Virginia 1940 Presidential Election

Democratic Candidate vs. Republican Candidate

Democratic Candidate won the Virginia 1940 presidential election with 235,961 votes (68.1%), a margin of D+36.5. Virginia's 13 electoral votes went to the Democratic ticket.

Statewide Results

68.1%

31.6%

235,961

Democratic Candidate (68.1%)

109,363

Republican Candidate (31.6%)

Total Votes: 346,608|Margin: D+36.5

County Results

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County Results (119 counties)

County	Margin	1980 Pres	1984 Pres	Total Votes	Swing
Halifax County	D+80.2	R+2.3	R+24.4	3,826	R+6.6%
Lunenburg County	D+78.7	R+2.1	R+21.2	1,359	R+10.0%
Brunswick County	D+77.2	D+19.1	D+1.5	1,456	R+13.9%
Mecklenburg County	D+77.2	R+11.9	R+32.4	2,713	R+9.0%
Portsmouth city	D+76.1	D+20.1	D+6.6	5,753	D+3.0%
Amherst County	D+74.8	R+18.2	R+34.1	2,347	R+1.0%
Southampton County	D+74.7	D+5.3	R+17.0	1,733	R+8.8%
Chesapeake city	D+71.0	R+2.0	R+24.2	1,076	D+6.0%
Charlotte County	D+70.7	R+4.7	R+24.5	1,721	R+9.3%
Greensville County	D+69.2	D+14.7	D+1.0	999	R+30.8%
Surry County	D+69.2	D+28.1	D+12.3	778	R+9.0%
Isle of Wight County	D+69.1	D+5.5	R+21.4	1,346	D+2.9%
Appomattox County	D+68.2	R+25.0	R+38.3	1,363	R+5.6%
Campbell County	D+67.5	R+34.8	R+50.3	2,819	R+1.0%
Suffolk city	D+67.3	D+11.2	R+6.7	3,136	R+5.0%
Pittsylvania County	D+66.9	R+21.5	R+33.4	4,455	R+6.8%
Prince George County	D+65.9	R+18.3	R+39.9	925	R+3.4%
Middlesex County	D+64.7	R+12.4	R+36.2	713	R+3.2%
Goochland County	D+63.7	R+2.7	R+21.8	1,004	D+16.6%
Sussex County	D+63.5	D+18.3	D+4.8	903	R+11.5%
York County	D+62.2	R+18.2	R+42.9	980	D+11.5%
Dinwiddie County	D+61.8	D+1.5	R+13.1	1,400	R+20.7%
Newport News city	D+61.6	R+0.8	R+21.1	6,172	R+0.8%
Danville city	D+61.3	R+26.1	R+34.7	4,141	R+9.4%
Nelson County	D+59.1	D+12.1	R+15.6	1,626	D+6.2%
Gloucester County	D+59.0	R+14.2	R+42.7	1,180	D+2.6%
Hampton city	D+58.3	D+4.0	R+16.7	4,194	D+1.3%
Virginia Beach city	D+58.2	R+29.1	R+49.0	2,137	R+4.7%
Chesterfield County	D+58.1	R+46.3	R+59.8	4,261	R+1.8%
Essex County	D+58.0	R+10.1	R+23.8	693	R+5.7%
Henry County	D+57.9	D+3.0	R+28.7	2,280	R+1.2%
Caroline County	D+57.4	D+16.6	D+2.6	1,447	R+4.5%
Hanover County	D+57.2	R+43.6	R+58.9	1,719	R+4.5%
Martinsville city	D+56.7	R+1.4	R+17.8	1,254	R+0.8%
Petersburg city	D+56.4	D+22.1	D+23.2	2,815	R+9.5%
Norfolk city	D+55.8	D+11.3	D+3.4	18,779	R+1.2%
Prince Edward County	D+55.5	R+3.9	R+14.1	1,435	R+8.3%
Nottoway County	D+54.8	R+3.9	R+19.4	1,674	R+11.4%
Bristol city	D+54.7	R+8.3	R+34.6	1,904	R+7.9%
Powhatan County	D+52.8	R+31.7	R+47.7	669	D+5.8%
Richmond city	D+52.3	D+15.3	D+12.0	25,439	R+9.0%
Bedford County	D+52.2	R+13.2	R+34.7	3,340	R+4.8%
Hopewell city	D+52.2	R+16.8	R+37.3	1,290	R+7.0%
Wise County	D+51.5	D+7.7	R+3.9	5,998	D+6.8%
Clarke County	D+51.4	R+22.0	R+34.9	1,380	R+13.6%
King George County	D+51.0	R+14.0	R+23.6	683	D+28.2%
King William County	D+49.6	R+16.4	R+31.6	932	R+3.7%
King and Queen County	D+49.2	D+8.3	R+9.3	490	R+0.7%
Patrick County	D+48.3	R+17.2	R+41.9	1,999	D+11.1%
Prince William County	D+48.2	R+26.3	R+38.1	1,940	R+5.0%
Buckingham County	D+48.1	D+1.8	R+16.3	1,123	R+7.0%
Orange County	D+46.6	R+15.6	R+32.2	1,759	R+3.9%
Warren County	D+46.2	R+18.3	R+32.3	1,833	R+0.4%
Rappahannock County	D+44.5	R+5.2	R+25.7	816	R+3.5%
Charles City County	D+44.2	D+49.6	D+38.7	330	R+5.1%
Cumberland County	D+42.8	R+5.3	R+23.7	559	R+12.4%
Fauquier County	D+42.4	R+22.8	R+43.3	2,637	R+10.3%
Buena Vista city	D+42.3	D+4.3	R+29.5	395	D+7.8%
Northampton County	D+41.3	D+4.2	R+13.1	1,228	R+14.3%
Fluvanna County	D+41.2	R+5.7	R+25.3	821	R+4.5%
Lynchburg city	D+40.6	R+30.6	R+35.5	6,631	R+5.1%
Westmoreland County	D+40.6	R+4.8	R+15.1	1,203	R+8.7%
Charlottesville city	D+40.4	D+6.6	D+2.6	2,515	R+20.3%
Lancaster County	D+38.0	R+26.6	R+36.8	1,036	D+1.8%
Alexandria city	D+37.8	R+1.8	D+5.3	5,831	R+8.6%
Franklin County	D+37.5	D+6.2	R+21.8	2,968	R+2.6%
Craig County	D+37.3	D+10.0	R+16.1	957	D+12.7%
Alleghany County	D+37.3	R+5.6	R+17.4	4,872	D+5.6%
Pulaski County	D+37.0	D+0.2	R+30.5	3,255	D+4.1%
Williamsburg city	D+36.8	R+4.9	R+13.1	541	R+23.1%
New Kent County	D+36.5	R+17.6	R+37.8	419	R+7.3%
Spotsylvania County	D+36.4	R+13.5	R+34.1	1,154	D+6.8%
Frederick County	D+35.7	R+40.3	R+56.0	2,406	D+0.6%
Amelia County	D+35.5	R+8.8	R+23.8	831	R+16.1%
James City County	D+35.2	R+15.2	R+33.9	454	R+27.1%
Culpeper County	D+35.1	R+24.7	R+42.2	1,794	R+4.1%
Albemarle County	D+34.3	R+16.0	R+28.7	2,458	R+13.9%
Loudoun County	D+33.9	R+26.3	R+36.5	3,231	R+11.0%
Henrico County	D+33.0	R+39.0	R+49.8	6,027	R+14.3%
Fredericksburg city	D+32.9	R+6.6	R+17.8	1,565	R+6.4%
Buchanan County	D+32.8	D+11.4	D+21.3	3,848	R+7.1%
Roanoke city	D+32.1	D+8.5	R+4.7	10,542	R+3.3%
Radford city	D+30.9	D+5.8	R+23.0	1,216	D+9.7%
Northumberland County	D+29.6	R+24.2	R+38.0	1,102	R+11.2%
Richmond County	D+29.4	R+28.6	R+38.1	741	R+5.6%
Rockbridge County	D+28.2	R+5.4	R+31.8	2,535	R+2.2%
Stafford County	D+26.8	R+24.0	R+39.7	1,269	D+22.4%
Mathews County	D+25.7	R+24.3	R+44.0	947	D+9.9%
Giles County	D+25.2	D+9.4	R+17.3	2,744	D+6.0%
Accomack County	D+25.1	R+4.7	R+29.6	2,366	R+15.3%
Lee County	D+22.9	D+3.6	R+2.7	6,809	R+10.3%
Augusta County	D+22.0	R+33.9	R+59.0	4,564	R+4.3%
Louisa County	D+21.8	D+3.1	R+16.6	1,482	R+16.6%
Roanoke County	D+21.0	R+16.4	R+37.5	5,888	R+2.7%
Staunton city	D+20.4	R+27.3	R+50.3	1,744	R+11.0%
Russell County	D+19.8	D+9.1	D+8.1	5,200	R+12.6%
Harrisonburg city	D+18.6	R+25.7	R+37.0	2,481	R+3.0%
Dickenson County	D+17.6	D+6.1	D+10.5	4,343	R+22.5%
Fairfax County	D+15.8	R+26.7	R+26.1	5,660	R+13.6%
Tazewell County	D+13.7	R+0.1	R+9.1	5,472	R+6.5%
Greene County	D+12.6	R+27.6	R+48.5	645	D+9.5%
Arlington County	D+10.9	R+6.5	D+3.0	9,862	R+16.5%
Botetourt County	D+10.1	R+8.3	R+29.2	2,422	D+3.1%
Washington County	D+9.2	R+12.9	R+36.8	5,976	R+2.6%
Bath County	D+8.9	D+3.9	R+32.5	1,163	D+0.0%
Winchester city	D+8.2	R+33.7	R+41.8	2,067	R+10.9%
Montgomery County	D+6.8	R+4.4	R+26.4	4,075	D+7.4%
Smyth County	D+6.3	R+5.9	R+35.1	4,570	D+0.2%
Wythe County	D+5.8	R+12.3	R+38.3	3,215	D+20.0%
Bland County	D+4.1	R+11.8	R+35.1	1,449	R+5.4%
Madison County	D+3.4	R+17.3	R+35.0	1,342	R+6.3%
Page County	R+1.1	R+23.7	R+34.4	3,237	R+10.8%
Grayson County	R+1.9	R+9.5	R+31.8	5,526	D+3.5%
Rockingham County	R+6.4	R+34.2	R+52.0	5,544	R+7.8%
Highland County	R+6.7	R+20.7	R+42.6	1,182	R+6.0%
Carroll County	R+8.5	R+25.6	R+41.2	3,386	D+12.4%
Scott County	R+9.3	R+4.6	R+19.3	5,464	R+11.1%
Shenandoah County	R+18.0	R+39.1	R+52.7	5,991	R+13.2%
Floyd County	R+34.0	R+18.6	R+36.1	2,214	D+4.1%

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