Franklin D. Roosevelt carried Washington D+17.6.

Franklin D. Roosevelt (D) vs Wendell Willkie (R) in Washington, 1940. The state ran 7.7 points more Democratic than the nation (D+9.9 nationally).

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

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Washington result

793,833 votes counted

Roosevelt (D)

462,145

58.2%

Willkie (R)

322,123

40.6%

All others

9,565

1.2%

Margin

D+17.6

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1940 presidential election

Washington, 1940

RooseveltD+17.6

How it voted

Share of the 1940 vote

Franklin D. Roosevelt ✓Democratic	58.2%	462,145
Wendell WillkieRepublican	40.6%	322,123
OtherAll other candidates	1.2%	9,565

D+60

R+60

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

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Washington's presidential margins

1892–2024, the 1940 contest in context

Washington's presidential margins

Year	Margin (D minus R)
1892	−7.6%
1896	+15.1%
1900	−11.7%
1904	−50.6%
1908	−25.8%
1912	+5.1%
1916	+4.2%
1920	−34.8%
1924	−42.1%
1928	−35.8%
1932	+23.5%
1936	+36.5%
1940	+17.6%
1944	+14.6%
1948	+9.8%
1952	−9.6%
1956	−8.5%
1960	−2.4%
1964	+24.6%
1968	+2.1%
1972	−18.3%
1976	−3.9%
1980	−12.3%
1984	−13.0%
1988	+1.6%
1992	+11.4%
1996	+12.5%
2000	+5.6%
2004	+7.2%
2008	+17.2%
2012	+14.8%
2016	+15.7%
2020	+19.2%
2024	+18.2%

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County results — 1940

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

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County	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
Adams County	R	−3.8%	1,397	1,508	2,918
Asotin County	D	+17.3%	2,107	1,483	3,611
Benton County	R	−5.0%	2,414	2,670	5,139
Chelan County	R	−5.5%	7,181	8,019	15,273
Clallam County	D	+25.0%	5,966	3,555	9,631
Clark County	D	+19.0%	12,931	8,776	21,925
Columbia County	R	−9.1%	1,218	1,461	2,685
Cowlitz County	D	+30.2%	11,420	6,078	17,714
Douglas County	D	+0.3%	1,972	1,959	3,971
Ferry County	D	+35.5%	1,247	590	1,849
Franklin County	D	+26.3%	1,868	1,084	2,983
Garfield County	R	−16.7%	714	1,003	1,727
Grant County	D	+46.6%	4,097	1,487	5,601
Grays Harbor County	D	+27.6%	14,861	8,369	23,487
Island County	D	+8.3%	1,626	1,371	3,057
Jefferson County	D	+14.9%	2,083	1,540	3,655
King County	D	+19.7%	143,134	95,504	241,803
Kitsap County	D	+42.5%	13,861	5,525	19,596
Kittitas County	D	+20.8%	5,203	3,401	8,660
Klickitat County	D	+10.2%	2,627	2,139	4,794
Lewis County	D	+0.3%	9,280	9,228	18,726
Lincoln County	D	+4.8%	2,896	2,627	5,552
Mason County	D	+31.6%	3,465	1,775	5,346
Okanogan County	D	+11.6%	5,362	4,244	9,655
Pacific County	D	+23.6%	4,393	2,704	7,145
Pend Oreille County	D	+17.6%	1,812	1,268	3,097
Pierce County	D	+30.5%	51,670	27,188	80,311
San Juan County	D	+3.1%	860	808	1,675
Skagit County	D	+10.1%	9,796	7,985	17,970
Skamania County	D	+25.3%	1,292	765	2,079
Snohomish County	D	+30.9%	26,185	13,638	40,585
Spokane County	D	+14.8%	44,852	33,228	78,793
Stevens County	D	+20.3%	4,904	3,238	8,208
Thurston County	D	+20.6%	11,092	7,275	18,573
Wahkiakum County	D	+28.6%	1,164	642	1,825
Walla Walla County	R	−14.5%	5,875	7,883	13,821
Whatcom County	D	+5.3%	14,877	13,351	28,834
Whitman County	R	−0.0%	6,351	6,356	12,799
Yakima County	R	−5.9%	18,092	20,398	38,760