Franklin D. Roosevelt carried South Carolina D+91.3. Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) vs Wendell Willkie (R) in South Carolina, 1940. The state ran 81.3 points more Democratic than the nation (D+9.9 nationally).
Elections › 1940 › President › South Carolina Nominees: Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) · Wendell Willkie (R)
akashic South Carolina result
99,832 votes counted
akashic 1940 presidential election
South Carolina, 1940
Roosevelt D+91.3
1940 presidential margin by county for South Carolina — 1940 presidential election A map of the constituent counties of South Carolina — 1940 presidential election, each outlined and filled by its 1940 presidential margin from deep red (Republican) through neutral to deep blue (Democratic), seated within the faint outlines of the surrounding states. Georgia North Carolina Abbeville County, SC · D+93.8 Aiken County, SC · D+93.8 Allendale County, SC · D+93.6 Anderson County, SC · D+95.5 Bamberg County, SC · D+97.2 Barnwell County, SC · D+98.6 Beaufort County, SC · D+73.0 Berkeley County, SC · D+68.7 Calhoun County, SC · D+99.1 Charleston County, SC · D+71.2 Cherokee County, SC · D+96.6 Chester County, SC · D+96.3 Chesterfield County, SC · D+98.6 Clarendon County, SC · D+91.1 Colleton County, SC · D+89.7 Darlington County, SC · D+91.8 Dillon County, SC · D+94.4 Dorchester County, SC · D+80.1 Edgefield County, SC · D+98.3 Fairfield County, SC · D+95.4 Florence County, SC · D+92.9 Georgetown County, SC · D+81.3 Greenville County, SC · D+88.1 Greenwood County, SC · D+97.4 Hampton County, SC · D+96.1 Horry County, SC · D+85.6 Jasper County, SC · D+82.1 Kershaw County, SC · D+96.6 Lancaster County, SC · D+99.1 Laurens County, SC · D+97.1 Lee County, SC · D+95.3 Lexington County, SC · D+97.8 Marion County, SC · D+95.1 Marlboro County, SC · D+95.2 McCormick County, SC · D+94.9 Newberry County, SC · D+96.1 Oconee County, SC · D+83.5 Orangeburg County, SC · D+95.4 Pickens County, SC · D+93.1 Richland County, SC · D+93.2 Saluda County, SC · D+97.3 Spartanburg County, SC · D+94.7 Union County, SC · D+98.4 Williamsburg County, SC · D+93.9 York County, SC · D+91.0 How it voted
Share of the 1940 vote
Franklin D. Roosevelt ✓ Democratic 95.6% 95,470 Wendell Willkie Republican 4.4% 4,360 Other All other candidates 0.0% 2
45 counties, each filled by 1940 D-vs-R margin. Hover any county for its result.
akashic South Carolina's presidential margins
1892–2024, the 1940 contest in context
South Carolina's presidential margins Democratic-minus-Republican presidential margin from 1892 to 2024. Most recent: −17.9% in 2024. flipped R · 1980 −17.9% D R 1892 2024 South Carolina's presidential margins Year Margin (D minus R) 1892 +58.6% 1896 +71.8% 1900 +86.0% 1904 +90.8% 1908 +87.8% 1912 +95.9% 1916 +94.3% 1920 +92.1% 1924 +94.3% 1928 +82.9% 1932 +98.0% 1936 +98.6% 1940 +91.3% 1944 +83.2% 1948 +20.4% 1952 +1.4% 1956 +20.2% 1960 +2.5% 1964 −17.8% 1968 −8.5% 1972 −42.7% 1976 +13.1% 1980 −1.5% 1984 −28.0% 1988 −23.9% 1992 −8.1% 1996 −6.0% 2000 −15.9% 2004 −17.1% 2008 −9.0% 2012 −10.5% 2016 −14.3% 2020 −11.7% 2024 −17.9%
akashic County results — 1940
45 counties; every row links to the county's full page.
akashic County Won Margin Democratic Republican Total Abbeville County D 1,007 32 1,039 Aiken County D 2,772 89 2,861 Allendale County D 905 30 935 Anderson County D 3,763 86 3,849 Bamberg County D 904 13 917 Barnwell County D 1,845 13 1,858 Beaufort County D 582 91 673 Berkeley County D 490 91 581 Calhoun County D 657 3 660 Charleston County D 8,145 1,372 9,517 Cherokee County D 2,069 36 2,105 Chester County D 1,930 35 1,967 Chesterfield County D 2,880 20 2,900 Clarendon County D 1,154 54 1,208 Colleton County D 1,197 65 1,262 Darlington County D 1,395 60 1,455 Dillon County D 868 25 893 Dorchester County D 993 110 1,103 Edgefield County D 1,065 9 1,074 Fairfield County D 848 20 868 Florence County D 2,597 95 2,692 Georgetown County D 1,503 155 1,658 Greenville County D 8,118 514 8,632 Greenwood County D 2,914 39 2,953 Hampton County D 1,198 24 1,222 Horry County D 2,111 164 2,275 Jasper County D 418 41 459 Kershaw County D 1,174 20 1,194 Lancaster County D 3,205 14 3,219 Laurens County D 2,697 40 2,737 Lee County D 825 20 845 Lexington County D 1,496 17 1,513 Marion County D 716 18 734 Marlboro County D 526 13 539 McCormick County D 419 11 430 Newberry County D 1,739 35 1,774 Oconee County D 1,593 143 1,736 Orangeburg County D 2,356 56 2,412 Pickens County D 2,122 76 2,198 Richland County D 4,781 167 4,948 Saluda County D 1,115 15 1,130 Spartanburg County D 9,119 248 9,367 Union County D 3,662 29 3,691 Williamsburg County D 1,089 34 1,123 York County D 2,508 118 2,626
South Carolina’s full place page · 1940 national results 