Franklin D. Roosevelt carried Missouri D+4.8.

Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) vs Wendell Willkie (R) in Missouri, 1940. The state ran 5.2 points more Republican than the nation (D+9.9 nationally).

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

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Missouri result

1,833,729 votes counted

Roosevelt (D)

958,476

52.3%

Willkie (R)

871,009

47.5%

All others

4,244

0.2%

Margin

D+4.8

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1940 presidential election

Missouri, 1940

RooseveltD+4.8

How it voted

Share of the 1940 vote

Franklin D. Roosevelt ✓Democratic	52.3%	958,476
Wendell WillkieRepublican	47.5%	871,009
OtherAll other candidates	0.2%	4,244

D+60

R+60

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

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Missouri's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1940 contest in context

Missouri's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	+7.5%
1896	+8.7%
1900	+5.5%
1904	−3.9%
1908	−0.1%
1912	+17.6%
1916	+3.6%
1920	−11.5%
1924	−5.6%
1928	−11.4%
1932	+28.6%
1936	+22.6%
1940	+4.8%
1944	+2.9%
1948	+16.6%
1952	−1.6%
1956	+0.2%
1960	+0.5%
1964	+28.1%
1968	−1.1%
1972	−24.7%
1976	+3.6%
1980	−6.8%
1984	−20.0%
1988	−4.0%
1992	+10.1%
1996	+6.3%
2000	−3.3%
2004	−7.2%
2008	−0.1%
2012	−9.4%
2016	−18.5%
2020	−15.3%
2024	−18.4%

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County results — 1940

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Adair County	R	−8.3%	4,813	5,688	10,566
Andrew County	R	−17.8%	3,059	4,384	7,454
Atchison County	R	−4.7%	3,025	3,322	6,358
Audrain County	D	+38.5%	7,768	3,447	11,224
Barry County	R	−11.6%	5,207	6,573	11,804
Barton County	R	−2.7%	3,539	3,737	7,315
Bates County	R	−7.0%	4,978	5,727	10,738
Benton County	R	−37.7%	1,765	3,912	5,695
Bollinger County	R	−15.2%	2,511	3,415	5,934
Boone County	D	+40.8%	11,615	4,869	16,543
Buchanan County	D	+16.7%	24,482	17,484	41,995
Butler County	R	−12.7%	6,213	8,024	14,275
Caldwell County	R	−18.6%	2,728	3,976	6,713
Callaway County	D	+33.4%	7,162	3,574	10,757
Camden County	R	−26.9%	1,549	2,692	4,246
Cape Girardeau County	R	−3.6%	8,642	9,297	17,978
Carroll County	R	−14.9%	4,446	6,000	10,457
Carter County	D	+11.3%	1,499	1,195	2,697
Cass County	D	+4.7%	5,479	4,983	10,479
Cedar County	R	−34.5%	1,973	4,068	6,073
Chariton County	D	+6.5%	5,053	4,439	9,497
Christian County	R	−44.5%	1,729	4,509	6,253
Clark County	R	−7.5%	2,728	3,171	5,917
Clay County	D	+22.1%	9,672	6,159	15,861
Clinton County	D	+11.2%	3,800	3,030	6,847
Cole County	D	+3.5%	8,219	7,664	15,892
Cooper County	R	−10.8%	4,606	5,720	10,343
Crawford County	R	−13.8%	2,736	3,615	6,365
Dade County	R	−36.0%	1,835	3,910	5,761
Dallas County	R	−42.2%	1,566	3,859	5,435
Daviess County	R	−12.6%	3,325	4,289	7,625
DeKalb County	R	−10.1%	2,505	3,072	5,593
Dent County	D	+7.8%	3,101	2,652	5,766
Douglas County	R	−56.3%	1,350	4,870	6,252
Dunklin County	D	+33.7%	11,132	5,516	16,680
Franklin County	R	−17.4%	7,237	10,283	17,555
Gasconade County	R	−64.1%	1,163	5,333	6,501
Gentry County	D	+3.4%	3,689	3,446	7,154
Greene County	D	+1.5%	22,130	21,456	43,695
Grundy County	R	−8.9%	3,813	4,558	8,404
Harrison County	R	−22.9%	3,325	5,304	8,636
Henry County	R	−2.1%	6,069	6,332	12,423
Hickory County	R	−51.9%	787	2,496	3,291
Holt County	R	−16.5%	2,677	3,739	6,422
Howard County	D	+34.2%	4,770	2,333	7,123
Howell County	R	−18.7%	4,218	6,158	10,397
Iron County	D	+9.5%	2,495	2,062	4,565
Jackson County	D	+14.9%	137,285	101,568	239,219
Jasper County	R	−1.4%	18,249	18,755	37,111
Jefferson County	D	+11.9%	9,553	7,517	17,115
Johnson County	R	−8.6%	5,441	6,468	11,928
Knox County	D	+4.5%	2,594	2,370	4,983
Laclede County	R	−19.5%	3,323	4,941	8,278
Lafayette County	R	−12.0%	6,913	8,802	15,744
Lawrence County	R	−16.1%	5,279	7,317	12,641
Lewis County	D	+17.8%	3,484	2,428	5,942
Lincoln County	D	+18.5%	4,420	3,035	7,480
Linn County	D	+4.9%	6,246	5,664	11,934
Livingston County	R	−6.7%	4,633	5,298	9,956
Macon County	D	+6.4%	6,120	5,384	11,519
Madison County	R	−1.8%	2,405	2,495	4,905
Maries County	D	+8.6%	2,078	1,749	3,836
Marion County	D	+24.5%	9,723	5,892	15,660
McDonald County	R	−10.2%	3,312	4,063	7,394
Mercer County	R	−34.2%	1,364	2,787	4,161
Miller County	R	−12.1%	3,113	3,971	7,107
Mississippi County	D	+17.3%	4,362	3,073	7,462
Moniteau County	R	−10.8%	2,922	3,627	6,556
Monroe County	D	+66.6%	6,018	1,200	7,231
Montgomery County	R	−10.1%	3,205	3,930	7,151
Morgan County	R	−14.2%	2,376	3,166	5,556
New Madrid County	D	+20.5%	9,591	6,318	15,933
Newton County	R	−12.6%	6,256	8,064	14,364
Nodaway County	R	−0.5%	6,696	6,759	13,461
Oregon County	D	+32.5%	3,593	1,826	5,434
Osage County	R	−23.2%	2,332	3,743	6,086
Ozark County	R	−55.8%	965	3,421	4,405
Pemiscot County	D	+21.9%	9,391	6,011	15,453
Perry County	R	−32.8%	2,354	4,656	7,019
Pettis County	R	−1.9%	8,570	8,905	17,492
Phelps County	D	+18.0%	4,780	3,319	8,114
Pike County	D	+21.4%	5,742	3,707	9,489
Platte County	D	+29.1%	4,635	2,545	7,193
Polk County	R	−24.1%	3,380	5,534	8,928
Pulaski County	D	+7.5%	2,752	2,367	5,127
Putnam County	R	−38.1%	1,708	3,828	5,561
Ralls County	D	+43.2%	3,562	1,412	4,980
Randolph County	D	+46.7%	9,155	3,319	12,497
Ray County	D	+25.9%	5,786	3,399	9,201
Reynolds County	D	+33.9%	2,406	1,187	3,600
Ripley County	D	+2.7%	2,419	2,291	4,725
Saline County	D	+4.2%	7,988	7,336	15,352
Schuyler County	D	+7.1%	1,998	1,732	3,748
Scotland County	D	+2.2%	2,435	2,329	4,787
Scott County	D	+28.3%	7,899	4,401	12,342
Shannon County	D	+27.5%	2,806	1,589	4,423
Shelby County	D	+29.9%	4,028	2,167	6,221
St. Charles County	R	−18.7%	5,334	7,792	13,176
St. Clair County	R	−16.0%	2,859	3,950	6,834
St. Francois County	R	−3.3%	8,132	8,687	16,851
St. Louis city	D	+16.2%	233,338	168,165	402,451
St. Louis County	R	−12.1%	52,380	66,909	119,747
Ste. Genevieve County	R	−13.4%	2,098	2,750	4,856
Stoddard County	D	+5.2%	6,725	6,055	12,818
Stone County	R	−55.0%	1,041	3,598	4,647
Sullivan County	R	−4.3%	3,743	4,080	7,836
Taney County	R	−35.7%	1,497	3,167	4,684
Texas County	R	−2.5%	4,497	4,730	9,239
Vernon County	D	+7.1%	6,271	5,443	11,735
Warren County	R	−57.3%	914	3,403	4,344
Washington County	R	−14.0%	2,881	3,817	6,706
Wayne County	D	+4.5%	2,991	2,735	5,739
Webster County	R	−15.6%	3,518	4,818	8,352
Worth County	R	−3.0%	1,702	1,807	3,513
Wright County	R	−30.2%	2,727	5,096	7,843