1940 United States presidential election in Kansas

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1940 United States presidential election in Kansas
← 1936 November 5, 1940[1] 1944 →
All 9 Kansas votes to the Electoral College
 
Nominee Wendell Willkie Franklin D. Roosevelt
Party Republican Democratic
Home state New York New York
Running mate Charles L. McNary Henry A. Wallace
Electoral vote 9 0
Popular vote 489,169 364,725
Percentage 56.86% 42.40%
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The 1940 United States presidential election in Kansas took place on November 5, 1940, as part of the 1940 United States presidential election. Voters chose nine[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.

Kansas was won by Wendell Willkie (R–New York), running with Minority Leader Charles L. McNary, with 56.86 percent of the popular vote, against incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt (D–New York), running with Secretary Henry A. Wallace, with 42.40 percent of the popular vote.[3][4] This was the first time since 1896 that Kansas voted for a losing candidate, and the first time since 1884 that the state backed a losing Republican in a presidential election.

With 56.86 percent of the popular vote, Kansas would prove to be Willkie's third strongest state in the 1940 election in terms of popular vote percentage after South Dakota and neighboring Nebraska.[5]

Results

1940 United States presidential election in Kansas
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Wendell Willkie 489,169 56.86%
Democratic Franklin D. Roosevelt (inc.) 364,725 42.40%
Prohibition Roger Babson 4,056 0.47%
Socialist Norman Thomas 2,347 0.27%
Total votes 860,297 100%

Results by county

1940 United States presidential election in Kansas by county[6][7]
County Wendell Lewis Willkie
Republican 		Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Democratic 		Roger Ward Babson
Prohibition 		Norman Mattoon Thomas
Socialist 		Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # % # %
Allen 6,376 66.42% 3,178 33.10% 34 0.35% 12 0.13% 3,198 33.31% 9,600
Anderson 3,886 64.41% 2,114 35.04% 21 0.35% 12 0.20% 1,772 29.37% 6,033
Atchison 5,921 56.07% 4,557 43.15% 55 0.52% 27 0.26% 1,364 12.92% 10,560
Barber 2,389 52.84% 2,074 45.87% 41 0.91% 17 0.38% 315 6.97% 4,521
Barton 6,011 54.43% 4,982 45.11% 36 0.33% 14 0.13% 1,029 9.32% 11,043
Bourbon 5,751 53.61% 4,898 45.66% 64 0.60% 14 0.13% 853 7.95% 10,727
Brown 6,008 69.18% 2,633 30.32% 34 0.39% 9 0.10% 3,375 38.86% 8,684
Butler 7,619 49.60% 7,615 49.58% 108 0.70% 18 0.12% 4 0.03% 15,360
Chase 1,871 57.78% 1,344 41.51% 15 0.46% 8 0.25% 527 16.28% 3,238
Chautauqua 2,888 62.70% 1,679 36.45% 30 0.65% 9 0.20% 1,209 26.25% 4,606
Cherokee 6,600 49.27% 6,670 49.79% 61 0.46% 65 0.49% -70 -0.52% 13,396
Cheyenne 1,760 64.14% 971 35.39% 8 0.29% 5 0.18% 789 28.75% 2,744
Clark 1,072 49.47% 1,079 49.79% 13 0.60% 3 0.14% -7 -0.32% 2,167
Clay 4,699 68.74% 2,067 30.24% 46 0.67% 24 0.35% 2,632 38.50% 6,836
Cloud 5,275 60.44% 3,327 38.12% 99 1.13% 27 0.31% 1,948 22.32% 8,728
Coffey 4,164 64.26% 2,272 35.06% 32 0.49% 12 0.19% 1,892 29.20% 6,480
Comanche 1,322 59.50% 880 39.60% 14 0.63% 6 0.27% 442 19.89% 2,222
Cowley 9,684 53.99% 8,115 45.25% 100 0.56% 36 0.20% 1,569 8.75% 17,935
Crawford 10,143 47.68% 11,002 51.71% 64 0.30% 66 0.31% -859 -4.04% 21,275
Decatur 2,018 56.16% 1,546 43.03% 16 0.45% 13 0.36% 472 13.14% 3,593
Dickinson 6,931 63.25% 3,957 36.11% 39 0.36% 31 0.28% 2,974 27.14% 10,958
Doniphan 4,204 67.70% 1,986 31.98% 9 0.14% 11 0.18% 2,218 35.72% 6,210
Douglas 9,146 70.28% 3,727 28.64% 47 0.36% 94 0.72% 5,419 41.64% 13,014
Edwards 1,886 60.14% 1,219 38.87% 26 0.83% 5 0.16% 667 21.27% 3,136
Elk 2,774 64.77% 1,478 34.51% 15 0.35% 16 0.37% 1,296 30.26% 4,283
Ellis 3,622 52.15% 3,299 47.49% 10 0.14% 15 0.22% 323 4.65% 6,946
Ellsworth 2,658 54.13% 2,237 45.56% 5 0.10% 10 0.20% 421 8.57% 4,910
Finney 2,349 53.39% 2,027 46.07% 14 0.32% 10 0.23% 322 7.32% 4,400
Ford 4,356 51.97% 3,954 47.17% 52 0.62% 20 0.24% 402 4.80% 8,382
Franklin 6,393 63.80% 3,542 35.35% 46 0.46% 39 0.39% 2,851 28.45% 10,020
Geary 2,840 52.65% 2,504 46.42% 24 0.44% 26 0.48% 336 6.23% 5,394
Gove 1,352 66.31% 659 32.32% 7 0.34% 21 1.03% 693 33.99% 2,039
Graham 1,804 60.97% 1,135 38.36% 9 0.30% 11 0.37% 669 22.61% 2,959
Grant 614 61.03% 382 37.97% 7 0.70% 3 0.30% 232 23.06% 1,006
Gray 1,056 51.87% 962 47.25% 13 0.64% 5 0.25% 94 4.62% 2,036
Greeley 497 64.55% 268 34.81% 2 0.26% 3 0.39% 229 29.74% 770
Greenwood 4,893 60.34% 3,160 38.97% 37 0.46% 19 0.23% 1,733 21.37% 8,109
Hamilton 798 57.95% 569 41.32% 6 0.44% 4 0.29% 229 16.63% 1,377
Harper 3,205 55.73% 2,478 43.09% 45 0.78% 23 0.40% 727 12.64% 5,751
Harvey 5,539 56.76% 4,087 41.88% 65 0.67% 68 0.70% 1,452 14.88% 9,759
Haskell 607 58.48% 425 40.94% 4 0.39% 2 0.19% 182 17.53% 1,038
Hodgeman 1,092 60.87% 690 38.46% 6 0.33% 6 0.33% 402 22.41% 1,794
Jackson 4,306 63.92% 2,397 35.58% 23 0.34% 11 0.16% 1,909 28.34% 6,737
Jefferson 4,330 65.81% 2,212 33.62% 14 0.21% 24 0.36% 2,118 32.19% 6,580
Jewell 4,591 71.57% 1,719 26.80% 69 1.08% 36 0.56% 2,872 44.77% 6,415
Johnson 10,326 63.97% 5,770 35.75% 30 0.19% 16 0.10% 4,556 28.22% 16,142
Kearny 721 58.00% 519 41.75% 3 0.24% 0 0.00% 202 16.25% 1,243
Kingman 3,068 54.35% 2,528 44.78% 38 0.67% 11 0.19% 540 9.57% 5,645
Kiowa 1,571 64.10% 844 34.43% 30 1.22% 6 0.24% 727 29.66% 2,451
Labette 8,210 54.17% 6,860 45.26% 58 0.38% 29 0.19% 1,350 8.91% 15,157
Lane 888 60.78% 557 38.12% 7 0.48% 9 0.62% 331 22.66% 1,461
Leavenworth 8,503 58.25% 6,053 41.46% 18 0.13% 24 0.17% 2,450 16.78% 14,598
Lincoln 2,822 67.69% 1,301 31.21% 31 0.74% 15 0.36% 1,521 36.48% 4,169
Linn 4,086 66.04% 2,067 33.41% 17 0.27% 17 0.27% 2,019 32.63% 6,187
Logan 1,201 66.83% 584 32.50% 6 0.33% 6 0.33% 617 34.34% 1,797
Lyon 6,918 52.33% 6,170 46.68% 90 0.68% 41 0.31% 748 5.66% 13,219
Marion 5,764 67.44% 2,724 31.87% 26 0.30% 33 0.39% 3,040 35.57% 8,547
Marshall 7,286 66.65% 3,588 32.82% 17 0.16% 40 0.37% 3,698 33.83% 10,931
McPherson 6,732 60.24% 4,240 37.94% 136 1.22% 68 0.61% 2,492 22.30% 11,176
Meade 1,618 61.13% 970 36.65% 53 2.00% 6 0.23% 648 24.48% 2,647
Miami 5,178 56.77% 3,900 42.76% 18 0.20% 25 0.27% 1,278 14.01% 9,121
Mitchell 3,681 63.55% 2,060 35.57% 32 0.55% 19 0.33% 1,621 27.99% 5,792
Montgomery 13,781 57.68% 9,999 41.85% 68 0.28% 46 0.19% 3,782 15.83% 23,894
Morris 3,276 61.64% 1,992 37.48% 21 0.40% 26 0.49% 1,284 24.16% 5,315
Morton 643 55.72% 503 43.59% 5 0.43% 3 0.26% 140 12.13% 1,154
Nemaha 5,178 65.64% 2,679 33.96% 13 0.16% 19 0.24% 2,499 31.68% 7,889
Neosho 6,556 59.43% 4,419 40.06% 29 0.26% 27 0.24% 2,137 19.37% 11,031
Ness 1,826 58.68% 1,230 39.52% 37 1.19% 19 0.61% 596 19.15% 3,112
Norton 3,415 70.28% 1,378 28.36% 33 0.68% 33 0.68% 2,037 41.92% 4,859
Osage 4,991 60.52% 3,186 38.63% 44 0.53% 26 0.32% 1,805 21.89% 8,247
Osborne 3,424 68.55% 1,488 29.79% 62 1.24% 21 0.42% 1,936 38.76% 4,995
Ottawa 2,810 57.06% 2,065 41.93% 29 0.59% 21 0.43% 745 15.13% 4,925
Pawnee 2,329 50.77% 2,216 48.31% 22 0.48% 20 0.44% 113 2.46% 4,587
Phillips 3,676 69.49% 1,563 29.55% 40 0.76% 11 0.21% 2,113 39.94% 5,290
Pottawatomie 5,045 69.12% 2,226 30.50% 15 0.21% 13 0.18% 2,819 38.62% 7,299
Pratt 2,930 49.94% 2,870 48.92% 45 0.77% 22 0.37% 60 1.02% 5,867
Rawlins 1,758 58.02% 1,247 41.16% 15 0.50% 10 0.33% 511 16.86% 3,030
Reno 12,448 53.64% 10,543 45.43% 138 0.59% 79 0.34% 1,905 8.21% 23,208
Republic 4,450 63.54% 2,511 35.86% 25 0.36% 17 0.24% 1,939 27.69% 7,003
Rice 4,792 56.49% 3,635 42.85% 39 0.46% 17 0.20% 1,157 13.64% 8,483
Riley 7,420 68.59% 3,293 30.44% 45 0.39% 60 0.52% 4,127 38.15% 10,818
Rooks 2,590 60.61% 1,650 38.61% 23 0.54% 10 0.23% 940 22.00% 4,273
Rush 2,394 59.84% 1,588 39.69% 10 0.25% 9 0.22% 806 20.14% 4,001
Russell 3,714 58.56% 2,579 40.67% 40 0.63% 9 0.14% 1,135 17.90% 6,342
Saline 7,975 54.69% 6,514 44.67% 57 0.39% 35 0.24% 1,461 10.02% 14,581
Scott 988 57.24% 717 41.54% 15 0.87% 6 0.35% 271 15.70% 1,726
Sedgwick 32,160 48.05% 34,219 51.13% 394 0.59% 153 0.23% -2,059 -3.08% 66,926
Seward 1,503 49.65% 1,474 48.70% 44 1.45% 6 0.20% 29 0.96% 3,027
Shawnee 23,882 54.96% 19,375 44.59% 113 0.26% 84 0.19% 4,507 10.37% 43,454
Sheridan 1,492 62.06% 903 37.56% 5 0.21% 4 0.17% 589 24.50% 2,404
Sherman 1,569 52.16% 1,399 46.51% 17 0.57% 23 0.76% 170 5.65% 3,008
Smith 3,630 65.58% 1,855 33.51% 42 0.76% 8 0.14% 1,775 32.07% 5,535
Stafford 2,795 52.17% 2,509 46.84% 38 0.71% 15 0.28% 286 5.34% 5,357
Stanton 378 54.62% 301 43.50% 13 1.88% 0 0.00% 77 11.13% 692
Stevens 851 55.05% 674 43.60% 19 1.23% 2 0.13% 177 11.45% 1,546
Sumner 6,585 51.86% 5,988 47.16% 94 0.74% 31 0.24% 597 4.70% 12,698
Thomas 1,721 54.20% 1,423 44.82% 17 0.54% 14 0.44% 298 9.39% 3,175
Trego 1,571 57.59% 1,140 41.79% 10 0.37% 7 0.26% 431 15.80% 2,728
Wabaunsee 3,481 73.64% 1,212 25.64% 16 0.34% 18 0.38% 2,269 48.00% 4,727
Wallace 756 67.08% 361 32.03% 6 0.53% 4 0.35% 395 35.05% 1,127
Washington 5,792 73.29% 2,061 26.08% 31 0.39% 19 0.24% 3,731 47.21% 7,903
Wichita 644 59.08% 433 39.72% 8 0.73% 5 0.46% 211 19.36% 1,090
Wilson 5,288 64.42% 2,859 34.83% 50 0.61% 12 0.15% 2,429 29.59% 8,209
Woodson 2,637 64.87% 1,398 34.39% 19 0.47% 11 0.27% 1,239 30.48% 4,065
Wyandotte 28,152 42.24% 38,239 57.38% 158 0.24% 94 0.14% -10,087 -15.14% 66,643
Totals 489,169 56.86% 364,725 42.40% 4,056 0.47% 2,347 0.27% 124,444 14.47% 860,297

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

See also

References

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  2. ^ "1940 Election for the Thirty-ninth Term (1941-45)". Retrieved August 19, 2018.
  3. ^ "1940 Presidential General Election Results — Kansas". Retrieved August 19, 2018.
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  5. ^ "1940 Presidential Election Statistics". Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
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