Franklin D. Roosevelt carried North Carolina D+48.1.

Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) vs Wendell Willkie (R) in North Carolina, 1940. The state ran 38.1 points more Democratic than the nation (D+9.9 nationally).

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

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North Carolina result

822,648 votes counted

Roosevelt (D)

609,015

74.0%

Willkie (R)

213,633

26.0%

All others

0

0.0%

Margin

D+48.1

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1940 presidential election

North Carolina, 1940

RooseveltD+48.1

How it voted

Share of the 1940 vote

Franklin D. Roosevelt ✓Democratic	74.0%	609,015
Wendell WillkieRepublican	26.0%	213,633
OtherAll other candidates	0.0%	0

D+60

R+60

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

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North Carolina's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1940 contest in context

North Carolina's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	+11.6%
1896	+5.8%
1900	+8.5%
1904	+20.1%
1908	+8.7%
1912	+47.3%
1916	+16.4%
1920	+13.5%
1924	+19.4%
1928	−9.9%
1932	+40.6%
1936	+46.8%
1940	+48.1%
1944	+33.4%
1948	+25.3%
1952	+7.8%
1956	+1.3%
1960	+4.2%
1964	+12.3%
1968	−10.3%
1972	−40.6%
1976	+11.0%
1980	−2.1%
1984	−24.0%
1988	−16.3%
1992	−0.8%
1996	−4.7%
2000	−12.8%
2004	−12.4%
2008	+0.3%
2012	−2.0%
2016	−3.7%
2020	−1.3%
2024	−3.2%

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County results — 1940

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Alamance County	D	+54.3%	11,429	3,382	14,811
Alexander County	D	+10.5%	2,739	2,217	4,956
Alleghany County	D	+23.2%	1,952	1,217	3,169
Anson County	D	+84.9%	4,552	371	4,923
Ashe County	D	+6.1%	4,716	4,175	8,891
Avery County	R	−42.3%	1,194	2,944	4,138
Beaufort County	D	+71.0%	5,528	936	6,464
Bertie County	D	+94.2%	3,287	98	3,385
Bladen County	D	+68.7%	2,925	543	3,468
Brunswick County	D	+28.2%	2,717	1,522	4,239
Buncombe County	D	+48.1%	24,878	8,723	33,601
Burke County	D	+19.4%	7,242	4,889	12,131
Cabarrus County	D	+64.1%	11,776	2,579	14,355
Caldwell County	D	+35.6%	6,334	3,005	9,339
Camden County	D	+75.5%	961	134	1,095
Carteret County	D	+37.1%	3,896	1,789	5,685
Caswell County	D	+73.9%	2,335	351	2,686
Catawba County	D	+33.0%	11,233	5,656	16,889
Chatham County	D	+37.5%	4,025	1,829	5,854
Cherokee County	D	+8.6%	3,180	2,674	5,854
Chowan County	D	+89.4%	1,547	87	1,634
Clay County	D	+6.9%	1,349	1,176	2,525
Cleveland County	D	+65.2%	9,346	1,970	11,316
Columbus County	D	+72.7%	5,900	934	6,834
Craven County	D	+77.4%	4,916	626	5,542
Cumberland County	D	+68.8%	6,050	1,118	7,168
Currituck County	D	+87.5%	1,532	102	1,634
Dare County	D	+58.8%	1,214	315	1,529
Davidson County	D	+22.7%	11,084	6,978	18,062
Davie County	D	+6.7%	2,896	2,532	5,428
Duplin County	D	+62.1%	5,394	1,260	6,654
Durham County	D	+71.2%	14,810	2,491	17,301
Edgecombe County	D	+91.9%	7,516	316	7,832
Forsyth County	D	+48.7%	20,664	7,125	27,789
Franklin County	D	+90.8%	4,724	227	4,951
Gaston County	D	+60.2%	17,262	4,294	21,556
Gates County	D	+85.6%	1,388	108	1,496
Graham County	D	+12.6%	1,404	1,089	2,493
Granville County	D	+89.7%	3,924	213	4,137
Greene County	D	+93.3%	2,990	104	3,094
Guilford County	D	+46.2%	26,565	9,770	36,335
Halifax County	D	+91.3%	7,982	361	8,343
Harnett County	D	+48.7%	6,602	2,280	8,882
Haywood County	D	+57.1%	8,631	2,357	10,988
Henderson County	D	+26.1%	6,336	3,712	10,048
Hertford County	D	+92.8%	2,464	92	2,556
Hoke County	D	+88.4%	1,904	117	2,021
Hyde County	D	+59.1%	1,202	309	1,511
Iredell County	D	+46.0%	10,328	3,820	14,148
Jackson County	D	+30.9%	4,563	2,410	6,973
Johnston County	D	+40.8%	9,976	4,192	14,168
Jones County	D	+70.9%	1,371	233	1,604
Lee County	D	+75.0%	3,682	527	4,209
Lenoir County	D	+86.8%	6,247	440	6,687
Lincoln County	D	+22.5%	4,901	3,099	8,000
Macon County	D	+12.0%	2,941	2,312	5,253
Madison County	R	−18.6%	3,171	4,617	7,788
Martin County	D	+95.5%	4,628	106	4,734
McDowell County	D	+41.0%	5,290	2,216	7,506
Mecklenburg County	D	+60.8%	28,768	7,013	35,781
Mitchell County	R	−38.8%	1,450	3,290	4,740
Montgomery County	D	+25.4%	3,007	1,789	4,796
Moore County	D	+25.2%	4,330	2,587	6,917
Nash County	D	+86.5%	8,456	613	9,069
New Hanover County	D	+68.1%	8,600	1,635	10,235
Northampton County	D	+94.7%	3,826	105	3,931
Onslow County	D	+79.6%	2,383	271	2,654
Orange County	D	+53.9%	3,673	1,100	4,773
Pamlico County	D	+33.0%	1,448	730	2,178
Pasquotank County	D	+73.5%	3,314	506	3,820
Pender County	D	+76.1%	2,249	305	2,554
Perquimans County	D	+67.5%	1,176	228	1,404
Person County	D	+76.5%	3,239	432	3,671
Pitt County	D	+92.9%	10,067	369	10,436
Polk County	D	+23.3%	2,454	1,528	3,982
Randolph County	D	+9.0%	8,455	7,056	15,511
Richmond County	D	+78.7%	6,530	779	7,309
Robeson County	D	+81.7%	9,251	931	10,182
Rockingham County	D	+65.0%	11,315	2,398	13,713
Rowan County	D	+52.5%	13,023	4,059	17,082
Rutherford County	D	+35.7%	8,869	4,204	13,073
Sampson County	R	−6.1%	5,107	5,769	10,876
Scotland County	D	+84.5%	2,981	250	3,231
Stanly County	D	+16.1%	6,321	4,569	10,890
Stokes County	D	+22.4%	4,274	2,712	6,986
Surry County	D	+36.0%	8,871	4,178	13,049
Swain County	D	+25.9%	2,422	1,425	3,847
Transylvania County	D	+24.3%	3,312	2,019	5,331
Tyrrell County	D	+46.6%	1,140	415	1,555
Union County	D	+83.8%	7,179	634	7,813
Vance County	D	+83.6%	4,252	380	4,632
Wake County	D	+74.3%	18,083	2,665	20,748
Warren County	D	+83.1%	2,676	247	2,923
Washington County	D	+65.3%	1,724	362	2,086
Watauga County	R	−1.7%	3,615	3,739	7,354
Wayne County	D	+62.8%	7,222	1,649	8,871
Wilkes County	R	−7.3%	7,299	8,446	15,745
Wilson County	D	+86.3%	7,912	584	8,496
Yadkin County	R	−5.4%	3,660	4,077	7,737
Yancey County	D	+16.2%	3,489	2,516	6,005