Missouri 1940 Presidential Election

Democratic Candidate vs. Republican Candidate

Democratic Candidate won the Missouri 1940 presidential election with 958,476 votes (52.3%), a margin of D+4.8. Missouri's 10 electoral votes went to the Democratic ticket.

Statewide Results

52.3%

47.5%

958,476

Democratic Candidate (52.3%)

871,009

Republican Candidate (47.5%)

Total Votes: 1,833,729|Margin: D+4.8

County Results

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County Results (115 counties)

County	Margin	1980 Pres	1984 Pres	Total Votes	Swing
Monroe County	D+66.6	D+9.2	R+4.1	7,231	R+7.4%
Randolph County	D+46.7	R+2.5	R+12.4	12,497	R+9.4%
Ralls County	D+43.2	D+2.4	R+1.4	4,980	R+13.6%
Boone County	D+40.8	D+5.7	R+15.7	16,543	R+10.3%
Audrain County	D+38.5	R+10.0	R+21.8	11,224	R+11.0%
Howard County	D+34.2	D+1.4	R+7.9	7,123	R+16.3%
Reynolds County	D+33.9	D+19.9	D+20.7	3,600	R+12.1%
Dunklin County	D+33.7	D+7.5	R+10.2	16,680	R+12.2%
Callaway County	D+33.4	R+9.3	R+31.3	10,757	R+6.0%
Oregon County	D+32.5	D+20.6	D+1.2	5,434	R+8.6%
Shelby County	D+29.9	R+7.4	R+17.6	6,221	R+13.8%
Platte County	D+29.1	R+14.7	R+25.3	7,193	R+17.2%
Scott County	D+28.3	R+9.0	R+22.1	12,342	R+14.0%
Shannon County	D+27.5	D+8.7	R+5.9	4,423	R+14.9%
Ray County	D+25.9	D+5.1	R+10.1	9,201	R+12.4%
Marion County	D+24.5	R+1.2	R+18.8	15,660	R+16.4%
Clay County	D+22.1	R+7.6	R+23.6	15,861	R+13.7%
Pemiscot County	D+21.9	D+8.0	R+6.3	15,453	R+10.8%
Pike County	D+21.4	R+6.3	R+8.6	9,489	R+12.8%
New Madrid County	D+20.5	D+1.6	R+6.8	15,933	R+0.7%
Lincoln County	D+18.5	R+9.1	R+30.2	7,480	R+15.7%
Phelps County	D+18.0	R+14.0	R+28.0	8,114	R+8.7%
Lewis County	D+17.8	R+0.8	R+10.4	5,942	R+13.8%
Mississippi County	D+17.3	D+10.4	D+0.4	7,462	R+6.6%
Buchanan County	D+16.7	D+1.2	R+12.4	41,995	R+12.1%
St. Louis city	D+16.2	D+37.1	D+29.6	402,451	R+17.1%
Jackson County	D+14.9	D+11.6	D+1.0	239,219	R+31.1%
Jefferson County	D+11.9	R+8.2	R+26.6	17,115	R+12.0%
Carter County	D+11.3	R+5.5	R+21.0	2,697	R+8.0%
Clinton County	D+11.2	R+8.7	R+20.7	6,847	R+13.3%
Iron County	D+9.5	D+0.5	R+6.8	4,565	R+10.6%
Maries County	D+8.6	R+6.7	R+24.0	3,836	R+21.0%
Dent County	D+7.8	R+15.5	R+15.7	5,766	R+7.7%
Pulaski County	D+7.5	R+3.7	R+30.1	5,127	R+6.5%
Schuyler County	D+7.1	R+10.6	R+4.6	3,748	R+12.9%
Vernon County	D+7.1	R+8.1	R+26.9	11,735	R+13.2%
Chariton County	D+6.5	R+7.9	R+10.0	9,497	R+16.5%
Macon County	D+6.4	R+10.4	R+19.9	11,519	R+7.9%
Stoddard County	D+5.2	R+9.3	R+21.9	12,818	R+10.3%
Linn County	D+4.9	R+1.6	R+10.2	11,934	R+8.8%
Cass County	D+4.7	R+10.0	R+31.6	10,479	R+12.1%
Knox County	D+4.5	R+10.6	R+15.9	4,983	R+12.8%
Wayne County	D+4.5	R+5.0	R+9.6	5,739	R+8.4%
Saline County	D+4.2	R+2.6	R+17.1	15,352	R+12.8%
Cole County	D+3.5	R+27.1	R+50.5	15,892	R+14.1%
Gentry County	D+3.4	R+7.4	R+12.3	7,154	R+11.1%
Ripley County	D+2.7	R+7.7	R+21.7	4,725	R+9.9%
Scotland County	D+2.2	R+13.7	R+16.0	4,787	R+15.1%
Greene County	D+1.5	R+16.3	R+34.4	43,695	R+9.2%
Nodaway County	R+0.5	R+3.1	R+20.4	13,461	R+13.0%
Jasper County	R+1.4	R+28.0	R+42.7	37,111	R+16.9%
Madison County	R+1.8	R+7.8	R+20.3	4,905	R+9.0%
Pettis County	R+1.9	R+14.9	R+34.0	17,492	R+12.8%
Henry County	R+2.1	R+1.6	R+18.3	12,423	R+20.4%
Texas County	R+2.5	R+6.6	R+20.8	9,239	R+9.1%
Barton County	R+2.7	R+26.6	R+49.6	7,315	R+14.9%
Worth County	R+3.0	R+4.4	R+11.3	3,513	R+13.2%
St. Francois County	R+3.3	R+8.4	R+15.7	16,851	R+7.3%
Cape Girardeau County	R+3.6	R+25.4	R+40.6	17,978	R+12.9%
Sullivan County	R+4.3	R+13.6	R+12.8	7,836	R+3.9%
Atchison County	R+4.7	R+23.1	R+30.3	6,358	R+10.9%
Livingston County	R+6.7	R+3.9	R+20.5	9,956	R+12.2%
Bates County	R+7.0	R+10.2	R+18.8	10,738	R+13.1%
Clark County	R+7.5	R+15.2	R+11.9	5,917	R+10.8%
Adair County	R+8.3	R+21.1	R+34.7	10,566	R+14.5%
Johnson County	R+8.6	R+8.0	R+33.0	11,928	R+12.7%
Grundy County	R+8.9	R+16.2	R+25.8	8,404	R+5.1%
DeKalb County	R+10.1	R+9.9	R+19.8	5,593	R+6.7%
Montgomery County	R+10.1	R+20.2	R+32.3	7,151	R+10.0%
McDonald County	R+10.2	R+24.0	R+36.4	7,394	R+13.0%
Moniteau County	R+10.8	R+19.6	R+44.5	6,556	R+10.3%
Cooper County	R+10.8	R+19.1	R+34.9	10,343	R+12.8%
Barry County	R+11.6	R+24.8	R+37.6	11,804	R+10.2%
Lafayette County	R+12.0	R+11.0	R+27.8	15,744	R+10.2%
Miller County	R+12.1	R+37.8	R+53.1	7,107	R+9.7%
St. Louis County	R+12.1	R+14.6	R+28.0	119,747	R+27.9%
Newton County	R+12.6	R+29.4	R+43.4	14,364	R+16.2%
Daviess County	R+12.6	R+8.9	R+22.5	7,625	R+13.0%
Butler County	R+12.7	R+19.3	R+29.9	14,275	R+11.7%
Ste. Genevieve County	R+13.4	D+8.8	R+8.7	4,856	R+32.1%
Crawford County	R+13.8	R+19.6	R+28.7	6,365	R+11.1%
Washington County	R+14.0	R+8.8	R+11.4	6,706	R+14.5%
Morgan County	R+14.2	R+18.1	R+33.9	5,556	R+6.9%
Carroll County	R+14.9	R+20.8	R+27.7	10,457	R+12.1%
Bollinger County	R+15.2	R+13.8	R+18.2	5,934	R+12.3%
Webster County	R+15.6	R+19.6	R+29.9	8,352	R+5.0%
St. Clair County	R+16.0	R+16.9	R+23.4	6,834	R+15.2%
Lawrence County	R+16.1	R+25.3	R+38.5	12,641	R+16.1%
Holt County	R+16.5	R+27.4	R+34.1	6,422	R+11.4%
Franklin County	R+17.4	R+17.6	R+38.4	17,555	R+16.5%
Andrew County	R+17.8	R+17.0	R+26.8	7,454	R+14.1%
Caldwell County	R+18.6	R+23.9	R+31.9	6,713	R+7.2%
St. Charles County	R+18.7	R+25.7	R+46.1	13,176	R+24.8%
Howell County	R+18.7	R+22.5	R+37.1	10,397	R+13.0%
Laclede County	R+19.5	R+23.7	R+41.2	8,278	R+12.4%
Harrison County	R+22.9	R+21.5	R+26.6	8,636	R+12.2%
Osage County	R+23.2	R+28.1	R+53.1	6,086	R+25.9%
Polk County	R+24.1	R+18.0	R+32.0	8,928	R+10.6%
Camden County	R+26.9	R+30.5	R+44.6	4,246	R+18.0%
Wright County	R+30.2	R+33.8	R+40.8	7,843	R+11.4%
Perry County	R+32.8	R+34.3	R+42.0	7,019	R+28.5%
Mercer County	R+34.2	R+20.6	R+16.8	4,161	R+14.2%
Cedar County	R+34.5	R+33.4	R+42.2	6,073	R+16.3%
Taney County	R+35.7	R+28.8	R+41.7	4,684	R+11.2%
Dade County	R+36.0	R+29.8	R+40.5	5,761	R+18.1%
Benton County	R+37.7	R+20.7	R+25.7	5,695	R+11.0%
Putnam County	R+38.1	R+32.1	R+31.8	5,561	R+9.3%
Dallas County	R+42.2	R+23.6	R+30.6	5,435	R+14.9%
Christian County	R+44.5	R+29.1	R+40.6	6,253	R+20.5%
Hickory County	R+51.9	R+20.1	R+28.7	3,291	R+8.2%
Stone County	R+55.0	R+35.6	R+45.8	4,647	R+12.9%
Ozark County	R+55.8	R+31.6	R+40.4	4,405	R+18.5%
Douglas County	R+56.3	R+33.6	R+40.9	6,252	R+25.4%
Warren County	R+57.3	R+33.1	R+44.8	4,344	R+22.7%
Gasconade County	R+64.1	R+47.3	R+61.1	6,501	R+16.7%

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