Wendell Willkie carried Indiana R+1.4.

Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) vs Wendell Willkie (R) in Indiana, 1940. The state ran 11.4 points more Republican than the nation (D+9.9 nationally).

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

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Indiana result

1,782,747 votes counted

Roosevelt (D)

874,063

49.0%

Willkie (R)

899,466

50.5%

All others

9,218

0.5%

Margin

R+1.4

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1940 presidential election

Indiana, 1940

WillkieR+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

D+60

R+60

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

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Indiana's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1940 contest in context

Indiana's presidential margins

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	−18.9%

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County results — 1940

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Adams County	R	−8.9%	4,382	5,247	9,730
Allen County	R	−14.8%	29,967	40,430	70,709
Bartholomew County	D	+1.8%	8,180	7,890	16,156
Benton County	R	−15.4%	2,689	3,675	6,384
Blackford County	D	+9.9%	4,095	3,352	7,530
Boone County	R	−6.9%	6,152	7,066	13,267
Brown County	D	+5.9%	1,662	1,477	3,160
Carroll County	R	−8.6%	4,214	5,012	9,273
Cass County	D	+1.0%	10,268	10,057	20,386
Clark County	D	+19.7%	9,015	6,044	15,104
Clay County	R	−3.4%	7,255	7,768	15,114
Clinton County	R	−5.3%	7,732	8,610	16,444
Crawford County	D	+3.3%	2,836	2,652	5,529
Daviess County	R	−8.6%	6,401	7,615	14,075
Dearborn County	D	+1.1%	6,038	5,908	11,987
Decatur County	R	−15.8%	4,417	6,087	10,547
DeKalb County	R	−14.8%	5,690	7,676	13,426
Delaware County	D	+8.3%	20,836	17,616	38,691
Dubois County	D	+11.8%	5,992	4,729	10,745
Elkhart County	R	−18.1%	13,620	19,735	33,716
Fayette County	R	−0.2%	5,542	5,567	11,147
Floyd County	D	+14.5%	10,799	8,056	18,944
Fountain County	R	−9.3%	4,783	5,771	10,572
Franklin County	R	−16.4%	3,142	4,381	7,539
Fulton County	R	−17.5%	3,879	5,532	9,472
Gibson County	D	+2.2%	8,709	8,326	17,223
Grant County	R	−6.7%	13,257	15,187	28,779
Greene County	R	−2.0%	8,718	9,071	17,889
Hamilton County	R	−30.0%	4,791	8,931	13,797
Hancock County	D	+1.2%	5,417	5,283	10,785
Harrison County	D	+0.8%	4,725	4,650	9,439
Hendricks County	R	−16.2%	4,883	6,782	11,710
Henry County	R	−6.8%	9,623	11,051	20,858
Howard County	D	+3.2%	12,655	11,855	24,793
Huntington County	R	−11.5%	7,220	9,110	16,497
Jackson County	D	+9.2%	7,557	6,281	13,917
Jasper County	R	−23.6%	2,751	4,462	7,241
Jay County	D	+0.6%	6,554	6,478	13,149
Jefferson County	R	−11.9%	4,688	5,957	10,676
Jennings County	R	−13.4%	2,989	3,921	6,939
Johnson County	R	−0.8%	6,350	6,451	12,857
Knox County	D	+4.5%	12,265	11,211	23,590
Kosciusko County	R	−26.1%	5,768	9,879	15,760
LaGrange County	R	−27.3%	2,124	3,731	5,882
Lake County	D	+22.0%	71,985	45,898	118,330
LaPorte County	R	−6.9%	13,732	15,771	29,593
Lawrence County	R	−24.1%	6,553	10,717	17,308
Madison County	D	+7.6%	26,111	22,382	48,754
Marion County	R	−1.2%	121,907	124,845	247,539
Marshall County	R	−13.6%	5,852	7,718	13,681
Martin County	R	−4.8%	2,638	2,902	5,551
Miami County	R	−6.2%	7,252	8,217	15,575
Monroe County	R	−11.9%	8,117	10,311	18,499
Montgomery County	R	−10.0%	6,994	8,554	15,616
Morgan County	R	−14.9%	4,895	6,613	11,544
Newton County	R	−25.0%	2,116	3,536	5,674
Noble County	R	−19.4%	5,014	7,443	12,517
Ohio County	D	+1.0%	1,210	1,186	2,404
Orange County	R	−15.9%	4,003	5,519	9,553
Owen County	R	−8.6%	3,121	3,709	6,868
Parke County	R	−8.9%	4,384	5,242	9,683
Perry County	R	−0.2%	4,475	4,489	8,978
Pike County	R	−2.4%	4,449	4,672	9,177
Porter County	R	−17.2%	5,840	8,270	14,161
Posey County	D	+5.3%	5,022	4,514	9,593
Pulaski County	R	−6.8%	3,021	3,472	6,588
Putnam County	D	+1.6%	6,020	5,832	11,901
Randolph County	R	−16.0%	5,787	8,033	14,046
Ripley County	R	−11.2%	4,834	6,061	10,933
Rush County	R	−20.4%	4,282	6,486	10,807
Scott County	D	+7.7%	2,668	2,285	4,972
Shelby County	D	+5.2%	8,015	7,216	15,348
Spencer County	R	−15.0%	4,180	5,667	9,889
St. Joseph County	D	+11.5%	45,620	36,164	82,158
Starke County	R	−8.7%	2,917	3,473	6,412
Steuben County	R	−33.2%	2,524	5,056	7,620
Sullivan County	D	+14.4%	8,667	6,471	15,289
Switzerland County	D	+7.5%	2,659	2,285	4,966
Tippecanoe County	R	−14.2%	12,129	16,148	28,350
Tipton County	R	−6.4%	4,173	4,749	8,978
Union County	R	−17.3%	1,415	2,009	3,443
Vanderburgh County	D	+15.1%	38,567	28,417	67,267
Vermillion County	D	+3.8%	6,174	5,716	11,973
Vigo County	D	+11.6%	29,308	23,177	52,684
Wabash County	R	−23.2%	5,431	8,755	14,327
Warren County	R	−21.7%	1,927	2,999	4,940
Warrick County	R	−4.2%	5,019	5,456	10,517
Washington County	D	+2.9%	4,471	4,216	8,716
Wayne County	R	−3.1%	14,139	15,058	29,370
Wells County	D	+3.3%	5,236	4,898	10,257
White County	R	−10.8%	4,176	5,189	9,409
Whitley County	R	−7.3%	4,404	5,100	9,561