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1940 United States presidential election in Mississippi
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Main article: 1940 United States presidential election
The 1940 United States presidential election in Mississippi took place on November 5, 1940, as part of the 1940 United States presidential election. Mississippi voters chose nine[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Quick facts All 9 Mississippi votes to the Electoral College, Nominee ...
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Roosevelt 80–90% 90–100%
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Mississippi was won by incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt (D–New York), running with Secretary Henry A. Wallace, with 95.70% of the popular vote, against Wendell Willkie (R–New York), running with Minority Leader Charles L. McNary, with 4.19% of the popular vote.[3][4]
By percentage of the popular vote won, Mississippi was the most lopsided contest in the nation, with a margin of over 91% for Roosevelt.
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Results
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Franklin D. Roosevelt (inc.) | 168,267 | 95.70% | |
| Republican | Wendell Willkie | 7,364 | 4.19% | |
| Socialist | Norman Thomas | 193 | 0.11% | |
| Total votes | 175,824 | 100% | ||
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Results by county
More information County, Franklin Delano Roosevelt Democratic ...
| County | Franklin Delano Roosevelt Democratic |
Wendell Lewis Willkie Republican |
Norman Mattoon Thomas Socialist |
Margin | Total votes cast[5] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | |
| Adams | 1,869 | 91.80% | 166 | 8.15% | 1 | 0.05% | 1,703 | 83.64% | 2,036 |
| Alcorn | 2,934 | 95.63% | 133 | 4.34% | 1 | 0.03% | 2,801 | 91.30% | 3,068 |
| Amite | 1,435 | 95.73% | 64 | 4.27% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,371 | 91.46% | 1,499 |
| Attala | 2,049 | 96.65% | 63 | 2.97% | 8 | 0.38% | 1,986 | 93.68% | 2,120 |
| Benton | 935 | 97.50% | 24 | 2.50% | 0 | 0.00% | 911 | 94.99% | 959 |
| Bolivar | 2,974 | 92.68% | 234 | 7.29% | 1 | 0.03% | 2,740 | 85.38% | 3,209 |
| Calhoun | 1,958 | 96.36% | 74 | 3.64% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,884 | 92.72% | 2,032 |
| Carroll | 1,408 | 97.37% | 38 | 2.63% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,370 | 94.74% | 1,446 |
| Chickasaw | 1,764 | 96.76% | 58 | 3.18% | 1 | 0.05% | 1,706 | 93.58% | 1,823 |
| Choctaw | 1,212 | 94.84% | 66 | 5.16% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,146 | 89.67% | 1,278 |
| Claiborne | 737 | 94.61% | 32 | 4.11% | 10 | 1.28% | 705 | 90.50% | 779 |
| Clarke | 1,711 | 97.60% | 42 | 2.40% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,669 | 95.21% | 1,753 |
| Clay | 1,232 | 92.22% | 103 | 7.71% | 1 | 0.07% | 1,129 | 84.51% | 1,336 |
| Coahoma | 2,440 | 94.68% | 137 | 5.32% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,303 | 89.37% | 2,577 |
| Copiah | 2,335 | 97.94% | 49 | 2.06% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,286 | 95.89% | 2,384 |
| Covington | 1,419 | 96.46% | 52 | 3.54% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,367 | 92.93% | 1,471 |
| DeSoto | 1,491 | 97.13% | 40 | 2.61% | 4 | 0.26% | 1,451 | 94.53% | 1,535 |
| Forrest | 3,075 | 92.82% | 228 | 6.88% | 10 | 0.30% | 2,847 | 85.93% | 3,313 |
| Franklin | 1,376 | 97.94% | 29 | 2.06% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,347 | 95.87% | 1,405 |
| George | 945 | 96.13% | 38 | 3.87% | 0 | 0.00% | 907 | 92.27% | 983 |
| Greene | 926 | 93.35% | 66 | 6.65% | 0 | 0.00% | 860 | 86.69% | 992 |
| Grenada | 1,354 | 95.02% | 62 | 4.35% | 9 | 0.63% | 1,292 | 90.67% | 1,425 |
| Hancock | 1,550 | 88.67% | 197 | 11.27% | 1 | 0.06% | 1,353 | 77.40% | 1,748 |
| Harrison | 5,577 | 89.75% | 633 | 10.19% | 4 | 0.06% | 4,944 | 79.56% | 6,214 |
| Hinds | 9,917 | 94.82% | 538 | 5.14% | 4 | 0.04% | 9,379 | 89.67% | 10,459 |
| Holmes | 2,041 | 98.22% | 37 | 1.78% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,004 | 96.44% | 2,078 |
| Humphreys | 1,061 | 98.15% | 20 | 1.85% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,041 | 96.30% | 1,081 |
| Issaquena | 218 | 96.04% | 9 | 3.96% | 0 | 0.00% | 209 | 92.07% | 227 |
| Itawamba | 1,627 | 92.55% | 119 | 6.77% | 12 | 0.68% | 1,508 | 85.78% | 1,758 |
| Jackson | 2,124 | 92.35% | 171 | 7.43% | 5 | 0.22% | 1,953 | 84.91% | 2,300 |
| Jasper | 1,713 | 98.00% | 35 | 2.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,678 | 96.00% | 1,748 |
| Jefferson | 801 | 99.13% | 7 | 0.87% | 0 | 0.00% | 794 | 98.27% | 808 |
| Jefferson Davis | 1,289 | 96.92% | 38 | 2.86% | 3 | 0.23% | 1,251 | 94.06% | 1,330 |
| Jones | 4,517 | 94.91% | 242 | 5.09% | 0 | 0.00% | 4,275 | 89.83% | 4,759 |
| Kemper | 1,422 | 97.13% | 42 | 2.87% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,380 | 94.26% | 1,464 |
| Lafayette | 2,188 | 97.03% | 65 | 2.88% | 2 | 0.09% | 2,123 | 94.15% | 2,255 |
| Lamar | 1,148 | 95.43% | 55 | 4.57% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,093 | 90.86% | 1,203 |
| Lauderdale | 5,936 | 95.04% | 303 | 4.85% | 7 | 0.11% | 5,633 | 90.19% | 6,246 |
| Lawrence | 1,218 | 97.05% | 37 | 2.95% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,181 | 94.10% | 1,255 |
| Leake | 2,802 | 99.26% | 17 | 0.60% | 4 | 0.14% | 2,785 | 98.65% | 2,823 |
| Lee | 3,814 | 96.93% | 120 | 3.05% | 1 | 0.03% | 3,694 | 93.88% | 3,935 |
| Leflore | 2,404 | 95.59% | 111 | 4.41% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,293 | 91.17% | 2,515 |
| Lincoln | 2,332 | 95.57% | 97 | 3.98% | 11 | 0.45% | 2,235 | 91.60% | 2,440 |
| Lowndes | 2,268 | 93.80% | 147 | 6.08% | 3 | 0.12% | 2,121 | 87.72% | 2,418 |
| Madison | 2,038 | 96.86% | 66 | 3.14% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,972 | 93.73% | 2,104 |
| Marion | 2,083 | 97.89% | 45 | 2.11% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,038 | 95.77% | 2,128 |
| Marshall | 1,403 | 96.69% | 48 | 3.31% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,355 | 93.38% | 1,451 |
| Monroe | 3,263 | 97.11% | 94 | 2.80% | 3 | 0.09% | 3,169 | 94.32% | 3,360 |
| Montgomery | 1,509 | 97.10% | 44 | 2.83% | 1 | 0.06% | 1,465 | 94.27% | 1,554 |
| Neshoba | 2,880 | 97.07% | 77 | 2.60% | 10 | 0.34% | 2,803 | 94.47% | 2,967 |
| Newton | 2,495 | 98.27% | 41 | 1.61% | 3 | 0.12% | 2,454 | 96.65% | 2,539 |
| Noxubee | 1,152 | 95.76% | 51 | 4.24% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,101 | 91.52% | 1,203 |
| Oktibbeha | 1,951 | 95.45% | 79 | 3.86% | 14 | 0.68% | 1,872 | 91.59% | 2,044 |
| Panola | 1,988 | 97.74% | 45 | 2.21% | 1 | 0.05% | 1,943 | 95.53% | 2,034 |
| Pearl River | 2,022 | 95.47% | 88 | 4.15% | 8 | 0.38% | 1,934 | 91.31% | 2,118 |
| Perry | 828 | 97.87% | 18 | 2.13% | 0 | 0.00% | 810 | 95.74% | 846 |
| Pike | 2,956 | 93.93% | 185 | 5.88% | 6 | 0.19% | 2,771 | 88.05% | 3,147 |
| Pontotoc | 2,171 | 96.75% | 70 | 3.12% | 3 | 0.13% | 2,101 | 93.63% | 2,244 |
| Prentiss | 2,117 | 94.72% | 118 | 5.28% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,999 | 89.44% | 2,235 |
| Quitman | 1,152 | 97.46% | 29 | 2.45% | 1 | 0.08% | 1,123 | 95.01% | 1,182 |
| Rankin | 2,110 | 98.09% | 35 | 1.63% | 6 | 0.28% | 2,075 | 96.47% | 2,151 |
| Scott | 2,377 | 98.75% | 30 | 1.25% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,347 | 97.51% | 2,407 |
| Sharkey | 747 | 97.65% | 18 | 2.35% | 0 | 0.00% | 729 | 95.29% | 765 |
| Simpson | 2,316 | 98.26% | 40 | 1.70% | 1 | 0.04% | 2,276 | 96.56% | 2,357 |
| Smith | 1,826 | 98.49% | 27 | 1.46% | 1 | 0.05% | 1,799 | 97.03% | 1,854 |
| Stone | 802 | 96.63% | 28 | 3.37% | 0 | 0.00% | 774 | 93.25% | 830 |
| Sunflower | 3,071 | 97.74% | 71 | 2.26% | 0 | 0.00% | 3,000 | 95.48% | 3,142 |
| Tallahatchie | 2,288 | 98.28% | 33 | 1.42% | 7 | 0.30% | 2,255 | 96.86% | 2,328 |
| Tate | 1,609 | 99.81% | 3 | 0.19% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,606 | 99.63% | 1,612 |
| Tippah | 2,248 | 97.27% | 63 | 2.73% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,185 | 94.55% | 2,311 |
| Tishomingo | 1,463 | 89.75% | 159 | 9.75% | 8 | 0.49% | 1,304 | 80.00% | 1,630 |
| Tunica | 795 | 98.39% | 13 | 1.61% | 0 | 0.00% | 782 | 96.78% | 808 |
| Union | 2,609 | 95.71% | 108 | 3.96% | 9 | 0.33% | 2,501 | 91.75% | 2,726 |
| Walthall | 1,206 | 96.71% | 40 | 3.21% | 1 | 0.08% | 1,166 | 93.50% | 1,247 |
| Warren | 3,048 | 94.05% | 192 | 5.92% | 1 | 0.03% | 2,856 | 88.12% | 3,241 |
| Washington | 2,349 | 88.91% | 292 | 11.05% | 1 | 0.04% | 2,057 | 77.86% | 2,642 |
| Wayne | 1,388 | 98.44% | 22 | 1.56% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,366 | 96.88% | 1,410 |
| Webster | 1,595 | 94.55% | 87 | 5.16% | 5 | 0.30% | 1,508 | 89.39% | 1,687 |
| Wilkinson | 942 | 95.34% | 46 | 4.66% | 0 | 0.00% | 896 | 90.69% | 988 |
| Winston | 1,979 | 98.70% | 26 | 1.30% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,953 | 97.41% | 2,005 |
| Yalobusha | 1,555 | 96.88% | 50 | 3.12% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,505 | 93.77% | 1,605 |
| Yazoo | 2,390 | 98.15% | 45 | 1.85% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,345 | 96.30% | 2,435 |
| Totals | 168,267 | 95.70% | 7,364 | 4.19% | 193 | 0.11% | 160,903 | 91.51% | 175,824 |
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