Franklin D. Roosevelt carried Oklahoma D+15.2.

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

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

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Oklahoma result

826,212 votes counted

Roosevelt (D)

474,313

57.4%

Willkie (R)

348,872

42.2%

All others

3,027

0.4%

Margin

D+15.2

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1940 presidential election

Oklahoma, 1940

RooseveltD+15.2

How it voted

Share of the 1940 vote

Franklin D. Roosevelt ✓Democratic	57.4%	474,313
Wendell WillkieRepublican	42.2%	348,872
OtherAll other candidates	0.4%	3,027

D+60

R+60

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

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Oklahoma's presidential margins

1908–2024, the 1940 contest in context

Oklahoma's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1908	+4.7%
1912	+11.2%
1916	+17.4%
1920	−5.7%
1924	+5.7%
1928	−28.3%
1932	+46.6%
1936	+34.1%
1940	+15.2%
1944	+11.4%
1948	+25.5%
1952	−9.2%
1956	−10.3%
1960	−18.0%
1964	+11.5%
1968	−15.7%
1972	−49.7%
1976	−1.2%
1980	−25.5%
1984	−37.9%
1988	−16.6%
1992	−8.6%
1996	−7.8%
2000	−21.9%
2004	−31.1%
2008	−31.3%
2012	−33.5%
2016	−36.4%
2020	−33.1%
2024	−34.3%

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County results — 1940

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Adair County	R	−1.1%	3,203	3,275	6,484
Alfalfa County	R	−14.8%	2,720	3,675	6,455
Atoka County	D	+23.7%	3,601	2,218	5,832
Beaver County	R	−4.3%	2,034	2,219	4,282
Beckham County	D	+36.1%	4,598	2,148	6,783
Blaine County	R	−13.7%	3,095	4,080	7,216
Bryan County	D	+61.1%	9,095	2,190	11,310
Caddo County	D	+13.5%	8,280	6,304	14,645
Canadian County	D	+7.9%	5,506	4,699	10,237
Carter County	D	+52.2%	10,441	3,270	13,746
Cherokee County	R	−2.2%	3,952	4,128	8,098
Choctaw County	D	+37.2%	5,177	2,365	7,561
Cimarron County	D	+8.0%	989	841	1,853
Cleveland County	D	+23.6%	5,933	3,660	9,650
Coal County	D	+34.8%	2,377	1,148	3,535
Comanche County	D	+29.4%	6,796	3,703	10,535
Cotton County	D	+31.6%	3,121	1,616	4,760
Craig County	D	+9.3%	4,316	3,582	7,917
Creek County	D	+7.4%	10,976	9,468	20,495
Custer County	D	+14.8%	4,612	3,419	8,071
Delaware County	D	+1.7%	3,417	3,305	6,739
Dewey County	R	−4.4%	2,391	2,613	5,038
Ellis County	R	−13.2%	1,657	2,162	3,836
Garfield County	R	−6.1%	9,544	10,792	20,502
Garvin County	D	+40.4%	7,001	2,958	9,999
Grady County	D	+30.4%	8,075	4,299	12,417
Grant County	R	−6.6%	2,970	3,394	6,402
Greer County	D	+49.1%	3,524	1,195	4,740
Harmon County	D	+51.3%	2,292	731	3,041
Harper County	R	−6.4%	1,419	1,616	3,073
Haskell County	D	+18.8%	3,896	2,661	6,566
Hughes County	D	+30.9%	6,005	3,168	9,194
Jackson County	D	+51.4%	4,832	1,540	6,408
Jefferson County	D	+51.1%	3,814	1,226	5,060
Johnston County	D	+36.8%	2,955	1,362	4,329
Kay County	D	+3.5%	10,725	10,003	20,884
Kingfisher County	R	−12.9%	2,865	3,718	6,608
Kiowa County	D	+29.5%	4,679	2,539	7,252
Latimer County	D	+32.3%	3,138	1,600	4,766
Le Flore County	D	+28.4%	8,379	4,664	13,087
Lincoln County	R	−8.6%	5,271	6,269	11,574
Logan County	R	−6.6%	4,752	5,427	10,225
Love County	D	+56.5%	2,485	687	3,183
Major County	R	−41.9%	1,404	3,453	4,891
Marshall County	D	+44.9%	2,723	1,032	3,770
Mayes County	D	+5.5%	4,057	3,631	7,709
McClain County	D	+33.8%	3,768	1,862	5,641
McCurtain County	D	+51.6%	6,994	2,225	9,248
McIntosh County	D	+3.9%	3,771	3,487	7,275
Murray County	D	+43.1%	3,126	1,238	4,381
Muskogee County	D	+14.8%	12,917	9,585	22,551
Noble County	R	−3.2%	3,226	3,441	6,674
Nowata County	D	+3.0%	3,615	3,406	7,060
Okfuskee County	D	+20.7%	4,574	3,001	7,599
Oklahoma County	D	+20.1%	53,649	35,639	89,617
Okmulgee County	D	+24.3%	11,016	6,696	17,796
Osage County	D	+16.8%	9,019	6,419	15,481
Ottawa County	D	+15.6%	7,873	5,738	13,646
Pawnee County	R	−7.4%	3,435	3,991	7,464
Payne County	D	+6.4%	7,704	6,772	14,539
Pittsburg County	D	+38.7%	10,169	4,484	14,676
Pontotoc County	D	+45.8%	9,310	3,449	12,794
Pottawatomie County	D	+27.9%	12,058	6,776	18,912
Pushmataha County	D	+39.6%	3,952	1,709	5,670
Roger Mills County	D	+26.2%	2,580	1,504	4,106
Rogers County	R	−0.7%	4,028	4,086	8,139
Seminole County	D	+23.7%	11,167	6,880	18,083
Sequoyah County	D	+8.0%	4,469	3,803	8,281
Stephens County	D	+34.5%	6,149	2,989	9,172
Texas County	D	+19.1%	2,831	1,918	4,777
Tillman County	D	+51.6%	4,920	1,564	6,508
Tulsa County	R	−9.8%	33,098	40,342	73,575
Wagoner County	R	−22.3%	2,946	4,647	7,618
Washington County	R	−7.7%	6,289	7,347	13,676
Washita County	D	+17.6%	4,256	2,978	7,245
Woods County	D	+0.9%	3,506	3,440	7,007
Woodward County	R	−9.6%	2,806	3,403	6,243