California 1940 Presidential Election

Democratic Candidate vs. Republican Candidate

Democratic Candidate won the California 1940 presidential election with 1,877,618 votes (57.4%), a margin of D+16.1. California's 54 electoral votes went to the Democratic ticket.

Statewide Results

57.4%

41.3%

1,877,618

Democratic Candidate (57.4%)

1,351,419

Republican Candidate (41.3%)

Total Votes: 3,268,791|Margin: D+16.1

County Results

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County Results (58 counties)

County	Margin	1980 Pres	1984 Pres	Total Votes	Swing
Plumas County	D+45.3	R+15.6	R+15.0	4,740	R+13.7%
Solano County	D+42.1	R+12.4	R+10.2	21,328	R+15.1%
Fresno County	D+39.3	R+10.7	R+9.6	70,750	R+17.5%
Lassen County	D+39.0	R+18.6	R+23.9	6,313	R+20.8%
Shasta County	D+37.3	R+25.7	R+25.9	12,733	R+3.6%
Sacramento County	D+37.3	R+7.4	R+12.4	75,416	R+21.1%
Madera County	D+36.4	R+14.2	R+21.3	8,503	R+16.7%
Placer County	D+36.3	R+21.1	R+27.7	12,436	R+18.0%
Kings County	D+35.7	R+17.0	R+29.0	12,320	R+15.7%
Sierra County	D+34.6	R+11.9	R+15.7	1,578	R+19.3%
El Dorado County	D+34.1	R+28.7	R+31.2	6,237	R+18.5%
Nevada County	D+33.3	R+28.9	R+27.1	8,759	R+11.8%
Amador County	D+33.3	R+22.9	R+24.6	4,176	R+18.7%
Yuba County	D+30.3	R+21.6	R+28.8	7,217	R+19.9%
Mariposa County	D+30.0	R+21.3	R+24.4	3,003	R+20.2%
Trinity County	D+29.0	R+23.7	R+22.3	2,242	R+7.2%
Tuolumne County	D+27.3	R+20.9	R+17.7	5,624	R+19.0%
Siskiyou County	D+27.2	R+21.9	R+18.9	12,212	R+12.6%
Merced County	D+26.2	R+5.8	R+18.8	16,784	R+21.0%
Contra Costa County	D+24.5	R+12.8	R+9.9	50,040	R+21.1%
Kern County	D+24.5	R+26.0	R+31.0	52,126	R+25.9%
Modoc County	D+23.7	R+38.3	R+41.2	3,630	R+6.7%
San Francisco County	D+20.3	D+20.6	D+35.9	311,878	R+29.1%
Colusa County	D+19.7	R+25.9	R+32.1	4,464	R+22.5%
Calaveras County	D+18.5	R+29.0	R+29.9	4,083	R+25.6%
Yolo County	D+18.5	D+3.9	D+3.0	10,854	R+20.6%
Butte County	D+17.7	R+28.3	R+27.7	18,372	R+16.1%
Los Angeles County	D+17.6	R+10.0	R+10.2	1,415,269	R+17.8%
Sutter County	D+15.1	R+36.0	R+44.0	7,345	R+26.9%
Ventura County	D+14.9	R+30.7	R+38.5	26,634	R+12.5%
Mendocino County	D+13.6	R+5.8	R+6.2	12,569	R+13.3%
Tulare County	D+13.1	R+22.8	R+28.8	35,971	R+23.8%
Humboldt County	D+13.0	R+14.2	R+4.9	22,024	R+14.0%
San Diego County	D+12.3	R+33.5	R+31.9	128,110	R+16.1%
Alameda County	D+11.6	D+10.3	D+18.6	268,496	R+16.9%
Glenn County	D+11.0	R+38.0	R+40.9	5,631	R+22.4%
Monterey County	D+11.0	R+21.2	R+15.4	26,833	R+12.4%
Tehama County	D+10.6	R+27.9	R+27.4	6,628	R+10.6%
San Bernardino County	D+10.2	R+28.0	R+30.8	68,878	R+10.4%
Inyo County	D+10.1	R+38.9	R+42.0	3,330	R+15.8%
Santa Barbara County	D+9.9	R+22.5	R+26.8	31,678	R+13.9%
San Luis Obispo County	D+8.1	R+26.1	R+28.7	15,920	R+15.7%
Napa County	D+6.6	R+19.8	R+17.0	12,853	R+15.5%
Mono County	D+6.4	R+37.0	R+46.2	995	R+24.3%
San Joaquin County	D+6.2	R+19.8	R+20.4	50,498	R+41.4%
Imperial County	D+5.9	R+19.0	R+25.1	14,712	R+16.5%
San Mateo County	D+5.8	R+12.2	R+5.0	56,951	R+26.8%
Stanislaus County	D+5.3	R+9.4	R+19.4	31,746	R+22.4%
Marin County	D+1.7	R+9.6	D+0.6	22,640	R+30.3%
San Benito County	D+0.7	R+17.2	R+22.8	4,883	R+24.7%
Santa Clara County	D+0.4	R+13.0	R+11.2	81,496	R+17.6%
Santa Cruz County	R+3.4	R+5.8	D+8.1	22,486	R+9.4%
Riverside County	R+4.2	R+28.4	R+28.0	42,380	R+5.2%
Sonoma County	R+4.9	R+12.0	R+3.4	32,379	R+26.1%
Lake County	R+7.7	R+17.7	R+11.2	4,151	R+8.7%
Del Norte County	R+8.6	R+24.0	R+19.0	2,302	R+28.8%
Orange County	R+12.1	R+45.3	R+50.4	64,997	R+23.7%
Alpine County	R+33.5	R+26.2	R+15.0	188	R+40.4%

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County Results (58 counties)

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