Franklin D. Roosevelt carried Texas D+62.0.

Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) vs Wendell Willkie (R) in Texas, 1940. The state ran 52.1 points more Democratic than the nation (D+9.9 nationally).

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

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Texas result

1,124,437 votes counted

Roosevelt (D)

909,974

80.9%

Willkie (R)

212,692

18.9%

All others

1,771

0.2%

Margin

D+62.0

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1940 presidential election

Texas, 1940

RooseveltD+62.0

How it voted

Share of the 1940 vote

Franklin D. Roosevelt ✓Democratic	80.9%	909,974
Wendell WillkieRepublican	18.9%	212,692
OtherAll other candidates	0.2%	1,771

D+60

R+60

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

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Texas's presidential margins

1912–2024, the 1940 contest in context

Texas's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1912	+63.2%
1916	+59.6%
1920	+36.6%
1924	+52.6%
1928	−3.9%
1932	+77.0%
1936	+74.8%
1940	+62.0%
1944	+54.8%
1948	+41.7%
1952	−6.4%
1956	−11.3%
1960	+2.0%
1964	+26.8%
1968	+1.3%
1972	−33.0%
1976	+3.2%
1980	−13.9%
1984	−27.5%
1988	−12.6%
1992	−3.5%
1996	−4.9%
2000	−21.3%
2004	−22.9%
2008	−11.8%
2012	−15.8%
2016	−9.0%
2020	−5.6%
2024	−13.7%

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County results — 1940

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Anderson County	D	+76.9%	5,281	688	5,976
Andrews County	D	+88.8%	440	26	466
Angelina County	D	+82.5%	5,993	572	6,572
Aransas County	D	+58.3%	536	141	677
Archer County	D	+74.6%	1,904	276	2,181
Armstrong County	D	+83.1%	891	82	974
Atascosa County	D	+64.2%	1,922	418	2,344
Austin County	D	+0.1%	1,404	1,400	2,807
Bailey County	D	+52.7%	1,066	330	1,397
Bandera County	D	+34.1%	881	432	1,317
Bastrop County	D	+66.4%	2,492	502	2,996
Baylor County	D	+84.6%	1,667	139	1,807
Bee County	D	+30.0%	1,759	948	2,707
Bell County	D	+75.2%	7,418	1,050	8,468
Bexar County	D	+35.2%	38,214	18,270	56,696
Blanco County	D	+33.3%	1,042	520	1,567
Borden County	D	+79.0%	375	44	419
Bosque County	D	+67.6%	3,083	595	3,680
Bowie County	D	+72.4%	6,937	1,107	8,049
Brazoria County	D	+65.0%	3,781	799	4,585
Brazos County	D	+74.0%	4,151	617	4,777
Brewster County	D	+60.6%	1,001	245	1,248
Briscoe County	D	+70.9%	910	154	1,066
Brooks County	D	+53.6%	670	201	875
Brown County	D	+74.3%	4,523	663	5,195
Burleson County	D	+72.4%	1,999	319	2,321
Burnet County	D	+80.6%	2,177	233	2,412
Caldwell County	D	+68.3%	3,499	659	4,159
Calhoun County	D	+72.0%	935	152	1,088
Callahan County	D	+76.3%	2,310	309	2,623
Cameron County	D	+28.3%	6,035	3,370	9,433
Camp County	D	+74.0%	1,343	200	1,545
Carson County	D	+63.7%	1,636	362	2,000
Cass County	D	+74.6%	3,126	454	3,580
Castro County	D	+63.3%	1,000	224	1,226
Chambers County	D	+70.7%	1,279	219	1,500
Cherokee County	D	+73.6%	5,293	801	6,104
Childress County	D	+78.1%	2,729	335	3,067
Clay County	D	+69.2%	2,357	427	2,790
Cochran County	D	+72.2%	765	122	891
Coke County	D	+81.9%	967	94	1,066
Coleman County	D	+75.3%	3,257	454	3,723
Collin County	D	+75.4%	7,373	1,028	8,412
Collingsworth County	D	+73.6%	2,034	307	2,346
Colorado County	D	+17.9%	1,674	1,166	2,844
Comal County	R	−37.0%	851	1,852	2,706
Comanche County	D	+68.2%	3,226	610	3,837
Concho County	D	+74.7%	1,310	189	1,500
Cooke County	D	+53.4%	4,483	1,358	5,853
Coryell County	D	+70.3%	3,155	549	3,705
Cottle County	D	+72.8%	1,506	237	1,743
Crane County	D	+84.5%	815	68	884
Crockett County	D	+52.2%	420	132	552
Crosby County	D	+72.1%	1,720	276	2,002
Culberson County	D	+73.9%	303	45	349
Dallam County	D	+56.3%	1,539	427	1,974
Dallas County	D	+49.7%	49,431	16,574	66,136
Dawson County	D	+77.1%	2,808	361	3,174
Deaf Smith County	D	+48.3%	1,219	423	1,647
Delta County	D	+84.2%	2,214	190	2,404
Denton County	D	+75.2%	6,386	899	7,292
DeWitt County	D	+8.5%	2,056	1,735	3,791
Dickens County	D	+74.9%	1,728	246	1,979
Dimmit County	D	+36.7%	736	340	1,079
Donley County	D	+76.3%	1,619	213	1,843
Duval County	D	+91.0%	3,232	151	3,384
Eastland County	D	+69.0%	5,818	1,063	6,887
Ector County	D	+72.0%	2,783	451	3,239
Edwards County	D	+52.7%	565	175	740
El Paso County	D	+53.3%	12,374	3,764	16,165
Ellis County	D	+83.8%	7,881	692	8,578
Erath County	D	+68.2%	3,459	646	4,123
Falls County	D	+60.9%	3,949	958	4,908
Fannin County	D	+80.8%	7,478	792	8,276
Fayette County	D	+3.3%	2,606	2,441	5,052
Fisher County	D	+83.5%	2,260	199	2,467
Floyd County	D	+58.9%	1,880	484	2,371
Foard County	D	+75.1%	997	142	1,139
Fort Bend County	D	+61.1%	3,101	748	3,849
Franklin County	D	+79.6%	1,621	183	1,806
Freestone County	D	+75.8%	3,514	481	4,000
Frio County	D	+62.0%	1,012	236	1,252
Gaines County	D	+76.8%	1,509	197	1,709
Galveston County	D	+64.0%	11,161	2,443	13,632
Garza County	D	+68.5%	1,073	198	1,278
Gillespie County	R	−73.6%	487	3,213	3,704
Glasscock County	D	+73.0%	268	41	311
Goliad County	D	+19.8%	868	580	1,453
Gonzales County	D	+61.3%	3,008	722	3,732
Gray County	D	+55.9%	4,315	1,217	5,540
Grayson County	D	+80.6%	12,530	1,340	13,884
Gregg County	D	+71.0%	9,391	1,584	10,990
Grimes County	D	+81.3%	2,899	298	3,199
Guadalupe County	R	−6.2%	2,182	2,473	4,661
Hale County	D	+57.8%	3,405	906	4,323
Hall County	D	+81.9%	2,221	219	2,445
Hamilton County	D	+55.0%	2,263	655	2,922
Hansford County	D	+65.3%	725	150	880
Hardeman County	D	+74.3%	2,453	362	2,815
Hardin County	D	+85.9%	2,997	226	3,225
Harris County	D	+55.8%	73,520	20,797	94,453
Harrison County	D	+73.8%	4,515	681	5,196
Hartley County	D	+66.4%	545	110	655
Haskell County	D	+75.7%	2,941	405	3,350
Hays County	D	+67.8%	2,371	453	2,828
Hemphill County	D	+67.2%	868	170	1,038
Henderson County	D	+67.3%	4,111	803	4,914
Hidalgo County	D	+21.8%	7,471	4,787	12,285
Hill County	D	+81.1%	6,002	627	6,629
Hockley County	D	+80.1%	2,382	261	2,649
Hood County	D	+77.6%	1,318	166	1,485
Hopkins County	D	+79.9%	4,955	551	5,511
Houston County	D	+76.6%	3,579	474	4,056
Howard County	D	+84.2%	4,329	367	4,703
Hudspeth County	D	+77.3%	426	54	481
Hunt County	D	+80.5%	8,156	877	9,044
Hutchinson County	D	+46.5%	3,019	1,101	4,129
Irion County	D	+76.3%	560	74	637
Jack County	D	+74.0%	2,046	305	2,352
Jackson County	D	+67.1%	1,506	296	1,804
Jasper County	D	+82.1%	2,236	220	2,456
Jeff Davis County	D	+76.4%	374	50	424
Jefferson County	D	+60.3%	19,694	4,860	24,591
Jim Hogg County	D	+78.0%	810	100	910
Jim Wells County	D	+39.4%	2,105	914	3,026
Johnson County	D	+79.0%	5,532	649	6,183
Jones County	D	+80.3%	3,688	401	4,094
Karnes County	D	+52.2%	2,010	631	2,642
Kaufman County	D	+82.0%	5,232	516	5,751
Kendall County	R	−51.6%	421	1,321	1,744
Kenedy County	R	−28.3%	38	68	106
Kent County	D	+79.9%	712	79	792
Kerr County	D	+18.9%	1,634	1,112	2,756
Kimble County	D	+67.2%	1,117	219	1,336
King County	D	+84.1%	266	23	289
Kinney County	D	+45.4%	418	156	577
Kleberg County	D	+58.2%	1,631	429	2,064
Knox County	D	+74.1%	1,699	253	1,952
La Salle County	D	+72.6%	706	112	818
Lamar County	D	+82.6%	8,038	761	8,805
Lamb County	D	+72.6%	3,259	513	3,783
Lampasas County	D	+78.3%	2,006	244	2,251
Lavaca County	D	+26.3%	2,419	1,412	3,836
Lee County	R	−9.3%	954	1,150	2,106
Leon County	D	+80.6%	2,349	252	2,601
Liberty County	D	+74.7%	3,458	497	3,966
Limestone County	D	+79.0%	4,784	559	5,345
Lipscomb County	D	+26.7%	774	445	1,231
Live Oak County	D	+28.0%	888	499	1,390
Llano County	D	+72.1%	1,484	238	1,727
Loving County	D	+64.7%	98	21	119
Lubbock County	D	+72.6%	8,113	1,283	9,413
Lynn County	D	+82.1%	2,618	255	2,878
Madison County	D	+83.7%	1,434	127	1,561
Marion County	D	+76.5%	1,253	167	1,420
Martin County	D	+76.9%	1,044	136	1,181
Mason County	D	+25.3%	1,065	634	1,702
Matagorda County	D	+53.5%	2,156	651	2,813
Maverick County	D	+67.8%	875	166	1,045
McCulloch County	D	+68.5%	2,373	443	2,816
McLennan County	D	+75.8%	15,952	2,178	18,165
McMullen County	D	+62.7%	336	77	413
Medina County	D	+8.3%	1,749	1,480	3,229
Menard County	D	+64.8%	1,153	246	1,400
Midland County	D	+49.6%	1,921	646	2,570
Milam County	D	+57.1%	4,083	1,110	5,209
Mills County	D	+70.5%	1,658	287	1,946
Mitchell County	D	+80.9%	2,401	251	2,657
Montague County	D	+72.6%	3,352	530	3,888
Montgomery County	D	+78.3%	3,347	408	3,755
Moore County	D	+61.8%	959	224	1,189
Morris County	D	+91.1%	1,752	82	1,834
Motley County	D	+80.1%	907	100	1,007
Nacogdoches County	D	+83.7%	4,988	440	5,432
Navarro County	D	+82.7%	7,683	721	8,415
Newton County	D	+83.5%	1,940	174	2,116
Nolan County	D	+74.9%	3,314	471	3,794
Nueces County	D	+52.0%	9,740	3,065	12,842
Ochiltree County	D	+61.0%	1,213	294	1,507
Oldham County	D	+66.9%	416	82	499
Orange County	D	+78.6%	3,011	358	3,376
Palo Pinto County	D	+66.7%	2,571	510	3,090
Panola County	D	+88.2%	2,871	179	3,052
Parker County	D	+73.6%	3,687	558	4,253
Parmer County	D	+48.2%	1,062	370	1,435
Pecos County	D	+65.0%	1,583	332	1,925
Polk County	D	+80.8%	2,642	280	2,922
Potter County	D	+51.7%	7,203	2,285	9,514
Presidio County	D	+69.6%	917	163	1,084
Rains County	D	+62.2%	1,080	251	1,333
Randall County	D	+64.6%	1,779	382	2,162
Reagan County	D	+70.9%	520	88	609
Real County	D	+56.5%	453	126	579
Red River County	D	+75.0%	3,899	555	4,458
Reeves County	D	+68.1%	1,305	247	1,554
Refugio County	D	+52.7%	1,487	458	1,952
Roberts County	D	+75.8%	408	55	466
Robertson County	D	+89.6%	3,191	175	3,366
Rockwall County	D	+88.2%	1,510	95	1,605
Runnels County	D	+57.3%	3,088	835	3,929
Rusk County	D	+83.6%	7,901	704	8,613
Sabine County	D	+82.3%	1,626	157	1,785
San Augustine County	D	+83.5%	1,325	119	1,444
San Jacinto County	D	+73.0%	764	119	884
San Patricio County	D	+50.0%	2,963	980	3,963
San Saba County	D	+82.4%	2,304	221	2,528
Schleicher County	D	+67.4%	601	117	718
Scurry County	D	+78.3%	2,303	280	2,583
Shackelford County	D	+73.7%	1,521	229	1,753
Shelby County	D	+86.2%	4,720	349	5,070
Sherman County	D	+72.8%	528	82	613
Smith County	D	+71.6%	9,410	1,557	10,975
Somervell County	D	+58.8%	532	138	670
Starr County	D	+89.3%	1,200	68	1,268
Stephens County	D	+70.7%	2,750	471	3,223
Sterling County	D	+92.7%	425	16	441
Stonewall County	D	+76.5%	1,172	156	1,328
Sutton County	D	+74.1%	571	84	657
Swisher County	D	+65.4%	1,432	298	1,733
Tarrant County	D	+65.6%	36,062	7,474	43,589
Taylor County	D	+77.6%	7,852	983	8,850
Terrell County	D	+51.6%	417	133	550
Terry County	D	+87.2%	2,116	145	2,261
Throckmorton County	D	+75.6%	995	138	1,133
Titus County	D	+87.1%	3,686	255	3,941
Tom Green County	D	+71.8%	6,433	1,049	7,497
Travis County	D	+69.1%	17,300	3,128	20,503
Trinity County	D	+73.3%	1,791	274	2,069
Tyler County	D	+70.6%	1,326	228	1,556
Upshur County	D	+74.1%	3,480	518	3,998
Upton County	D	+48.3%	1,062	370	1,432
Uvalde County	D	+54.0%	1,871	556	2,433
Val Verde County	D	+45.0%	1,628	616	2,247
Van Zandt County	D	+74.4%	4,975	721	5,715
Victoria County	D	+44.5%	2,493	956	3,451
Walker County	D	+81.6%	2,158	218	2,376
Waller County	D	+56.0%	1,065	300	1,366
Ward County	D	+74.1%	1,931	281	2,227
Washington County	R	−12.6%	1,449	1,868	3,317
Webb County	D	+68.5%	4,147	775	4,926
Wharton County	D	+67.8%	3,976	760	4,740
Wheeler County	D	+66.7%	2,600	517	3,124
Wichita County	D	+68.2%	11,672	2,206	13,887
Wilbarger County	D	+64.6%	3,249	697	3,952
Willacy County	D	+22.6%	1,173	740	1,920
Williamson County	D	+55.1%	5,944	1,714	7,671
Wilson County	D	+63.9%	2,750	605	3,359
Winkler County	D	+77.2%	1,340	172	1,512
Wise County	D	+76.5%	3,751	498	4,251
Wood County	D	+72.3%	3,659	585	4,249
Yoakum County	D	+73.7%	885	134	1,019
Young County	D	+77.1%	3,712	478	4,195
Zapata County	D	+22.6%	784	495	1,279
Zavala County	D	+48.1%	739	259	998