1940 United States presidential election in Michigan
The 1940 United States presidential election in Michigan took place on November 5, 1940, as part of the 1940 United States presidential election. Voters chose 19[1] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
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Michigan was narrowly won by the Republican candidate Wendell Willkie over Democratic incumbent Franklin D. Roosevelt by 6,926 votes in the closest race in any statewide presidential election since 1916 when Woodrow Wilson won by 56 votes in New Hampshire and opponent Charles Evans Hughes won in Minnesota by 392 votes.[2][3] Willkie received 49.85% of ballots cast, while Roosevelt received 49.52%. This was the only election where Michigan supported Roosevelt's opponent, and it was also the only one of the ten states won by Willkie that Roosevelt would reclaim in 1944, as the other nine states all voted against Roosevelt for the second consecutive election in supporting Thomas E. Dewey. It was additionally the last election until 1976 that Michigan voted for a different candidate than nearby Pennsylvania.
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Wendell Willkie | 1,039,917 | 49.85% | |
| Democratic | Franklin D. Roosevelt (inc.) | 1,032,991 | 49.52% | |
| Socialist | Norman Thomas | 7,593 | 0.36% | |
| Communist | Earl Browder | 2,834 | 0.14% | |
| Prohibition | Roger Babson | 1,795 | 0.09% | |
| Socialist Labor | John W. Aiken | 795 | 0.04% | |
| Write-in | 4 | 0.00% | ||
| Total votes | 2,085,929 | 100% | ||
Results by county
| County | Wendell Lewis Willkie Republican |
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Democratic |
Norman Mattoon Thomas Socialist |
Earl Russell Browder Communist |
Various candidates Other parties |
Margin | Total votes cast[4] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Alcona | 1,648 | 65.89% | 847 | 33.87% | 5 | 0.20% | 1 | 0.04% | 0 | 0.00% | 801 | 32.03% | 2,501 |
| Alger | 1,629 | 34.89% | 2,984 | 63.91% | 12 | 0.26% | 44 | 0.94% | 6 | 0.13% | -1,355 | -29.02% | 4,669 |
| Allegan | 12,347 | 69.51% | 5,385 | 30.31% | 28 | 0.16% | 4 | 0.02% | 28 | 0.16% | 6,962 | 39.19% | 17,764 |
| Alpena | 4,822 | 57.19% | 3,597 | 42.66% | 12 | 0.14% | 1 | 0.01% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,225 | 14.53% | 8,432 |
| Antrim | 3,027 | 66.75% | 1,497 | 33.01% | 10 | 0.22% | 1 | 0.02% | 18 | 0.40% | 1,530 | 33.74% | 4,535 |
| Arenac | 2,293 | 60.31% | 1,499 | 39.43% | 8 | 0.21% | 2 | 0.05% | 5 | 0.13% | 794 | 20.88% | 3,802 |
| Baraga | 2,512 | 53.52% | 2,152 | 45.85% | 7 | 0.15% | 23 | 0.49% | 3 | 0.06% | 360 | 7.67% | 4,694 |
| Barry | 6,872 | 68.56% | 3,091 | 30.84% | 25 | 0.25% | 35 | 0.35% | 2 | 0.02% | 3,781 | 37.72% | 10,023 |
| Bay | 14,618 | 49.44% | 14,902 | 50.40% | 43 | 0.15% | 2 | 0.01% | 22 | 0.07% | -284 | -0.96% | 29,565 |
| Benzie | 2,320 | 61.64% | 1,429 | 37.96% | 14 | 0.37% | 1 | 0.03% | 1 | 0.03% | 891 | 23.67% | 3,764 |
| Berrien | 22,778 | 57.11% | 16,961 | 42.52% | 143 | 0.36% | 4 | 0.01% | 61 | 0.15% | 5,817 | 14.58% | 39,886 |
| Branch | 7,400 | 63.01% | 4,318 | 36.77% | 21 | 0.18% | 5 | 0.04% | 20 | 0.17% | 3,082 | 26.24% | 11,744 |
| Calhoun | 21,633 | 53.37% | 18,682 | 46.09% | 182 | 0.45% | 35 | 0.09% | 78 | 0.19% | 2,951 | 7.28% | 40,532 |
| Cass | 6,868 | 61.09% | 4,340 | 38.60% | 32 | 0.28% | 3 | 0.03% | 25 | 0.22% | 2,528 | 22.49% | 11,243 |
| Charlevoix | 3,522 | 61.42% | 2,162 | 37.70% | 40 | 0.70% | 10 | 0.17% | 1 | 0.02% | 1,360 | 23.72% | 5,734 |
| Cheboygan | 3,646 | 55.96% | 2,856 | 43.84% | 8 | 0.12% | 5 | 0.08% | 8 | 0.12% | 790 | 12.13% | 6,515 |
| Chippewa | 5,851 | 51.56% | 5,473 | 48.23% | 11 | 0.10% | 13 | 0.11% | 5 | 0.04% | 378 | 3.33% | 11,348 |
| Clare | 3,004 | 69.91% | 1,277 | 29.72% | 13 | 0.30% | 3 | 0.07% | 3 | 0.07% | 1,727 | 40.19% | 4,297 |
| Clinton | 8,311 | 75.04% | 2,745 | 24.78% | 19 | 0.17% | 1 | 0.01% | 5 | 0.05% | 5,566 | 50.25% | 11,076 |
| Crawford | 873 | 52.53% | 777 | 46.75% | 9 | 0.54% | 3 | 0.18% | 0 | 0.00% | 96 | 5.78% | 1,662 |
| Delta | 6,218 | 41.20% | 8,802 | 58.31% | 43 | 0.28% | 31 | 0.21% | 7 | 0.05% | -2,584 | -17.12% | 15,094 |
| Dickinson | 6,188 | 44.68% | 7,582 | 54.75% | 46 | 0.33% | 33 | 0.24% | 10 | 0.07% | -1,394 | -10.07% | 13,849 |
| Eaton | 9,864 | 63.36% | 5,645 | 36.26% | 57 | 0.37% | 1 | 0.01% | 27 | 0.17% | 4,219 | 27.10% | 15,567 |
| Emmet | 4,216 | 59.64% | 2,831 | 40.05% | 20 | 0.28% | 2 | 0.03% | 2 | 0.03% | 1,385 | 19.59% | 7,069 |
| Genesee | 38,495 | 43.16% | 50,300 | 56.39% | 298 | 0.33% | 105 | 0.12% | 85 | 0.10% | -11,805 | -13.23% | 89,198 |
| Gladwin | 2,741 | 67.80% | 1,294 | 32.01% | 6 | 0.15% | 2 | 0.05% | 1 | 0.02% | 1,447 | 35.79% | 4,043 |
| Gogebic | 6,431 | 40.92% | 9,104 | 57.93% | 80 | 0.51% | 100 | 0.64% | 19 | 0.12% | -2,673 | -17.01% | 15,715 |
| Grand Traverse | 5,620 | 64.33% | 3,095 | 35.43% | 20 | 0.23% | 1 | 0.01% | 9 | 0.10% | 2,525 | 28.90% | 8,736 |
| Gratiot | 8,661 | 69.19% | 3,825 | 30.56% | 30 | 0.24% | 1 | 0.01% | 34 | 0.27% | 4,836 | 38.64% | 12,517 |
| Hillsdale | 9,398 | 72.38% | 3,538 | 27.25% | 44 | 0.34% | 4 | 0.03% | 23 | 0.18% | 5,860 | 45.13% | 12,984 |
| Houghton | 11,030 | 50.32% | 10,815 | 49.34% | 20 | 0.09% | 53 | 0.24% | 8 | 0.04% | 215 | 0.98% | 21,918 |
| Huron | 10,570 | 79.78% | 2,654 | 20.03% | 24 | 0.18% | 1 | 0.01% | 9 | 0.07% | 7,916 | 59.75% | 13,249 |
| Ingham | 32,565 | 56.89% | 24,375 | 42.58% | 290 | 0.51% | 15 | 0.03% | 137 | 0.24% | 8,190 | 14.31% | 57,245 |
| Ionia | 9,439 | 63.29% | 5,399 | 36.20% | 36 | 0.24% | 41 | 0.27% | 1 | 0.01% | 4,040 | 27.09% | 14,915 |
| Iosco | 2,504 | 65.52% | 1,303 | 34.09% | 14 | 0.37% | 1 | 0.03% | 3 | 0.08% | 1,201 | 31.42% | 3,822 |
| Iron | 4,766 | 49.36% | 4,808 | 49.79% | 27 | 0.28% | 55 | 0.57% | 5 | 0.05% | -42 | -0.43% | 9,656 |
| Isabella | 7,019 | 71.12% | 2,828 | 28.66% | 17 | 0.17% | 5 | 0.05% | 22 | 0.22% | 4,191 | 42.47% | 9,869 |
| Jackson | 24,558 | 61.59% | 15,170 | 38.05% | 115 | 0.29% | 30 | 0.08% | 67 | 0.17% | 9,388 | 23.54% | 39,873 |
| Kalamazoo | 25,596 | 58.86% | 17,733 | 40.78% | 139 | 0.32% | 17 | 0.04% | 137 | 0.32% | 7,863 | 18.08% | 43,485 |
| Kalkaska | 1,155 | 61.31% | 718 | 38.11% | 4 | 0.21% | 7 | 0.37% | 1 | 0.05% | 437 | 23.20% | 1,884 |
| Kent | 53,131 | 52.17% | 48,196 | 47.33% | 440 | 0.43% | 68 | 0.07% | 241 | 0.24% | 4,935 | 4.85% | 101,835 |
| Keweenaw | 1,080 | 52.53% | 967 | 47.03% | 1 | 0.05% | 8 | 0.39% | 4 | 0.19% | 113 | 5.50% | 2,056 |
| Lake | 1,413 | 56.70% | 1,070 | 42.94% | 5 | 0.20% | 4 | 0.16% | 3 | 0.12% | 343 | 13.76% | 2,492 |
| Lapeer | 7,714 | 69.86% | 3,299 | 29.88% | 22 | 0.20% | 7 | 0.06% | 2 | 0.02% | 4,415 | 39.98% | 11,042 |
| Leelanau | 2,405 | 66.11% | 1,223 | 33.62% | 8 | 0.22% | 2 | 0.05% | 1 | 0.03% | 1,182 | 32.49% | 3,638 |
| Lenawee | 16,963 | 70.27% | 7,132 | 29.54% | 40 | 0.17% | 5 | 0.02% | 26 | 0.11% | 9,831 | 40.72% | 24,140 |
| Livingston | 7,068 | 68.30% | 3,254 | 31.45% | 25 | 0.24% | 1 | 0.01% | 8 | 0.08% | 3,814 | 36.86% | 10,348 |
| Luce | 1,542 | 58.99% | 1,069 | 40.90% | 1 | 0.04% | 2 | 0.08% | 3 | 0.11% | 473 | 18.09% | 2,614 |
| Mackinac | 2,591 | 55.38% | 2,075 | 44.35% | 12 | 0.26% | 1 | 0.02% | 0 | 0.00% | 516 | 11.03% | 4,679 |
| Macomb | 17,848 | 45.74% | 21,003 | 53.82% | 130 | 0.33% | 42 | 0.11% | 31 | 0.08% | -3,155 | -8.08% | 39,023 |
| Manistee | 4,630 | 52.08% | 4,242 | 47.72% | 15 | 0.17% | 3 | 0.03% | 2 | 0.02% | 388 | 4.36% | 8,890 |
| Marquette | 9,034 | 41.12% | 12,854 | 58.51% | 41 | 0.19% | 39 | 0.18% | 14 | 0.06% | -3,820 | -17.39% | 21,968 |
| Mason | 4,874 | 55.72% | 3,836 | 43.85% | 27 | 0.31% | 11 | 0.13% | 15 | 0.17% | 1,038 | 11.87% | 8,748 |
| Mecosta | 4,759 | 68.68% | 2,153 | 31.07% | 12 | 0.17% | 5 | 0.07% | 3 | 0.04% | 2,606 | 37.61% | 6,929 |
| Menominee | 5,409 | 48.34% | 5,727 | 51.18% | 51 | 0.46% | 3 | 0.03% | 18 | 0.16% | -318 | -2.84% | 11,190 |
| Midland | 6,269 | 61.81% | 3,834 | 37.80% | 37 | 0.36% | 3 | 0.03% | 14 | 0.14% | 2,435 | 24.01% | 10,143 |
| Missaukee | 2,154 | 66.83% | 1,037 | 32.17% | 7 | 0.22% | 25 | 0.78% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,117 | 34.66% | 3,223 |
| Monroe | 13,517 | 56.51% | 10,368 | 43.34% | 30 | 0.13% | 5 | 0.02% | 25 | 0.10% | 3,149 | 13.16% | 23,920 |
| Montcalm | 7,633 | 64.48% | 4,119 | 34.80% | 83 | 0.70% | 2 | 0.02% | 18 | 0.15% | 3,514 | 29.69% | 11,837 |
| Montmorency | 1,189 | 60.48% | 768 | 39.06% | 7 | 0.36% | 2 | 0.10% | 0 | 0.00% | 421 | 21.41% | 1,966 |
| Muskegon | 14,957 | 43.52% | 19,257 | 56.03% | 130 | 0.38% | 27 | 0.08% | 53 | 0.15% | -4,300 | -12.51% | 34,371 |
| Newaygo | 5,418 | 66.62% | 2,693 | 33.11% | 13 | 0.16% | 9 | 0.11% | 12 | 0.15% | 2,725 | 33.51% | 8,133 |
| Oakland | 49,002 | 50.79% | 47,022 | 48.73% | 393 | 0.41% | 71 | 0.07% | 135 | 0.14% | 1,980 | 2.05% | 96,488 |
| Oceana | 3,711 | 60.74% | 2,379 | 38.94% | 19 | 0.31% | 1 | 0.02% | 17 | 0.28% | 1,332 | 21.80% | 6,110 |
| Ogemaw | 2,447 | 65.45% | 1,278 | 34.18% | 10 | 0.27% | 4 | 0.11% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,169 | 31.27% | 3,739 |
| Ontonagon | 2,880 | 47.14% | 3,103 | 50.79% | 13 | 0.21% | 114 | 1.87% | 6 | 0.10% | -223 | -3.65% | 6,110 |
| Osceola | 4,217 | 72.86% | 1,555 | 26.87% | 3 | 0.05% | 13 | 0.22% | 1 | 0.02% | 2,662 | 45.99% | 5,788 |
| Oscoda | 661 | 61.60% | 409 | 38.12% | 3 | 0.28% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 252 | 23.49% | 1,073 |
| Otsego | 1,353 | 54.60% | 1,119 | 45.16% | 5 | 0.20% | 1 | 0.04% | 2 | 0.08% | 234 | 9.44% | 2,478 |
| Ottawa | 15,462 | 62.54% | 9,152 | 37.02% | 94 | 0.38% | 15 | 0.06% | 61 | 0.25% | 6,310 | 25.52% | 24,723 |
| Presque Isle | 2,552 | 49.48% | 2,595 | 50.31% | 10 | 0.19% | 1 | 0.02% | 2 | 0.04% | -43 | -0.83% | 5,158 |
| Roscommon | 1,360 | 64.21% | 739 | 34.89% | 17 | 0.80% | 2 | 0.09% | 0 | 0.00% | 621 | 29.32% | 2,118 |
| Saginaw | 27,042 | 54.40% | 22,490 | 45.24% | 164 | 0.33% | 18 | 0.04% | 39 | 0.08% | 4,552 | 9.16% | 49,714 |
| Sanilac | 10,289 | 82.23% | 2,195 | 17.54% | 27 | 0.22% | 2 | 0.02% | 14 | 0.11% | 8,094 | 64.68% | 12,513 |
| Schoolcraft | 2,003 | 46.24% | 2,320 | 53.55% | 8 | 0.18% | 1 | 0.02% | 2 | 0.05% | -317 | -7.32% | 4,332 |
| Shiawassee | 9,995 | 63.32% | 5,727 | 36.28% | 58 | 0.37% | 5 | 0.03% | 19 | 0.12% | 4,268 | 27.04% | 15,785 |
| St. Clair | 18,635 | 60.21% | 12,259 | 39.61% | 54 | 0.17% | 2 | 0.01% | 26 | 0.08% | 6,376 | 20.60% | 30,950 |
| St. Joseph | 10,025 | 66.39% | 5,045 | 33.41% | 28 | 0.19% | 2 | 0.01% | 15 | 0.10% | 4,980 | 32.98% | 15,100 |
| Tuscola | 10,146 | 75.52% | 3,257 | 24.24% | 31 | 0.23% | 1 | 0.01% | 13 | 0.10% | 6,889 | 51.28% | 13,435 |
| Van Buren | 11,571 | 67.02% | 5,625 | 32.58% | 54 | 0.31% | 15 | 0.09% | 32 | 0.19% | 5,946 | 34.44% | 17,265 |
| Washtenaw | 21,664 | 64.33% | 11,802 | 35.05% | 196 | 0.58% | 13 | 0.04% | 44 | 0.13% | 9,862 | 29.29% | 33,675 |
| Wayne | 275,974 | 37.70% | 451,003 | 61.61% | 3,269 | 0.45% | 1,741 | 0.24% | 582 | 0.08% | -175,029 | -23.91% | 731,987 |
| Wexford | 4,322 | 59.22% | 2,947 | 40.38% | 28 | 0.38% | 1 | 0.01% | 28 | 0.38% | 1,375 | 18.84% | 7,298 |
| Totals | 1,039,917 | 49.92% | 1,032,991 | 49.58% | 7,593 | 0.36% | 2,834 | 0.14% | 2,594 | 0.12% | 6,926 | 0.33% | 2,083,335 |
References
- "1940 Election for the Thirty-Ninth Term (1941-1945)". Retrieved April 3, 2018.
- "1940 Presidential General Election Results - Michigan". Retrieved April 3, 2018.
- "The American Presidency Project - Election of 1940". Retrieved April 3, 2018.
- Our Campaigns; MI US President 1940
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