Indiana — 1940 presidential election
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Akashicstate1940 presidential electionIndiana · PresidentWillkieR+1.4
How it voted
Share of the 1940 vote
| Wendell Willkie ✓Republican | 50.5% | 899,466 |
|---|---|---|
| Franklin D. RooseveltDemocratic | 49.0% | 874,063 |
| OtherAll other candidates | 0.5% | 9,218 |
1940presidential margin
D+60R+60
92 counties, each filled by 1940 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.
Indiana cast 14 electoral votes this cycle.
County-level results (92 counties) — table
| County | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| Adams County, IN | Republican | R+8.9 |
| Allen County, IN | Republican | R+14.8 |
| Bartholomew County, IN | Democratic | D+1.8 |
| Benton County, IN | Republican | R+15.4 |
| Blackford County, IN | Democratic | D+9.9 |
| Boone County, IN | Republican | R+6.9 |
| Brown County, IN | Democratic | D+5.9 |
| Carroll County, IN | Republican | R+8.6 |
| Cass County, IN | Democratic | D+1.0 |
| Clark County, IN | Democratic | D+19.7 |
| Clay County, IN | Republican | R+3.4 |
| Clinton County, IN | Republican | R+5.3 |
| Crawford County, IN | Democratic | D+3.3 |
| Daviess County, IN | Republican | R+8.6 |
| Dearborn County, IN | Democratic | D+1.1 |
| Decatur County, IN | Republican | R+15.8 |
| DeKalb County, IN | Republican | R+14.8 |
| Delaware County, IN | Democratic | D+8.3 |
| Dubois County, IN | Democratic | D+11.8 |
| Elkhart County, IN | Republican | R+18.1 |
| Fayette County, IN | Republican | R+0.2 |
| Floyd County, IN | Democratic | D+14.5 |
| Fountain County, IN | Republican | R+9.3 |
| Franklin County, IN | Republican | R+16.4 |
| Fulton County, IN | Republican | R+17.5 |
| Gibson County, IN | Democratic | D+2.2 |
| Grant County, IN | Republican | R+6.7 |
| Greene County, IN | Republican | R+2.0 |
| Hamilton County, IN | Republican | R+30.0 |
| Hancock County, IN | Democratic | D+1.2 |
| Harrison County, IN | Democratic | D+0.8 |
| Hendricks County, IN | Republican | R+16.2 |
| Henry County, IN | Republican | R+6.8 |
| Howard County, IN | Democratic | D+3.2 |
| Huntington County, IN | Republican | R+11.5 |
| Jackson County, IN | Democratic | D+9.2 |
| Jasper County, IN | Republican | R+23.6 |
| Jay County, IN | Democratic | D+0.6 |
| Jefferson County, IN | Republican | R+11.9 |
| Jennings County, IN | Republican | R+13.4 |
| Johnson County, IN | Republican | R+0.8 |
| Knox County, IN | Democratic | D+4.5 |
| Kosciusko County, IN | Republican | R+26.1 |
| LaGrange County, IN | Republican | R+27.3 |
| Lake County, IN | Democratic | D+22.0 |
| LaPorte County, IN | Republican | R+6.9 |
| Lawrence County, IN | Republican | R+24.1 |
| Madison County, IN | Democratic | D+7.6 |
| Marion County, IN | Republican | R+1.2 |
| Marshall County, IN | Republican | R+13.6 |
| Martin County, IN | Republican | R+4.8 |
| Miami County, IN | Republican | R+6.2 |
| Monroe County, IN | Republican | R+11.9 |
| Montgomery County, IN | Republican | R+10.0 |
| Morgan County, IN | Republican | R+14.9 |
| Newton County, IN | Republican | R+25.0 |
| Noble County, IN | Republican | R+19.4 |
| Ohio County, IN | Democratic | D+1.0 |
| Orange County, IN | Republican | R+15.9 |
| Owen County, IN | Republican | R+8.6 |
| Parke County, IN | Republican | R+8.9 |
| Perry County, IN | Republican | R+0.2 |
| Pike County, IN | Republican | R+2.4 |
| Porter County, IN | Republican | R+17.2 |
| Posey County, IN | Democratic | D+5.3 |
| Pulaski County, IN | Republican | R+6.8 |
| Putnam County, IN | Democratic | D+1.6 |
| Randolph County, IN | Republican | R+16.0 |
| Ripley County, IN | Republican | R+11.2 |
| Rush County, IN | Republican | R+20.4 |
| Scott County, IN | Democratic | D+7.7 |
| Shelby County, IN | Democratic | D+5.2 |
| Spencer County, IN | Republican | R+15.0 |
| St. Joseph County, IN | Democratic | D+11.5 |
| Starke County, IN | Republican | R+8.7 |
| Steuben County, IN | Republican | R+33.2 |
| Sullivan County, IN | Democratic | D+14.4 |
| Switzerland County, IN | Democratic | D+7.5 |
| Tippecanoe County, IN | Republican | R+14.2 |
| Tipton County, IN | Republican | R+6.4 |
| Union County, IN | Republican | R+17.3 |
| Vanderburgh County, IN | Democratic | D+15.1 |
| Vermillion County, IN | Democratic | D+3.8 |
| Vigo County, IN | Democratic | D+11.6 |
| Wabash County, IN | Republican | R+23.2 |
| Warren County, IN | Republican | R+21.7 |
| Warrick County, IN | Republican | R+4.2 |
| Washington County, IN | Democratic | D+2.9 |
| Wayne County, IN | Republican | R+3.1 |
| Wells County, IN | Democratic | D+3.3 |
| White County, IN | Republican | R+10.8 |
| Whitley County, IN | Republican | R+7.3 |
Indiana results by county
92 counties. Third-party and independent votes are reported by the county source as one combined figure; every named candidate is listed in the complete result below.
| Led by | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adams County | Wendell Willkie+865 | 5,24753.9% | 4,38245.0% | 1011.0% | 9,730 |
| Allen County | Wendell Willkie+10,463 | 40,43057.2% | 29,96742.4% | 3120.4% | 70,709 |
| Bartholomew County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+290 | 7,89048.8% | 8,18050.6% | 860.5% | 16,156 |
| Benton County | Wendell Willkie+986 | 3,67557.6% | 2,68942.1% | 200.3% | 6,384 |
| Blackford County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+743 | 3,35244.5% | 4,09554.4% | 831.1% | 7,530 |
| Boone County | Wendell Willkie+914 | 7,06653.3% | 6,15246.4% | 490.4% | 13,267 |
| Brown County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+185 | 1,47746.7% | 1,66252.6% | 210.7% | 3,160 |
| Carroll County | Wendell Willkie+798 | 5,01254.0% | 4,21445.4% | 470.5% | 9,273 |
| Cass County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+211 | 10,05749.3% | 10,26850.4% | 610.3% | 20,386 |
| Clark County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+2,971 | 6,04440.0% | 9,01559.7% | 450.3% | 15,104 |
| Clay County | Wendell Willkie+513 | 7,76851.4% | 7,25548.0% | 910.6% | 15,114 |
| Clinton County | Wendell Willkie+878 | 8,61052.4% | 7,73247.0% | 1020.6% | 16,444 |
| Crawford County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+184 | 2,65248.0% | 2,83651.3% | 410.7% | 5,529 |
| Daviess County | Wendell Willkie+1,214 | 7,61554.1% | 6,40145.5% | 590.4% | 14,075 |
| Dearborn County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+130 | 5,90849.3% | 6,03850.4% | 410.3% | 11,987 |
| Decatur County | Wendell Willkie+1,670 | 6,08757.7% | 4,41741.9% | 430.4% | 10,547 |
| DeKalb County | Wendell Willkie+1,986 | 7,67657.2% | 5,69042.4% | 600.4% | 13,426 |
| Delaware County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+3,220 | 17,61645.5% | 20,83653.9% | 2390.6% | 38,691 |
| Dubois County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,263 | 4,72944.0% | 5,99255.8% | 240.2% | 10,745 |
| Elkhart County | Wendell Willkie+6,115 | 19,73558.5% | 13,62040.4% | 3611.1% | 33,716 |
| Fayette County | Wendell Willkie+25 | 5,56749.9% | 5,54249.7% | 380.3% | 11,147 |
| Floyd County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+2,743 | 8,05642.5% | 10,79957.0% | 890.5% | 18,944 |
| Fountain County | Wendell Willkie+988 | 5,77154.6% | 4,78345.2% | 180.2% | 10,572 |
| Franklin County | Wendell Willkie+1,239 | 4,38158.1% | 3,14241.7% | 160.2% | 7,539 |
| Fulton County | Wendell Willkie+1,653 | 5,53258.4% | 3,87941.0% | 610.6% | 9,472 |
| Gibson County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+383 | 8,32648.3% | 8,70950.6% | 1881.1% | 17,223 |
| Grant County | Wendell Willkie+1,930 | 15,18752.8% | 13,25746.1% | 3351.2% | 28,779 |
| Greene County | Wendell Willkie+353 | 9,07150.7% | 8,71848.7% | 1000.6% | 17,889 |
| Hamilton County | Wendell Willkie+4,140 | 8,93164.7% | 4,79134.7% | 750.5% | 13,797 |
| Hancock County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+134 | 5,28349.0% | 5,41750.2% | 850.8% | 10,785 |
| Harrison County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+75 | 4,65049.3% | 4,72550.1% | 640.7% | 9,439 |
| Hendricks County | Wendell Willkie+1,899 | 6,78257.9% | 4,88341.7% | 450.4% | 11,710 |
| Henry County | Wendell Willkie+1,428 | 11,05153.0% | 9,62346.1% | 1840.9% | 20,858 |
| Howard County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+800 | 11,85547.8% | 12,65551.0% | 2831.1% | 24,793 |
| Huntington County | Wendell Willkie+1,890 | 9,11055.2% | 7,22043.8% | 1671.0% | 16,497 |
| Jackson County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,276 | 6,28145.1% | 7,55754.3% | 790.6% | 13,917 |
| Jasper County | Wendell Willkie+1,711 | 4,46261.6% | 2,75138.0% | 280.4% | 7,241 |
| Jay County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+76 | 6,47849.3% | 6,55449.8% | 1170.9% | 13,149 |
| Jefferson County | Wendell Willkie+1,269 | 5,95755.8% | 4,68843.9% | 310.3% | 10,676 |
| Jennings County | Wendell Willkie+932 | 3,92156.5% | 2,98943.1% | 290.4% | 6,939 |
| Johnson County | Wendell Willkie+101 | 6,45150.2% | 6,35049.4% | 560.4% | 12,857 |
| Knox County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+1,054 | 11,21147.5% | 12,26552.0% | 1140.5% | 23,590 |
| Kosciusko County | Wendell Willkie+4,111 | 9,87962.7% | 5,76836.6% | 1130.7% | 15,760 |
| LaGrange County | Wendell Willkie+1,607 | 3,73163.4% | 2,12436.1% | 270.5% | 5,882 |
| Lake County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+26,087 | 45,89838.8% | 71,98560.8% | 4470.4% | 118,330 |
| LaPorte County | Wendell Willkie+2,039 | 15,77153.3% | 13,73246.4% | 900.3% | 29,593 |
| Lawrence County | Wendell Willkie+4,164 | 10,71761.9% | 6,55337.9% | 380.2% | 17,308 |
| Madison County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+3,729 | 22,38245.9% | 26,11153.6% | 2610.5% | 48,754 |
| Marion County | Wendell Willkie+2,938 | 124,84550.4% | 121,90749.2% | 7870.3% | 247,539 |
| Marshall County | Wendell Willkie+1,866 | 7,71856.4% | 5,85242.8% | 1110.8% | 13,681 |
| Martin County | Wendell Willkie+264 | 2,90252.3% | 2,63847.5% | 110.2% | 5,551 |
| Miami County | Wendell Willkie+965 | 8,21752.8% | 7,25246.6% | 1060.7% | 15,575 |
| Monroe County | Wendell Willkie+2,194 | 10,31155.7% | 8,11743.9% | 710.4% | 18,499 |
| Montgomery County | Wendell Willkie+1,560 | 8,55454.8% | 6,99444.8% | 680.4% | 15,616 |
| Morgan County | Wendell Willkie+1,718 | 6,61357.3% | 4,89542.4% | 360.3% | 11,544 |
| Newton County | Wendell Willkie+1,420 | 3,53662.3% | 2,11637.3% | 220.4% | 5,674 |
| Noble County | Wendell Willkie+2,429 | 7,44359.5% | 5,01440.1% | 600.5% | 12,517 |
| Ohio County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+24 | 1,18649.3% | 1,21050.3% | 80.3% | 2,404 |
| Orange County | Wendell Willkie+1,516 | 5,51957.8% | 4,00341.9% | 310.3% | 9,553 |
| Owen County | Wendell Willkie+588 | 3,70954.0% | 3,12145.4% | 380.6% | 6,868 |
| Parke County | Wendell Willkie+858 | 5,24254.1% | 4,38445.3% | 570.6% | 9,683 |
| Perry County | Wendell Willkie+14 | 4,48950.0% | 4,47549.8% | 140.2% | 8,978 |
| Pike County | Wendell Willkie+223 | 4,67250.9% | 4,44948.5% | 560.6% | 9,177 |
| Porter County | Wendell Willkie+2,430 | 8,27058.4% | 5,84041.2% | 510.4% | 14,161 |
| Posey County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+508 | 4,51447.1% | 5,02252.4% | 570.6% | 9,593 |
| Pulaski County | Wendell Willkie+451 | 3,47252.7% | 3,02145.9% | 951.4% | 6,588 |
| Putnam County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+188 | 5,83249.0% | 6,02050.6% | 490.4% | 11,901 |
| Randolph County | Wendell Willkie+2,246 | 8,03357.2% | 5,78741.2% | 2261.6% | 14,046 |
| Ripley County | Wendell Willkie+1,227 | 6,06155.4% | 4,83444.2% | 380.3% | 10,933 |
| Rush County | Wendell Willkie+2,204 | 6,48660.0% | 4,28239.6% | 390.4% | 10,807 |
| Scott County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+383 | 2,28546.0% | 2,66853.7% | 190.4% | 4,972 |
| Shelby County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+799 | 7,21647.0% | 8,01552.2% | 1170.8% | 15,348 |
| Spencer County | Wendell Willkie+1,487 | 5,66757.3% | 4,18042.3% | 420.4% | 9,889 |
| St. Joseph County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+9,456 | 36,16444.0% | 45,62055.5% | 3740.5% | 82,158 |
| Starke County | Wendell Willkie+556 | 3,47354.2% | 2,91745.5% | 220.3% | 6,412 |
| Steuben County | Wendell Willkie+2,532 | 5,05666.4% | 2,52433.1% | 400.5% | 7,620 |
| Sullivan County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+2,196 | 6,47142.3% | 8,66756.7% | 1511.0% | 15,289 |
| Switzerland County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+374 | 2,28546.0% | 2,65953.5% | 220.4% | 4,966 |
| Tippecanoe County | Wendell Willkie+4,019 | 16,14857.0% | 12,12942.8% | 730.3% | 28,350 |
| Tipton County | Wendell Willkie+576 | 4,74952.9% | 4,17346.5% | 560.6% | 8,978 |
| Union County | Wendell Willkie+594 | 2,00958.4% | 1,41541.1% | 190.6% | 3,443 |
| Vanderburgh County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+10,150 | 28,41742.2% | 38,56757.3% | 2830.4% | 67,267 |
| Vermillion County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+458 | 5,71647.7% | 6,17451.6% | 830.7% | 11,973 |
| Vigo County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+6,131 | 23,17744.0% | 29,30855.6% | 1990.4% | 52,684 |
| Wabash County | Wendell Willkie+3,324 | 8,75561.1% | 5,43137.9% | 1411.0% | 14,327 |
| Warren County | Wendell Willkie+1,072 | 2,99960.7% | 1,92739.0% | 140.3% | 4,940 |
| Warrick County | Wendell Willkie+437 | 5,45651.9% | 5,01947.7% | 420.4% | 10,517 |
| Washington County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+255 | 4,21648.4% | 4,47151.3% | 290.3% | 8,716 |
| Wayne County | Wendell Willkie+919 | 15,05851.3% | 14,13948.1% | 1730.6% | 29,370 |
| Wells County | Franklin D. Roosevelt+338 | 4,89847.8% | 5,23651.0% | 1231.2% | 10,257 |
| White County | Wendell Willkie+1,013 | 5,18955.1% | 4,17644.4% | 440.5% | 9,409 |
| Whitley County | Wendell Willkie+696 | 5,10053.3% | 4,40446.1% | 570.6% | 9,561 |
Nominees: Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) · Wendell Willkie (R)
Indiana's presidential margins
1892–2024, the 1940 contest in context
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1892 | +1.2% |
| 1896 | −2.9% |
| 1900 | −3.8% |
| 1904 | −13.8% |
| 1908 | −1.5% |
| 1912 | +20.0% |
| 1916 | −0.9% |
| 1920 | −14.6% |
| 1924 | −16.6% |
| 1928 | −20.1% |
| 1932 | +11.7% |
| 1936 | +14.7% |
| 1940 | −1.4% |
| 1944 | −5.7% |
| 1948 | −0.8% |
| 1952 | −17.1% |
| 1956 | −20.2% |
| 1960 | −10.4% |
| 1964 | +12.4% |
| 1968 | −12.3% |
| 1972 | −32.8% |
| 1976 | −7.6% |
| 1980 | −18.4% |
| 1984 | −24.0% |
| 1988 | −20.2% |
| 1992 | −6.1% |
| 1996 | −5.6% |
| 2000 | −15.6% |
| 2004 | −20.7% |
| 2008 | +1.0% |
| 2012 | −10.2% |
| 2016 | −19.0% |
| 2020 | −16.1% |
| 2024 | −19.0% |
Source. Compiled historical county records — 1940 presidential returns · official county-level results. Real returns — nothing estimated.