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Election in Pennsylvania
1940 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania
County Results
Roosevelt
50-60%
60-70%
Willkie
40-50%
50-60%
60-70%
70-80%
The 1940 United States presidential election in Pennsylvania took place on November 5, 1940 as part of the 1940 United States presidential election . Voters chose 36 representatives, or electors to the Electoral College , who voted for president and vice president .
Pennsylvania voted to give Democratic nominee, President Franklin D. Roosevelt an unprecedented third term, over the Republican nominee, corporate lawyer Wendell Willkie , a dark horse candidate who had never before run for a political office. Roosevelt won Pennsylvania by a margin of 6.9%. This was the last election until 1976 that Pennsylvania voted for a different candidate than nearby Michigan .
Results [ edit ]
Results by county [ edit ]
County
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Democratic
Wendell Lewis Willkie Republican
Various candidates Other parties
Margin
Total votes cast[2]
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
Adams
7,354
46.01%
8,609
53.86%
20
0.13%
-1,255
-7.85%
15,983
Allegheny
367,926
58.03%
263,285
41.52%
2,849
0.45%
104,641
16.50%
634,060
Armstrong
12,144
45.44%
14,524
54.34%
60
0.22%
-2,380
-8.90%
26,728
Beaver
33,609
57.78%
24,324
41.81%
239
0.41%
9,285
15.96%
58,172
Bedford
7,388
45.32%
8,864
54.38%
49
0.30%
-1,476
-9.05%
16,301
Berks
53,301
61.31%
32,111
36.94%
1,522
1.75%
21,190
24.37%
86,934
Blair
21,573
44.65%
26,639
55.13%
106
0.22%
-5,066
-10.48%
48,318
Bradford
6,605
30.75%
14,826
69.02%
49
0.23%
-8,221
-38.27%
21,480
Bucks
25,169
54.75%
20,586
44.78%
212
0.46%
4,583
9.97%
45,967
Butler
13,875
41.52%
19,450
58.20%
96
0.29%
-5,575
-16.68%
33,421
Cambria
42,894
58.44%
30,306
41.29%
193
0.26%
12,588
17.15%
73,393
Cameron
1,450
44.60%
1,793
55.15%
8
0.25%
-343
-10.55%
3,251
Carbon
12,777
54.50%
10,618
45.29%
51
0.22%
2,159
9.21%
23,446
Centre
9,869
47.90%
10,665
51.77%
68
0.33%
-796
-3.86%
20,602
Chester
22,473
44.18%
28,222
55.48%
174
0.34%
-5,749
-11.30%
50,869
Clarion
6,564
41.99%
9,035
57.79%
34
0.22%
-2,471
-15.81%
15,633
Clearfield
17,705
53.23%
15,407
46.32%
148
0.44%
2,298
6.91%
33,260
Clinton
7,419
54.03%
6,291
45.81%
22
0.16%
1,128
8.21%
13,732
Columbia
12,523
56.76%
9,518
43.14%
21
0.10%
3,005
13.62%
22,062
Crawford
10,197
38.92%
15,891
60.65%
115
0.44%
-5,694
-21.73%
26,203
Cumberland
15,758
50.64%
15,297
49.16%
61
0.20%
461
1.48%
31,116
Dauphin
38,305
47.30%
42,394
52.35%
276
0.34%
-4,089
-5.05%
80,975
Delaware
60,225
42.74%
80,158
56.88%
534
0.38%
-19,933
-14.15%
140,917
Elk
6,920
49.78%
6,949
49.99%
31
0.22%
-29
-0.21%
13,900
Erie
31,735
46.19%
36,608
53.29%
355
0.52%
-4,873
-7.09%
68,698
Fayette
41,960
63.47%
23,908
36.16%
246
0.37%
18,052
27.30%
66,114
Forest
919
33.59%
1,811
66.19%
6
0.22%
-892
-32.60%
2,736
Franklin
12,713
49.21%
13,084
50.64%
39
0.15%
-371
-1.44%
25,836
Fulton
1,982
48.40%
2,108
51.48%
5
0.12%
-126
-3.08%
4,095
Greene
10,214
60.17%
6,726
39.63%
34
0.20%
3,488
20.55%
16,974
Huntingdon
5,631
37.97%
9,141
61.64%
58
0.39%
-3,510
-23.67%
14,830
Indiana
12,035
43.53%
15,547
56.23%
68
0.25%
-3,512
-12.70%
27,650
Jefferson
8,559
41.37%
12,081
58.40%
47
0.23%
-3,522
-17.03%
20,687
Juniata
3,579
50.46%
3,507
49.44%
7
0.10%
72
1.02%
7,093
Lackawanna
71,343
56.32%
54,931
43.36%
411
0.32%
16,412
12.95%
126,685
Lancaster
32,210
41.62%
44,939
58.07%
245
0.32%
-12,729
-16.45%
77,394
Lawrence
18,814
49.07%
19,361
50.50%
167
0.44%
-547
-1.43%
38,342
Lebanon
13,315
49.61%
13,449
50.11%
73
0.27%
-134
-0.50%
26,837
Lehigh
33,007
52.44%
29,584
47.00%
356
0.57%
3,423
5.44%
62,947
Luzerne
101,577
55.85%
79,685
43.81%
622
0.34%
21,892
12.04%
181,884
Lycoming
18,363
46.05%
21,423
53.72%
91
0.23%
-3,060
-7.67%
39,877
McKean
6,911
31.63%
14,822
67.84%
115
0.53%
-7,911
-36.21%
21,848
Mercer
16,968
44.42%
21,058
55.12%
175
0.46%
-4,090
-10.71%
38,201
Mifflin
6,993
52.31%
6,352
47.51%
24
0.18%
641
4.79%
13,369
Monroe
6,670
52.57%
6,001
47.30%
16
0.13%
669
5.27%
12,687
Montgomery
49,409
40.15%
73,250
59.52%
403
0.33%
-23,841
-19.37%
123,062
Montour
3,080
53.04%
2,723
46.89%
4
0.07%
357
6.15%
5,807
Northampton
33,304
56.49%
25,385
43.06%
266
0.45%
7,919
13.43%
58,955
Northumberland
26,315
53.31%
22,914
46.42%
134
0.27%
3,401
6.89%
49,363
Perry
4,601
43.87%
5,877
56.03%
11
0.10%
-1,276
-12.17%
10,489
Philadelphia
532,149
59.69%
354,878
39.81%
4,459
0.50%
177,271
19.88%
891,486
Pike
1,818
41.08%
2,596
58.65%
12
0.27%
-778
-17.58%
4,426
Potter
2,731
34.30%
5,205
65.36%
27
0.34%
-2,474
-31.07%
7,963
Schuylkill
48,739
52.71%
43,505
47.05%
231
0.25%
5,234
5.66%
92,475
Snyder
2,478
30.17%
5,722
69.66%
14
0.17%
-3,244
-39.49%
8,214
Somerset
14,085
44.71%
17,369
55.13%
52
0.17%
-3,284
-10.42%
31,506
Sullivan
1,626
44.04%
2,059
55.77%
7
0.19%
-433
-11.73%
3,692
Susquehanna
5,383
36.04%
9,520
63.73%
35
0.23%
-4,137
-27.69%
14,938
Tioga
4,434
27.51%
11,645
72.24%
40
0.25%
-7,211
-44.74%
16,119
Union
2,220
28.27%
5,612
71.45%
22
0.28%
-3,392
-43.19%
7,854
Venango
6,873
27.89%
17,728
71.95%
38
0.15%
-10,855
-44.06%
24,639
Warren
5,825
34.39%
11,016
65.04%
97
0.57%
-5,191
-30.65%
16,938
Washington
50,829
63.43%
29,026
36.22%
285
0.36%
21,803
27.21%
80,140
Wayne
3,460
27.26%
9,203
72.50%
30
0.24%
-5,743
-45.25%
12,693
Westmoreland
64,567
59.90%
42,643
39.56%
577
0.54%
21,924
20.34%
107,787
Wyoming
2,548
32.51%
5,273
67.28%
16
0.20%
-2,725
-34.77%
7,837
York
39,543
56.56%
30,228
43.23%
146
0.21%
9,315
13.32%
69,917
Totals
2,175,538
53.35%
1,885,265
46.23%
17,004
0.42%
290,273
7.12%
4,077,807
See also [ edit ]
References [ edit ]