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1940 United States presidential election in South Carolina

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1940 United States presidential election in South Carolina
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Nominee Franklin D. Roosevelt Wendell Willkie
Party Democratic Republican
Alliance - Jeffersonian Democratic
Tolbert
Home state New York New York
Running mate Henry A. Wallace Charles L. McNary
Electoral vote 8 0
Popular vote 95,470 4,360
Percentage 95.63% 4.36%
County Results
Roosevelt
  80-90%
  90-100%

President before election

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democratic

Elected President

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Democratic

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The 1940 United States presidential election in South Carolina took place on November 5, 1940. All contemporary 48 states were part of the 1940 United States presidential election. State voters chose eight electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.

South Carolina was won by incumbent Democratic President Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York, who was running against Republican businessman Wendell Willkie of New York. Roosevelt ran with Henry A. Wallace of Iowa as his running mate, and Willkie ran with Senator Charles L. McNary of Oregon. Notably, Communist Party USA candidate Earl Browder was on the ballot in every county, but failed to win a single vote in the entire state.[1]

Roosevelt won South Carolina by a landslide margin of 91.27 points.

Results

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1940 United States presidential election in South Carolina[2]
Party Candidate Running mate Popular vote Electoral vote
Count % Count %
Democratic Franklin Delano Roosevelt of New York Henry Agard Wallace of Iowa 95,470 95.63% 8 100.00%
Fusion Wendell Willkie Charles Linza McNary 4,360[a][3] 4.36% 0 0.00%
Write-in Roger Ward Babson of Massachusetts Edgar Moorman of Illinois 2 0.01% 0 0.00%
Communist Earl Browder of New York William Z. Foster of Massachusetts 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
Total 99,832 100.00% 8 100.00%

Results by county

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1940 United States presidential election in South Carolina by county[4]
County Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Democratic 		Wendell Lewis Willkie
Fusion[a] 		Earl Russell Browder
Communist 		Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # %
Abbeville 1,007 96.92% 32 3.08% 0 0.00% 975 93.84% 1,039
Aiken 2,772 96.89% 89 3.11% 0 0.00% 2,683 93.78% 2,861
Allendale 905 96.79% 30 3.21% 0 0.00% 875 93.58% 935
Anderson 3,763 97.77% 86 2.23% 0 0.00% 3,677 95.54% 3,849
Bamberg 904 98.58% 13 1.42% 0 0.00% 891 97.16% 917
Barnwell 1,845 99.30% 13 0.70% 0 0.00% 1,832 98.60% 1,858
Beaufort 582 86.48% 91 13.52% 0 0.00% 491 72.96% 673
Berkeley 490 84.34% 91 15.66% 0 0.00% 399 68.68% 581
Calhoun 657 99.55% 3 0.45% 0 0.00% 654 99.10% 660
Charleston 8,145 85.58% 1,372 14.42% 0 0.00% 6,773 71.16% 9,517
Cherokee 2,069 98.29% 36 1.71% 0 0.00% 2,033 96.58% 2,105
Chester 1,930 98.22% 35 1.78% 0 0.00% 1,895 96.44% 1,965
Chesterfield 2,880 99.31% 20 0.69% 0 0.00% 2,860 98.62% 2,900
Clarendon 1,154 95.53% 54 4.47% 0 0.00% 1,100 91.06% 1,208
Colleton 1,197 94.85% 65 5.15% 0 0.00% 1,132 89.70% 1,262
Darlington 1,395 95.88% 60 4.12% 0 0.00% 1,335 91.76% 1,455
Dillon 868 97.20% 25 2.80% 0 0.00% 843 94.40% 893
Dorchester 993 90.03% 110 9.97% 0 0.00% 883 80.06% 1,103
Edgefield 1,065 99.16% 9 0.84% 0 0.00% 1,056 98.32% 1,074
Fairfield 848 97.70% 20 2.30% 0 0.00% 828 95.40% 868
Florence 2,597 96.47% 95 3.53% 0 0.00% 2,502 92.94% 2,692
Georgetown 1,503 90.65% 155 9.35% 0 0.00% 1,348 81.30% 1,658
Greenville 8,118 94.05% 514 5.95% 0 0.00% 7,604 88.10% 8,632
Greenwood 2,914 98.68% 39 1.32% 0 0.00% 2,875 97.36% 2,953
Hampton 1,198 98.04% 24 1.96% 0 0.00% 1,174 96.08% 1,222
Horry 2,111 92.79% 164 7.21% 0 0.00% 1,947 85.58% 2,275
Jasper 418 91.07% 41 8.93% 0 0.00% 377 82.14% 459
Kershaw 1,174 98.32% 20 1.68% 0 0.00% 1,154 96.64% 1,194
Lancaster 3,205 99.57% 14 0.43% 0 0.00% 3,191 99.14% 3,219
Laurens 2,697 98.54% 40 1.46% 0 0.00% 2,657 97.08% 2,737
Lee 825 97.63% 20 2.37% 0 0.00% 805 95.26% 845
Lexington 1,496 98.88% 17 1.12% 0 0.00% 1,479 97.76% 1,513
Marion 716 97.55% 18 2.45% 0 0.00% 698 95.10% 734
Marlboro 526 97.59% 13 2.41% 0 0.00% 513 95.18% 539
McCormick 419 97.44% 11 2.56% 0 0.00% 408 94.88% 430
Newberry 1,739 98.03% 35 1.97% 0 0.00% 1,704 96.06% 1,774
Oconee 1,593 91.76% 143 8.24% 0 0.00% 1,450 83.52% 1,736
Orangeburg 2,356 97.68% 56 2.32% 0 0.00% 2,300 95.36% 2,412
Pickens 2,122 96.54% 76 3.46% 0 0.00% 2,046 93.08% 2,198
Richland 4,781 96.62% 167 3.38% 0 0.00% 4,614 93.24% 4,948
Saluda 1,115 98.67% 15 1.33% 0 0.00% 1,100 97.34% 1,130
Spartanburg 9,119 97.35% 248 2.65% 0 0.00% 8,871 94.70% 9,367
Union 3,662 99.21% 29 0.79% 0 0.00% 3,633 98.42% 3,691
Williamsburg 1,089 96.97% 34 3.03% 0 0.00% 1,055 93.94% 1,123
York 2,508 95.51% 118 4.49% 0 0.00% 2,390 91.02% 2,626
Sumter[b] 0 N/A 0 N/A 0 N/A N/A N/A 0
Totals 95,470 95.63% 4,360 4.37% 0 0.00% 91,110 91.26% 99,832[c]

Notes

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  1. ^ a b Willkie total is a fusion of 2,496 "Jeffersonian Democratic", 1,727 "Republican" and 137 "Tolbert" elector ticket votes
  2. ^ No returns were canvassed for Sumter County and voters in this county were listed in neighbouring counties
  3. ^ There were two write-in votes for Prohibition Party nominee Roger Ward Babson not tabulated by county.

References

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  1. ^ Ryan, James Gilbert (2005). Earl Browder: The Failure of American Communism. University of Alabama Press.
  2. ^ "1940 Presidential General Election Results – South Carolina". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved December 23, 2013.
  3. ^ Scammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964; p. 399 ISBN 0405077114
  4. ^ Scammon (compiler); America at the Polls; p. 395