Franklin D. Roosevelt carried Ohio D+4.4.

Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) vs Wendell Willkie (R) in Ohio, 1940. The state ran 5.5 points more Republican than the nation (D+9.9 nationally).

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

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Ohio result

3,319,912 votes counted

Roosevelt (D)

1,733,139

52.2%

Willkie (R)

1,586,773

47.8%

All others

0

0.0%

Margin

D+4.4

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1940 presidential election

Ohio, 1940

RooseveltD+4.4

How it voted

Share of the 1940 vote

Franklin D. Roosevelt ✓Democratic	52.2%	1,733,139
Wendell WillkieRepublican	47.8%	1,586,773
OtherAll other candidates	0.0%	0

D+60

R+60

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

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Ohio's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1940 contest in context

Ohio's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	−0.1%
1896	−4.8%
1900	−6.6%
1904	−25.4%
1908	−6.2%
1912	+14.1%
1916	+7.7%
1920	−19.9%
1924	−34.6%
1928	−30.4%
1932	+2.8%
1936	+20.6%
1940	+4.4%
1944	−0.4%
1948	+0.2%
1952	−13.5%
1956	−22.2%
1960	−6.6%
1964	+25.9%
1968	−2.3%
1972	−21.6%
1976	+0.3%
1980	−10.6%
1984	−18.8%
1988	−10.9%
1992	+1.8%
1996	+6.4%
2000	−3.5%
2004	−2.1%
2008	+4.6%
2012	+3.0%
2016	−8.0%
2020	−8.0%
2024	−11.1%

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County results — 1940

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Adams County	R	−10.5%	5,007	6,180	11,187
Allen County	R	−17.7%	14,469	20,675	35,144
Ashland County	R	−4.8%	7,835	8,624	16,459
Ashtabula County	R	−12.3%	14,454	18,491	32,945
Athens County	D	+1.0%	11,449	11,213	22,662
Auglaize County	R	−22.2%	5,704	8,953	14,657
Belmont County	D	+23.6%	28,618	17,705	46,323
Brown County	D	+1.5%	5,644	5,477	11,121
Butler County	D	+13.7%	30,821	23,380	54,201
Carroll County	R	−18.0%	3,589	5,160	8,749
Champaign County	R	−13.9%	5,929	7,841	13,770
Clark County	D	+11.2%	25,888	20,681	46,569
Clermont County	R	−2.3%	8,942	9,367	18,309
Clinton County	R	−17.2%	4,964	7,027	11,991
Columbiana County	D	+2.6%	22,349	21,221	43,570
Coshocton County	R	−4.4%	7,889	8,623	16,512
Crawford County	R	−7.1%	8,966	10,336	19,302
Cuyahoga County	D	+24.8%	347,118	209,070	556,188
Darke County	R	−7.2%	9,651	11,147	20,798
Defiance County	R	−30.0%	4,313	8,010	12,323
Delaware County	R	−25.6%	5,666	9,570	15,236
Erie County	R	−9.8%	9,254	11,267	20,521
Fairfield County	D	+2.2%	11,298	10,813	22,111
Fayette County	R	−6.5%	5,249	5,984	11,233
Franklin County	D	+2.2%	96,601	92,533	189,134
Fulton County	R	−54.8%	2,530	8,653	11,183
Gallia County	R	−29.8%	3,943	7,285	11,228
Geauga County	R	−23.6%	3,318	5,371	8,689
Greene County	R	−2.2%	8,881	9,273	18,154
Guernsey County	R	−7.5%	8,710	10,125	18,835
Hamilton County	R	−1.9%	148,907	154,733	303,640
Hancock County	R	−29.3%	7,755	14,174	21,929
Hardin County	R	−16.8%	6,547	9,192	15,739
Harrison County	R	−11.4%	4,559	5,729	10,288
Henry County	R	−37.9%	3,508	7,784	11,292
Highland County	R	−10.4%	6,921	8,530	15,451
Hocking County	D	+3.2%	5,688	5,336	11,024
Holmes County	D	+2.3%	3,349	3,201	6,550
Huron County	R	−27.1%	6,741	11,758	18,499
Jackson County	R	−8.4%	6,382	7,551	13,933
Jefferson County	D	+28.1%	29,514	16,578	46,092
Knox County	R	−18.5%	7,081	10,303	17,384
Lake County	R	−4.1%	12,408	13,464	25,872
Lawrence County	D	+1.8%	10,661	10,274	20,935
Licking County	D	+0.3%	16,379	16,288	32,667
Logan County	R	−21.7%	6,351	9,861	16,212
Lorain County	D	+4.9%	25,831	23,422	49,253
Lucas County	D	+1.0%	77,948	76,405	154,353
Madison County	R	−14.7%	4,390	5,904	10,294
Mahoning County	D	+34.2%	76,441	37,496	113,937
Marion County	R	−6.1%	10,462	11,817	22,279
Medina County	R	−20.2%	6,722	10,116	16,838
Meigs County	R	−18.5%	4,983	7,239	12,222
Mercer County	R	−21.4%	5,114	7,905	13,019
Miami County	R	−11.0%	11,799	14,725	26,524
Monroe County	R	−4.6%	4,138	4,534	8,672
Montgomery County	D	+19.6%	86,084	57,866	143,950
Morgan County	R	−30.6%	2,637	4,966	7,603
Morrow County	R	−25.9%	3,215	5,457	8,672
Muskingum County	R	−10.4%	15,753	19,395	35,148
Noble County	R	−23.7%	3,037	4,922	7,959
Ottawa County	R	−10.6%	5,556	6,872	12,428
Paulding County	R	−22.1%	3,155	4,949	8,104
Perry County	R	−10.9%	6,953	8,656	15,609
Pickaway County	D	+7.2%	6,895	5,974	12,869
Pike County	D	+22.1%	4,962	3,165	8,127
Portage County	D	+3.7%	12,687	11,777	24,464
Preble County	R	−6.3%	5,735	6,511	12,246
Putnam County	R	−42.0%	3,655	8,946	12,601
Richland County	D	+4.2%	18,645	17,157	35,802
Ross County	D	+2.8%	12,447	11,780	24,227
Sandusky County	R	−32.8%	7,116	14,054	21,170
Scioto County	D	+6.0%	21,926	19,462	41,388
Seneca County	R	−37.1%	7,464	16,272	23,736
Shelby County	R	−7.7%	6,105	7,130	13,235
Stark County	D	+12.4%	59,496	46,384	105,880
Summit County	D	+17.1%	89,555	63,405	152,960
Trumbull County	D	+16.1%	34,615	25,026	59,641
Tuscarawas County	D	+12.9%	19,004	14,675	33,679
Union County	R	−29.3%	3,947	7,214	11,161
Van Wert County	R	−16.1%	6,254	8,656	14,910
Vinton County	R	−14.1%	2,404	3,190	5,594
Warren County	R	−11.7%	6,895	8,722	15,617
Washington County	R	−22.5%	8,584	13,558	22,142
Wayne County	R	−11.4%	10,748	13,525	24,273
Williams County	R	−39.9%	4,065	9,463	13,528
Wood County	R	−27.3%	9,711	16,998	26,709
Wyandot County	R	−19.7%	4,206	6,272	10,478