North Carolina 1940 Governor Election

Name: North Carolina 1940 Governor Election Results
Creator: Akashic Edge

J. Melville Broughton vs. Robert H. McNeill

J. Melville Broughton won the North Carolina 1940 governor election with 608,742 votes (75.7%), a margin of D+51.4.

Statewide Results

75.7%

24.3%

608,742

J. Melville Broughton (75.7%)

195,402

Robert H. McNeill (24.3%)

Total Votes: 804,144|Margin: D+51.4

County Results

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County Results (100 counties)

County	Margin	1980 Pres	1984 Pres	Total Votes	Swing
NORTHAMPTON	D+96.7	D+45.0	D+22.8	3,793	D+6.0%
MARTIN	D+96.6	D+29.5	R+4.9	4,605	D+6.8%
BERTIE	D+96.6	D+38.5	D+15.6	3,136	D+6.0%
PITT	D+96.3	R+0.9	R+16.9	10,124	D+16.8%
EDGECOMBE	D+96.1	D+14.4	D+4.5	8,161	D+18.6%
HALIFAX	D+95.6	D+15.9	D+2.5	8,185	D+28.0%
HERTFORD	D+95.6	D+37.1	D+17.2	2,383	D+6.4%
CHOWAN	D+95.5	D+19.7	R+11.1	1,539	D+9.3%
GREENE	D+95.4	D+12.0	R+7.1	2,892	D+8.8%
GRANVILLE	D+94.4	D+22.1	R+9.4	4,037	D+12.5%
FRANKLIN	D+94.1	D+21.1	R+11.3	4,681	D+16.3%
WARREN	D+94.0	D+39.9	D+19.4	2,841	D+9.9%
CURRITUCK	D+93.2	D+8.2	R+26.7	1,519	D+1.8%
LENOIR	D+92.1	R+12.9	R+21.7	6,247	D+17.5%
WILSON	D+91.2	R+1.7	R+18.9	8,029	D+28.4%
SCOTLAND	D+91.1	D+34.1	R+0.6	3,041	D+14.4%
NASH	D+91.0	R+14.6	R+33.6	8,673	D+24.7%
VANCE	D+90.3	D+12.3	R+7.5	4,475	D+23.5%
GATES	D+90.2	D+42.6	D+13.5	1,322	D+4.0%
HOKE	D+90.2	D+47.7	D+13.5	1,990	D+9.6%
CRAVEN	D+89.1	R+4.6	R+28.3	5,400	D+2.7%
ANSON	D+87.6	D+42.4	D+14.8	4,820	D+3.5%
UNION	D+85.8	D+5.4	R+41.0	7,391	D+0.7%
ONSLOW	D+85.7	R+8.9	R+41.7	2,435	D+4.0%
PASQUOTANK	D+85.6	D+10.2	R+9.3	3,665	D+5.6%
WAKE	D+85.4	R+0.7	R+23.5	20,237	D+39.8%
ROBESON	D+85.1	D+42.5	D+8.2	9,969	D+3.9%
NEW HANOVER	D+84.5	R+11.1	R+30.7	9,670	D+18.7%
PENDER	D+84.0	D+18.1	R+7.7	2,424	D+7.6%
PERSON	D+83.2	D+11.0	R+24.8	3,304	D+29.7%
RICHMOND	D+82.8	D+30.2	D+4.8	7,029	D+11.2%
CAMDEN	D+81.9	D+19.1	R+8.8	982	R+0.5%
PERQUIMANS	D+79.7	D+12.3	R+14.7	1,274	D+6.0%
JONES	D+78.8	D+22.0	R+0.9	1,502	D+3.1%
LEE	D+78.4	D+5.5	R+35.2	4,091	D+29.6%
DURHAM	D+78.4	D+11.9	D+5.0	16,754	D+42.3%
COLUMBUS	D+78.2	D+29.4	R+2.4	6,540	D+13.8%
CASWELL	D+77.0	D+23.8	D+2.0	2,491	D+9.8%
BEAUFORT	D+76.4	R+5.7	R+21.5	6,163	D+14.6%
BLADEN	D+76.2	D+37.6	D+3.7	3,311	D+8.7%
CUMBERLAND	D+75.8	D+1.2	R+16.5	6,890	D+23.5%
MECKLENBURG	D+74.2	R+1.0	R+25.6	34,197	D+10.1%
CLEVELAND	D+70.3	D+5.9	R+24.8	10,998	D+5.0%
WASHINGTON	D+69.1	D+21.1	D+6.5	2,033	D+20.7%
WAYNE	D+67.8	R+14.3	R+28.4	8,545	D+24.5%
DUPLIN	D+65.9	D+16.2	R+6.0	6,500	D+12.8%
HYDE	D+65.7	D+20.0	R+8.7	1,377	D+11.9%
CABARRUS	D+65.1	R+21.0	R+45.2	14,197	D+29.0%
ROCKINGHAM	D+64.8	D+2.1	R+25.5	13,452	D+30.7%
GASTON	D+63.1	R+13.5	R+46.9	21,044	D+16.7%
ORANGE	D+62.8	D+20.9	D+13.7	4,653	D+43.3%
DARE	D+62.5	R+5.3	R+44.0	1,460	D+18.1%
HAYWOOD	D+57.8	D+14.9	R+12.1	10,521	D+14.8%
FORSYTH	D+57.1	R+4.2	R+23.3	27,350	D+44.6%
ROWAN	D+55.0	R+22.2	R+40.6	16,796	D+33.2%
ALAMANCE	D+54.5	R+8.9	R+39.7	14,626	D+42.5%
BUNCOMBE	D+54.0	R+2.4	R+23.5	33,237	D+11.9%
GUILFORD	D+50.1	R+8.6	R+22.7	35,558	D+36.8%
HARNETT	D+49.3	D+9.2	R+22.3	8,771	D+15.6%
IREDELL	D+47.3	R+10.3	R+40.5	13,914	D+13.2%
PAMLICO	D+44.8	D+18.9	R+8.5	1,925	D+19.8%
TYRRELL	D+44.6	D+30.7	D+2.1	1,437	R+2.1%
MCDOWELL	D+43.2	R+9.2	R+30.4	7,439	D+20.8%
CARTERET	D+41.8	R+8.5	R+32.8	5,492	D+12.0%
JOHNSTON	D+41.2	R+4.1	R+34.8	13,873	D+14.6%
CHATHAM	D+38.5	D+13.1	R+7.1	5,828	D+19.2%
RUTHERFORD	D+38.5	R+0.3	R+24.7	12,995	D+9.9%
CALDWELL	D+37.3	R+18.9	R+39.8	9,303	D+15.6%
SURRY	D+36.4	R+5.6	R+29.9	12,965	D+16.0%
CATAWBA	D+32.7	R+23.8	R+45.7	16,723	D+21.1%
MOORE	D+31.4	R+11.0	R+35.0	6,768	D+17.2%
JACKSON	D+31.0	D+7.7	R+12.2	6,874	D+11.1%
POLK	D+28.6	R+11.5	R+30.0	3,960	D+8.9%
ALLEGHANY	D+28.5	D+4.7	R+12.5	3,061	D+18.5%
SWAIN	D+27.9	D+15.1	R+0.3	3,830	D+17.6%
HENDERSON	D+27.7	R+27.0	R+45.5	10,081	D+19.1%
MONTGOMERY	D+26.5	D+6.9	R+14.3	4,792	D+14.2%
BRUNSWICK	D+25.1	D+6.6	R+17.6	4,157	D+2.0%
LINCOLN	D+23.8	R+7.1	R+35.5	8,053	D+7.0%
DAVIDSON	D+22.5	R+21.5	R+45.2	17,980	D+23.8%
TRANSYLVANIA	D+22.1	R+8.9	R+30.1	5,368	D+4.5%
BURKE	D+20.6	R+5.0	R+28.8	12,154	D+11.1%
STOKES	D+19.8	R+11.4	R+31.5	6,904	D+15.8%
STANLY	D+18.4	R+10.9	R+36.2	10,779	D+6.5%
MACON	D+15.6	R+6.9	R+30.1	5,225	D+4.2%
ALEXANDER	D+13.3	R+16.5	R+40.6	4,929	D+4.7%
GRAHAM	D+11.9	R+9.8	R+25.4	2,438	D+7.4%
CHEROKEE	D+10.8	R+10.4	R+27.6	5,705	D+8.9%
RANDOLPH	D+8.9	R+31.8	R+54.8	15,469	D+12.1%
YANCEY	D+7.8	D+8.6	R+8.1	5,677	R+92.2%
ASHE	D+7.6	R+11.5	R+24.4	8,951	R+2.7%
CLAY	D+5.9	R+22.9	R+25.4	2,505	D+17.1%
DAVIE	D+3.2	R+30.5	R+47.6	5,406	D+20.9%
WATAUGA	D+1.8	R+9.4	R+28.9	7,312	R+0.9%
SAMPSON	R+6.7	D+5.6	R+7.8	10,878	R+4.7%
WILKES	R+7.0	R+27.2	R+46.2	15,765	D+8.6%
YADKIN	R+10.4	R+31.8	R+48.9	7,600	D+14.2%
MADISON	R+16.3	D+9.6	R+10.1	7,756	D+6.2%
MITCHELL	R+39.9	R+40.8	R+57.2	4,617	R+6.5%
AVERY	R+40.0	R+37.7	R+60.2	3,926	D+14.1%

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