Pennsylvania 1940 Presidential Election

the Democratic candidate won the Pennsylvania 1940 presidential election with 2,171,035 votes (53.2%), a margin of D+6.9. Pennsylvania's 19 electoral votes went to the Democratic ticket.

Statewide Results

53.2%

46.3%

2,171,035

Democrat (53.2%)

1,889,848

Republican (46.3%)

Total Votes: 4,078,714|Margin: D+6.9

County Results

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County Results (67 counties)

County	Margin	1980 Pres	1984 Pres	Total Votes	Swing
Fayette County	D+27.3	D+17.6	D+24.4	66,114	R+9.7%
Washington County	D+27.2	D+15.6	D+18.8	80,151	R+11.1%
Berks County	D+24.4	R+22.5	R+32.5	86,942	R+9.8%
Greene County	D+20.5	D+20.2	D+18.9	16,976	R+10.0%
Westmoreland County	D+20.3	D+3.9	D+5.6	107,787	R+13.2%
Philadelphia County	D+19.9	D+24.7	D+30.3	891,518	R+3.6%
Cambria County	D+17.1	D+4.2	D+10.6	73,401	R+13.7%
Allegheny County	D+16.5	D+4.1	D+13.2	634,198	R+17.4%
Beaver County	D+15.9	D+16.9	D+26.1	58,215	R+13.2%
Columbia County	D+13.6	R+12.8	R+27.1	22,107	R+4.9%
Northampton County	D+13.4	R+5.1	R+8.0	58,958	R+9.5%
York County	D+13.3	R+27.2	R+38.1	69,936	R+7.7%
Lackawanna County	D+13.0	D+1.1	R+2.4	126,685	R+9.0%
Luzerne County	D+12.0	R+5.8	R+8.3	181,884	R+0.4%
Carbon County	D+9.2	R+10.5	R+9.5	23,455	R+2.0%
Clinton County	D+8.2	R+12.0	R+19.1	13,736	R+4.3%
Clearfield County	D+6.9	R+13.0	R+21.7	33,275	R+10.5%
Northumberland County	D+6.9	R+18.9	R+23.1	49,368	R+11.7%
Montour County	D+6.1	R+18.5	R+33.9	5,807	R+13.9%
Schuylkill County	D+5.7	R+17.4	R+18.3	92,475	R+5.1%
Lehigh County	D+5.4	R+16.6	R+20.0	62,950	R+9.7%
Monroe County	D+5.3	R+21.6	R+32.3	12,687	R+12.0%
Mifflin County	D+4.8	R+17.1	R+27.3	13,379	R+11.6%
Cumberland County	D+1.5	R+31.8	R+39.2	31,123	R+10.1%
Juniata County	D+1.0	R+20.2	R+31.6	7,098	R+1.8%
Elk County	R+0.2	R+9.3	R+21.3	13,900	R+22.9%
Lebanon County	R+0.5	R+45.7	R+43.7	26,857	R+2.6%
Lawrence County	R+1.4	D+2.7	D+10.8	38,405	R+18.6%
Franklin County	R+1.4	R+29.0	R+40.6	25,840	R+8.3%
Fulton County	R+3.1	R+33.1	R+42.5	4,096	R+10.7%
Centre County	R+3.9	R+10.8	R+26.2	20,610	R+12.4%
Dauphin County	R+5.0	R+21.4	R+23.4	80,981	R+9.4%
Erie County	R+7.1	R+2.9	R+3.1	68,714	R+18.5%
Lycoming County	R+7.7	R+21.7	R+36.6	39,953	R+10.4%
Adams County	R+7.9	R+29.0	R+39.3	15,984	R+8.0%
Armstrong County	R+8.9	R+0.9	D+2.9	26,750	R+14.7%
Bedford County	R+9.1	R+36.4	R+41.3	16,301	R+8.6%
Bucks County	R+10.0	R+22.9	R+27.0	45,984	R+10.6%
Somerset County	R+10.4	R+19.8	R+16.7	31,512	R+6.9%
Blair County	R+10.5	R+30.0	R+31.5	48,337	R+14.9%
Cameron County	R+10.6	R+22.5	R+34.4	3,251	R+2.8%
Mercer County	R+10.7	R+5.8	D+0.9	38,215	R+16.6%
Chester County	R+11.3	R+32.3	R+40.6	50,878	R+6.6%
Sullivan County	R+11.7	R+20.7	R+33.7	3,692	R+2.0%
Perry County	R+12.2	R+34.5	R+43.3	10,490	R+12.3%
Indiana County	R+12.7	R+5.7	R+8.8	27,650	R+9.0%
Delaware County	R+14.1	R+21.4	R+24.3	140,932	R+7.3%
Clarion County	R+15.8	R+22.1	R+28.9	15,643	R+15.4%
Lancaster County	R+16.4	R+42.0	R+51.7	77,418	R+11.8%
Butler County	R+16.7	R+17.3	R+12.3	33,439	R+14.4%
Jefferson County	R+17.0	R+19.9	R+31.0	20,687	R+13.3%
Pike County	R+17.6	R+39.1	R+43.1	4,428	R+19.5%
Montgomery County	R+19.4	R+26.8	R+28.9	123,091	R+12.6%
Crawford County	R+21.7	R+15.4	R+22.3	26,213	R+15.8%
Huntingdon County	R+23.7	R+21.9	R+39.4	14,830	R+9.9%
Susquehanna County	R+27.7	R+29.5	R+40.4	14,942	R+8.2%
Warren County	R+30.6	R+22.6	R+26.7	16,942	R+25.6%
Potter County	R+31.1	R+26.6	R+48.3	7,963	R+12.9%
Forest County	R+32.6	R+18.0	R+27.1	2,736	R+12.3%
Wyoming County	R+34.7	R+34.4	R+48.2	7,854	R+11.1%
McKean County	R+35.7	R+27.5	R+38.8	21,932	R+26.2%
Bradford County	R+38.3	R+32.1	R+45.8	21,484	R+3.9%
Snyder County	R+39.5	R+49.2	R+57.8	8,214	R+9.8%
Union County	R+43.2	R+40.1	R+47.7	7,857	R+12.4%
Venango County	R+44.0	R+18.2	R+19.3	24,658	R+13.3%
Tioga County	R+44.7	R+32.5	R+44.2	16,122	R+5.4%
Wayne County	R+45.2	R+40.6	R+51.9	12,704	R+14.0%

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County Results (67 counties)

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