Wendell Willkie carried Michigan R+0.3.

Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) vs Wendell Willkie (R) in Michigan, 1940. The state ran 10.3 points more Republican than the nation (D+9.9 nationally).

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

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Michigan result

2,085,929 votes counted

Roosevelt (D)

1,032,991

49.5%

Willkie (R)

1,039,917

49.9%

All others

13,021

0.6%

Margin

R+0.3

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1940 presidential election

Michigan, 1940

How it voted

Share of the 1940 vote

Wendell Willkie ✓Republican	49.9%	1,039,917
Franklin D. RooseveltDemocratic	49.5%	1,032,991
OtherAll other candidates	0.6%	13,021

D+60

R+60

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

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Michigan's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1940 contest in context

Michigan's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	−4.5%
1896	−10.3%
1900	−19.2%
1904	−43.8%
1908	−29.5%
1912	−0.2%
1916	−8.3%
1920	−50.6%
1924	−62.2%
1928	−41.4%
1932	+7.9%
1936	+17.6%
1940	−0.3%
1944	+1.0%
1948	−1.7%
1952	−11.5%
1956	−11.5%
1960	+2.0%
1964	+33.6%
1968	+6.7%
1972	−14.4%
1976	−5.4%
1980	−6.5%
1984	−19.0%
1988	−7.9%
1992	+7.4%
1996	+13.2%
2000	+5.1%
2004	+3.4%
2008	+16.5%
2012	+9.5%
2016	−0.2%
2020	+2.8%
2024	−1.4%

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County results — 1940

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Alcona County	R	−32.0%	847	1,648	2,501
Alger County	D	+29.0%	2,984	1,629	4,675
Allegan County	R	−39.1%	5,385	12,347	17,792
Alpena County	R	−14.5%	3,597	4,822	8,432
Antrim County	R	−33.6%	1,497	3,027	4,553
Arenac County	R	−20.9%	1,499	2,293	3,807
Baraga County	R	−7.7%	2,152	2,512	4,697
Barry County	R	−37.7%	3,091	6,872	10,025
Bay County	D	+1.0%	14,902	14,618	29,587
Benzie County	R	−23.7%	1,429	2,320	3,765
Berrien County	R	−14.6%	16,961	22,778	39,947
Branch County	R	−26.2%	4,318	7,400	11,764
Calhoun County	R	−7.3%	18,682	21,633	40,610
Cass County	R	−22.4%	4,340	6,868	11,268
Charlevoix County	R	−23.7%	2,163	3,522	5,736
Cheboygan County	R	−12.1%	2,856	3,646	6,523
Chippewa County	R	−3.3%	5,473	5,851	11,353
Clare County	R	−40.2%	1,277	3,004	4,300
Clinton County	R	−50.2%	2,745	8,311	11,081
Crawford County	R	−5.8%	777	873	1,662
Delta County	D	+17.1%	8,802	6,218	15,101
Dickinson County	D	+10.1%	7,582	6,188	13,859
Eaton County	R	−27.1%	5,645	9,864	15,594
Emmet County	R	−19.6%	2,831	4,216	7,071
Genesee County	D	+13.2%	50,300	38,495	89,283
Gladwin County	R	−35.8%	1,294	2,741	4,044
Gogebic County	D	+17.0%	9,104	6,431	15,734
Grand Traverse County	R	−28.9%	3,095	5,620	8,745
Gratiot County	R	−38.5%	3,825	8,661	12,551
Hillsdale County	R	−45.1%	3,538	9,398	13,007
Houghton County	R	−1.0%	10,815	11,030	21,926
Huron County	R	−59.7%	2,654	10,570	13,258
Ingham County	R	−14.3%	24,375	32,565	57,382
Ionia County	R	−27.1%	5,399	9,439	14,916
Iosco County	R	−31.4%	1,303	2,504	3,825
Iron County	D	+0.4%	4,808	4,766	9,661
Isabella County	R	−42.4%	2,828	7,019	9,891
Jackson County	R	−23.5%	15,170	24,558	39,941
Kalamazoo County	R	−18.0%	17,733	25,596	43,622
Kalkaska County	R	−23.2%	718	1,155	1,885
Kent County	R	−4.8%	48,196	53,131	102,076
Keweenaw County	R	−5.5%	967	1,080	2,060
Lake County	R	−13.7%	1,070	1,413	2,495
Lapeer County	R	−40.0%	3,299	7,714	11,044
Leelanau County	R	−32.5%	1,223	2,405	3,639
Lenawee County	R	−40.7%	7,132	16,963	24,166
Livingston County	R	−36.8%	3,254	7,068	10,356
Luce County	R	−18.1%	1,069	1,542	2,617
Mackinac County	R	−11.0%	2,075	2,591	4,679
Macomb County	D	+8.1%	21,003	17,848	39,054
Manistee County	R	−4.4%	4,242	4,630	8,892
Marquette County	D	+17.4%	12,854	9,034	21,982
Mason County	R	−11.8%	3,836	4,874	8,763
Mecosta County	R	−37.6%	2,153	4,759	6,932
Menominee County	D	+2.8%	5,727	5,409	11,208
Midland County	R	−24.0%	3,834	6,269	10,157
Missaukee County	R	−34.7%	1,037	2,154	3,223
Monroe County	R	−13.2%	10,368	13,517	23,945
Montcalm County	R	−29.6%	4,119	7,633	11,855
Montmorency County	R	−21.4%	768	1,189	1,966
Muskegon County	D	+12.5%	19,257	14,957	34,424
Newaygo County	R	−33.5%	2,693	5,418	8,145
Oakland County	R	−2.0%	47,022	49,002	96,623
Oceana County	R	−21.7%	2,379	3,711	6,127
Ogemaw County	R	−31.3%	1,278	2,447	3,739
Ontonagon County	D	+3.6%	3,103	2,880	6,116
Osceola County	R	−46.0%	1,555	4,217	5,789
Oscoda County	R	−23.5%	409	661	1,073
Otsego County	R	−9.4%	1,119	1,353	2,480
Ottawa County	R	−25.5%	9,152	15,462	24,784
Presque Isle County	D	+0.8%	2,595	2,552	5,160
Roscommon County	R	−29.3%	739	1,360	2,118
Saginaw County	R	−9.1%	22,490	27,042	49,753
Sanilac County	R	−64.6%	2,195	10,289	12,527
Schoolcraft County	D	+7.3%	2,320	2,003	4,334
Shiawassee County	R	−27.0%	5,727	9,995	15,804
St. Clair County	R	−20.6%	12,259	18,635	30,976
St. Joseph County	R	−32.9%	5,045	10,025	15,115
Tuscola County	R	−51.2%	3,257	10,146	13,448
Van Buren County	R	−34.4%	5,625	11,571	17,297
Washtenaw County	R	−29.2%	11,802	21,664	33,719
Wayne County	D	+23.9%	451,003	275,974	732,569
Wexford County	R	−18.8%	2,947	4,322	7,326