17 | 0.87% | 404 | 20.79% | 1,943 |
| Washington | 2,296 | 54.61% | 1,903 | 45.27% | 5 | 0.12% | 393 | 9.35% | 4,204 |
| Totals | 127,842 | 54.36% | 106,553 | 45.31% | 773 | 0.33% | 21,289 | 9.05% | 235,168 |
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "United States Presidential election of 1940 - Encyclopædia Britannica". Retrieved August 20, 2018.
- ^ "1940 Election for the Thirty-ninth Term (1941-45)". Retrieved August 20, 2018.
- ^ "1940 Presidential General Election Results – Idaho". Retrieved August 20, 2018.
- ^ "The American Presidency Project – Election of 1940". Retrieved August 20, 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
- ^ Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004, pp. 178-179 ISBN 0786422173
- ^ Scammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964; p. 119 ISBN 0405077114
