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The 1940 United States presidential election in Mississippi took place on November 5, 1940, as part of the 1940 United States presidential election. Mississippi voters chose nine[2] representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
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All 9 Mississippi votes to the Electoral College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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County Results
Roosevelt 80-90% 90-100%
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Mississippi was won by incumbent President Franklin D. Roosevelt (D–New York), running with Secretary Henry A. Wallace, with 95.70% of the popular vote, against Wendell Willkie (R–New York), running with Minority Leader Charles L. McNary, with 4.19% of the popular vote.[3][4]
By percentage of the popular vote won, Mississippi was the most lopsided contest in the nation, with a margin of over 91% for Roosevelt.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Franklin D. Roosevelt (inc.) | 168,267 | 95.70% | |
| Republican | Wendell Willkie | 7,364 | 4.19% | |
| Socialist | Norman Thomas | 193 | 0.11% | |
| Total votes | 175,824 | 100% | ||
| County | Franklin Delano Roosevelt Democratic |
Wendell Lewis Willkie Republican |
Norman Mattoon Thomas Socialist |
Margin | Total votes cast[5] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | |
| Adams | 1,869 | 91.80% | 166 | 8.15% | 1 | 0.05% | 1,703 | 83.64% | 2,036 |
| Alcorn | 2,934 | 95.63% | 133 | 4.34% | 1 | 0.03% | 2,801 | 91.30% | 3,068 |
| Amite | 1,435 | 95.73% | 64 | 4.27% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,371 | 91.46% | 1,499 |
| Attala | 2,049 | 96.65% | 63 | 2.97% | 8 | 0.38% | 1,986 | 93.68% | 2,120 |
| Benton | 935 | 97.50% | 24 | 2.50% | 0 | 0.00% | 911 | 94.99% | 959 |
| Bolivar | 2,974 | 92.68% | 234 | 7.29% | 1 | 0.03% | 2,740 | 85.38% | 3,209 |
| Calhoun | 1,958 | 96.36% | 74 | 3.64% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,884 | 92.72% | 2,032 |
| Carroll | 1,408 | 97.37% | 38 | 2.63% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,370 | 94.74% | 1,446 |
| Chickasaw | 1,764 | 96.76% | 58 | 3.18% | 1 | 0.05% | 1,706 | 93.58% | 1,823 |
| Choctaw | 1,212 | 94.84% | 66 | 5.16% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,146 | 89.67% | 1,278 |
| Claiborne | 737 | 94.61% | 32 | 4.11% | 10 | 1.28% | 705 | 90.50% | 779 |
| Clarke | 1,711 | 97.60% | 42 | 2.40% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,669 | 95.21% | 1,753 |
| Clay | 1,232 | 92.22% | 103 | 7.71% | 1 | 0.07% | 1,129 | 84.51% | 1,336 |
| Coahoma | 2,440 | 94.68% | 137 | 5.32% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,303 | 89.37% | 2,577 |
| Copiah | 2,335 | 97.94% | 49 | 2.06% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,286 | 95.89% | 2,384 |
| Covington | 1,419 | 96.46% | 52 | 3.54% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,367 | 92.93% | 1,471 |
| DeSoto | 1,491 | 97.13% | 40 | 2.61% | 4 | 0.26% | 1,451 | 94.53% | 1,535 |
| Forrest | 3,075 | 92.82% | 228 | 6.88% | 10 | 0.30% | 2,847 | 85.93% | 3,313 |
| Franklin | 1,376 | 97.94% | 29 | 2.06% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,347 | 95.87% | 1,405 |
| George | 945 | 96.13% | 38 | 3.87% | 0 | 0.00% | 907 | 92.27% | 983 |
| Greene | 926 | 93.35% | 66 | 6.65% | 0 | 0.00% | 860 | 86.69% | 992 |
| Grenada | 1,354 | 95.02% | 62 | 4.35% | 9 | 0.63% | 1,292 | 90.67% | 1,425 |
| Hancock | 1,550 | 88.67% | 197 | 11.27% | 1 | 0.06% | 1,353 | 77.40% | 1,748 |
| Harrison | 5,577 | 89.75% | 633 | 10.19% | 4 | 0.06% | 4,944 | 79.56% | 6,214 |
| Hinds | 9,917 | 94.82% | 538 | 5.14% | 4 | 0.04% | 9,379 | 89.67% | 10,459 |
| Holmes | 2,041 | 98.22% | 37 | 1.78% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,004 | 96.44% | 2,078 |
| Humphreys | 1,061 | 98.15% | 20 | 1.85% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,041 | 96.30% | 1,081 |
| Issaquena | 218 | 96.04% | 9 | 3.96% | 0 | 0.00% | 209 | 92.07% | 227 |
| Itawamba | 1,627 | 92.55% | 119 | 6.77% | 12 | 0.68% | 1,508 | 85.78% | 1,758 |
| Jackson | 2,124 | 92.35% | 171 | 7.43% | 5 | 0.22% | 1,953 | 84.91% | 2,300 |
| Jasper | 1,713 | 98.00% | 35 | 2.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,678 | 96.00% | 1,748 |
| Jefferson | 801 | 99.13% | 7 | 0.87% | 0 | 0.00% | 794 | 98.27% | 808 |
| Jefferson Davis | 1,289 | 96.92% | 38 | 2.86% | 3 | 0.23% | 1,251 | 94.06% | 1,330 |
| Jones | 4,517 | 94.91% | 242 | 5.09% | 0 | 0.00% | 4,275 | 89.83% | 4,759 |
| Kemper | 1,422 | 97.13% | 42 | 2.87% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,380 | 94.26% | 1,464 |
| Lafayette | 2,188 | 97.03% | 65 | 2.88% | 2 | 0.09% | 2,123 | 94.15% | 2,255 |
| Lamar | 1,148 | 95.43% | 55 | 4.57% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,093 | 90.86% | 1,203 |
| Lauderdale | 5,936 | 95.04% | 303 | 4.85% | 7 | 0.11% | 5,633 | 90.19% | 6,246 |
| Lawrence | 1,218 | 97.05% | 37 | 2.95% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,181 | 94.10% | 1,255 |
| Leake | 2,802 | 99.26% | 17 | 0.60% | 4 | 0.14% | 2,785 | 98.65% | 2,823 |
| Lee | 3,814 | 96.93% | 120 | 3.05% | 1 | 0.03% | 3,694 | 93.88% | 3,935 |
| Leflore | 2,404 | 95.59% | 111 | 4.41% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,293 | 91.17% | 2,515 |
| Lincoln | 2,332 | 95.57% | 97 | 3.98% | 11 | 0.45% | 2,235 | 91.60% | 2,440 |
| Lowndes | 2,268 | 93.80% | 147 | 6.08% | 3 | 0.12% | 2,121 | 87.72% | 2,418 |
| Madison | 2,038 | 96.86% | 66 | 3.14% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,972 | 93.73% | 2,104 |
| Marion | 2,083 | 97.89% | 45 | 2.11% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,038 | 95.77% | 2,128 |
| Marshall | 1,403 | 96.69% | 48 | 3.31% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,355 | 93.38% | 1,451 |
| Monroe | 3,263 | 97.11% | 94 | 2.80% | 3 | 0.09% | 3,169 | 94.32% | 3,360 |
| Montgomery | 1,509 | 97.10% | 44 | 2.83% | 1 | 0.06% | 1,465 | 94.27% | 1,554 |
| Neshoba | 2,880 | 97.07% | 77 | 2.60% | 10 | 0.34% | 2,803 | 94.47% | 2,967 |
| Newton | 2,495 | 98.27% | 41 | 1.61% | 3 | 0.12% | 2,454 | 96.65% | 2,539 |
| Noxubee | 1,152 | 95.76% | 51 | 4.24% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,101 | 91.52% | 1,203 |
| Oktibbeha | 1,951 | 95.45% | 79 | 3.86% | 14 | 0.68% | 1,872 | 91.59% | 2,044 |
| Panola | 1,988 | 97.74% | 45 | 2.21% | 1 | 0.05% | 1,943 | 95.53% | 2,034 |
| Pearl River | 2,022 | 95.47% | 88 | 4.15% | 8 | 0.38% | 1,934 | 91.31% | 2,118 |
| Perry | 828 | 97.87% | 18 | 2.13% | 0 | 0.00% | 810 | 95.74% | 846 |
| Pike | 2,956 | 93.93% | 185 | 5.88% | 6 | 0.19% | 2,771 | 88.05% | 3,147 |
| Pontotoc | 2,171 | 96.75% | 70 | 3.12% | 3 | 0.13% | 2,101 | 93.63% | 2,244 |
| Prentiss | 2,117 | 94.72% | 118 | 5.28% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,999 | 89.44% | 2,235 |
| Quitman | 1,152 | 97.46% | 29 | 2.45% | 1 | 0.08% | 1,123 | 95.01% | 1,182 |
| Rankin | 2,110 | 98.09% | 35 | 1.63% | 6 | 0.28% | 2,075 | 96.47% | 2,151 |
| Scott | 2,377 | 98.75% | 30 | 1.25% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,347 | 97.51% | 2,407 |
| Sharkey | 747 | 97.65% | 18 | 2.35% | 0 | 0.00% | 729 | 95.29% | 765 |
| Simpson | 2,316 | 98.26% | 40 | 1.70% | 1 | 0.04% | 2,276 | 96.56% | 2,357 |
| Smith | 1,826 | 98.49% | 27 | 1.46% | 1 | 0.05% | 1,799 | 97.03% | 1,854 |
| Stone | 802 | 96.63% | 28 | 3.37% | 0 | 0.00% | 774 | 93.25% | 830 |
| Sunflower | 3,071 | 97.74% | 71 | 2.26% | 0 | 0.00% | 3,000 | 95.48% | 3,142 |
| Tallahatchie | 2,288 | 98.28% | 33 | 1.42% | 7 | 0.30% | 2,255 | 96.86% | 2,328 |
| Tate | 1,609 | 99.81% | 3 | 0.19% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,606 | 99.63% | 1,612 |
| Tippah | 2,248 | 97.27% | 63 | 2.73% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,185 | 94.55% | 2,311 |
| Tishomingo | 1,463 | 89.75% | 159 | 9.75% | 8 | 0.49% | 1,304 | 80.00% | 1,630 |
| Tunica | 795 | 98.39% | 13 | 1.61% | 0 | 0.00% | 782 | 96.78% | 808 |
| Union | 2,609 | 95.71% | 108 | 3.96% | 9 | 0.33% | 2,501 | 91.75% | 2,726 |
| Walthall | 1,206 | 96.71% | 40 | 3.21% | 1 | 0.08% | 1,166 | 93.50% | 1,247 |
| Warren | 3,048 | 94.05% | 192 | 5.92% | 1 | 0.03% | 2,856 | 88.12% | 3,241 |
| Washington | 2,349 | 88.91% | 292 | 11.05% | 1 | 0.04% | 2,057 | 77.86% | 2,642 |
| Wayne | 1,388 | 98.44% | 22 | 1.56% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,366 | 96.88% | 1,410 |
| Webster | 1,595 | 94.55% | 87 | 5.16% | 5 | 0.30% | 1,508 | 89.39% | 1,687 |
| Wilkinson | 942 | 95.34% | 46 | 4.66% | 0 | 0.00% | 896 | 90.69% | 988 |
| Winston | 1,979 | 98.70% | 26 | 1.30% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,953 | 97.41% | 2,005 |
| Yalobusha | 1,555 | 96.88% | 50 | 3.12% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,505 | 93.77% | 1,605 |
| Yazoo | 2,390 | 98.15% | 45 | 1.85% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,345 | 96.30% | 2,435 |
| Totals | 168,267 | 95.70% | 7,364 | 4.19% | 193 | 0.11% | 160,903 | 91.51% | 175,824 |
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