Mississippi 1940 Presidential Election

Democratic Candidate vs. Republican Candidate

Democratic Candidate won the Mississippi 1940 presidential election with 168,267 votes (95.7%), a margin of D+91.5. Mississippi's 6 electoral votes went to the Democratic ticket.

Statewide Results

95.7%

168,267

Democratic Candidate (95.7%)

7,364

Republican Candidate (4.2%)

Total Votes: 175,824|Margin: D+91.5

County Results

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County Results (82 counties)

County	Margin	1980 Pres	1984 Pres	Total Votes	Swing
Tate County	D+99.6	D+7.5	R+24.2	1,612	D+0.9%
Leake County	D+98.7	D+5.3	R+24.2	2,823	R+0.3%
Jefferson County	D+98.3	D+56.9	D+56.1	808	D+0.4%
Scott County	D+97.5	R+6.8	R+27.5	2,407	D+0.7%
Winston County	D+97.4	D+4.9	R+18.9	2,005	R+0.8%
Smith County	D+97.0	R+20.5	R+52.8	1,854	R+0.9%
Wayne County	D+96.9	R+4.7	R+27.8	1,410	D+3.2%
Tallahatchie County	D+96.9	D+22.2	R+3.1	2,328	R+2.6%
Tunica County	D+96.8	D+38.8	D+18.3	808	R+1.8%
Newton County	D+96.7	R+10.9	R+46.9	2,539	R+0.3%
Simpson County	D+96.6	R+12.6	R+34.6	2,357	D+0.5%
Rankin County	D+96.5	R+34.2	R+58.4	2,151	D+2.2%
Holmes County	D+96.4	D+33.2	D+29.0	2,078	R+2.3%
Yazoo County	D+96.3	D+6.2	R+10.8	2,435	R+2.0%
Humphreys County	D+96.3	D+22.5	D+5.8	1,081	R+2.5%
Jasper County	D+96.0	D+15.5	R+9.0	1,748	R+1.8%
Copiah County	D+95.9	D+10.4	R+11.7	2,384	R+0.4%
Franklin County	D+95.9	D+0.3	R+26.2	1,405	D+2.0%
Marion County	D+95.8	D+1.4	R+32.3	2,128	R+0.4%
Perry County	D+95.7	R+7.0	R+35.5	846	R+0.0%
Panola County	D+95.5	D+18.3	R+3.4	2,034	R+4.1%
Sunflower County	D+95.5	D+14.6	R+2.6	3,142	R+2.9%
Sharkey County	D+95.3	D+31.8	D+6.9	765	R+2.3%
Clarke County	D+95.2	Even	R+33.5	1,753	R+1.7%
Quitman County	D+95.0	D+25.7	D+3.2	1,182	R+3.2%
Benton County	D+95.0	D+24.5	R+0.6	959	R+3.8%
Carroll County	D+94.7	R+2.7	R+31.7	1,446	R+1.5%
Tippah County	D+94.5	D+7.3	R+29.3	2,311	R+3.1%
DeSoto County	D+94.5	R+20.2	R+48.2	1,535	R+3.6%
Neshoba County	D+94.5	R+14.1	R+43.6	2,967	R+1.7%
Monroe County	D+94.3	D+18.0	R+24.9	3,360	R+2.2%
Montgomery County	D+94.3	D+4.7	R+24.3	1,554	R+5.0%
Kemper County	D+94.3	D+17.5	R+5.9	1,464	R+4.7%
Lafayette County	D+94.1	D+5.4	R+24.4	2,255	R+2.5%
Lawrence County	D+94.1	R+1.6	R+27.1	1,255	R+0.7%
Jefferson Davis County	D+94.1	D+25.1	R+4.3	1,330	D+3.8%
Lee County	D+93.9	D+9.1	R+36.0	3,935	R+3.8%
Yalobusha County	D+93.8	D+20.9	R+11.3	1,605	R+2.5%
Madison County	D+93.7	D+11.4	R+7.4	2,104	R+2.8%
Attala County	D+93.7	D+1.7	R+18.8	2,120	R+2.2%
Pontotoc County	D+93.6	D+16.7	R+36.0	2,244	D+1.8%
Chickasaw County	D+93.6	D+17.1	R+21.4	1,823	R+4.1%
Walthall County	D+93.5	D+4.5	R+19.6	1,247	R+2.0%
Marshall County	D+93.4	D+34.1	D+14.2	1,451	R+2.6%
Stone County	D+93.3	R+1.7	R+42.8	830	D+0.1%
Covington County	D+92.9	R+7.9	R+30.3	1,471	R+0.6%
Calhoun County	D+92.7	D+11.9	R+34.3	2,032	R+2.6%
George County	D+92.3	R+5.0	R+44.6	983	R+2.3%
Issaquena County	D+92.1	D+25.7	R+1.1	227	R+7.9%
Union County	D+91.7	D+16.7	R+35.6	2,726	R+2.6%
Lincoln County	D+91.6	R+16.4	R+33.2	2,440	R+2.2%
Oktibbeha County	D+91.6	R+2.1	R+19.5	2,044	R+6.2%
Noxubee County	D+91.5	D+26.4	D+15.6	1,203	R+4.4%
Amite County	D+91.5	D+9.6	R+14.8	1,499	R+0.0%
Pearl River County	D+91.3	R+14.8	R+52.6	2,118	D+4.6%
Alcorn County	D+91.3	D+8.3	R+19.1	3,068	R+4.1%
Leflore County	D+91.2	D+12.4	R+0.7	2,515	R+5.6%
Lamar County	D+90.9	R+28.0	R+60.1	1,203	D+5.2%
Wilkinson County	D+90.7	D+34.2	D+20.6	988	R+3.7%
Grenada County	D+90.7	D+2.3	R+21.8	1,425	R+7.3%
Claiborne County	D+90.5	D+45.0	D+42.0	779	R+1.7%
Lauderdale County	D+90.2	R+18.4	R+41.4	6,246	R+7.4%
Jones County	D+89.8	R+7.3	R+41.2	4,759	R+1.2%
Hinds County	D+89.7	R+9.7	R+14.5	10,459	R+3.2%
Choctaw County	D+89.7	R+5.4	R+36.2	1,278	R+4.2%
Prentiss County	D+89.4	D+19.2	R+24.9	2,235	R+5.0%
Webster County	D+89.4	R+4.4	R+41.6	1,687	R+2.4%
Coahoma County	D+89.4	D+20.3	D+8.4	2,577	R+6.0%
Warren County	D+88.1	R+14.7	R+23.1	3,241	R+4.4%
Pike County	D+88.1	D+0.2	R+14.7	3,147	R+6.5%
Lowndes County	D+87.7	R+23.1	R+32.8	2,418	R+7.2%
Greene County	D+86.7	R+0.9	R+35.6	992	R+2.5%
Forrest County	D+85.9	R+20.5	R+39.6	3,313	R+1.6%
Itawamba County	D+85.8	D+24.8	R+26.3	1,758	R+8.0%
Bolivar County	D+85.4	D+25.5	D+11.6	3,209	R+6.2%
Jackson County	D+84.9	R+28.6	R+53.9	2,300	R+1.6%
Clay County	D+84.5	D+10.5	R+0.8	1,336	R+10.6%
Adams County	D+83.6	R+1.9	R+9.2	2,036	R+2.8%
Tishomingo County	D+80.0	D+29.2	R+10.1	1,630	R+6.2%
Harrison County	D+79.6	R+20.7	R+46.1	6,214	D+1.2%
Washington County	D+77.9	D+8.7	R+7.8	2,642	R+13.6%
Hancock County	D+77.4	R+17.3	R+48.6	1,748	D+0.9%

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County Results (82 counties)

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