Wendell Willkie carried Kansas R+14.5.

Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) vs Wendell Willkie (R) in Kansas, 1940. The state ran 24.4 points more Republican than the nation (D+9.9 nationally).

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

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Kansas result

860,297 votes counted

Roosevelt (D)

364,725

42.4%

Willkie (R)

489,169

56.9%

All others

6,403

0.7%

Margin

R+14.5

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1940 presidential election

Kansas, 1940

WillkieR+14.5

How it voted

Share of the 1940 vote

Wendell Willkie ✓Republican	56.9%	489,169
Franklin D. RooseveltDemocratic	42.4%	364,725
OtherAll other candidates	0.7%	6,403

D+60

R+60

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

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Kansas's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1940 contest in context

Kansas's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	−48.4%
1896	+3.7%
1900	−6.6%
1904	−38.7%
1908	−9.4%
1912	+18.8%
1916	+5.9%
1920	−32.2%
1924	−37.9%
1928	−45.0%
1932	+9.4%
1936	+7.7%
1940	−14.5%
1944	−21.1%
1948	−9.0%
1952	−38.3%
1956	−31.2%
1960	−21.3%
1964	+9.0%
1968	−20.1%
1972	−38.2%
1976	−7.6%
1980	−24.6%
1984	−33.7%
1988	−13.2%
1992	−5.1%
1996	−18.2%
2000	−20.8%
2004	−25.4%
2008	−15.0%
2012	−21.6%
2016	−20.4%
2020	−14.7%
2024	−16.0%

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County results — 1940

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Allen County	R	−33.3%	3,178	6,376	9,600
Anderson County	R	−29.4%	2,114	3,886	6,033
Atchison County	R	−12.9%	4,557	5,921	10,560
Barber County	R	−7.0%	2,074	2,389	4,521
Barton County	R	−9.3%	4,982	6,011	11,043
Bourbon County	R	−8.0%	4,898	5,751	10,727
Brown County	R	−38.9%	2,633	6,008	8,684
Butler County	R	−0.0%	7,615	7,619	15,360
Chase County	R	−16.3%	1,344	1,871	3,238
Chautauqua County	R	−26.2%	1,679	2,888	4,606
Cherokee County	D	+0.5%	6,670	6,600	13,396
Cheyenne County	R	−28.8%	971	1,760	2,744
Clark County	D	+0.3%	1,079	1,072	2,167
Clay County	R	−38.5%	2,067	4,699	6,836
Cloud County	R	−22.3%	3,327	5,275	8,728
Coffey County	R	−29.2%	2,272	4,164	6,480
Comanche County	R	−19.9%	880	1,322	2,222
Cowley County	R	−8.7%	8,115	9,684	17,935
Crawford County	D	+4.0%	11,002	10,143	21,275
Decatur County	R	−13.1%	1,546	2,018	3,593
Dickinson County	R	−27.1%	3,957	6,931	10,958
Doniphan County	R	−35.7%	1,986	4,204	6,210
Douglas County	R	−41.6%	3,727	9,146	13,014
Edwards County	R	−21.3%	1,219	1,886	3,136
Elk County	R	−30.3%	1,478	2,774	4,283
Ellis County	R	−4.7%	3,299	3,622	6,946
Ellsworth County	R	−8.6%	2,237	2,658	4,910
Finney County	R	−7.3%	2,027	2,349	4,400
Ford County	R	−4.8%	3,954	4,356	8,382
Franklin County	R	−28.5%	3,542	6,393	10,020
Geary County	R	−6.2%	2,504	2,840	5,394
Gove County	R	−34.0%	659	1,352	2,039
Graham County	R	−22.6%	1,135	1,804	2,959
Grant County	R	−23.1%	382	614	1,006
Gray County	R	−4.6%	962	1,056	2,036
Greeley County	R	−29.7%	268	497	770
Greenwood County	R	−21.4%	3,160	4,893	8,109
Hamilton County	R	−16.6%	569	798	1,377
Harper County	R	−12.6%	2,478	3,205	5,751
Harvey County	R	−14.9%	4,087	5,539	9,759
Haskell County	R	−17.5%	425	607	1,038
Hodgeman County	R	−22.4%	690	1,092	1,794
Jackson County	R	−28.3%	2,397	4,306	6,737
Jefferson County	R	−32.2%	2,212	4,330	6,580
Jewell County	R	−44.8%	1,719	4,591	6,415
Johnson County	R	−28.2%	5,770	10,326	16,142
Kearny County	R	−16.3%	519	721	1,243
Kingman County	R	−9.6%	2,528	3,068	5,645
Kiowa County	R	−29.7%	844	1,571	2,451
Labette County	R	−8.9%	6,860	8,210	15,157
Lane County	R	−22.7%	557	888	1,461
Leavenworth County	R	−16.8%	6,053	8,503	14,598
Lincoln County	R	−36.5%	1,301	2,822	4,169
Linn County	R	−32.6%	2,067	4,086	6,187
Logan County	R	−34.3%	584	1,201	1,797
Lyon County	R	−5.7%	6,170	6,918	13,219
Marion County	R	−35.6%	2,724	5,764	8,547
Marshall County	R	−33.8%	3,588	7,286	10,931
McPherson County	R	−22.3%	4,240	6,732	11,176
Meade County	R	−24.5%	970	1,618	2,647
Miami County	R	−14.0%	3,900	5,178	9,121
Mitchell County	R	−28.0%	2,060	3,681	5,792
Montgomery County	R	−15.8%	9,999	13,781	23,894
Morris County	R	−24.2%	1,992	3,276	5,315
Morton County	R	−12.1%	503	643	1,154
Nemaha County	R	−31.7%	2,679	5,178	7,889
Neosho County	R	−19.4%	4,419	6,556	11,031
Ness County	R	−19.2%	1,230	1,826	3,112
Norton County	R	−41.9%	1,378	3,415	4,859
Osage County	R	−21.9%	3,186	4,991	8,247
Osborne County	R	−38.8%	1,488	3,424	4,995
Ottawa County	R	−15.1%	2,065	2,810	4,925
Pawnee County	R	−2.5%	2,216	2,329	4,587
Phillips County	R	−39.9%	1,563	3,676	5,290
Pottawatomie County	R	−38.6%	2,226	5,045	7,299
Pratt County	R	−1.0%	2,870	2,930	5,867
Rawlins County	R	−16.9%	1,247	1,758	3,030
Reno County	R	−8.2%	10,543	12,448	23,208
Republic County	R	−27.7%	2,511	4,450	7,003
Rice County	R	−13.6%	3,635	4,792	8,483
Riley County	R	−38.1%	3,293	7,420	10,818
Rooks County	R	−22.0%	1,650	2,590	4,273
Rush County	R	−20.1%	1,588	2,394	4,001
Russell County	R	−17.9%	2,579	3,714	6,342
Saline County	R	−10.0%	6,514	7,975	14,581
Scott County	R	−15.7%	717	988	1,726
Sedgwick County	D	+3.1%	34,219	32,160	66,926
Seward County	R	−1.0%	1,474	1,503	3,027
Shawnee County	R	−10.4%	19,375	23,882	43,454
Sheridan County	R	−24.5%	903	1,492	2,404
Sherman County	R	−5.7%	1,399	1,569	3,008
Smith County	R	−32.1%	1,855	3,630	5,535
Stafford County	R	−5.3%	2,509	2,795	5,357
Stanton County	R	−11.1%	301	378	692
Stevens County	R	−11.4%	674	851	1,546
Sumner County	R	−4.7%	5,988	6,585	12,698
Thomas County	R	−9.4%	1,423	1,721	3,175
Trego County	R	−15.8%	1,140	1,571	2,728
Wabaunsee County	R	−48.0%	1,212	3,481	4,727
Wallace County	R	−35.0%	361	756	1,127
Washington County	R	−47.2%	2,061	5,792	7,903
Wichita County	R	−19.4%	433	644	1,090
Wilson County	R	−29.6%	2,859	5,288	8,209
Woodson County	R	−30.5%	1,398	2,637	4,065
Wyandotte County	D	+15.1%	38,239	28,152	66,643