Illinois 1940 Presidential Election

Democratic Candidate vs. Republican Candidate

Democratic Candidate won the Illinois 1940 presidential election with 2,149,934 votes (51.0%), a margin of D+2.4. Illinois's 19 electoral votes went to the Democratic ticket.

Statewide Results

51.0%

48.5%

2,149,934

Democratic Candidate (51.0%)

2,047,240

Republican Candidate (48.5%)

Total Votes: 4,217,935|Margin: D+2.4

County Results

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County Results (102 counties)

County	Margin	1980 Pres	1984 Pres	Total Votes	Swing
St. Clair County	D+19.4	D+4.0	D+1.2	89,891	R+13.4%
Madison County	D+18.9	R+7.3	R+8.2	75,929	R+11.7%
Tazewell County	D+17.3	R+32.9	R+18.7	30,159	R+17.2%
Macon County	D+15.9	R+11.1	R+8.9	47,864	R+11.2%
Rock Island County	D+15.7	R+6.6	D+6.7	61,101	R+9.3%
Marion County	D+13.7	R+21.3	R+19.5	24,476	D+0.8%
Gallatin County	D+11.9	R+0.6	D+5.5	5,929	R+17.5%
Jefferson County	D+11.1	R+13.5	R+14.5	19,715	R+5.6%
Cook County	D+10.9	D+12.4	D+2.6	2,114,807	R+16.6%
Greene County	D+10.8	R+22.7	R+22.4	10,925	R+13.8%
Peoria County	D+9.2	R+23.4	R+10.6	77,221	R+21.0%
Franklin County	D+9.0	R+1.5	D+5.0	28,660	R+8.0%
Union County	D+8.2	R+6.0	R+10.6	10,800	R+11.8%
Brown County	D+8.1	R+26.4	R+21.2	4,648	R+20.1%
LaSalle County	D+8.0	R+22.0	R+14.2	55,399	R+1.2%
Pike County	D+7.3	R+17.2	R+14.3	14,441	R+11.3%
Wabash County	D+6.6	R+27.3	R+33.8	7,965	R+12.1%
Christian County	D+5.5	R+13.4	R+6.1	21,862	R+10.4%
Macoupin County	D+4.9	R+13.5	R+7.3	27,610	R+16.0%
Coles County	D+4.0	R+25.4	R+32.3	22,014	R+11.0%
White County	D+3.9	R+20.0	R+22.7	11,493	R+16.2%
Cass County	D+3.9	R+21.0	R+7.8	9,416	R+24.5%
Shelby County	D+3.0	R+22.5	R+19.2	15,197	R+13.8%
Alexander County	D+2.5	D+4.8	D+5.5	12,988	R+8.7%
Schuyler County	D+1.3	R+30.4	R+24.2	6,803	R+11.0%
Moultrie County	D+0.8	R+18.9	R+18.7	7,373	R+13.5%
Williamson County	D+0.7	R+14.0	R+12.5	29,217	R+7.8%
Saline County	D+0.6	R+11.1	R+8.6	21,377	R+5.5%
Effingham County	D+0.4	R+35.3	R+42.8	12,006	R+16.0%
Vermilion County	R+0.4	R+20.4	R+16.2	46,242	R+15.5%
Fayette County	R+1.3	R+27.9	R+26.4	14,915	R+4.4%
Mason County	R+1.4	R+25.5	R+10.1	8,998	R+23.0%
Scott County	R+1.8	R+34.5	R+35.2	5,099	R+17.0%
Fulton County	R+2.5	R+15.0	R+0.1	25,228	R+14.1%
Clay County	R+2.5	R+25.6	R+28.7	10,222	R+4.8%
Adams County	R+3.1	R+28.9	R+32.3	36,333	R+20.2%
Jersey County	R+3.5	R+21.6	R+15.5	7,694	R+16.7%
Lawrence County	R+3.7	R+18.1	R+23.1	11,833	R+13.4%
Cumberland County	R+3.7	R+24.0	R+26.6	6,451	R+8.0%
De Witt County	R+4.0	R+32.5	R+31.6	10,574	R+15.0%
Hamilton County	R+4.1	R+23.2	R+15.4	7,748	R+15.1%
Montgomery County	R+4.1	R+20.9	R+12.5	20,325	R+14.7%
Winnebago County	R+4.4	R+15.6	R+17.9	59,127	R+8.5%
Will County	R+4.6	R+22.7	R+26.9	61,946	R+10.2%
Jasper County	R+5.0	R+30.3	R+35.3	7,815	R+17.4%
Perry County	R+5.1	R+14.6	R+12.1	13,837	R+17.3%
Sangamon County	R+5.2	R+23.5	R+22.6	67,628	R+9.5%
Morgan County	R+5.5	R+29.0	R+33.1	19,283	R+10.6%
Champaign County	R+7.2	R+18.8	R+17.9	38,144	R+14.1%
Richland County	R+7.3	R+34.2	R+44.2	9,446	R+10.0%
Kankakee County	R+7.6	R+22.5	R+21.6	29,838	R+16.0%
Wayne County	R+8.1	R+28.8	R+41.1	12,192	R+10.1%
Hardin County	R+8.3	R+13.1	R+16.7	4,333	R+7.7%
Edgar County	R+8.6	R+30.9	R+35.4	14,780	R+14.6%
Randolph County	R+8.9	R+17.8	R+19.3	17,215	R+16.5%
Douglas County	R+9.4	R+33.3	R+32.6	10,031	R+13.7%
McLean County	R+9.6	R+33.5	R+33.8	40,166	R+21.5%
Menard County	R+9.9	R+36.7	R+36.4	6,458	R+11.2%
Crawford County	R+10.4	R+26.0	R+33.2	12,805	R+13.2%
Clark County	R+10.8	R+30.2	R+27.3	10,836	R+14.4%
Jackson County	R+11.0	R+0.9	R+5.8	21,708	R+9.1%
Piatt County	R+12.3	R+31.3	R+27.4	8,159	R+14.2%
Logan County	R+13.8	R+40.1	R+41.9	15,725	R+19.6%
Pulaski County	R+14.0	R+3.1	R+5.4	8,085	R+14.4%
Marshall County	R+15.0	R+36.4	R+25.8	7,910	R+22.8%
Hancock County	R+15.2	R+29.1	R+25.4	15,961	R+17.4%
Knox County	R+16.1	R+23.5	R+10.9	30,224	R+12.6%
Bond County	R+16.6	R+20.8	R+19.2	8,285	R+10.2%
Henry County	R+17.5	R+27.0	R+15.1	25,648	R+15.6%
Putnam County	R+19.5	R+23.5	R+12.5	2,985	R+19.6%
Woodford County	R+20.7	R+47.4	R+41.5	10,942	R+23.4%
Lake County	R+20.9	R+29.2	R+37.2	63,461	R+15.3%
Calhoun County	R+21.4	R+13.2	R+6.6	4,158	R+25.7%
Iroquois County	R+22.0	R+51.4	R+54.7	18,191	R+26.4%
Stephenson County	R+22.3	R+22.5	R+35.6	23,045	R+25.2%
Warren County	R+22.9	R+32.1	R+27.5	12,735	R+10.8%
Bureau County	R+23.1	R+30.8	R+25.7	21,607	R+18.4%
Grundy County	R+23.2	R+33.5	R+34.4	10,741	R+14.5%
Kane County	R+24.0	R+33.8	R+38.8	67,914	R+15.6%
Washington County	R+24.1	R+41.2	R+36.8	9,222	R+19.3%
Henderson County	R+24.4	R+19.6	R+7.5	5,281	R+21.2%
Mercer County	R+24.6	R+19.5	R+10.4	10,204	R+21.8%
Clinton County	R+24.7	R+29.6	R+33.1	12,230	R+40.0%
Massac County	R+25.2	R+20.1	R+9.0	7,574	R+13.0%
Monroe County	R+25.4	R+32.2	R+36.0	7,602	R+29.0%
Johnson County	R+25.8	R+33.0	R+35.0	6,094	R+8.6%
McDonough County	R+28.0	R+33.6	R+34.4	16,217	R+18.1%
Carroll County	R+28.0	R+36.5	R+37.1	10,013	R+22.5%
DeKalb County	R+28.4	R+24.6	R+29.7	19,668	R+17.9%
Livingston County	R+28.5	R+44.2	R+45.7	21,686	R+20.6%
Stark County	R+30.1	R+45.9	R+34.8	5,225	R+20.5%
Lee County	R+30.2	R+53.1	R+47.9	17,285	R+17.5%
Ford County	R+30.6	R+44.6	R+46.6	8,862	R+20.9%
Jo Daviess County	R+30.6	R+28.0	R+27.2	11,192	R+25.6%
Edwards County	R+30.7	R+40.4	R+44.8	5,182	R+18.9%
Pope County	R+31.9	R+25.3	R+24.3	4,430	R+8.7%
Kendall County	R+35.9	R+48.1	R+48.1	6,196	R+22.5%
Whiteside County	R+36.1	R+39.1	R+19.6	23,242	R+14.1%
DuPage County	R+36.3	R+39.8	R+51.9	60,049	R+23.4%
Ogle County	R+41.8	R+44.9	R+47.3	16,742	R+17.4%
McHenry County	R+45.2	R+41.4	R+53.0	22,795	R+19.4%
Boone County	R+47.0	R+30.3	R+33.8	8,632	R+9.7%

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