1940 United States presidential election in Utah
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The 1940 United States presidential election in Utah took place on November 5, 1940, as part of the 1940 United States presidential election. All contemporary forty-eight states took part, and state voters selected four voters to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president.
Utah, like every other state west of the Continental Divide, voted for Franklin D. Roosevelt over Wendell Willkie by a substantial margin. This was the first time any Democrat won the state more than twice. Roosevelt landslided Utah with 62.25 percent of the vote. The percentage, however, wasn't as large as his victory in the state four years earlier. As of the 2024 presidential election[update], this is the last election in which Piute County voted for a Democratic presidential candidate.[1]
Results
[edit]| Party | Pledged to | Elector | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic Party | Franklin D. Roosevelt | Oscar W. McConckie | 154,277 | |
| Democratic Party | Franklin D. Roosevelt | Mrs. George S. Baliff | 153,833 | |
| Democratic Party | Franklin D. Roosevelt | Joseph Jensen | 153,734 | |
| Democratic Party | Franklin D. Roosevelt | Sophus Bertleson | 153,473 | |
| Republican Party | Wendell Willkie | S. Marion Bliss | 93,151 | |
| Republican Party | Wendell Willkie | Mrs. R. L. Ashby | 92,973 | |
| Republican Party | Wendell Willkie | Clarence Dahl | 92,852 | |
| Republican Party | Wendell Willkie | John W. Guild | 92,356 | |
| Socialist Party | Norman Thomas | J. D. DeFriez | 200 | |
| Socialist Party | Norman Thomas | Isabel Adamson | 198 | |
| Socialist Party | Norman Thomas | William J. McConnell | 198 | |
| Socialist Party | Norman Thomas | Emil Munez | 197 | |
| Communist Party | Earl Browder | David Douglas Jr. | 191 | |
| Communist Party | Earl Browder | Marguerite H. Forest | 188 | |
| Communist Party | Earl Browder | Hyrum James Woolman | 188 | |
| Communist Party | Earl Browder | William Mathrus | 185 | |
| Votes cast[a] | 247,819 |
Results by county
[edit]| County[2][3] | Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic |
Wendell Willkie Republican |
Norman Thomas Socialist |
Earl Browder Communist |
Margin | Total votes cast[a] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Beaver | 1,303 | 54.18% | 1,101 | 45.78% | 1 | 0.04% | 0 | 0.00% | 202 | 8.40% | 2,405 |
| Box Elder | 4,736 | 59.30% | 3,248 | 40.67% | 2 | 0.03% | 0 | 0.00% | 1.488 | 18.63% | 7,986 |
| Cache | 7,867 | 60.25% | 5,184 | 39.70% | 6 | 0.05% | 1 | 0.01% | 2,683 | 20.55% | 13,058 |
| Carbon | 5,180 | 69.47% | 2,242 | 30.07% | 10 | 0.13% | 24 | 0.32% | 2,938 | 39.40% | 7,456 |
| Daggett | 160 | 62.50% | 96 | 37.50% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 64 | 25.00% | 256 |
| Davis | 3,865 | 57.63% | 2,836 | 42.28% | 1 | 0.01% | 5 | 0.07% | 1,029 | 15.34% | 6,707 |
| Duchesne | 1,982 | 59.92% | 1,322 | 39.96% | 4 | 0.12% | 0 | 0.00% | 660 | 19.95% | 3,308 |
| Emery | 1,901 | 65.13% | 1,006 | 34.46% | 10 | 0.34% | 2 | 0.07% | 895 | 30.66% | 2,919 |
| Garfield | 814 | 44.14% | 1,030 | 55.86% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | -216 | -11.71% | 1,844 |
| Grand | 446 | 50.62% | 432 | 49.04% | 3 | 0.34% | 0 | 0.00% | 14 | 1.59% | 881 |
| Iron | 1,915 | 47.90% | 2,060 | 51.53% | 21 | 0.53% | 2 | 0.05% | -145 | -3.63% | 3,998 |
| Juab | 2,136 | 60.12% | 1,412 | 39.74% | 5 | 0.14% | 0 | 0.00% | 724 | 20.38% | 3,553 |
| Kane | 339 | 33.43% | 675 | 66.57% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | -336 | -33.14% | 1,014 |
| Millard | 2,302 | 54.10% | 1,943 | 45.66% | 7 | 0.16% | 3 | 0.07% | 359 | 8.44% | 4,255 |
| Morgan | 699 | 54.87% | 575 | 45.13% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 124 | 9.73% | 1,274 |
| Piute | 466 | 51.21% | 442 | 48.57% | 1 | 0.11% | 1 | 0.11% | 24 | 2.64% | 910 |
| Rich | 475 | 51.52% | 447 | 48.48% | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | 28 | 3.04% | 922 |
| Salt Lake | 67,318 | 65.40% | 35,427 | 34.42% | 66 | 0.06% | 115 | 0.11% | 31,891 | 30.98% | 102,926 |
| San Juan | 515 | 49.19% | 528 | 50.43% | 1 | 0.10% | 3 | 0.29% | -13 | -1.24% | 1,047 |
| Sanpete | 3,524 | 48.61% | 3,722 | 51.34% | 3 | 0.04% | 1 | 0.04% | -198 | -2.73% | 7,250 |
| Sevier | 2,521 | 48.22% | 2,703 | 51.70% | 4 | 0.08% | 0 | 0.00% | -182 | -3.48% | 5,228 |
| Summit | 2,215 | 56.10% | 1,730 | 43.82% | 0 | 0.00% | 3 | 0.08% | 485 | 12.28% | 3,948 |
| Tooele | 2,625 | 63.90% | 1,476 | 35.93% | 7 | 0.17% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,149 | 27.97% | 4,108 |
| Uintah | 1,773 | 52.16% | 1,624 | 47.78% | 2 | 0.06% | 0 | 0.00% | 149 | 4.38% | 3,399 |
| Utah | 15,168 | 63.32% | 8,740 | 36.48% | 23 | 0.10% | 25 | 0.10% | 6,428 | 26.83% | 23,956 |
| Wasatch | 1,502 | 55.59% | 1,199 | 44.37% | 0 | 0.00% | 1 | 0.04% | 303 | 11.21% | 2,702 |
| Washington | 1,993 | 55.04% | 1,625 | 44.88% | 2 | 0.06% | 1 | 0.03% | 368 | 10.16% | 3,621 |
| Wayne | 500 | 56.75% | 380 | 43.13% | 1 | 0.11% | 0 | 0.00% | 120 | 13.62% | 881 |
| Weber | 18,037 | 69.35% | 7,946 | 30.55% | 20 | 0.08% | 4 | 0.02% | 10,091 | 38.80% | 26,007 |
| Totals | 154,277 | 62.25% | 93,151 | 37.59% | 200 | 0.08% | 191 | 0.08% | 61,126 | 24.67% | 247,819 |
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
[edit]See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Sullivan, Robert David; ‘How the Red and Blue Map Evolved Over the Past Century’; America Magazine in The National Catholic Review; June 29, 2016
- ^ a b Utah State Archives, Abstract of the Returns of an Election held in the State of Utah, Tuesday, November 5, A.D. 1940 for Presidential Electors, for United States Senator, for Representatives in the Seventy-Seventh Congress of the United States, for State Officers, and District Officers in Districts comprising more than one county, and for the adoption or rejection of the proposed amendment to the Constitution of the State of Utah.
- ^ a b Monson, E. E., ed. (1940). Twenty-Second Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State Of Utah. Salt Lake City. Retrieved December 29, 2025.
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