The 1940 United States presidential election in South Carolina took place on November 5, 1940. All contemporary 48 states were part of the 1940 United States presidential election. State voters chose eight electors to the Electoral College, which selected the president and vice president.
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 County Results
Roosevelt 80-90% 90-100%
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South Carolina was won by incumbent Democratic President Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York, who was running against Republican businessman Wendell Willkie of New York. Roosevelt ran with Henry A. Wallace of Iowa as his running mate, and Willkie ran with Senator Charles L. McNary of Oregon. Notably, Communist Party USA candidate Earl Browder was on the ballot in every county, but failed to win a single vote in the entire state.[1]
Roosevelt won South Carolina by a landslide margin of 91.27 points.
Results
edit| 1940 United States presidential election in South Carolina[2] | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Running mate | Popular vote | Electoral vote | ||||
| Count | % | Count | % | |||||
| Democratic | Franklin Delano Roosevelt of New York | Henry Agard Wallace of Iowa | 95,470 | 95.63% | 8 | 100.00% | ||
| Fusion | Wendell Willkie | Charles Linza McNary | 4,360[a][3] | 4.36% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Write-in | Roger Ward Babson of Massachusetts | Edgar Moorman of Illinois | 2 | 0.01% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Communist | Earl Browder of New York | William Z. Foster of Massachusetts | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | ||
| Total | 99,832 | 100.00% | 8 | 100.00% | ||||
Results by county
edit| County | Franklin Delano Roosevelt Democratic |
Wendell Lewis Willkie Fusion[a] |
Earl Russell Browder Communist |
Margin | Total votes cast | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Abbeville | 1,007 | 96.92% | 32 | 3.08% | 0 | 0.00% | 975 | 93.84% | 1,039 |
| Aiken | 2,772 | 96.89% | 89 | 3.11% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,683 | 93.78% | 2,861 |
| Allendale | 905 | 96.79% | 30 | 3.21% | 0 | 0.00% | 875 | 93.58% | 935 |
| Anderson | 3,763 | 97.77% | 86 | 2.23% | 0 | 0.00% | 3,677 | 95.54% | 3,849 |
| Bamberg | 904 | 98.58% | 13 | 1.42% | 0 | 0.00% | 891 | 97.16% | 917 |
| Barnwell | 1,845 | 99.30% | 13 | 0.70% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,832 | 98.60% | 1,858 |
| Beaufort | 582 | 86.48% | 91 | 13.52% | 0 | 0.00% | 491 | 72.96% | 673 |
| Berkeley | 490 | 84.34% | 91 | 15.66% | 0 | 0.00% | 399 | 68.68% | 581 |
| Calhoun | 657 | 99.55% | 3 | 0.45% | 0 | 0.00% | 654 | 99.10% | 660 |
| Charleston | 8,145 | 85.58% | 1,372 | 14.42% | 0 | 0.00% | 6,773 | 71.16% | 9,517 |
| Cherokee | 2,069 | 98.29% | 36 | 1.71% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,033 | 96.58% | 2,105 |
| Chester | 1,930 | 98.22% | 35 | 1.78% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,895 | 96.44% | 1,965 |
| Chesterfield | 2,880 | 99.31% | 20 | 0.69% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,860 | 98.62% | 2,900 |
| Clarendon | 1,154 | 95.53% | 54 | 4.47% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,100 | 91.06% | 1,208 |
| Colleton | 1,197 | 94.85% | 65 | 5.15% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,132 | 89.70% | 1,262 |
| Darlington | 1,395 | 95.88% | 60 | 4.12% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,335 | 91.76% | 1,455 |
| Dillon | 868 | 97.20% | 25 | 2.80% | 0 | 0.00% | 843 | 94.40% | 893 |
| Dorchester | 993 | 90.03% | 110 | 9.97% | 0 | 0.00% | 883 | 80.06% | 1,103 |
| Edgefield | 1,065 | 99.16% | 9 | 0.84% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,056 | 98.32% | 1,074 |
| Fairfield | 848 | 97.70% | 20 | 2.30% | 0 | 0.00% | 828 | 95.40% | 868 |
| Florence | 2,597 | 96.47% | 95 | 3.53% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,502 | 92.94% | 2,692 |
| Georgetown | 1,503 | 90.65% | 155 | 9.35% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,348 | 81.30% | 1,658 |
| Greenville | 8,118 | 94.05% | 514 | 5.95% | 0 | 0.00% | 7,604 | 88.10% | 8,632 |
| Greenwood | 2,914 | 98.68% | 39 | 1.32% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,875 | 97.36% | 2,953 |
| Hampton | 1,198 | 98.04% | 24 | 1.96% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,174 | 96.08% | 1,222 |
| Horry | 2,111 | 92.79% | 164 | 7.21% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,947 | 85.58% | 2,275 |
| Jasper | 418 | 91.07% | 41 | 8.93% | 0 | 0.00% | 377 | 82.14% | 459 |
| Kershaw | 1,174 | 98.32% | 20 | 1.68% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,154 | 96.64% | 1,194 |
| Lancaster | 3,205 | 99.57% | 14 | 0.43% | 0 | 0.00% | 3,191 | 99.14% | 3,219 |
| Laurens | 2,697 | 98.54% | 40 | 1.46% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,657 | 97.08% | 2,737 |
| Lee | 825 | 97.63% | 20 | 2.37% | 0 | 0.00% | 805 | 95.26% | 845 |
| Lexington | 1,496 | 98.88% | 17 | 1.12% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,479 | 97.76% | 1,513 |
| Marion | 716 | 97.55% | 18 | 2.45% | 0 | 0.00% | 698 | 95.10% | 734 |
| Marlboro | 526 | 97.59% | 13 | 2.41% | 0 | 0.00% | 513 | 95.18% | 539 |
| McCormick | 419 | 97.44% | 11 | 2.56% | 0 | 0.00% | 408 | 94.88% | 430 |
| Newberry | 1,739 | 98.03% | 35 | 1.97% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,704 | 96.06% | 1,774 |
| Oconee | 1,593 | 91.76% | 143 | 8.24% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,450 | 83.52% | 1,736 |
| Orangeburg | 2,356 | 97.68% | 56 | 2.32% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,300 | 95.36% | 2,412 |
| Pickens | 2,122 | 96.54% | 76 | 3.46% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,046 | 93.08% | 2,198 |
| Richland | 4,781 | 96.62% | 167 | 3.38% | 0 | 0.00% | 4,614 | 93.24% | 4,948 |
| Saluda | 1,115 | 98.67% | 15 | 1.33% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,100 | 97.34% | 1,130 |
| Spartanburg | 9,119 | 97.35% | 248 | 2.65% | 0 | 0.00% | 8,871 | 94.70% | 9,367 |
| Union | 3,662 | 99.21% | 29 | 0.79% | 0 | 0.00% | 3,633 | 98.42% | 3,691 |
| Williamsburg | 1,089 | 96.97% | 34 | 3.03% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,055 | 93.94% | 1,123 |
| York | 2,508 | 95.51% | 118 | 4.49% | 0 | 0.00% | 2,390 | 91.02% | 2,626 |
| Sumter[b] | 0 | N/A | 0 | N/A | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 0 |
| Totals | 95,470 | 95.63% | 4,360 | 4.37% | 0 | 0.00% | 91,110 | 91.26% | 99,832[c] |
Notes
edit- ^ a b Willkie total is a fusion of 2,496 "Jeffersonian Democratic", 1,727 "Republican" and 137 "Tolbert" elector ticket votes
- ^ No returns were canvassed for Sumter County and voters in this county were listed in neighbouring counties
- ^ There were two write-in votes for Prohibition Party nominee Roger Ward Babson not tabulated by county.
References
edit- ^ Ryan, James Gilbert (2005). Earl Browder: The Failure of American Communism. University of Alabama Press.
- ^ "1940 Presidential General Election Results – South Carolina". U.S. Election Atlas. Retrieved December 23, 2013.
- ^ Scammon, Richard M. (compiler); America at the Polls: A Handbook of Presidential Election Statistics 1920-1964; p. 399 ISBN 0405077114
- ^ Scammon (compiler); America at the Polls; p. 395