North Carolina 1940 Presidential Election

the Democratic candidate won the North Carolina 1940 presidential election with 609,015 votes (74.0%), a margin of D+48.1. North Carolina's 16 electoral votes went to the Democratic ticket.

Statewide Results

74.0%

26.0%

609,015

Democrat (74.0%)

213,633

Republican (26.0%)

Total Votes: 822,648|Margin: D+48.1

County Results

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County Results (100 counties)

County	Margin	1980 Pres	1984 Pres	Total Votes	Swing
Martin County	D+95.5	D+29.5	R+4.9	4,734	D+0.4%
Northampton County	D+94.7	D+45.0	D+22.8	3,931	D+0.3%
Bertie County	D+94.2	D+38.5	D+15.6	3,385	D+0.0%
Greene County	D+93.3	D+12.0	R+7.1	3,094	D+0.5%
Pitt County	D+92.9	R+0.9	R+16.9	10,436	R+0.5%
Hertford County	D+92.8	D+37.1	D+17.2	2,556	R+0.2%
Edgecombe County	D+91.9	D+14.4	D+4.5	7,832	R+0.4%
Halifax County	D+91.3	D+15.9	D+2.5	8,343	R+1.4%
Franklin County	D+90.8	D+21.1	R+11.3	4,951	R+0.7%
Granville County	D+89.7	D+22.1	R+9.4	4,137	R+2.0%
Chowan County	D+89.4	D+19.7	R+11.1	1,634	D+1.0%
Hoke County	D+88.4	D+47.7	D+13.5	2,021	D+1.9%
Currituck County	D+87.5	D+8.2	R+26.7	1,634	D+2.1%
Lenoir County	D+86.8	R+12.9	R+21.7	6,687	R+1.8%
Nash County	D+86.5	R+14.6	R+33.6	9,069	R+2.3%
Wilson County	D+86.3	R+1.7	R+18.9	8,496	R+0.1%
Gates County	D+85.6	D+42.6	D+13.5	1,496	D+1.4%
Anson County	D+84.9	D+42.4	D+14.8	4,923	D+0.1%
Scotland County	D+84.5	D+34.1	R+0.6	3,231	D+2.5%
Union County	D+83.8	D+5.4	R+41.0	7,813	R+1.4%
Vance County	D+83.6	D+12.3	R+7.5	4,632	R+3.4%
Warren County	D+83.1	D+39.9	D+19.4	2,923	R+8.1%
Robeson County	D+81.7	D+42.5	D+8.2	10,182	R+5.0%
Onslow County	D+79.6	R+8.9	R+41.7	2,654	R+4.7%
Richmond County	D+78.7	D+30.2	D+4.8	7,309	R+4.7%
Craven County	D+77.4	R+4.6	R+28.3	5,542	R+7.5%
Person County	D+76.5	D+11.0	R+24.8	3,671	R+0.1%
Pender County	D+76.1	D+18.1	R+7.7	2,554	D+0.7%
Camden County	D+75.5	D+19.1	R+8.8	1,095	R+3.7%
Lee County	D+75.0	D+5.5	R+35.2	4,209	D+5.5%
Wake County	D+74.3	R+0.7	R+23.5	20,748	R+3.7%
Caswell County	D+73.9	D+23.8	D+2.0	2,686	R+10.8%
Pasquotank County	D+73.5	D+10.2	R+9.3	3,820	R+8.2%
Columbus County	D+72.7	D+29.4	R+2.4	6,834	D+4.7%
Durham County	D+71.2	D+11.9	D+5.0	17,301	D+0.4%
Beaufort County	D+71.0	R+5.7	R+21.5	6,464	R+1.8%
Jones County	D+70.9	D+22.0	R+0.9	1,604	R+7.6%
Cumberland County	D+68.8	D+1.2	R+16.5	7,168	R+4.0%
Bladen County	D+68.7	D+37.6	D+3.7	3,468	R+3.1%
New Hanover County	D+68.1	R+11.1	R+30.7	10,235	R+1.9%
Perquimans County	D+67.5	D+12.3	R+14.7	1,404	R+4.0%
Washington County	D+65.3	D+21.1	D+6.5	2,086	D+9.7%
Cleveland County	D+65.2	D+5.9	R+24.8	11,316	R+3.5%
Rockingham County	D+65.0	D+2.1	R+25.5	13,713	D+1.3%
Cabarrus County	D+64.1	R+21.0	R+45.2	14,355	D+1.4%
Wayne County	D+62.8	R+14.3	R+28.4	8,871	D+2.4%
Duplin County	D+62.1	D+16.2	R+6.0	6,654	D+3.3%
Mecklenburg County	D+60.8	R+1.0	R+25.6	35,781	R+8.7%
Gaston County	D+60.2	R+13.5	R+46.9	21,556	D+2.9%
Hyde County	D+59.1	D+20.0	R+8.7	1,511	D+0.5%
Dare County	D+58.8	R+5.3	R+44.0	1,529	D+14.9%
Haywood County	D+57.1	D+14.9	R+12.1	10,988	D+15.0%
Alamance County	D+54.3	R+8.9	R+39.7	14,811	D+6.1%
Orange County	D+53.9	D+20.9	D+13.7	4,773	D+8.4%
Rowan County	D+52.5	R+22.2	R+40.6	17,082	D+2.8%
Forsyth County	D+48.7	R+4.2	R+23.3	27,789	R+7.5%
Harnett County	D+48.7	D+9.2	R+22.3	8,882	R+7.3%
Buncombe County	D+48.1	R+2.4	R+23.5	33,601	D+5.3%
Tyrrell County	D+46.6	D+30.7	D+2.1	1,555	R+8.4%
Guilford County	D+46.2	R+8.6	R+22.7	36,335	D+0.4%
Iredell County	D+46.0	R+10.3	R+40.5	14,148	R+3.5%
McDowell County	D+41.0	R+9.2	R+30.4	7,506	D+14.5%
Johnston County	D+40.8	R+4.1	R+34.8	14,168	R+3.5%
Chatham County	D+37.5	D+13.1	R+7.1	5,854	D+4.1%
Carteret County	D+37.1	R+8.5	R+32.8	5,685	D+3.7%
Surry County	D+36.0	R+5.6	R+29.9	13,049	D+6.1%
Rutherford County	D+35.7	R+0.3	R+24.7	13,073	D+1.2%
Caldwell County	D+35.6	R+18.9	R+39.8	9,339	D+2.5%
Catawba County	D+33.0	R+23.8	R+45.7	16,889	D+6.4%
Pamlico County	D+33.0	D+18.9	R+8.5	2,178	D+2.1%
Jackson County	D+30.9	D+7.7	R+12.2	6,973	D+11.0%
Brunswick County	D+28.2	D+6.6	R+17.6	4,239	D+3.2%
Henderson County	D+26.1	R+27.0	R+45.5	10,048	D+20.1%
Swain County	D+25.9	D+15.1	R+0.3	3,847	D+14.5%
Montgomery County	D+25.4	D+6.9	R+14.3	4,796	D+9.1%
Moore County	D+25.2	R+11.0	R+35.0	6,917	R+3.4%
Transylvania County	D+24.3	R+8.9	R+30.1	5,331	D+6.8%
Polk County	D+23.3	R+11.5	R+30.0	3,982	D+6.4%
Alleghany County	D+23.2	D+4.7	R+12.5	3,169	D+1.2%
Davidson County	D+22.7	R+21.5	R+45.2	18,062	D+5.5%
Lincoln County	D+22.5	R+7.1	R+35.5	8,000	D+0.2%
Stokes County	D+22.4	R+11.4	R+31.5	6,986	D+7.6%
Burke County	D+19.4	R+5.0	R+28.8	12,131	D+4.4%
Yancey County	D+16.2	D+8.6	R+8.1	6,005	D+1.7%
Stanly County	D+16.1	R+10.9	R+36.2	10,890	R+1.9%
Graham County	D+12.6	R+9.8	R+25.4	2,493	D+7.3%
Macon County	D+12.0	R+6.9	R+30.1	5,253	R+0.9%
Alexander County	D+10.5	R+16.5	R+40.6	4,956	R+3.7%
Randolph County	D+9.0	R+31.8	R+54.8	15,511	D+1.3%
Cherokee County	D+8.6	R+10.4	R+27.6	5,854	D+4.8%
Clay County	D+6.9	R+22.9	R+25.4	2,525	D+13.3%
Davie County	D+6.7	R+30.5	R+47.6	5,428	D+7.2%
Ashe County	D+6.1	R+11.5	R+24.4	8,891	R+3.8%
Watauga County	R+1.7	R+9.4	R+28.9	7,354	R+8.1%
Yadkin County	R+5.4	R+31.8	R+48.9	7,737	D+8.0%
Sampson County	R+6.1	D+5.6	R+7.8	10,876	R+15.2%
Wilkes County	R+7.3	R+27.2	R+46.2	15,745	D+5.2%
Madison County	R+18.6	D+9.6	R+10.1	7,788	D+5.3%
Mitchell County	R+38.8	R+40.8	R+57.2	4,740	R+5.4%
Avery County	R+42.3	R+37.7	R+60.2	4,138	D+13.7%

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County Results (100 counties)

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