Franklin D. Roosevelt carried Georgia D+69.9.

Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) vs Wendell Willkie (R) in Georgia, 1940. The state ran 60.0 points more Democratic than the nation (D+9.9 nationally).

Nominees: Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) · Wendell Willkie (R)

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Georgia result

312,686 votes counted

Roosevelt (D)

265,194

84.8%

Willkie (R)

46,495

14.9%

All others

997

0.3%

Margin

D+69.9

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1940 presidential election

Georgia, 1940

RooseveltD+69.9

How it voted

Share of the 1940 vote

Franklin D. Roosevelt ✓Democratic	84.8%	265,194
Wendell WillkieRepublican	14.9%	46,495
OtherAll other candidates	0.3%	997

D+60

R+60

159 counties, each filled by 1940 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.

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Georgia's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1940 contest in context

Georgia's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	+36.3%
1896	+21.0%
1900	+38.7%
1904	+45.9%
1908	+23.4%
1912	+72.4%
1916	+72.9%
1920	+42.3%
1924	+55.9%
1928	+12.0%
1932	+83.8%
1936	+74.5%
1940	+69.9%
1944	+63.5%
1948	+42.5%
1952	+39.3%
1956	+34.1%
1960	+25.1%
1964	−8.3%
1968	−3.7%
1972	−50.6%
1976	+33.9%
1980	+14.8%
1984	−20.4%
1988	−20.3%
1992	+0.6%
1996	−1.2%
2000	−11.7%
2004	−16.6%
2008	−5.2%
2012	−7.8%
2016	−5.1%
2020	+0.3%
2024	−2.2%

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County results — 1940

159 counties; every row links to the county's full page.

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Appling County	D	+65.3%	1,514	312	1,842
Atkinson County	D	+82.7%	703	66	770
Bacon County	D	+78.4%	821	97	923
Baker County	D	+89.6%	557	30	588
Baldwin County	D	+73.0%	1,313	203	1,520
Banks County	D	+60.1%	668	164	838
Barrow County	D	+75.9%	1,615	219	1,839
Bartow County	D	+68.7%	1,734	318	2,060
Ben Hill County	D	+73.6%	1,206	181	1,392
Berrien County	D	+96.0%	1,156	23	1,180
Bibb County	D	+65.8%	6,729	1,371	8,137
Bleckley County	D	+77.1%	785	100	888
Brantley County	D	+86.7%	960	67	1,030
Brooks County	D	+67.9%	1,300	248	1,549
Bryan County	D	+89.2%	874	49	925
Bulloch County	D	+87.0%	2,063	141	2,210
Burke County	D	+91.6%	1,029	42	1,077
Butts County	D	+84.0%	1,012	87	1,101
Calhoun County	D	+89.7%	610	33	643
Camden County	D	+80.6%	564	60	625
Candler County	D	+84.3%	748	63	813
Carroll County	D	+72.0%	3,808	616	4,432
Catoosa County	D	+70.5%	1,440	249	1,689
Charlton County	D	+80.7%	562	60	622
Chatham County	D	+66.9%	10,048	1,985	12,052
Chattahoochee County	D	+82.1%	204	20	224
Chattooga County	D	+79.3%	2,413	273	2,697
Cherokee County	D	+20.7%	1,552	1,017	2,582
Clarke County	D	+84.1%	2,894	246	3,150
Clay County	D	+87.0%	488	33	523
Clayton County	D	+79.0%	1,382	161	1,545
Clinch County	D	+88.7%	1,049	63	1,112
Cobb County	D	+63.4%	4,447	992	5,448
Coffee County	D	+84.6%	1,561	128	1,694
Colquitt County	D	+54.8%	1,819	525	2,361
Columbia County	D	+85.8%	627	46	677
Cook County	D	+73.6%	941	143	1,084
Coweta County	D	+92.8%	2,846	103	2,957
Crawford County	D	+65.9%	362	74	437
Crisp County	D	+77.8%	1,049	129	1,182
Dade County	D	+73.3%	982	151	1,133
Dawson County	D	+27.3%	484	276	763
Decatur County	D	+78.2%	1,781	217	2,000
DeKalb County	D	+61.7%	8,862	2,081	10,988
Dodge County	D	+76.2%	1,280	171	1,456
Dooly County	D	+81.2%	1,209	124	1,337
Dougherty County	D	+84.7%	2,175	180	2,356
Douglas County	D	+61.8%	833	195	1,033
Early County	D	+88.7%	1,751	104	1,857
Echols County	D	+92.0%	441	18	460
Effingham County	D	+47.2%	633	227	860
Elbert County	D	+69.8%	2,052	357	2,429
Emanuel County	D	+89.1%	1,428	81	1,511
Evans County	D	+84.7%	1,399	112	1,520
Fannin County	R	−12.0%	1,771	2,256	4,027
Fayette County	D	+85.8%	577	44	621
Floyd County	D	+71.4%	5,528	912	6,461
Forsyth County	D	+37.0%	1,378	634	2,012
Franklin County	D	+74.5%	1,579	222	1,822
Fulton County	D	+67.5%	31,311	6,033	37,466
Gilmer County	D	+13.9%	865	653	1,521
Glascock County	D	+62.4%	332	76	410
Glynn County	D	+75.8%	2,014	274	2,295
Gordon County	D	+50.8%	1,623	527	2,159
Grady County	D	+72.9%	1,461	224	1,697
Greene County	D	+81.4%	1,497	148	1,658
Gwinnett County	D	+69.1%	4,023	728	4,771
Habersham County	D	+62.5%	1,840	421	2,270
Hall County	D	+69.8%	2,943	513	3,482
Hancock County	D	+53.1%	501	153	655
Haralson County	D	+50.6%	1,397	457	1,858
Harris County	D	+84.9%	914	71	993
Hart County	D	+85.4%	1,328	97	1,441
Heard County	D	+49.0%	647	221	870
Henry County	D	+87.7%	1,551	101	1,654
Houston County	D	+61.3%	622	149	772
Irwin County	D	+65.8%	962	197	1,162
Jackson County	D	+80.9%	1,599	166	1,771
Jasper County	D	+80.9%	689	72	763
Jeff Davis County	D	+74.5%	696	101	799
Jefferson County	D	+72.0%	1,068	171	1,246
Jenkins County	D	+86.2%	940	69	1,011
Johnson County	D	+76.9%	2,386	306	2,704
Jones County	D	+71.6%	613	101	715
Lamar County	D	+81.8%	869	85	959
Lanier County	D	+94.6%	607	16	625
Laurens County	D	+68.3%	2,316	435	2,755
Lee County	D	+91.7%	416	17	435
Liberty County	D	+59.8%	407	102	510
Lincoln County	D	+74.2%	466	67	538
Long County	D	+61.2%	319	76	397
Lowndes County	D	+81.2%	2,551	260	2,822
Lumpkin County	D	+68.8%	899	165	1,067
Macon County	D	+84.1%	852	72	928
Madison County	D	+71.7%	1,160	185	1,359
Marion County	D	+77.3%	605	77	683
McDuffie County	D	+84.9%	959	75	1,041
McIntosh County	D	+63.1%	468	106	574
Meriwether County	D	+87.8%	2,726	174	2,908
Miller County	D	+87.9%	775	50	825
Mitchell County	D	+86.4%	2,131	155	2,286
Monroe County	D	+90.3%	1,014	49	1,069
Montgomery County	D	+79.7%	686	75	767
Morgan County	D	+90.6%	484	24	508
Murray County	D	+43.9%	1,399	545	1,946
Muscogee County	D	+76.9%	5,392	702	6,101
Newton County	D	+88.0%	1,512	95	1,611
Oconee County	D	+56.1%	635	177	817
Oglethorpe County	D	+72.3%	818	131	950
Paulding County	D	+36.3%	1,653	770	2,435
Peach County	D	+64.8%	738	155	899
Pickens County	D	+11.9%	1,124	884	2,020
Pierce County	D	+83.4%	943	84	1,030
Pike County	D	+59.7%	829	209	1,038
Polk County	D	+73.8%	2,693	401	3,104
Pulaski County	D	+84.6%	478	38	520
Putnam County	D	+84.5%	730	61	792
Quitman County	D	+88.9%	324	19	343
Rabun County	D	+84.0%	958	82	1,043
Randolph County	D	+80.0%	1,298	143	1,443
Richmond County	D	+80.1%	5,855	641	6,508
Rockdale County	D	+87.3%	1,291	86	1,380
Schley County	D	+74.2%	471	69	542
Screven County	D	+84.0%	1,174	100	1,279
Seminole County	D	+87.3%	884	58	946
Spalding County	D	+87.7%	3,022	197	3,223
Stephens County	D	+84.1%	1,084	90	1,182
Stewart County	D	+84.0%	600	52	652
Sumter County	D	+85.3%	1,561	118	1,692
Talbot County	D	+86.0%	656	49	706
Taliaferro County	D	+92.8%	507	19	526
Tattnall County	D	+49.3%	1,246	421	1,674
Taylor County	D	+57.7%	796	213	1,011
Telfair County	D	+85.3%	1,391	104	1,508
Terrell County	D	+100.0%	1,040	0	1,040
Thomas County	D	+69.5%	2,072	371	2,448
Tift County	D	+72.3%	1,463	226	1,711
Toombs County	D	+77.6%	1,061	134	1,195
Towns County	D	+3.7%	894	830	1,724
Treutlen County	D	+93.8%	1,184	38	1,222
Troup County	D	+83.1%	3,176	288	3,477
Turner County	D	+38.4%	791	351	1,147
Twiggs County	D	+77.6%	723	91	814
Union County	D	+26.0%	950	557	1,509
Upson County	D	+86.7%	2,235	159	2,394
Walker County	D	+67.2%	2,859	558	3,424
Walton County	D	+90.7%	2,179	104	2,288
Ware County	D	+79.2%	2,672	308	2,986
Warren County	D	+72.7%	606	95	703
Washington County	D	+62.5%	1,112	253	1,374
Wayne County	D	+79.0%	1,542	179	1,725
Webster County	D	+69.7%	280	50	330
Wheeler County	D	+61.5%	495	117	615
White County	D	+74.3%	754	111	865
Whitfield County	D	+52.2%	3,162	991	4,159
Wilcox County	D	+75.9%	890	118	1,017
Wilkes County	D	+78.0%	1,022	123	1,152
Wilkinson County	D	+72.0%	906	147	1,054
Worth County	D	+66.1%	936	190	1,129